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I-40 Livestock Auction

Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-16

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Sep 16

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053

← Sep 9Sep 16Sep 23 →

Receipts

947 head

▲ 170 vs last sale 777▲ 347 vs year ago 600 · +57.8%

Also sold hereFeeder Cattle Pot Load SaleTue Sep 15, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers under 400 lbs sold 1.00-3.00 higher, 400-600 lb weights sold 1.00-8.00 , mostly 4.00 lower, over 600 lb weights sold 10.00-12.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls not reported due to time restraints.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.36/cwt on 358 head.

Average price

$132.36

358 head · 499 lb average

Value per head Derived

$661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$394

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

$61.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.17

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	506	138.63	702	228
Medium and Large 1-2	475	135.00	641	2thin
Medium and Large 2	484	126.64	612	91
Medium and Large 3	497	108.57	540	36
Small and Medium 3	400	77.00	308	1thin

One grade step is worth $61.63/cwt here — about $394 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 sale358 hd

132.36

—

AR average4 barns · 833 hd

131.20

+1.17

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

74 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	194.42/cwt	170.00–215.00	642	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	332	158.21/cwt	145.00–165.00	525	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	335	126.01/cwt	120.00–132.50	422	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	182.16/cwt	170.00–210.00	683	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	380	155.74/cwt	140.00–167.50	592	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	395	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	438	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	153.30/cwt	145.00–167.50	645	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	428	111.89/cwt	100.00–120.00	479	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	436	137.36/cwt	130.00–144.00	599	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	147.72/cwt	143.00–160.00	697	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	475	113.31/cwt	91.00–125.00	538	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	482	138.03/cwt	130.00–142.50	665	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	500	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	550	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	522	134.13/cwt	130.00–138.00	700	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	149.35/cwt	140.00–156.00	781	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	560	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	672	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	141.60/cwt	136.00–149.00	806	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	570	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	638	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	578	127.55/cwt	121.00–134.00	737	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	138.20/cwt	132.00–146.00	851	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	620	125.94/cwt	120.00–130.00	781	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	137.26/cwt	135.50–141.00	913	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	673	127.79/cwt	124.00–130.00	860	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	708	121.01/cwt	118.00–124.00	857	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,002	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	845	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	997	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	855	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,060	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	308	114.02/cwt	113.00–115.00	351	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	319	132.87/cwt	120.00–137.00	424	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	152.58/cwt	141.00–167.00	500	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	369	151.70/cwt	142.00–161.00	560	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	378	114.21/cwt	110.00–127.50	432	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	380	134.50/cwt	130.00–137.50	511	5
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 3	400	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	308	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	420	158.39/cwt	157.50–165.00	665	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	422	130.30/cwt	120.00–138.00	550	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	422	107.55/cwt	85.00–117.50	454	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	145.11/cwt	141.00–151.00	623	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	465	131.58/cwt	120.00–139.00	612	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	144.00/cwt	139.00–152.50	678	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	473	99.32/cwt	80.00–110.00	470	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	641	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	507	133.53/cwt	128.00–139.00	677	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	525	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	646	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	526	121.73/cwt	110.00–127.00	640	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	528	115.15/cwt	114.00–117.00	608	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	565	109.96/cwt	107.00–113.00	621	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	572	118.17/cwt	110.00–124.00	676	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	133.25/cwt	127.00–139.00	766	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	128.36/cwt	121.00–135.00	795	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	622	114.30/cwt	110.00–121.00	711	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	630	104.00/cwt	100.00–108.00	655	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	132.42/cwt	130.00–134.00	878	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	673	119.91/cwt	112.00–128.00	807	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	685	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	685	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	708	123.74/cwt	120.00–125.00	876	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	715	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	822	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	758	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	728	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	952	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	515	121.29/cwt	120.00–122.50	625	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	521	137.56/cwt	130.00–142.00	717	34
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	535	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	589	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	566	135.07/cwt	130.00–145.00	764	29
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	582	113.41/cwt	113.00–114.00	660	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	587	128.18/cwt	121.00–129.00	752	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	607	124.79/cwt	115.00–128.00	757	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	623	133.03/cwt	130.50–145.00	829	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	670	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	764	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	673	131.82/cwt	118.00–134.00	887	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	715	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	651	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	731	118.92/cwt	115.00–129.00	869	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	780	109.01/cwt	108.00–110.00	850	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	827	106.26/cwt	103.00–112.00	879	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	965	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	869	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 Sep 16, 2021

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

Receipts 947Last week 777Year ago 600

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	369	142.00–161.00	151.70
7	—	663	130.00–134.00	132.42
26	—	429	141.00–151.00	145.11
18	—	328	141.00–167.00	152.58
19	—	471	139.00–152.50	144.00
1	—	865	110.00	110.00
50	—	575	127.00–139.00	133.25
29	—	619	121.00–135.00	128.36
4	—	708	120.00–125.00	123.74
46	—	507	128.00–139.00	133.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	100.00	100.00
8	—	422	85.00–117.50	107.55
2	—	308	113.00–115.00	114.02
2	—	630	100.00–108.00	104.00
3	—	758	96.00	96.00
6	—	378	110.00–127.50	114.21
5	—	565	107.00–113.00	109.96
3	—	473	80.00–110.00	99.32
6	—	528	114.00–117.00	115.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	380	130.00–137.50	134.50
26	—	465	120.00–139.00	131.58
9	—	572	110.00–124.00	118.17
6	—	319	120.00–137.00	132.87
7	—	622	110.00–121.00	114.30
1	—	715	115.00	115.00
2	—	673	112.00–128.00	119.91
18	—	422	120.00–138.00	130.30
17	—	526	110.00–127.00	121.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	420	157.50–165.00	158.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	77.00	77.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	428	100.00–120.00	111.89
1	—	395	111.00	111.00
1	—	570	112.00	112.00
3	—	475	91.00–125.00	113.31
3	—	335	120.00–132.50	126.01
1	—	500	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	330	170.00–215.00	194.42
26	—	569	136.00–149.00	141.60
22	—	616	132.00–146.00	138.20
46	—	421	145.00–167.50	153.30
33	—	472	143.00–160.00	147.72
20	—	375	170.00–210.00	182.16
21	—	665	135.50–141.00	137.26
18	—	523	140.00–156.00	149.35
1	—	855	124.00	124.00
1	—	765	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	578	121.00–134.00	127.55
30	—	482	130.00–142.50	138.03
9	—	522	130.00–138.00	134.13
7	—	332	145.00–165.00	158.21
1	—	845	118.00	118.00
10	—	380	140.00–167.50	155.74
4	—	620	120.00–130.00	125.94
2	—	708	118.00–124.00	121.01
4	—	673	124.00–130.00	127.79
8	—	436	130.00–144.00	137.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	623	130.50–145.00	133.03
3	—	827	103.00–112.00	106.26
6	—	731	115.00–129.00	118.92
29	—	566	130.00–145.00	135.07
1	—	965	90.00	90.00
2	—	780	108.00–110.00	109.01
12	—	673	118.00–134.00	131.82
34	—	521	130.00–142.00	137.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	91.00	91.00
1	—	535	110.00	110.00
7	—	582	113.00–114.00	113.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	114.00	114.00
17	—	587	121.00–129.00	128.18
4	—	607	115.00–128.00	124.79
2	—	515	120.00–122.50	121.29

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.