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I-40 Livestock Auction

Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Aug 27

● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053

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Feeder Cattle receipts

392 head

▼ 1,152 vs last sale 1,544▼ 44 vs year ago 436 · −10.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

70 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 77▲ 15 vs year ago 55 · +27.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 17▲ 4 vs year ago 16 · +25.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 5.00-12.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 1.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold 2.00-10.00 lower, mostly 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady, slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.83/cwt on 172 head.

Average price

$150.83

172 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$731

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$503

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

$113.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.88

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	504	156.92	791	118
Medium and Large 2	436	141.71	617	48
Medium and Large 3	451	116.20	524	5thin
Small and Medium 3	670	43.00	288	1thin

One grade step is worth $113.92/cwt here — about $503 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 sale172 hd

150.83

—

AR average9 barns · 1,955 hd

146.96

+3.88

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	—	Low	1,485	77.73	1,154	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,242	64.18	797	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,039	52.85	549	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	968	52.43	508	9thin

Every lot

86 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	308	153.57/cwt	150.00–161.00	473	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	326	181.99/cwt	173.00–190.00	593	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	345	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	369	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	360	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	493	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	363	183.98/cwt	172.50–190.00	668	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	377	152.62/cwt	139.00–165.00	575	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	405	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	739	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	420	141.65/cwt	137.00–153.00	595	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	171.22/cwt	160.00–177.50	731	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	440	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	528	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	465	134.99/cwt	122.00–141.00	628	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	152.31/cwt	142.00–160.00	728	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	515	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	582	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	147.99/cwt	144.00–153.00	765	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	527	129.85/cwt	121.00–137.00	684	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	530	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	832	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	566	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	846	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	132.46/cwt	131.00–134.00	755	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	144.51/cwt	140.00–148.00	828	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	595	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	619	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	139.72/cwt	138.00–142.00	868	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	640	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	832	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	668	137.00/cwt	136.50–137.50	915	12
Steers	—	Small and Medium 3	670	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	288	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	127.31/cwt	125.00–129.00	913	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	326	143.84/cwt	140.00–146.00	469	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	369	146.81/cwt	140.00–153.00	542	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	129.09/cwt	125.00–132.50	478	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	382	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	604	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	143.00/cwt	137.00–150.00	605	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	428	124.36/cwt	117.50–134.00	532	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	474	127.35/cwt	120.00–134.00	604	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	482	138.96/cwt	131.00–144.00	670	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	510	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	696	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	515	120.43/cwt	117.00–124.00	620	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	132.73/cwt	128.00–135.00	690	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	569	122.49/cwt	120.00–124.00	697	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	570	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	553	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	125.85/cwt	123.00–129.00	720	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	600	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	486	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	124.50/cwt	123.00–127.00	776	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	635	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	749	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	663	113.43/cwt	110.00–117.00	752	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	120.95/cwt	118.00–128.00	812	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	675	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	898	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	116.60/cwt	112.00–119.00	837	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	760	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	775	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	518	110.01/cwt	109.00–111.00	570	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	531	137.49/cwt	127.00–141.00	730	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	571	129.37/cwt	122.00–138.00	739	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	600	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	540	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	620	123.75/cwt	115.00–128.00	767	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	680	122.00/cwt	118.00–126.00	830	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	710	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	880	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	715	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	608	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	780	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	772	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	790	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	861	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	815	91.99/cwt	90.00–94.00	750	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	890	102.00/cwt	99.00–105.00	908	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	900	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	792	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,381	66.97/cwt	49.00–82.00	925	6
Bulls	—	—	1,555	86.07/cwt	84.50–87.50	1,338	4
Bulls	—	—	1,658	93.31/cwt	92.50–94.00	1,547	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows14 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	735	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	287	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	780	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	328	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	830	46.02/cwt	45.00–46.50	382	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	833	52.99/cwt	52.00–54.00	441	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	835	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	418	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	975	51.53/cwt	50.00–53.00	502	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	983	53.67/cwt	53.00–54.00	528	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	985	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	453	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,034	46.60/cwt	41.00–49.00	482	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,065	56.46/cwt	55.00–58.00	601	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,174	59.09/cwt	57.00–61.00	694	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,190	65.31/cwt	64.00–67.00	777	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,200	65.97/cwt	64.00–67.50	792	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,305	61.50/cwt	61.50–61.50	803	2
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,125	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	16,875	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	832	70.18/cwt	54.00–84.00	584	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,035	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	580	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,015	817.12/cwt	750.00–875.00	8,294	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	63.50/cwt	63.50–63.50	699	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,135	66.78/cwt	66.50–67.00	758	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,187	61.09/cwt	55.00–65.00	725	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,198	786.90/cwt	775.00–800.00	9,427	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	8,750	1

