Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2023-10-10

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, Oct 10
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662
Receipts
1,348 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 1,413▲ 1,348 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Next scheduled sale on Tuesday November 7, 2023. Demand good for all weights and classes

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $231.37/cwt on 759 head.
Average price
$231.37
759 head · 712 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,647
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$51.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.60
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2666238.001,585103
Medium and Large 1717231.651,662637
Medium and Large 2783186.051,45619thin
One grade step is worth $51.95/cwt here — about $129 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 sale759 hd
231.37
—
AR average9 barns · 2,088 hd
221.78
+9.60
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

18 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1596264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,57313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,64361
Steers—Medium 2660199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,31313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2686253.52/cwt252.00–255.001,739122
Steers—Medium and Large 1730253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,84771
Steers—Medium and Large 1797243.50/cwt243.50–243.501,941121
Steers—Medium and Large 1806245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,97983
Steers—Medium and Large 2829209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,73315
Steers—Medium and Large 1934225.50/cwt225.50–225.502,10659
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571249.77/cwt248.00–250.001,42634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1634245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,55644
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,585103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1687234.26/cwt232.00–244.001,609347
Heifers—Medium and Large 2694196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,36010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1789226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,78379
Heifers—Medium and Large 1819219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,794133
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy881175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,5429
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2610248.50/cwt248.50–248.501,51632

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.