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I-40 Livestock Auction

Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-08

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, Aug 8

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662

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Receipts

942 head

▲ 133 vs last sale 809▲ 942 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. Demand good for all weights. Next scheduled sale on Tuesday August 29, 2023.

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 $236.67/cwt on 612 head.

Average price

$236.67

612 head · 826 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,954

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$94

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

$9.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.54

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	778	243.01	1,892	213
Medium and Large 1	851	233.29	1,985	399

One grade step is worth $9.73/cwt here — about −$94 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 sale612 hd

236.67

—

AR average11 barns · 1,398 hd

246.21

−9.54

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

Every lot

12 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	661	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,705	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	791	242.09/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,915	149
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	802	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,929	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	849	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,987	133
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	921	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,054	178
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	500	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,135	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	555	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,218	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	614	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,498	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	235.51/cwt	235.00–236.00	1,597	151
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	711	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,600	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,719	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	848	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,772	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 Aug 8, 2023

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

Receipts 942Last week 809Year ago 0

Monthly Pot Load sale. Demand good for all weights. Next scheduled sale on Tuesday August 29, 2023.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	849	234.00	234.00
80	—	661	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
178	—	921	223.00	223.00
149	—	791	240.00–244.00	242.09
72	—	802	240.50	240.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	555	219.50	219.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	500	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	678	235.00–236.00	235.51
70	—	711	225.00	225.00
32	—	614	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	785	219.00	219.00
3	—	848	209.00	209.00

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.