Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2025-03-27

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Mar 27
● Final102 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053
Feeder Cattle receipts
464 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 484▲ 54 vs year ago 410 · +13.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 93▲ 15 vs year ago 59 · +25.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 59▲ 10 vs year ago 24 · +41.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 20.00-25.00 higher, 400-500 lbs sold 2.00 lower, 500-600 lbs sold 15.00 higher, over 600 lbs not well tested. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 2.00-3.00 lower, 500-600 lbs sold 5.00 higher, over 600 lbs not well tested. Feeder supply consisted of mostly unweaned, fleshy cattle with a few long weaned offerings bringing a Premium. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $300.65/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −85.97 against this barn's trailing median of $386.62.
Average price
$300.65
42 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,629
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$256
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$35.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.45
vs AR average
−21.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544305.501,66028
Medium and Large 1-2545293.911,60211thin
Medium and Large 2513285.151,4632thin
Medium and Large 3520270.001,4041thin
One grade step is worth $35.50/cwt here — about $256 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 sale42 hd
300.65
—
AR average9 barns · 336 hd
307.10
−6.45
National average178 barns · 15,613 hd
321.74
−21.09
This barn, trailing median33 sales
386.62
−85.97
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—High1,627152.712,4849thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,350143.271,93511
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,107128.411,42131
CowsLean 85-90%Average918114.451,0508thin

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)1,500$2,5501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,142$2,0684thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,174$1,9324thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)960$1,6502thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,008$1,5882thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)775$1,5842thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,268$2,1602thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,162$2,0935
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,195$1,8873thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,300$2,6251thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)710$1,7501thin

Every lot

102 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318472.18/cwt440.00–505.001,5029
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2632
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2367367.92/cwt350.00–377.501,3503
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3368302.17/cwt250.00–330.001,1123
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379420.37/cwt400.00–445.001,59327
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419416.50/cwt400.00–440.001,74517
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2431374.88/cwt365.00–395.001,6168
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3465307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,4301
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468381.13/cwt370.00–400.001,78410
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478358.09/cwt340.00–367.501,7125
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy485350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6981
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added525382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,0081
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526369.13/cwt345.00–375.001,94212
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,7521
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added570360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0521
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577344.55/cwt325.00–357.501,9889
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,7251
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610310.08/cwt300.00–320.001,8912
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added640325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0801
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663306.08/cwt298.00–312.502,0293
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,1191
Steers1250–1300Medium and Large 11,290192.50/cwt192.50–192.502,4831
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318405.02/cwt385.00–420.001,2885
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333356.60/cwt350.00–360.001,1873
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378385.09/cwt375.00–400.001,4566
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3385300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1551
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2388353.29/cwt342.50–362.501,3713
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3400315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2601
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy405325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3161
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416346.20/cwt342.50–350.001,4406
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428315.06/cwt290.00–360.001,3484
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2455321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,4612
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3470250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1751
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471332.15/cwt295.00–350.001,56441
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474280.16/cwt260.00–297.501,3284
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added475352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,6741
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy480250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2001
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2502293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,4716
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2513285.15/cwt275.00–295.001,4632
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517313.32/cwt285.00–327.501,6209
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy520299.90/cwt295.00–305.001,5592
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3520270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4041
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added530331.93/cwt327.50–333.001,7595
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573289.55/cwt275.00–308.001,65912
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added597295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7615
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy600260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5602
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0301
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,6161
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy650240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5601
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2658270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7772
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added680277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,8871
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1690267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,8461
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6561
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720252.76/cwt240.00–265.001,8202
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open750257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,9282
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open815247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,0171
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424403.99/cwt375.00–425.001,7136
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475372.37/cwt350.00–392.501,76913
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2495357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,7701
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1516356.53/cwt327.50–370.001,84017
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2538316.24/cwt315.00–317.501,7012
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1572309.96/cwt280.00–337.501,77313
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1627298.35/cwt282.00–332.501,8716
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3665235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5631
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1673291.28/cwt277.50–310.001,9605
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1713271.82/cwt265.00–285.001,9383
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1760259.04/cwt247.50–272.501,9693
Bulls1150–1200Medium and Large 11,190165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,9641
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers1150–1200Small and Medium 31,185139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,6471
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,521143.71/cwt140.00–147.002,1865
Bulls——1,705160.95/cwt155.00–165.002,7443
Bulls——1,920173.00/cwt173.00–173.003,3221
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight77095.00/cwt95.00–95.007321
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight775114.00/cwt114.00–114.008841
Cows—Lean 85-90%944114.12/cwt109.00–117.001,0775
Cows—Boner 80-85%958108.57/cwt105.00–110.001,0408
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,010128.50/cwt128.00–129.001,2984
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,027142.39/cwt141.00–145.001,4623
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,075136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,4621
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220135.69/cwt133.00–139.001,65516
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,343145.99/cwt144.00–149.001,9613
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,353142.25/cwt141.00–143.001,9258
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,2682,160.36/head2,000.00–2,300.002,1602
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed7601,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed7801,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0081,587.97/head1,575.00–1,600.001,5882
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,115136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,5161
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1601,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1741,931.82/head1,725.00–2,275.001,9324
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,185136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,6121
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,250134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,6751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2632,191.00/head1,750.00–2,725.002,1913
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,371138.71/cwt135.00–142.001,9024
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5002,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-27101,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3002,625.00/head2,625.00–2,625.002,6251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27751,584.03/head1,400.00–1,750.001,5842
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed7801,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0451,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2322,230.07/head1,800.00–2,525.002,2303
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2702,055.51/head1,950.00–2,150.002,0562
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3352,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001

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.