Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2020-07-09

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Jul 9
● Final129 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053
Feeder Cattle receipts
799 head
▲ 210 vs last sale 589▼ 18 vs year ago 817 · −2.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
138 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 94▲ 56 vs year ago 82 · +68.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
106 head
▲ 86 vs last sale 20▲ 60 vs year ago 46 · +130.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 9.00 higher, 400-600 lbs sold 5.00-8.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 2.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 4.00 higher, 400-500 lbs sold 3.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold steady to 1.00 higher. Supply incuded several groups of Fancy F-1 heifers who sold with a premium. On a limited observance due to time restraints; slaughter cows sold 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls not reported.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $129.92/cwt on 325 head.
Average price
$129.92
325 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$480
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 3
$76.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.99
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529135.95719155
Medium and Large 1-2584129.5175618thin
Medium and Large 2487125.09609141
Medium and Large 3388112.4243610thin
Small and Medium 340559.002391thin
One grade step is worth $76.95/cwt here — about $480 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 sale325 hd
129.92
—
AR average8 barns · 2,017 hd
137.91
−7.99
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—Low1,05371.017483thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,23259.527335thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08356.7561516
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01956.645779thin

Every lot

129 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 · Steers43 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3321122.20/cwt120.00–127.503924
Steers—Medium and Large 1325166.43/cwt154.00–173.505414
Steers—Medium and Large 2333136.33/cwt125.00–143.004547
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added368155.96/cwt155.00–156.505743
Steers—Medium and Large 1369147.70/cwt139.00–152.0054513
Steers—Medium and Large 3370110.00/cwt110.00–110.004072
Steers—Medium and Large 2379125.51/cwt121.00–134.0047610
Steers—Small and Medium 340559.00/cwt59.00–59.002391
Steers—Medium and Large 2421127.87/cwt120.00–136.0053834
Steers—Medium and Large 3423105.21/cwt100.00–110.004452
Steers—Medium and Large 1424137.42/cwt135.00–141.0058321
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy425123.25/cwt116.00–130.005242
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added427150.42/cwt143.00–153.006424
Steers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy440106.00/cwt106.00–106.004661
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added455141.00/cwt141.00–141.006421
Steers—Medium and Large 3455111.00/cwt111.00–111.005051
Steers—Medium and Large 2473127.80/cwt119.00–135.0060448
Steers—Medium and Large 1480135.32/cwt130.00–140.0065012
Steers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy480110.00/cwt110.00–110.005281
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485137.04/cwt133.00–138.006655
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added515147.94/cwt142.00–150.0076220
Steers—Medium and Large 1518132.88/cwt129.00–137.0068815
Steers—Medium and Large 2536126.73/cwt117.00–127.7567921
Steers—Medium and Large 355094.00/cwt94.00–94.005171
Steers—Medium and Large 1575127.29/cwt121.00–134.0073219
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed582132.00/cwt132.00–132.007685
Steers—Medium and Large 2595114.00/cwt114.00–114.006781
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added619131.92/cwt131.00–132.0081713
Steers—Medium and Large 2628113.23/cwt95.00–122.007117
Steers—Medium and Large 1629126.52/cwt123.00–130.007968
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2646123.25/cwt123.25–123.257968
Steers—Medium and Large 1668129.99/cwt127.00–133.008682
Steers—Medium and Large 2674104.47/cwt100.00–110.007044
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned688116.00/cwt116.00–116.007984
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added720129.00/cwt129.00–129.009296
Steers—Medium and Large 1725120.00/cwt120.00–120.008701
Steers—Medium and Large 2732109.00/cwt109.00–109.007982
Steers—Medium and Large 1771120.97/cwt118.00–125.009335
Steers—Medium and Large 2788107.50/cwt107.50–107.508473
Steers—Medium and Large 2845102.00/cwt102.00–102.008621
Steers—Medium and Large 1935111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0381
Steers—Medium and Large 2965102.00/cwt102.00–102.009841
Steers—Medium and Large 11,04588.00/cwt88.00–88.009201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers41 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 331585.71/cwt72.00–99.002702
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323123.70/cwt120.00–129.004003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1324139.22/cwt130.00–148.004518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368133.33/cwt126.00–140.004919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added370134.00/cwt134.00–134.004961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy375149.00/cwt149.00–149.005591
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377122.19/cwt115.00–131.0046110
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380108.44/cwt107.00–110.004122
Heifers—Small and Medium 338590.00/cwt90.00–90.003471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy410115.00/cwt115.00–115.004722
Heifers—Medium and Large 3419106.98/cwt101.00–117.004484
