Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand good for all weights. Next scheduled sale is on Tuesday December 10, 2024

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $298.61/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −181.69 against this barn's trailing median of $480.30.

Average price

$298.61

46 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,690

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+26.18

vs AR average

−6.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	298.61	1,690	46

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

6 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $495.75, low $444.07, median $480.30 across 6 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale46 hd

298.61

—

AR average11 barns · 460 hd

272.43

+26.18

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

−6.83

This barn, trailing median6 sales

480.30

−181.69

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

27 lots · USDA AMS · I-40 Livestock Feeder Cattle Pot Load Sale - Ozark, AR

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	750–800	781	234.44/cwt	234.00–235.00	1,831	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	240.44/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,512	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	237.03/cwt	235.00–239.00	1,707	331
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,847	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,457	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,282	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,711	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,729	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,562	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	245.31/cwt	245.00–246.00	1,805	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	244.98/cwt	240.50–249.50	1,938	354
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,592	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	732	259.82/cwt	258.00–265.00	1,902	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	272.73/cwt	268.00–283.00	1,705	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	996	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,112	11
Heifers	Medium 2	700–750	715	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,287	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	627	262.62/cwt	257.00–264.50	1,647	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	693	246.47/cwt	246.00–249.00	1,708	69
Steers	Medium 2	700–750	726	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,583	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	574	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,751	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	613	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,790	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	496	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,190	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,239	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	538	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,426	20
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	708	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,558	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,406	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,953	5

How this sale compares

Arkansas weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Arkansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

I-40 Livestock Feeder Cattle Pot Load Sale - Ozark, AR

Tue Nov 12, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Receipts 1,528Last week 968Year ago 600

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand good for all weights. Next scheduled sale is on Tuesday December 10, 2024

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
18	750–800	781	234.00–235.00	234.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	463	267.50	267.50
16	550–600	552	264.00	264.00
79	600–650	629	237.00–245.00	240.44
331	700–750	720	235.00–239.00	237.03
42	850–900	855	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	515	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	700–750	715	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	538	265.00	265.00
53	600–650	627	257.00–264.50	262.62
69	650–700	693	246.00–249.00	246.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	496	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	488	320.00	320.00
16	500–550	549	290.00	290.00
6	550–600	578	296.00	296.00
58	600–650	625	268.00–283.00	272.73
7	650–700	689	251.00	251.00
212	700–750	736	245.00–246.00	245.31
354	750–800	791	240.50–249.50	244.98
5	800–850	831	235.00	235.00
11	950–1000	996	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	574	305.00	305.00
53	600–650	613	292.00	292.00
63	700–750	732	258.00–265.00	259.82
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	726	218.00	218.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	708	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	436	322.50	322.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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