Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2024-06-11

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, Jun 11
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662
Receipts
425 head
▲ 132 vs last sale 293▲ 72 vs year ago 353 · +20.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load sale. Demand good for all classes and weights. Next scheduled sale July 9, 2024. Value Added is weaned 45 plus day and 2 rounds of preconditioning shots.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $267.07/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −143.79 against this barn's trailing median of $410.85.
Average price
$267.07
72 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,413
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.81
vs AR average
+1.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544269.921,46736
Medium and Large 1-2515264.221,36136
One grade step is worth $5.70/cwt here — about $107 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 sale72 hd
267.07
—
AR average11 barns · 648 hd
253.25
+13.81
National average154 barns · 8,969 hd
265.37
+1.70
This barn, trailing median3 sales
410.85
−143.79
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

3 sales
429407385363median 410.8503/1003/1004/1409/1509/15
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $414.81, low $377.14, median $410.85 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

22 lots · USDA AMS · I-40 Livestock Feeder Cattle Pot Load Sale - 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed514316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,6247
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added536307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,64610
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1542302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,64012
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned550293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,6125
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed555308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,70923
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned589259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,52614
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed664276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,83320
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added665283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,88223
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2732237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,73570
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed839229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,9215
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2399290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1578
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1491282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,3879
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned508244.26/cwt243.00–245.001,24111
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed518273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,41425
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed527275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,44914
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy534269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,4364
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added543274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,4889
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy552270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4904
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1592249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,4745
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added640249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,59445
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed681242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,64817
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added694245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,70476

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.