Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2024-05-09

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, May 9
● Final101 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053
Feeder Cattle receipts
261 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 243▼ 152 vs year ago 413 · −36.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 66▼ 8 vs year ago 91 · −8.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 30▼ 32 vs year ago 86 · −37.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 4.00-18.00, mostly 9.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 1.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold steady to 11.00, mostly 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher, on a light test, Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $242.95/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −143.67 against this barn's trailing median of $386.62.
Average price
$242.95
33 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,319
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$866
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 3
$157.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.80
vs AR average
−24.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541257.941,39621
Medium and Large 2548227.321,24611thin
Small and Medium 3530100.005301thin
One grade step is worth $157.94/cwt here — about $866 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale33 hd
242.95
—
AR average8 barns · 322 hd
256.75
−13.80
National average178 barns · 10,823 hd
267.59
−24.64
This barn, trailing median33 sales
386.62
−143.67
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales
440397353310median 386.6203/0504/3006/2508/2710/29
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.06, low $323.84, median $386.62 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,741142.472,4807thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,442123.151,77622
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,276120.691,54036
CowsLean 85-90%Low934111.611,0425thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,080$1,7251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,200$1,7012thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,088$1,5782thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,093$1,4527
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)935$1,0751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,230$1,9601thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$1,8001thin

Every lot

101 lots · USDA AMS · I-40 Livestock - 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3320240.00/cwt240.00–240.007681
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328355.08/cwt325.00–380.001,1657
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,0541
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375245.00/cwt245.00–245.009191
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377326.24/cwt305.00–350.001,23011
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0831
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed400290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1601
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3400242.50/cwt242.50–242.509701
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419327.15/cwt310.00–335.001,3715
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added420337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,4181
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2422270.56/cwt247.50–290.001,1429
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy445295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3131
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3458233.18/cwt225.00–240.001,0683
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474319.52/cwt315.00–325.001,5156
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2481263.20/cwt245.00–282.501,2666
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy485287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,3941
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535252.46/cwt247.50–257.501,3514
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,6761
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7453
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added570315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7961
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2592249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,4742
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623274.00/cwt270.00–277.501,7075
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,5552
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674254.93/cwt250.00–260.001,7185
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added726243.09/cwt240.00–247.001,7656
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,7061
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added830221.98/cwt220.00–224.001,8422
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added885217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,9251
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added921215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,9805
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Value Added960212.50/cwt212.50–212.502,0401
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,055190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,0051
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2316271.62/cwt255.00–285.008584
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322289.15/cwt287.50–290.009313
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2371263.40/cwt250.00–282.509778
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378295.52/cwt282.50–310.001,1174
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1414287.48/cwt280.00–295.001,1905
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426261.58/cwt245.00–277.501,1144
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2881
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2472251.62/cwt232.50–270.001,1886
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy480275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3201
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2492261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,2844
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523232.93/cwt220.00–242.501,2186
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524262.26/cwt245.00–277.501,37412
Heifers500–550Small and Medium 3530100.00/cwt100.00–100.005301
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564252.19/cwt245.00–265.001,4229
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578220.58/cwt210.00–240.001,2755
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1606241.04/cwt232.50–247.501,4614
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy635227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,4451
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640215.04/cwt210.00–220.001,3762
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3660185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2211
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665233.05/cwt227.50–240.001,5505
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3402
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5751
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2738180.20/cwt160.00–200.001,3302
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added798214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,70812
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1815182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,4871
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1855182.51/cwt180.00–185.001,5602
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1940183.74/cwt182.50–185.001,7272
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2945161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,5211
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,010165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,6671
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2510238.64/cwt227.50–250.001,2172
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1516272.87/cwt257.50–290.001,4087
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,2791
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1564269.91/cwt252.50–280.001,5226
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1629261.80/cwt250.00–265.001,6477
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4491
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1668230.09/cwt225.00–235.001,5372
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1792218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,7273
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1835205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,7121
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1870190.00/cwt180.00–200.001,6532
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1985180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7731
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,015181.34/cwt175.00–187.501,8412
Bulls1100–1150Medium and Large 21,145130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,4891
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,520135.32/cwt134.00–137.002,0573
Bulls——1,718144.86/cwt144.00–146.002,4892
Bulls——2,095150.80/cwt149.50–152.503,1592
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight77589.00/cwt89.00–89.006901
Cows—Lean 85-90%955115.01/cwt114.00–116.001,0983
Cows—Boner 80-85%990100.00/cwt100.00–100.009901
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,030124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,2771
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,167115.33/cwt112.00–117.001,3467
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,307121.71/cwt119.00–126.001,59124
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350129.15/cwt127.00–132.001,7444
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,392129.90/cwt127.00–133.001,8085
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,426123.27/cwt119.00–126.001,75811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,513117.31/cwt117.00–118.001,7756
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 364076.00/cwt76.00–76.004861
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 3700725.00/head725.00–725.007251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29351,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0801,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0881,577.99/head1,425.00–1,700.001,5782
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,095120.15/cwt103.00–132.001,3162
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1581,573.25/head1,000.00–1,850.001,5736
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,701.35/head1,675.00–1,725.001,7012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,305126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,6441
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,342121.38/cwt115.00–126.001,6293
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,455127.85/cwt124.00–130.001,8603
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,015176.28/cwt175.00–177.501,7892
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,110144.61/cwt121.00–175.001,6055
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2301,960.00/head1,960.00–1,960.001,9601

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.