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I-40 Livestock Auction

Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-17

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, Jan 17

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662

← earliestJan 17Feb 14 →

Receipts

525 head

▲ 525 vs last sale 0▲ 525 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereRegular saleThu Oct 29, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly pot load sale 1/17/2023. Next scheduled monthly pot load sale is Tuesday February 14, 2023. Demand good for all weights and classes. Value Added flag is 45 days plus weaned with 2 sets of preconditioning shots. Most cattle weaned 45 plus days with a few having only one set of shots.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $179.63/cwt on 316 head.

Average price

$179.63

316 head · 629 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,130

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$296

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

$17.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.81

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	628	180.83	1,135	227
Medium and Large 1-2	644	177.85	1,146	81
Medium and Large 2	513	163.50	839	8thin

One grade step is worth $17.33/cwt here — about $296 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 sale316 hd

179.63

—

AR average7 barns · 2,618 hd

188.44

−8.81

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

Every lot

27 lots · USDA AMS · I-40 Livestock Feeder Cattle Pot Load Sale - 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	318	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	696	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	410	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	841	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	471	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	980	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	512	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	824	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	514	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	848	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	534	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,047	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	554	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,075	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,081	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	621	175.54/cwt	174.00–176.00	1,090	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	643	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,148	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	669	174.46/cwt	174.00–176.00	1,167	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	678	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,092	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	733	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,246	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,247	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	752	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,278	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	729	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	418	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	656	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	510	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	928	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	511	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	915	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	533	173.78/cwt	172.00–175.00	926	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	919	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	585	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	977	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	628	166.59/cwt	166.00–167.00	1,046	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	672	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,109	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	683	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,137	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,177	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	505	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	960	3

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 Feeder Cattle Pot Load Sale - Ozark, AR

Tue Jan 17, 2023

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

Receipts 525Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	752	170.00	170.00
5	—	733	170.00	170.00
72	—	669	174.00–176.00	174.46
4	—	471	208.00	208.00
21	—	534	196.00	196.00
38	—	621	174.00–176.00	175.54
10	—	318	219.00	219.00
17	—	554	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	738	169.00	169.00
2	—	410	205.00	205.00
13	—	560	193.00	193.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	643	178.50	178.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	512	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	678	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	514	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	731	161.00	161.00
2	—	370	197.00	197.00
11	—	511	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	683	166.50	166.50
21	—	585	167.00	167.00
55	—	533	172.00–175.00	173.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	550	167.00	167.00
10	—	628	166.00–167.00	166.59
15	—	672	165.00	165.00
31	—	510	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	418	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	505	190.00	190.00

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.