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I-40 Livestock Auction

Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Oct 17

● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053

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Feeder Cattle receipts

754 head

▼ 183 vs last sale 937▲ 754 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

106 head

▲ 106 vs last sale 0▲ 106 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

67 head

▲ 67 vs last sale 0▲ 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers under 500 lbs sold 1.00-5.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. No trend available for Slaughter cows and bulls due to not being reported last week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.16/cwt on 236 head.

Average price

$123.16

236 head · 470 lb average

Value per head Derived

$579

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$16.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.76

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	474	125.54	595	181
Medium and Large 2	456	115.67	528	52
Medium and Large 3	447	109.00	487	3thin

One grade step is worth $16.54/cwt here — about $108 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale236 hd

123.16

—

AR average8 barns · 1,471 hd

122.40

+0.76

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

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,625	72.32	1,175	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,174	46.89	551	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,085	46.73	507	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,021	42.25	431	20

Every lot

88 lots · USDA AMS · I-40 Livestock - Ozark, AR

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	318	160.27/cwt	152.50–167.50	510	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	467	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	331	146.37/cwt	140.00–149.00	484	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	339	126.89/cwt	122.00–134.00	430	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	364	115.80/cwt	110.00–127.00	422	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	150.80/cwt	144.00–160.00	564	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	376	138.16/cwt	131.00–143.00	519	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	421	114.85/cwt	108.00–125.00	484	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	422	133.94/cwt	125.00–139.00	565	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	145.13/cwt	140.00–153.00	618	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	456	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	629	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	144.91/cwt	139.00–151.50	674	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	467	135.63/cwt	126.00–139.00	633	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	490	116.43/cwt	110.00–123.00	571	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	580	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	137.98/cwt	136.00–140.00	719	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	552	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	696	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	134.47/cwt	130.00–137.00	775	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	595	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	714	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	625	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	744	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	128.17/cwt	125.00–131.00	805	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	690	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	745	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	980	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	931	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	321	138.34/cwt	130.00–143.50	444	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	330	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	393	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	337	124.68/cwt	124.00–125.00	420	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	371	121.38/cwt	115.00–126.00	450	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	133.89/cwt	127.00–140.00	502	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	423	119.93/cwt	113.00–126.00	507	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	128.70/cwt	122.00–135.00	556	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	465	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	502	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	469	114.94/cwt	110.00–123.00	539	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	123.43/cwt	116.00–127.50	586	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	516	108.49/cwt	105.00–110.00	560	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	122.35/cwt	115.00–125.00	633	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	545	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	545	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	116.72/cwt	110.00–121.00	664	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	590	110.00/cwt	105.00–115.00	649	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	114.84/cwt	110.00–118.00	701	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	615	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	640	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	116.35/cwt	109.00–121.00	781	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	685	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	671	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	700	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	672	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	115.21/cwt	109.00–117.50	823	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	420	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	370	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	425	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	506	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	460	104.13/cwt	98.00–110.00	479	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	470	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	597	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	470	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	573	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	514	118.18/cwt	113.00–124.00	607	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	523	129.51/cwt	122.00–136.00	677	39
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	569	111.14/cwt	105.00–116.00	632	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	571	122.12/cwt	115.00–129.00	697	26
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	590	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	531	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	608	113.54/cwt	110.00–117.00	690	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	621	120.82/cwt	115.00–128.00	750	20
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	659	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	718	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	669	120.10/cwt	114.00–124.50	803	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	728	114.70/cwt	111.00–119.00	835	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	735	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	750	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	790	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	727	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	838	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	930	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,272	56.11/cwt	44.00–66.00	714	3
Bulls	—	—	1,508	72.17/cwt	70.00–74.00	1,088	6
Bulls	—	—	1,801	77.28/cwt	75.50–79.00	1,392	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	840	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	328	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	845	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	338	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	915	31.60/cwt	30.00–35.00	289	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	980	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	412	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	993	41.71/cwt	41.00–42.00	414	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,040	44.50/cwt	44.50–44.50	463	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,068	45.68/cwt	43.00–46.50	488	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,096	45.52/cwt	44.00–47.50	499	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,107	48.13/cwt	47.50–48.50	533	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,165	48.57/cwt	48.00–49.50	566	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,229	48.10/cwt	47.50–49.00	591	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	908	711.36/cwt	700.00–725.00	6,459	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	961	659.04/cwt	565.00–740.00	6,333	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	990	990.00/cwt	990.00–990.00	9,801	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,000	52.91/cwt	45.00–62.00	529	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,084	732.54/cwt	635.00–875.00	7,941	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,190	737.57/cwt	700.00–1,000.00	8,777	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,420	54.32/cwt	53.50–55.50	771	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,000	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	10,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,137	880.56/cwt	700.00–1,125.00	10,012	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,180	1,064.09/cwt	1,000.00–1,125.00	12,556	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	789	90.59/cwt	84.00–96.00	715	7
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	945	49.40/cwt	48.00–51.00	467	2