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 Aug 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 392Last week 1,544Year ago 436

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 77Year ago 55

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 17Year ago 16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	718	112.00–119.00	116.60
1	—	760	102.00	102.00
8	—	326	140.00–146.00	143.84
6	—	572	123.00–129.00	125.85
4	—	671	118.00–128.00	120.95
28	—	423	137.00–150.00	143.00
24	—	482	131.00–144.00	138.96
14	—	369	140.00–153.00	146.81
11	—	520	128.00–135.00	132.73
8	—	623	123.00–127.00	124.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	81.00	81.00
1	—	570	97.00	97.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	474	120.00–134.00	127.35
6	—	428	117.50–134.00	124.36
4	—	569	120.00–124.00	122.49
4	—	370	125.00–132.50	129.09
2	—	663	110.00–117.00	113.43
2	—	515	117.00–124.00	120.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	510	136.50	136.50
3	—	382	158.00	158.00
2	—	675	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	109.00–111.00	110.01
1	—	780	99.00	99.00
1	—	715	85.00	85.00
1	—	600	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	571	122.00–138.00	129.37
8	—	531	127.00–141.00	137.49
7	—	620	115.00–128.00	123.75
2	—	890	99.00–105.00	102.00
2	—	815	90.00–94.00	91.99
2	—	680	118.00–126.00	122.00
1	—	900	88.00	88.00
1	—	790	109.00	109.00
1	—	710	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	130.00	130.00
13	—	465	122.00–141.00	134.99
13	—	377	139.00–165.00	152.62
11	—	420	137.00–153.00	141.65
5	—	527	121.00–137.00	129.85
3	—	308	150.00–161.00	153.57
2	—	570	131.00–134.00	132.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	530	157.00	157.00
12	—	668	136.50–137.50	137.00
4	—	566	149.50	149.50
1	—	405	182.50	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	478	142.00–160.00	152.31
15	—	427	160.00–177.50	171.22
9	—	573	140.00–148.00	144.51
9	—	517	144.00–153.00	147.99
9	—	363	172.50–190.00	183.98
9	—	326	173.00–190.00	181.99
4	—	621	138.00–142.00	139.72
3	—	717	125.00–129.00	127.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	43.00	43.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	104.00	104.00
1	—	515	113.00	113.00
1	—	440	120.00	120.00
1	—	360	137.00	137.00
1	—	345	107.00	107.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,381	49.00–82.00	66.97
4	—	1,555	84.50–87.50	86.07
2	—	1,658	92.50–94.00	93.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	833	52.00–54.00	52.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	983	53.00–54.00	53.67
2	—	1,065	55.00–58.00	56.46
2	—	985	46.00	46.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,200	64.00–67.50	65.97
2	—	1,305	61.50	61.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	830	45.00–46.50	46.02
1	—	835	50.00	50.00
1	—	780	42.00	42.00
1	—	735	39.00	39.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,174	57.00–61.00	59.09
8	—	1,034	41.00–49.00	46.60
6	—	975	50.00–53.00	51.53
4	—	1,190	64.00–67.00	65.31

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,035	56.00	56.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	832	54.00–84.00	70.18

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,015	750.00–875.00	817.12
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,198	775.00–800.00	786.90
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	63.50	63.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,187	55.00–65.00	61.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,135	66.50–67.00	66.78

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	875.00	875.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,125	1,500.00	1,500.00

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.