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424131.31/cwt125.00–138.0055719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy431155.00/cwt155.00–155.006684
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432120.48/cwt113.00–132.0052023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added450137.00/cwt137.00–137.006171
Heifers—Medium and Large 346896.70/cwt91.00–105.004533
Heifers—Medium and Large 2471116.38/cwt110.00–123.0054816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472127.01/cwt120.00–134.0059915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy478154.48/cwt136.00–167.007387
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added482133.50/cwt133.50–133.506436
Heifers—Small and Medium 349096.00/cwt96.00–96.004701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515124.30/cwt120.00–128.0064023
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518114.29/cwt110.00–119.0059210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy522166.29/cwt140.00–187.508688
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added523130.00/cwt130.00–130.006806
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529118.00/cwt118.00–118.006246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added560128.50/cwt128.50–128.507203
Heifers—Medium and Large 2564103.62/cwt90.00–114.005847
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568121.34/cwt113.00–128.0068917
Heifers—Medium and Large 358286.28/cwt79.00–90.005023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy592161.00/cwt161.00–161.009534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623115.92/cwt110.00–121.0072218
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625110.98/cwt110.00–112.006942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632110.50/cwt110.50–110.506984
Heifers—Medium and Large 2650108.00/cwt108.00–108.007021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666114.49/cwt109.00–121.007637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open69397.00/cwt97.00–97.006723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723109.97/cwt103.00–117.007955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open732101.00/cwt101.00–101.007394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open765111.00/cwt111.00–111.008494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1788104.99/cwt103.00–107.008272
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420123.00/cwt123.00–123.005171
Bulls—Medium and Large 1516126.40/cwt120.00–132.0065225
Bulls—Medium and Large 352591.00/cwt91.00–91.004781
Bulls—Medium and Large 2540117.00/cwt117.00–117.006321
Bulls—Medium and Large 2563113.99/cwt106.00–118.006426
Bulls—Medium and Large 1564122.98/cwt115.00–130.0069428
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy575114.00/cwt114.00–114.006561
Bulls—Medium and Large 2610107.03/cwt105.00–109.006532
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy615100.00/cwt100.00–100.006151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1617122.37/cwt114.00–129.007558
Bulls—Medium and Large 2662107.00/cwt107.00–107.007083
Bulls—Medium and Large 1670120.70/cwt114.00–123.008094
Bulls—Medium and Large 1705119.00/cwt119.00–119.008391
Bulls—Medium and Large 1765100.00/cwt100.00–100.007651
Bulls—Medium and Large 380074.00/cwt74.00–74.005921
Bulls—Medium and Large 186097.00/cwt97.00–97.008341
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,05371.01/cwt69.00–74.007483
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91552.96/cwt52.00–54.004852
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03856.46/cwt54.00–59.0058611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03851.72/cwt49.00–54.005372
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04956.97/cwt55.00–60.005986
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05062.00/cwt62.00–62.006511
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,22856.00/cwt56.00–56.006882
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,23561.86/cwt61.00–62.507643
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27861.17/cwt60.50–62.007823
Replacement Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-298580.98/cwt80.00–82.007982
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,1031,615.55/cwt1,450.00–1,825.0017,8206
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,3851,500.00/cwt1,500.00–1,500.0020,7751
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2995900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,9551
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,05457.41/cwt49.00–62.5060512
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,09461.07/cwt54.00–69.0066815
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,116855.89/cwt725.00–925.009,55212
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,133811.87/cwt800.00–825.009,1982
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,150950.00/cwt950.00–950.0010,9251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,15162.25/cwt59.00–65.007164
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,168905.03/cwt775.00–1,050.0010,57129
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,300825.00/cwt825.00–825.0010,7251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,30861.27/cwt61.00–61.508012
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2875700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,1251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0011,7501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,102967.29/cwt900.00–1,100.0010,6605
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,140882.46/cwt800.00–925.0010,0604
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1801,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0012,0951
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-273383.82/cwt75.00–92.006142
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,34563.50/cwt63.50–63.508541

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.