This sale against other markets

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 - Ozark, AR

Thu Oct 17, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 754Last week 937Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 106Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 67Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	671	109.00–121.00	116.35
4	—	714	109.00–117.50	115.21
46	—	475	116.00–127.50	123.43
29	—	375	127.00–140.00	133.89
23	—	517	115.00–125.00	122.35
13	—	610	110.00–118.00	114.84
17	—	569	110.00–121.00	116.72
20	—	432	122.00–135.00	128.70
21	—	321	130.00–143.50	138.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	100.00	100.00
1	—	465	108.00	108.00
1	—	330	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	469	110.00–123.00	114.94
12	—	371	115.00–126.00	121.38
9	—	423	113.00–126.00	119.93
8	—	516	105.00–110.00	108.49
3	—	590	105.00–115.00	110.00
3	—	337	124.00–125.00	124.68
1	—	700	96.00	96.00
1	—	685	98.00	98.00
1	—	615	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	98.00–110.00	104.13
1	—	590	90.00	90.00
1	—	420	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	659	109.00	109.00
11	—	514	113.00–124.00	118.18
8	—	569	105.00–116.00	111.14
2	—	608	110.00–117.00	113.54
1	—	790	92.00	92.00
1	—	735	102.00	102.00
1	—	470	122.00	122.00
1	—	425	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	523	122.00–136.00	129.51
26	—	571	115.00–129.00	122.12
20	—	621	115.00–128.00	120.82
14	—	669	114.00–124.50	120.10
4	—	838	111.00	111.00
4	—	728	111.00–119.00	114.70
2	—	470	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	426	140.00–153.00	145.13
28	—	374	144.00–160.00	150.80
14	—	465	139.00–151.50	144.91
8	—	318	152.50–167.50	160.27
6	—	576	130.00–137.00	134.47
5	—	628	125.00–131.00	128.17
5	—	521	136.00–140.00	137.98
1	—	980	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	552	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	339	122.00–134.00	126.89
2	—	490	110.00–123.00	116.43
5	—	364	110.00–127.00	115.80
7	—	421	108.00–125.00	114.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	320	146.00	146.00
6	—	456	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	120.00	120.00
1	—	625	119.00	119.00
1	—	690	108.00	108.00
7	—	376	131.00–143.00	138.16
8	—	331	140.00–149.00	146.37
21	—	422	125.00–139.00	133.94
34	—	467	126.00–139.00	135.63

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,068	43.00–46.50	45.68
3	—	1,107	47.50–48.50	48.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,229	47.50–49.00	48.10
1	—	1,040	44.50	44.50
1	—	980	42.00	42.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	845	40.00	40.00
1	—	840	39.00	39.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,096	44.00–47.50	45.52
4	—	993	41.00–42.00	41.71
3	—	1,165	48.00–49.50	48.57
3	—	915	30.00–35.00	31.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,801	75.50–79.00	77.28
6	—	1,508	70.00–74.00	72.17
3	—	1,272	44.00–66.00	56.11

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	908	700.00–725.00	711.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	990	990.00	990.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,084	635.00–875.00	732.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,190	700.00–1,000.00	737.57
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	961	565.00–740.00	659.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,420	53.50–55.50	54.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,000	45.00–62.00	52.91

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,180	1,000.00–1,125.00	1,064.09
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,137	700.00–1,125.00	880.56

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	789	84.00–96.00	90.59
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	945	48.00–51.00	49.40

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.