Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2025-11-13

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Nov 13
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053
Receipts
492 head
▼ 199 vs last sale 691▲ 70 vs year ago 422 · +16.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 10.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold steady to 11.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 35.00 with instances of 45.00 higher, 400-500 lbs sold 6.00 lower, 500-600 lbs sold 6.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls not reported.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $325.26/cwt on 83 head. That ranks 4 of 33 comparable sales and sits −61.36 against this barn's trailing median of $386.62.
Average price
$325.26
83 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,769
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1,217
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$213.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.96
vs AR average
−38.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545328.901,79280
Medium and Large 2528285.001,5052thin
Medium and Large 3500115.005751thin
One grade step is worth $213.90/cwt here — about $1,217 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 sale83 hd
325.26
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AR average9 barns · 619 hd
345.23
−19.96
National average183 barns · 20,348 hd
363.96
−38.70
This barn, trailing median33 sales
386.62
−61.36
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.

Every lot

70 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 2317370.32/cwt340.00–385.001,1743
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320478.69/cwt450.00–530.001,5328
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,3655
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2361413.28/cwt390.00–430.001,4926
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6192
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372462.87/cwt435.00–500.001,72220
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3380325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2351
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418366.12/cwt350.00–380.001,5304
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426411.98/cwt390.00–440.001,75522
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2449375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6845
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463405.27/cwt375.00–415.001,87619
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475369.62/cwt340.00–400.001,75611
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7042
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2509354.98/cwt345.00–365.001,8074
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524386.91/cwt355.00–410.002,02727
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added528402.49/cwt400.00–405.002,1252
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,8152
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579374.53/cwt337.50–400.002,16918
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7981
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added610380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,3181
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610359.81/cwt345.00–370.002,1957
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675328.36/cwt322.50–332.002,21611
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy675321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,1671
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,2333
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2740280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0721
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1754312.39/cwt300.00–321.002,3555
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2770260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0021
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,3942
Steers800–850Medium and Large 3820245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0091
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2822290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,3842
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1845287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,4291
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324471.20/cwt430.00–510.001,52715
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,3652
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3345280.00/cwt280.00–280.009661
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376441.56/cwt405.00–460.001,6608
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4632
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381372.06/cwt350.00–390.001,4185
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3390265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0341
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426334.46/cwt300.00–375.001,4259
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428393.55/cwt372.50–420.001,68412
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3428277.46/cwt270.00–285.001,1882
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2463354.23/cwt347.50–357.001,64011
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy470300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4101
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483342.17/cwt325.00–365.001,65318
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2487329.45/cwt307.50–355.001,6045
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3500115.00/cwt115.00–115.005751
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526328.94/cwt300.00–346.001,73046
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5052
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added540352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,9041
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added561346.97/cwt343.00–350.001,9474
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573325.53/cwt305.00–337.501,86529
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1611321.98/cwt310.00–326.001,96718
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,8572
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy615285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7531
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623297.55/cwt285.00–310.001,8542
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3670235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5751
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1686305.88/cwt290.00–321.002,0989
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0812
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2753250.84/cwt250.00–252.501,8893
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469396.93/cwt370.00–410.001,8626
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2495290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4361
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1507379.37/cwt340.00–405.001,92316
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7491
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1581355.49/cwt337.50–377.502,0655
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2595315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8741
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1607320.99/cwt302.50–335.001,9483
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670308.72/cwt307.50–310.002,0682
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1728307.51/cwt300.00–310.002,2394
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1775280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1701
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1800270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1601

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.