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I-40 Livestock Auction

Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-09

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, May 9

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662

← Mar 14May 9Jun 13 →

Receipts

447 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 460▲ 447 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, next auction scheduled for Tuesday June 13, 2023. Value Added comment means cattle weaned 45 plus days and two sets of preconditioning shots. Balance of cattle were long time weaned with some having 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 $211.80/cwt on 258 head.

Average price

$211.80

258 head · 667 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,412

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$224

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

$26.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.16

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	634	217.16	1,376	147
Medium and Large 2	706	205.21	1,448	107
Medium and Large 1	838	191.00	1,601	4thin

One grade step is worth $26.16/cwt here — about −$224 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 sale258 hd

211.80

—

AR average11 barns · 1,655 hd

227.96

−16.16

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

Every lot

16 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	500	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,170	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	571	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,330	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	607	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,329	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	614	220.98/cwt	219.00–225.00	1,357	84
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Full	652	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,350	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	729	198.23/cwt	195.50–201.50	1,445	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	755	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	1,506	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	783	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,543	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	838	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,601	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	894	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,600	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	534	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,105	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	566	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	1,101	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	586	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,149	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	607	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,232	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	181.05/cwt	180.00–183.00	1,199	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	704	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,274	20

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 May 9, 2023

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

Receipts 447Last week 460Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	571	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	838	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	607	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	614	219.00–225.00	220.98
32	—	729	195.50–201.50	198.23
10	—	500	234.00	234.00
6	—	783	197.00	197.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	894	179.00	179.00
49	—	755	199.50	199.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	652	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	534	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	566	194.50	194.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	586	196.00	196.00
29	—	662	180.00–183.00	181.05
20	—	704	181.00	181.00
16	—	607	203.00	203.00

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.