Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2024-02-13

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, Feb 13
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662
Receipts
1,304 head
▲ 1,058 vs last sale 246▲ 634 vs year ago 670 · +94.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand good for all weights and classes. Next scheduled sale is Tuesday March 12, 2024.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $255.06/cwt on 791 head.
Average price
$255.06
791 head · 697 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,777
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−26.93
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1698255.821,787709
Medium and Large 1-2682248.511,69482
One grade step is worth $7.31/cwt here — about $92 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 sale791 hd
255.06
—
AR average10 barns · 2,202 hd
281.99
−26.93
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

32 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1434331.79/cwt326.00–338.001,44037
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2462307.98/cwt304.00–316.001,42315
Steers—Medium and Large 1484321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,5546
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy522283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,4775
Steers—Medium and Large 1534313.71/cwt296.00–316.001,67569
Steers—Medium and Large 1567265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,50327
Steers—Medium and Large 1642265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,70139
Steers—Medium and Large 1687251.35/cwt247.00–254.001,72773
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy705226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,59311
Steers—Medium and Large 1716245.29/cwt245.00–247.001,75654
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2736237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,74456
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added739241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,78124
Steers—Medium and Large 1761238.73/cwt238.00–244.001,81795
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added774238.43/cwt237.00–242.001,845268
Steers—Medium and Large 1841221.99/cwt220.00–223.001,86712
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2392305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1969
Heifers—Medium and Large 1399285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1379
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,1556
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,2275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed445290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,29124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2453268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,21421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1461284.22/cwt284.00–285.001,31027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2502261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,31010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1541259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,4015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added552266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,46826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575247.07/cwt246.00–248.001,42131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619241.34/cwt235.00–245.001,49496
Heifers—Medium and Large 1662240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,58910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added678234.57/cwt231.00–240.001,59064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722227.43/cwt224.00–234.001,64242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy795208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,65429
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1639240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5346

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.