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I-40 Livestock Auction

Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-09

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, Jul 9

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662

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Receipts

534 head

▲ 109 vs last sale 425▼ 275 vs year ago 809 · −34.0%

Also sold hereRegular saleThu Oct 29, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand was good for all classes and weights presented. Next scheduled sale will be August 13, 2024. Value Added denotes cattle weaned 45 plus days and who have been administered at least 2 rounds of pre-conditioning vaccines.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $296.54/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −161.87 against this barn's trailing median of $458.41.

Average price

$296.54

13 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,558

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+4.61

vs AR average

−6.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	525	296.54	1,558	13thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale13 hd

296.54

—

AR average4 barns · 131 hd

291.93

+4.61

National average160 barns · 9,699 hd

302.91

−6.37

This barn, trailing median5 sales

458.41

−161.87

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

5 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $495.75, low $401.48, median $458.41 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

17 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,398	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	524	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,546	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	526	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,565	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,782	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,771	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	690	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,842	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	755	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,978	69
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	822	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,891	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	840	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,163	67
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	843	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,124	196
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,070	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,277	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	507	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,399	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	508	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,351	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	597	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,564	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	752	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,767	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	778	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,782	137

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.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

I-40 Livestock Feeder Cattle Pot Load Sale - Ozark, AR

Tue Jul 9, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Receipts 534Last week 425Year ago 809

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
137	750–800	778	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	507	276.00	276.00
3	750–800	752	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	382	280.00	280.00
4	500–550	508	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	277.50	277.50
13	550–600	597	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	822	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	524	295.00	295.00
3	650–700	690	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	526	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	681	260.00	260.00
69	750–800	755	262.00	262.00
196	800–850	843	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	430	325.00	325.00
7	600–650	634	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
67	800–850	840	257.50	257.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.