Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2024-10-17

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Oct 17
● Final133 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053
Feeder Cattle receipts
555 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 550▼ 40 vs year ago 595 · −6.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 82▼ 42 vs year ago 114 · −36.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 27▼ 8 vs year ago 32 · −25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 6.00-12.00 higher, over500 lbs sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs and 500-600 lbs sold 3.00-6.00 lower, heifers 400-500 lbs and over 600 lbs sold 6.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00-4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $250.31/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −188.22 against this barn's trailing median of $438.53.
Average price
$250.31
66 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,366
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$503
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$106.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.66
vs AR average
−49.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544256.581,39643
Medium and Large 1-2547246.801,35015thin
Medium and Large 2546233.621,2757thin
Medium and Large 3595150.008931thin
One grade step is worth $106.58/cwt here — about $503 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 sale66 hd
250.31
—
AR average7 barns · 412 hd
257.97
−7.66
National average188 barns · 32,793 hd
299.33
−49.02
This barn, trailing median31 sales
438.53
−188.22
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

31 sales
498437376316median 438.5303/0504/3006/2509/0310/29
Steers 500–600 lb: high $484.40, low $329.53, median $438.53 across 31 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—Low1,676136.422,28717
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,378119.821,65213
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,142111.941,27929
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low941106.991,0076thin

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)1,370$1,8251thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,216$1,6345
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)915$1,5001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)792$9194thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)595$7251thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)680$8251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,020$1,3001thin

Every lot

133 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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1324331.18/cwt315.00–345.001,07311
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325270.15/cwt265.00–275.008782
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3330218.30/cwt200.00–235.007202
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373255.10/cwt242.50–285.009524
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1384310.29/cwt300.00–325.001,19215
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3390235.00/cwt235.00–235.009171
Steers350–400Small and Medium 3390155.00/cwt155.00–155.006051
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3410214.88/cwt210.00–220.008812
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422289.93/cwt275.00–302.501,22421
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2427261.08/cwt230.00–270.001,1156
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2467255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1913
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469273.83/cwt265.00–280.001,2848
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy480255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2241
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Full485160.00/cwt160.00–160.007761
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3487211.52/cwt190.00–225.001,0303
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,2656
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2513243.36/cwt242.50–245.001,2483
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1534257.80/cwt255.00–285.001,37733
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy535244.98/cwt242.50–247.501,3112
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added562249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,3996
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570226.32/cwt215.00–237.501,2904
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1587254.47/cwt250.00–275.001,4948
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2592240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4213
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3595150.00/cwt150.00–150.008931
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3201
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy605230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3921
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617244.73/cwt237.50–251.001,5109
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5281
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy670215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4411
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added674254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,7129
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy675210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4181
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683238.25/cwt237.50–240.001,6276
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3695130.00/cwt130.00–130.009041
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6801
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added727242.63/cwt241.00–249.001,76415
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2730220.87/cwt215.00–227.501,6123
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1768224.37/cwt220.00–230.001,7234
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2800191.00/cwt189.00–195.001,5283
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1807223.50/cwt215.00–226.001,8046
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1855208.00/cwt206.00–210.001,7782
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added892223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,9895
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1309274.31/cwt260.00–280.008485
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318237.56/cwt230.00–245.007552
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3328215.11/cwt210.00–220.007062
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376270.59/cwt260.00–282.501,0178
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3378207.65/cwt200.00–215.007852
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390245.00/cwt245.00–245.009561
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417269.07/cwt260.00–287.501,12212
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423208.99/cwt195.00–230.008844
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433247.96/cwt235.00–250.001,07413
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy445247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,1011
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462260.41/cwt260.00–262.501,2036
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,1623
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy480230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1041
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3480196.12/cwt190.00–202.509412
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2481219.19/cwt210.00–232.501,0548
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3515145.00/cwt145.00–145.007471
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2517208.00/cwt185.00–224.001,0758
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520224.18/cwt215.00–230.001,16619
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy520180.00/cwt180.00–180.009361
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572224.96/cwt217.50–237.501,2877
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573211.95/cwt197.50–217.001,2149
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3605150.00/cwt150.00–150.009081
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2607206.26/cwt200.00–219.001,2523
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1612219.58/cwt213.00–226.001,3449
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy635205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3022
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3443
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4521
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added663235.49/cwt235.00–236.001,5612
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy673204.94/cwt190.00–215.001,3793
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2688196.66/cwt190.00–200.001,3533
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy710203.69/cwt195.00–212.501,4462
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5911
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy825180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4851
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2828166.23/cwt165.00–167.501,3762
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2850160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3601
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1963168.75/cwt167.50–170.001,6252
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,140154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,7561
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415225.00/cwt225.00–225.009341
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,2001
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2516208.97/cwt185.00–230.001,0785
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525247.62/cwt235.00–262.501,30030
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1101
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1572234.14/cwt220.00–260.001,33917
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed572200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1444
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1629228.79/cwt220.00–237.501,4394
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,3601
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1658215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4152
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy660200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3201
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3670170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1391
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680205.57/cwt200.00–217.501,3984
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1723209.22/cwt200.00–220.001,5134
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1775193.34/cwt190.00–195.001,4983
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2790170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3431
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1838182.49/cwt180.00–187.501,5293
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2850160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3601
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1883188.63/cwt180.00–197.501,6662
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1940160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5041
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1975161.19/cwt157.50–165.001,5722
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 11,085157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,7091
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers450–500Small and Medium 3460150.00/cwt150.00–150.006901
Dairy Steers500–550Small and Medium 3528134.12/cwt122.50–145.007082
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight96599.00/cwt99.00–99.009551
Bulls——1,637128.26/cwt108.00–140.002,1008
Bulls——1,797147.09/cwt144.00–149.002,6436
Bulls——1,825155.79/cwt153.00–159.002,8432
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight770100.00/cwt100.00–100.007701
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight83598.00/cwt98.00–98.008181
Cows—Lean 85-90%91594.00/cwt94.00–94.008601
Cows—Lean 85-90%955118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,1271
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,002109.98/cwt109.00–112.001,1023
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,100100.24/cwt91.00–105.001,1036
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,166118.02/cwt114.00–120.001,37614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,166110.38/cwt106.00–113.001,2877
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,4701
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,350119.48/cwt117.00–122.001,6137
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,395112.71/cwt110.00–116.001,5722
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,420123.96/cwt123.00–125.001,7604
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 3595725.00/head725.00–725.007251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed610850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2810800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 38731,012.54/head1,000.00–1,025.001,0132
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29151,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,135129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,4641
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,145118.65/cwt115.00–122.001,3592
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2161,634.40/head1,225.00–1,850.001,6345
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,323118.31/cwt111.00–123.001,5653
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3701,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0201,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed593146.03/cwt110.00–180.008662
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-259597.50/cwt97.50–97.505801
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2930135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2561
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680825.00/head825.00–825.008251

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.