Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2021-02-25

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Feb 25
● Final113 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053
Feeder Cattle receipts
627 head
▲ 627 vs last sale 0▲ 100 vs year ago 527 · +19.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 0▼ 9 vs year ago 67 · −13.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 0▲ 17 vs year ago 21 · +81.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to Auction being closed last two weeks due to inclement weather, however buyer demand was strong for weaned cattle suitable for grazing. Slaughter cows and bulls were in high demand with active buyer participation for all classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.65/cwt on 312 head.
Average price
$148.65
312 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$798
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$344
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.37
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551153.60846214
Medium and Large 1-2493147.8172916thin
Medium and Large 2521138.1371972
Medium and Large 3420119.6950210thin
One grade step is worth $33.91/cwt here — about $344 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 sale312 hd
148.65
—
AR average6 barns · 1,236 hd
155.02
−6.37
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—Low1,40670.339897thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,27464.998288thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High95949.7047725
CowsLean 85-90%Average93946.894408thin

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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3310140.00/cwt140.00–140.004341
Steers—Medium and Large 1312202.84/cwt197.00–211.006333
Steers—Medium and Large 2316161.86/cwt145.00–182.505117
Steers—Medium and Large 3361119.13/cwt97.50–138.004304
Steers—Medium and Large 1371179.84/cwt165.00–196.0066713
Steers—Medium and Large 2377160.92/cwt155.00–184.006076
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added420176.00/cwt176.00–176.007392
Steers—Medium and Large 1430165.55/cwt152.00–172.0071216
Steers—Medium and Large 2431145.09/cwt135.00–152.506257
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433158.00/cwt158.00–158.006843
Steers—Medium and Large 3433117.94/cwt107.50–129.005112
Steers—Medium and Large 1468161.31/cwt150.00–172.5075544
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468149.50/cwt149.50–149.507006
Steers—Medium and Large 2482140.61/cwt130.00–145.0067814
Steers—Medium and Large 3495117.50/cwt117.50–117.505821
Steers—Medium and Large 3505119.00/cwt119.00–119.006011
Steers—Medium and Large 2514133.04/cwt120.00–143.006847
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added516166.00/cwt166.00–166.0085719
Steers—Medium and Large 1519156.39/cwt144.00–165.0081224
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added540142.00/cwt142.00–142.007677
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added562158.89/cwt157.30–164.0089317
Steers—Medium and Large 1566147.46/cwt143.00–154.0083512
Steers—Medium and Large 3575108.00/cwt108.00–108.006211
Steers—Medium and Large 2577130.66/cwt117.00–136.0075415
Steers—Medium and Large 1623140.05/cwt133.00–149.008739
Steers—Medium and Large 2629127.91/cwt126.00–131.008057
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added671134.26/cwt133.00–135.0090128
Steers—Medium and Large 2673123.99/cwt122.00–129.008344
Steers—Medium and Large 1676129.22/cwt128.00–131.008749
Steers—Medium and Large 1730129.00/cwt129.00–129.009421
Steers—Medium and Large 1778128.04/cwt119.00–129.0099610
Steers—Medium and Large 2778116.00/cwt116.00–116.009025
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added835128.49/cwt128.00–130.001,0734
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added865127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0991
Steers—Medium and Large 1975100.00/cwt100.00–100.009751
Steers—Medium and Large 11,025115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1791
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added320166.28/cwt163.00–170.005322
Heifers—Medium and Large 2322141.13/cwt130.00–147.504543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1324153.62/cwt142.50–162.504988
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added360172.50/cwt172.50–172.506211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373135.35/cwt127.50–142.005057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379154.52/cwt145.00–163.0058615
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413133.65/cwt131.00–135.005523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418144.87/cwt140.00–152.5060619
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463131.76/cwt122.00–137.006109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473141.51/cwt133.00–147.5066939
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480119.00/cwt119.00–119.005711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482125.84/cwt125.00–127.006077
Heifers—Medium and Large 3510107.00/cwt107.00–107.005461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517124.00/cwt124.00–124.006413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523133.31/cwt122.00–136.0069716
Heifers—Medium and Large 2532116.68/cwt110.00–120.006213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565127.29/cwt119.00–132.0071918
Heifers—Medium and Large 2590110.00/cwt110.00–110.006491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615127.27/cwt120.00–133.007838
Heifers—Medium and Large 2616112.78/cwt105.00–122.006954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2631124.50/cwt124.50–124.507867
Heifers—Medium and Large 1659127.59/cwt122.00–129.0084118
Heifers—Medium and Large 2677109.68/cwt105.00–114.007433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy710110.00/cwt110.00–110.007811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2710105.00/cwt105.00–105.007461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2715116.00/cwt116.00–116.008292
Heifers—Medium and Large 2770107.00/cwt107.00–107.008241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1830108.00/cwt108.00–108.008961
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530133.89/cwt130.00–138.007102
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570118.00/cwt118.00–118.006731
Bulls—Medium and Large 358080.00/cwt80.00–80.004641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1633132.51/cwt129.00–136.008392
Bulls—Medium and Large 1680119.00/cwt119.00–119.008091
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2720116.00/cwt116.00–116.008355
Bulls—Medium and Large 274091.00/cwt91.00–91.006731
Bulls—Medium and Large 1775113.00/cwt113.00–113.008761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1815110.00/cwt110.00–110.008971
Bulls—Medium and Large 189099.00/cwt99.00–99.008811
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 362570.00/cwt70.00–70.004381
Dairy Steers—Large 371090.00/cwt90.00–90.006391
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,29564.26/cwt52.00–73.008325
Bulls——1,41076.00/cwt76.00–76.001,0721
Bulls——1,95595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,8571
Slaughter Cattle · Cows14 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight80027.00/cwt27.00–27.002161
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight82051.00/cwt51.00–51.004181
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight82546.00/cwt46.00–46.003801
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight82834.50/cwt34.00–35.002862
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight84545.00/cwt45.00–45.003801
Cows—Lean 85-90%94051.96/cwt50.00–54.004882
Cows—Lean 85-90%94039.60/cwt35.00–44.003722
Cows—Boner 80-85%94437.54/cwt27.00–48.003547
Cows—Boner 80-85%97551.93/cwt50.00–55.005066
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,00360.43/cwt59.00–62.006066
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05560.00/cwt60.00–60.006332
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10069.76/cwt69.50–70.007672
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,14561.93/cwt60.00–63.007093
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35166.82/cwt65.00–68.509035
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,18567.00/cwt67.00–67.007941
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2960675.00/cwt675.00–675.006,4801
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,030715.00/cwt715.00–715.007,3651
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,080979.48/cwt775.00–1,250.0010,5783
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2810100.00/cwt100.00–100.008101
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-288753.82/cwt45.00–60.004773
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,04661.43/cwt56.00–69.006437
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 365524.00/cwt24.00–24.001571
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed76028.00/cwt28.00–28.002131
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2975675.00/cwt675.00–675.006,5811
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2980825.00/cwt825.00–825.008,0851
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2987651.77/cwt600.00–700.006,4333
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,05561.00/cwt61.00–61.006442
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,085595.00/cwt595.00–595.006,4561
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,125642.31/cwt600.00–685.007,2262
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,137806.12/cwt675.00–850.009,1663
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,21061.71/cwt54.00–65.007473
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,26567.00/cwt67.00–67.008481
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-274547.00/cwt47.00–47.003501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2865900.00/cwt900.00–900.007,7851

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.