Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2026-09-03

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Sep 3
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053
Feeder Cattle receipts
264 head
▼ 161 vs last sale 425▼ 451 vs year ago 715 · −63.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
107 head
▲ 94 vs last sale 13▲ 61 vs year ago 46 · +132.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: the better Feeder steers 300-500 lbs sold 14.00-20.00 higher, 500-600 lbs sold 1.00 higher, over 600 lbs not well tested. The better Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 14.00-25.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 1.00-7.00 higher. Plain or fleshy or those with too much hair sold with a steep discount. 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 $323.84/cwt on 25 head, down $6.08 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −62.78 against this barn's trailing median of $386.62.
Average price
$323.84
▼ 6.08 vs prior sale
25 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,802
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$185
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.23
vs AR average
−7.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558326.861,82422
Medium and Large 2543301.671,6393thin
One grade step is worth $25.20/cwt here — about $185 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale25 hd
323.84
—
AR average8 barns · 285 hd
337.07
−13.23
National average157 barns · 5,611 hd
331.52
−7.68
This barn, trailing median33 sales
386.62
−62.78
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

67 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1324478.78/cwt450.00–500.001,5514
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2342395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,3512
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380405.00/cwt400.00–410.001,5392
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382451.11/cwt440.00–480.001,7236
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3Fleshy395250.00/cwt250.00–250.009881
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy400285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1401
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426436.81/cwt425.00–460.001,8617
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6561
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,8256
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475420.27/cwt400.00–430.001,9964
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,8251
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2510285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4541
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528386.28/cwt380.00–392.502,0402
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3545300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6351
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy560285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5961
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3565300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6951
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2568320.48/cwt310.00–342.501,8206
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,1611
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2598352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,1082
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2623312.27/cwt297.50–325.001,9453
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1741
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy640325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0801
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8951
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668325.20/cwt310.00–335.002,1723
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2895220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9691
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322440.12/cwt410.00–450.001,4175
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333332.44/cwt330.00–335.001,1072
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2241
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381412.71/cwt395.00–435.001,57212
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419396.62/cwt377.50–415.001,66210
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2429343.67/cwt320.00–370.001,4746
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1751
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy455312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,4221
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466366.16/cwt362.50–372.501,7064
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy470344.68/cwt330.00–360.001,6202
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478344.20/cwt335.00–355.001,6454
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3490310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5191
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520332.85/cwt327.50–340.001,7316
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525310.00/cwt305.00–315.001,6282
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added570340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9383
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573321.07/cwt305.00–337.501,84013
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6531
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628315.05/cwt310.00–317.501,9794
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3655240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5721
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy660285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8811
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663308.29/cwt305.00–315.002,0443
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added696318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,2138
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728287.32/cwt280.00–295.002,0922
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1790280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2121
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1860255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,1931
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423419.42/cwt402.50–435.001,7742
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3450220.00/cwt220.00–220.009901
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1476392.36/cwt375.00–402.501,8685
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3101
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2503322.46/cwt315.00–330.001,6222
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1524359.26/cwt345.00–395.001,88317
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3560250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4001
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1562338.12/cwt315.00–370.001,9006
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7841
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625321.92/cwt310.00–332.502,01210
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4691
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675319.11/cwt312.50–325.002,1543
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720309.20/cwt290.00–320.002,2266
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2740280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0721
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1778277.46/cwt275.00–280.002,1592
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,045205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,1421
Replacement Cattle · Open Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Open Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2843286.30/cwt272.50–310.002,4142

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.