Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2020-11-12

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Nov 12
● Final116 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,372 head
▲ 511 vs last sale 861▲ 502 vs year ago 870 · +57.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
▼ 144 vs last sale 225▼ 56 vs year ago 137 · −40.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 80▼ 6 vs year ago 47 · −12.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00-7.00 higher, with the exception of feeder steers 400-500 lbs, sold 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 1.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.40/cwt on 559 head.
Average price
$127.40
559 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$706
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$262
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.42
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557129.87724415
Medium and Large 1-2645126.7581862
Medium and Large 2474118.2756070
Medium and Large 346998.4346112thin
One grade step is worth $31.44/cwt here — about $262 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 sale559 hd
127.40
—
AR average9 barns · 2,906 hd
127.82
−0.42
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—High1,49063.1494110
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,14450.885825thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08547.005101thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,01641.2841916

Every lot

116 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2315150.10/cwt135.00–161.004738
Steers—Medium and Large 1320172.48/cwt167.50–180.005529
Steers—Medium and Large 3322117.41/cwt101.00–125.003783
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2331157.50/cwt157.50–157.505214
Steers—Medium and Large 2368144.93/cwt135.00–152.5053310
Steers—Medium and Large 1371168.00/cwt157.50–175.0062328
Steers—Medium and Large 3390125.00/cwt125.00–125.004881
Steers—Medium and Large 1429149.92/cwt143.00–161.0064322
Steers—Medium and Large 2433140.69/cwt134.00–144.5060914
Steers—Medium and Large 1468145.30/cwt140.00–150.0068036
Steers—Medium and Large 2472133.61/cwt118.00–139.0063121
Steers—Medium and Large 3475100.00/cwt100.00–100.004751
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added505142.00/cwt142.00–142.007178
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added516147.45/cwt142.00–152.5076115
Steers—Medium and Large 1528137.00/cwt130.00–141.0072311
Steers—Medium and Large 2530128.88/cwt120.00–136.006833
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy535120.00/cwt120.00–120.006421
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added566139.24/cwt138.00–142.507886
Steers—Medium and Large 2573121.53/cwt120.00–129.006966
Steers—Medium and Large 1581136.26/cwt130.00–140.0079233
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2594124.00/cwt124.00–124.0073713
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added595134.00/cwt134.00–134.007971
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added627137.70/cwt135.00–141.008639
Steers—Medium and Large 1627127.89/cwt120.00–133.008029
Steers—Medium and Large 2635106.00/cwt106.00–106.006731
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added663130.00/cwt130.00–130.0086234
Steers—Medium and Large 1678128.07/cwt124.00–132.008683
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added684135.00/cwt135.00–135.009234
Steers—Medium and Large 2685125.00/cwt125.00–125.008561
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added715130.00/cwt130.00–130.0093021
Steers—Medium and Large 2715108.00/cwt108.00–108.007721
Steers—Medium and Large 1725115.00/cwt115.00–115.008341
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added758131.75/cwt131.50–132.00999138
Steers—Medium and Large 1770116.00/cwt116.00–116.008931
Steers—Medium and Large 277896.47/cwt90.00–110.007513
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added805129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0381
Steers—Medium and Large 1805116.00/cwt116.00–116.009342
Steers—Medium and Large 382090.00/cwt90.00–90.007381
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1331144.66/cwt137.00–152.5047917
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340132.49/cwt127.50–134.004504
Heifers—Medium and Large 3340115.00/cwt115.00–115.003912
Heifers—Medium and Large 3350110.00/cwt110.00–110.003851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368143.46/cwt137.00–149.0052824
Heifers—Medium and Large 2371126.13/cwt120.00–136.0046813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2412127.06/cwt121.00–132.505237
Heifers—Medium and Large 342076.00/cwt76.00–76.003191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429137.13/cwt125.00–146.0058850
Heifers—Medium and Large 345998.76/cwt90.00–103.004534
Heifers—Medium and Large 2471121.12/cwt114.00–130.0057018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added476134.96/cwt134.00–137.5064216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1487130.20/cwt121.00–140.0063454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525119.49/cwt114.00–125.0062716
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525107.00/cwt107.00–107.005621
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528111.30/cwt108.00–112.5058814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added545129.37/cwt126.50–132.5070546
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added553131.48/cwt126.00–132.5072710
Heifers—Medium and Large 356887.07/cwt84.00–90.004952
Heifers—Medium and Large 2569107.71/cwt100.00–110.0061311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574118.23/cwt113.00–124.0067923
Heifers—Medium and Large 2605100.00/cwt100.00–100.006051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1609119.89/cwt115.00–124.0073010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added629127.98/cwt127.00–128.0080555
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added645126.75/cwt126.75–126.7581862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670123.30/cwt118.00–128.008266
Heifers—Medium and Large 367589.00/cwt89.00–89.006011
Heifers—Medium and Large 268598.50/cwt97.00–100.006752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1724117.00/cwt110.00–121.0084712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added732128.25/cwt128.25–128.2593973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1755106.00/cwt106.00–106.008001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added800104.00/cwt104.00–104.008321
Heifers—Medium and Large 180596.00/cwt96.00–96.007731
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small and Medium 344060.00/cwt60.00–60.002641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465123.00/cwt123.00–123.005721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520128.79/cwt115.00–138.0067024
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565114.00/cwt114.00–114.006441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1579127.70/cwt116.00–130.0073931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1621118.16/cwt114.50–123.0073411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy638110.00/cwt110.00–110.007024
Bulls—Medium and Large 3650100.00/cwt100.00–100.006501
Bulls—Medium and Large 2655106.00/cwt106.00–106.006941
Bulls—Medium and Large 1663116.72/cwt111.00–121.0077411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1721115.54/cwt109.00–121.008334
Bulls—Medium and Large 275084.00/cwt84.00–84.006301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1762110.65/cwt104.00–117.008433
Bulls—Medium and Large 1825103.00/cwt103.00–103.008501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1885100.00/cwt100.00–100.008851
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Small and Medium 354152.00/cwt52.00–52.002814
Dairy Steers—Large 366066.00/cwt66.00–66.004361
Dairy Steers—Large 371375.95/cwt73.00–79.005422
Dairy Steers—Large 378060.00/cwt60.00–60.004681
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,32154.00/cwt48.00–70.007136
Bulls——1,70276.46/cwt74.50–77.501,3013
Bulls——1,87078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,4591
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight68517.00/cwt17.00–17.001161
Cows—Boner 80-85%95633.18/cwt30.00–35.003174
Cows—Boner 80-85%98339.07/cwt37.00–41.003843
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08547.00/cwt47.00–47.005101
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09451.61/cwt49.50–54.005654
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10446.76/cwt44.00–48.005164
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,14450.88/cwt49.00–54.005825
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2775600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2820559.65/cwt525.00–600.004,5893
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-295550.15/cwt45.00–54.004793
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,04052.00/cwt52.00–52.005411
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,09345.32/cwt37.00–50.504956
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,095800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,7601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,107654.63/cwt525.00–750.007,2473
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,11053.87/cwt53.00–55.005984
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,130700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,9102
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,18049.60/cwt42.00–57.005852
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2800450.00/cwt450.00–450.003,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2975685.90/cwt625.00–750.006,6882
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,100850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,3501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-283580.00/cwt80.00–80.006681
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2975800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,8001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-284378.94/cwt60.00–92.006656

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.