Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2020-10-01

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Oct 1
● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,711 head
▲ 825 vs last sale 886▲ 880 vs year ago 831 · +105.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▼ 189 vs last sale 263▲ 5 vs year ago 69 · +7.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 73▼ 77 vs year ago 100 · −77.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 2.00-5.00 lower, with the exception of 400-500 lb weights that sold 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00-7.00 lower. Feeder supply included several groups of long weaned or Value Added cattle that sold with a Premium. Slaughter cows and bulls not reported due to time restraints.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.45/cwt on 748 head.
Average price
$138.45
748 head · 636 lb average
Value per head Derived
$881
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$299
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$24.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.94
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2574140.4080542
Medium and Large 1672139.02934609
Medium and Large 2438137.3360282
Medium and Large 3437115.9250715thin
One grade step is worth $24.48/cwt here — about $299 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 sale748 hd
138.45
—
AR average9 barns · 2,093 hd
141.39
−2.94
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—Low1,07570.007532thin

Every lot

95 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 · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1321173.69/cwt165.00–177.5055818
Steers—Medium and Large 3327125.87/cwt123.00–130.004123
Steers—Medium and Large 2331144.74/cwt130.00–152.5047916
Steers—Medium and Large 3355131.00/cwt131.00–131.004651
Steers—Medium and Large 1372169.26/cwt167.00–170.0063010
Steers—Medium and Large 2381143.13/cwt127.55–158.0054511
Steers—Medium and Large 3409112.40/cwt101.00–125.004605
Steers—Medium and Large 1413174.30/cwt162.50–180.007209
Steers—Medium and Large 2417143.99/cwt125.00–158.0060020
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed445161.00/cwt161.00–161.007162
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2449157.00/cwt157.00–157.0070512
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added457166.00/cwt166.00–166.007595
Steers—Medium and Large 1465153.97/cwt142.00–161.0071624
Steers—Medium and Large 2475133.64/cwt120.00–150.0063527
Steers—Medium and Large 3476116.55/cwt110.00–129.005554
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed502148.50/cwt148.50–148.5074513
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added525138.99/cwt137.00–144.0073019
Steers—Medium and Large 2530118.94/cwt113.00–125.006302
Steers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy540100.00/cwt100.00–100.005401
Steers—Medium and Large 1541133.09/cwt132.00–134.0072012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added541131.50/cwt131.50–131.5071111
Steers—Medium and Large 3555110.00/cwt110.00–110.006111
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added570139.11/cwt136.50–140.0079339
Steers—Medium and Large 1575130.41/cwt129.00–134.0075017
Steers—Medium and Large 2600120.00/cwt120.00–120.007201
Steers—Medium and Large 1615124.49/cwt124.00–125.007662
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added626128.50/cwt128.50–128.508045
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy630110.57/cwt106.00–115.006972
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added663138.72/cwt133.00–140.50920101
Steers—Medium and Large 2680117.00/cwt117.00–117.007961
Steers—Medium and Large 1689123.00/cwt123.00–123.0084711
Steers—Medium and Large 371592.00/cwt92.00–92.006581
Steers—Medium and Large 1719125.81/cwt119.00–129.009054
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added724136.49/cwt135.00–137.75988182
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added728133.50/cwt133.50–133.5097212
Steers—Medium and Large 2740108.00/cwt108.00–108.007991
Steers—Medium and Large 1753124.03/cwt120.00–130.009343
Steers—Medium and Large 2780100.00/cwt100.00–100.007801
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added815135.07/cwt132.25–137.401,101125
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added874120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0496
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full88589.00/cwt89.00–89.007881
Steers—Medium and Large 2895100.00/cwt100.00–100.008951
Steers—Medium and Large 1925116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0731
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added968116.50/cwt116.50–116.501,1285
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2321126.35/cwt117.50–130.004066
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330141.10/cwt132.50–147.004669
Heifers—Medium and Large 3330111.62/cwt110.00–115.003683
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372141.39/cwt132.50–147.5052629
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385127.09/cwt122.50–130.004897
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428114.79/cwt107.00–119.004913
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430124.36/cwt121.00–130.005355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431131.98/cwt127.00–137.0056916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added446135.37/cwt134.50–136.5060412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2449126.50/cwt126.50–126.505684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462130.33/cwt125.00–139.0060223
Heifers—Medium and Large 2479121.96/cwt111.00–131.0058418
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485111.00/cwt111.00–111.005381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full490118.00/cwt118.00–118.005781
Heifers—Medium and Large 351587.20/cwt80.00–94.004492
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518113.23/cwt110.00–116.0058712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519120.84/cwt117.00–126.0062724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added543127.00/cwt127.00–127.006905
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2548116.50/cwt116.50–116.506386
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565106.65/cwt104.00–111.006033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added571126.58/cwt123.00–128.0072321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579116.37/cwt111.00–122.0067410
Heifers—Medium and Large 358590.00/cwt90.00–90.005271
Heifers—Medium and Large 361591.00/cwt91.00–91.005601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added618137.20/cwt128.00–137.5084862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623119.51/cwt110.00–124.5074549
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625124.50/cwt124.50–124.5077826
Heifers—Medium and Large 2668106.97/cwt104.00–110.007152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674113.09/cwt110.00–122.007625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added691130.00/cwt130.00–130.0089868
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added722128.43/cwt124.50–130.0092798
Heifers—Medium and Large 1738108.27/cwt106.00–116.007997
Heifers—Medium and Large 1755109.00/cwt109.00–109.008231
Heifers—Medium and Large 2765102.00/cwt102.00–102.007801
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 351588.00/cwt88.00–88.004531
Bulls—Medium and Large 1526129.60/cwt123.00–136.0068224
Bulls—Medium and Large 2536117.51/cwt103.00–122.5063035
Bulls—Medium and Large 1572122.61/cwt118.00–128.0070112
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580108.00/cwt108.00–108.006261
Bulls—Medium and Large 2610101.00/cwt96.00–106.006162
Bulls—Medium and Large 1611121.50/cwt116.00–125.007426
Bulls—Medium and Large 363391.39/cwt81.00–98.005783
Bulls—Medium and Large 1655117.89/cwt110.00–122.0077215
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675100.00/cwt90.00–110.006752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1717112.88/cwt109.00–115.008097
Bulls—Medium and Large 1750109.00/cwt109.00–109.008181
Bulls—Medium and Large 1815103.00/cwt103.00–103.008391
Bulls—Medium and Large 186593.00/cwt93.00–93.008041
Bulls—Medium and Large 190599.00/cwt99.00–99.008961
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,07570.00/cwt70.00–70.007532
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-276678.54/cwt60.00–92.006024

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.