Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2019-11-07

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Nov 7
● Final113 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053
Feeder Cattle receipts
669 head
▲ 403 vs last sale 266▲ 669 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 121▲ 108 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 101▲ 44 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 4.00 higher, 400-600 lb weights sold 1.00-5.00 lower, over 600 lb weights sold 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.42/cwt on 212 head.
Average price
$121.42
212 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$588
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$226
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.74
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1495125.16619163
Medium and Large 2471110.8252237
Medium and Large 3380103.2639312thin
One grade step is worth $21.90/cwt here — about $226 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 sale212 hd
121.42
—
AR average10 barns · 2,373 hd
126.16
−4.74
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,57767.251,06014
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,17951.136036thin
CowsLean 85-90%High98040.7039910
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,00835.0135348

Every lot

113 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy308180.00/cwt180.00–180.005542
Steers—Medium and Large 2321150.78/cwt140.00–157.504846
Steers—Medium and Large 1332169.89/cwt163.00–178.0056411
Steers—Medium and Large 3333136.95/cwt135.00–139.004562
Steers—Medium and Large 2372141.70/cwt135.00–150.0052710
Steers—Medium and Large 1379163.19/cwt157.00–167.5061816
Steers—Medium and Large 3380125.84/cwt115.00–135.004788
Steers—Medium and Large 1418151.22/cwt145.00–160.0063213
Steers—Medium and Large 3423121.42/cwt102.00–130.005146
Steers—Medium and Large 2428137.54/cwt131.00–147.0058912
Steers—Medium and Large 2473132.07/cwt124.00–137.0062516
Steers—Medium and Large 1480140.99/cwt133.00–144.5067710
Steers—Medium and Large 2Full480121.00/cwt121.00–121.005811
Steers—Medium and Large 3480104.00/cwt100.00–108.004992
Steers—Medium and Large 2510130.14/cwt119.00–133.0066415
Steers—Medium and Large 3515105.00/cwt105.00–105.005411
Steers—Medium and Large 1527137.69/cwt136.00–140.007263
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2542133.00/cwt133.00–133.007216
Steers—Medium and Large 3552109.50/cwt109.50–109.506042
Steers—Medium and Large 1553134.98/cwt131.00–139.007462
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added555143.00/cwt143.00–143.007948
Steers—Medium and Large 2579127.83/cwt127.00–128.007406
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy585122.00/cwt122.00–122.007141
Steers—Medium and Large 1600124.00/cwt124.00–124.007441
Steers—Medium and Large 2600105.00/cwt105.00–105.006301
Steers—Medium and Large 365590.00/cwt90.00–90.005901
Steers—Medium and Large 1657131.00/cwt127.00–132.008615
Steers—Medium and Large 2705100.00/cwt100.00–100.007051
Steers—Medium and Large 1726133.00/cwt133.00–133.009664
Steers—Medium and Large 1773133.43/cwt131.00–136.001,0312
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added850135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1481
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320120.50/cwt120.00–121.003862
Heifers—Medium and Large 3322101.08/cwt81.00–112.003253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323140.27/cwt134.00–143.0045315
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365120.31/cwt115.00–126.004399
Heifers—Medium and Large 1369137.68/cwt130.00–143.0050828
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383108.49/cwt79.00–121.004166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416134.35/cwt127.00–140.0055912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy423120.64/cwt117.00–124.005102
Heifers—Medium and Large 342596.96/cwt94.00–100.004122
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426116.25/cwt107.00–125.004955
Heifers—Medium and Large 345091.00/cwt91.00–91.004101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy460115.00/cwt115.00–115.005291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472123.81/cwt119.00–132.0058435
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478113.80/cwt110.00–120.005446
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523103.56/cwt97.00–111.005428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524117.51/cwt112.00–124.5061620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578117.93/cwt113.00–123.0068225
Heifers—Medium and Large 2583106.29/cwt102.00–110.006204
Heifers—Medium and Large 261594.00/cwt94.00–94.005781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617116.40/cwt116.00–118.007185
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement660122.00/cwt122.00–122.008052
Heifers—Medium and Large 266095.00/cwt95.00–95.006271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1664115.50/cwt109.00–119.007675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added677118.00/cwt118.00–118.007993
Heifers—Medium and Large 270070.00/cwt70.00–70.004901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1740110.00/cwt110.00–110.008141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1784110.50/cwt110.00–112.008664
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added817106.50/cwt106.50–106.508705
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2421118.12/cwt112.00–127.004974
Bulls—Medium and Large 2479115.11/cwt110.00–123.005516
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed490137.00/cwt137.00–137.006711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1490131.00/cwt131.00–131.006421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1519130.79/cwt120.00–136.0067924
Bulls—Medium and Large 2529116.56/cwt110.00–120.006177
Bulls—Medium and Large 2572103.25/cwt95.00–110.005915
Bulls—Medium and Large 357598.00/cwt98.00–98.005641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1582122.89/cwt116.00–129.0071531
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy605100.00/cwt100.00–100.006051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1616119.24/cwt112.00–125.0073515
Bulls—Medium and Large 2621103.97/cwt95.00–111.0064616
Bulls—Medium and Large 364590.00/cwt90.00–90.005811
Bulls—Medium and Large 267498.31/cwt92.00–108.006638
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675114.71/cwt111.00–120.007746
Bulls—Medium and Large 369090.00/cwt90.00–90.006211
Bulls—Medium and Large 371085.00/cwt85.00–85.006041
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed715103.00/cwt103.00–103.007361
Bulls—Medium and Large 1723113.01/cwt111.00–115.008173
Bulls—Medium and Large 273885.00/cwt85.00–85.006272
Bulls—Medium and Large 175088.00/cwt88.00–88.006601
Bulls—Medium and Large 284589.00/cwt89.00–89.007521
Bulls—Medium and Large 290580.00/cwt80.00–80.007241
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,04080.00/cwt80.00–80.008321
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,38555.38/cwt45.00–65.007675
Bulls——1,60568.02/cwt66.00–70.001,0924
Bulls——1,74678.51/cwt75.00–81.501,3715
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight73019.27/cwt15.00–23.001414
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight83025.00/cwt25.00–25.002081
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight84532.00/cwt32.00–32.002701
Cows—Lean 85-90%90522.00/cwt22.00–22.001991
Cows—Lean 85-90%92530.71/cwt27.00–34.002842
Cows—Boner 80-85%94120.20/cwt15.00–22.001907
Cows—Lean 85-90%96842.29/cwt41.00–44.004093
Cows—Boner 80-85%99930.33/cwt25.00–37.0030310
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03549.18/cwt47.00–51.005094
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05941.26/cwt38.00–44.5043715
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13348.27/cwt45.00–51.5054710
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,17951.13/cwt49.50–54.006036
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1850425.00/cwt425.00–425.003,6131
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1870720.40/cwt675.00–775.006,2672
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 194078.17/cwt65.00–95.007355
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1970751.80/cwt725.00–775.007,2922
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,003687.47/cwt675.00–700.006,8952
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,005950.00/cwt950.00–950.009,5481
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,009754.06/cwt650.00–800.007,6085
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,125600.00/cwt600.00–600.006,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,13547.00/cwt47.00–47.005331
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,15551.86/cwt49.00–55.005999
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,245662.30/cwt650.00–675.008,2462
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 178492.32/cwt61.00–105.007247
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1950945.00/cwt945.00–945.008,9781
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1956915.69/cwt800.00–975.008,7544
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,100800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,8001

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.