Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2024-06-27

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Jun 27
● Final116 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053
Feeder Cattle receipts
465 head
▲ 96 vs last sale 369▼ 68 vs year ago 533 · −12.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 69▼ 40 vs year ago 95 · −42.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 31▼ 18 vs year ago 47 · −38.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 2.00 higher, 400-500 lb weights sold 5.00 lower, 500-600 lb weights sold 11.00 higher, over 600 lbs, not well tested. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 4.00-6.00 lower, 500-600 lb weights sold 10.00 higher, over 600 lbs not well tested. Feeder supply was mostly plain to average in quality with many light weight plain calves included. Slaughter cows sold steady, Slaughter bulls not well tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $264.72/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −121.90 against this barn's trailing median of $386.62.
Average price
$264.72
46 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,439
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$53
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.27
vs AR average
−4.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533272.771,45432
Medium and Large 2569246.341,40114thin
One grade step is worth $26.43/cwt here — about $53 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale46 hd
264.72
—
AR average10 barns · 409 hd
254.45
+10.27
National average153 barns · 8,958 hd
269.28
−4.56
This barn, trailing median33 sales
386.62
−121.90
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—Average1,563144.012,25111
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,321135.831,7955thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,027128.961,3258thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,092128.901,40831

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,180$2,0251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)965$1,7001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,185$1,6303thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)795$1,2501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)817$1,1844thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)685$8251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,133$2,2882thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,125$1,5333thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,210$1,5242thin

Every lot

116 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3330200.00/cwt200.00–200.006602
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335319.52/cwt310.00–345.001,0704
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy360370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3325
Steers350–400Small and Medium 3363191.33/cwt187.50–195.006952
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2364283.35/cwt265.00–297.501,0314
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377327.15/cwt310.00–340.001,23312
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425309.46/cwt297.50–322.501,31519
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1751
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3440220.00/cwt220.00–220.009681
Steers400–450Small and Medium 3443161.17/cwt147.50–175.007142
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465299.24/cwt290.00–315.001,39111
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468271.77/cwt250.00–287.501,2729
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy470275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2931
Steers450–500Small and Medium 3480157.50/cwt157.50–157.507561
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy510265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3521
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514298.80/cwt290.00–309.001,53616
Steers500–550Small and Medium 3543146.28/cwt140.00–152.507942
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4721
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583282.14/cwt278.00–292.501,64510
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2595242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,4431
Steers600–650Small and Medium 3600157.50/cwt157.50–157.509451
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610271.47/cwt270.00–277.501,6565
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy640250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6001
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2655245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6051
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1659268.40/cwt265.00–270.001,7695
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy705235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6571
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1708253.66/cwt245.00–262.501,7962
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778249.00/cwt248.00–250.001,9374
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326266.99/cwt250.00–287.508708
Heifers300–350Small and Medium 3328139.54/cwt120.00–160.004582
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333293.23/cwt290.00–300.009766
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3339226.24/cwt200.00–237.507674
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3363227.36/cwt215.00–245.008256
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0495
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2371266.74/cwt257.50–285.009909
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373291.37/cwt285.00–295.001,0877
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420202.50/cwt202.50–202.508511
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432291.70/cwt282.50–295.001,2607
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433257.24/cwt250.00–272.501,11412
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2448282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,2662
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3465235.08/cwt227.50–242.501,0932
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480286.91/cwt285.00–287.001,37722
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484262.20/cwt245.00–277.501,2696
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520253.18/cwt247.50–255.001,3174
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521272.29/cwt260.00–285.001,41922
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1559273.82/cwt257.50–283.001,53110
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2588243.60/cwt230.00–255.001,43210
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy605235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4221
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623241.05/cwt237.50–245.001,5027
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628224.30/cwt215.00–230.001,4094
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6051
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2668219.80/cwt212.50–227.501,4682
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,5923
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy710205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4561
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2745220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6391
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2783203.83/cwt195.00–212.501,5962
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1835200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6701
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420259.22/cwt255.00–262.501,0893
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473238.45/cwt220.00–257.501,1282
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480289.69/cwt280.00–300.001,3912
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3495200.00/cwt200.00–200.009901
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1516289.60/cwt277.50–293.001,49413
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2519252.45/cwt240.00–260.001,3105
Bulls500–550Small and Medium 3530140.00/cwt140.00–140.007421
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2543262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,4253
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy550225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2381
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,3492
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3568206.06/cwt200.00–212.501,1702
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1585263.44/cwt250.00–270.001,54111
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1613249.63/cwt240.00–265.001,53012
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4611
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660226.25/cwt222.50–230.001,4932
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680238.78/cwt232.50–240.001,6246
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1740227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,6841
Bulls700–750Small and Medium 3745125.00/cwt125.00–125.009311
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2775180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3951
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2790207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,6352
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1805218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,7554
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2920175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,6101
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,010190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,9191
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Small and Medium 3445122.50/cwt122.50–122.505451
Dairy Steers500–550Small and Medium 3525125.00/cwt125.00–125.006561
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers550–600Small and Medium 3560130.00/cwt130.00–130.007281
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,447137.54/cwt130.00–144.001,9907
Bulls——1,633152.10/cwt149.00–155.002,4842
Bulls——1,898158.54/cwt157.00–160.003,0092
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%953123.80/cwt120.00–127.001,1802
Cows—Lean 85-90%985119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,1721
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,022129.68/cwt129.00–131.001,3253
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,064124.39/cwt121.00–127.001,3248
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,073113.59/cwt112.00–116.001,2192
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,078130.14/cwt101.00–137.001,40318
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,130138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,5592
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,268143.65/cwt140.00–147.001,8213
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,319135.04/cwt133.00–138.001,7814
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,330139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,8491
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows13 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 3685825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 3745925.00/head925.00–925.009251
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 3745104.00/cwt104.00–104.007751
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 3750845.67/head750.00–925.008462
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-27951,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2845121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0221
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28831,521.74/head1,175.00–1,775.001,5222
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29651,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2980116.53/cwt102.00–129.001,1422
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,118136.26/cwt128.00–150.001,5233
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1802,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,190129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,5351
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4051,982.47/head1,900.00–2,050.001,9822
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small and Medium 370597.00/cwt97.00–97.006841
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2830121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0041
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2845117.00/cwt117.00–117.009891
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 38301,011.82/head1,000.00–1,025.001,0122
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1332,287.58/head2,275.00–2,300.002,2882
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2101,524.12/head1,325.00–1,700.001,5242
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,7152,575.00/head2,575.00–2,575.002,5751

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.