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I-40 Livestock Auction

Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Apr 11

● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053

← Apr 4Apr 11Apr 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

342 head

▼ 92 vs last sale 434▼ 375 vs year ago 717 · −52.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

55 head

▼ 28 vs last sale 83▼ 64 vs year ago 119 · −53.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

21 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 24▼ 22 vs year ago 43 · −51.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 4.00-15.00, mostly 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-13.00, mostly 9.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $258.57/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −128.05 against this barn's trailing median of $386.62.

Average price

$258.57

66 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,443

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$36.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.45

vs AR average

−5.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	267.82	1,434	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	566	258.52	1,464	46
Medium and Large 2	549	231.31	1,270	5thin

One grade step is worth $36.51/cwt here — about $163 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale66 hd

258.57

—

AR average8 barns · 281 hd

258.12

+0.45

National average181 barns · 13,137 hd

263.96

−5.39

This barn, trailing median33 sales

386.62

−128.05

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.06, low $323.84, median $386.62 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,506	134.90	2,031	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,380	132.52	1,829	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,115	115.82	1,291	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	885	101.27	896	4thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,140	$1,925	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,137	$1,582	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	973	$1,538	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	915	$1,425	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	930	$1,400	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,540	$2,672	2thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,180	$1,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,345	$2,063	2thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	860	$1,850	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	610	$650	1thin

Every lot

83 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	343.74/cwt	325.00–362.50	1,110	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	333.11/cwt	300.00–355.00	1,272	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,126	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	328.48/cwt	302.50–345.00	1,396	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	286.66/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,224	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	291.05/cwt	282.50–297.50	1,385	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	315.25/cwt	300.00–337.50	1,507	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	298.38/cwt	284.00–320.00	1,566	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	568	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,630	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,565	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	598	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,489	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	269.34/cwt	269.00–270.00	1,638	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	626	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,747	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,658	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,698	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	720	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,314	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	792	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,822	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,880	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	270.08/cwt	260.00–280.00	872	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	310.77/cwt	290.00–330.00	1,035	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	310.53/cwt	290.00–329.00	1,171	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	280.78/cwt	267.50–287.50	1,073	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	395	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,027	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	305.09/cwt	280.00–313.00	1,281	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	251.58/cwt	237.50–265.00	1,057	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	276.62/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,173	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	264.17/cwt	247.50–277.50	1,228	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	288.32/cwt	287.00–297.50	1,370	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	475	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,211	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	279.37/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,366	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	271.01/cwt	250.00–283.00	1,409	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	236.55/cwt	227.50–247.50	1,258	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	553	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,460	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	261.45/cwt	255.00–272.50	1,480	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	223.46/cwt	212.50–235.00	1,285	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	582	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,467	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	241.99/cwt	240.00–243.00	1,510	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	635	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,207	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	638	211.32/cwt	205.00–217.50	1,348	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,411	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,471	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	692	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,678	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	698	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,724	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,645	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	985	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,798	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,202	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	292.88/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,523	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	282.34/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,632	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,407	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,661	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	655	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,441	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	236.94/cwt	227.50–242.50	1,599	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,663	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	213.86/cwt	210.00–217.50	1,653	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,354	118.81/cwt	98.00–140.00	1,609	5
Bulls	—	—	1,650	158.70/cwt	157.00–161.00	2,619	2
Bulls	—	—	1,663	145.84/cwt	141.00–150.00	2,425	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	825	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	701	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	865	100.53/cwt	95.00–106.00	870	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	985	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,172	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,018	96.53/cwt	55.00–109.00	983	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,037	117.92/cwt	116.00–119.00	1,223	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,129	126.24/cwt	122.00–130.00	1,425	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,286	134.80/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,734	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,369	129.49/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,773	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,386	134.25/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,861	7
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,180	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,540	2,672.32/head	2,400.00–2,950.00	2,672	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 3	730	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	840	1
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 3	775	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	825	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	974	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	915	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	930	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 3	1,015	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,140	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,170	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,177	1,759.21/head	1,575.00–1,925.00	1,759	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,745	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	2,251	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Small and Medium 3	610	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	945	169.48/cwt	162.50–177.50	1,602	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,240	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,450	2,325.00/head	2,325.00–2,325.00	2,325	1
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	860	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	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 Apr 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 342Last week 434Year ago 717

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 83Year ago 119

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 24Year ago 43

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 4.00-15.00, mostly 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-13.00, mostly 9.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	568	287.00	287.00
6	600–650	626	279.00	279.00
2	750–800	792	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	323	325.00–362.50	343.74
11	350–400	382	300.00–355.00	333.11
15	400–450	425	302.50–345.00	328.48
21	450–500	478	300.00–337.50	315.25
9	500–550	525	284.00–320.00	298.38
1	550–600	585	267.50	267.50
3	600–650	608	269.00–270.00	269.34
1	650–700	670	247.50	247.50
1	700–750	700	242.50	242.50
1	800–850	800	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	720	182.50	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	285.00	285.00
3	400–450	427	285.00–290.00	286.66
7	450–500	476	282.50–297.50	291.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	598	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	582	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	333	290.00–330.00	310.77
14	350–400	377	290.00–329.00	310.53
9	400–450	420	280.00–313.00	305.09
8	450–500	475	287.00–297.50	288.32
10	500–550	520	250.00–283.00	271.01
5	550–600	566	255.00–272.50	261.45
10	600–650	624	240.00–243.00	241.99
2	650–700	692	242.50	242.50
1	700–750	715	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	650–700	698	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	489	275.00–285.00	279.37
25	550–600	553	264.00	264.00
4	650–700	681	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	260.00–280.00	270.08
3	350–400	382	267.50–287.50	280.78
11	400–450	424	270.00–285.00	276.62
3	450–500	465	247.50–277.50	264.17
3	500–550	532	227.50–247.50	236.55
2	550–600	575	212.50–235.00	223.46
2	600–650	638	205.00–217.50	211.32
1	650–700	680	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	237.50–265.00	251.58
2	450–500	475	255.00	255.00
1	600–650	635	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	950–1000	985	182.50	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	520	275.00–305.00	292.88
2	550–600	578	275.00–290.00	282.34
1	600–650	645	257.50	257.50
4	650–700	675	227.50–242.50	236.94
1	700–750	700	237.50	237.50
2	750–800	773	210.00–217.50	213.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	655	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	580	242.50	242.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,745	129.00	129.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,140	1,925.00	1,925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,177	1,575.00–1,925.00	1,759.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	915	1,425.00	1,425.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	825	118.00	118.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,170	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	930	1,400.00	1,400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	775	975.00	975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	730	115.00	115.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,015	1,050.00	1,050.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	610	650.00	650.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	945	162.50–177.50	169.48

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,240	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,450	2,325.00	2,325.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	860	1,850.00	1,850.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,540	2,400.00–2,950.00	2,672.32
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,180	1,900.00	1,900.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,369	129.00–130.00	129.49
7	—	1,386	132.00–135.00	134.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,037	116.00–119.00	117.92
11	—	1,018	55.00–109.00	96.53
7	—	1,286	132.00–140.00	134.80
7	—	1,129	122.00–130.00	126.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	865	95.00–106.00	100.53
1	—	985	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,354	98.00–140.00	118.81
2	—	1,650	157.00–161.00	158.70
3	—	1,663	141.00–150.00	145.84

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.