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I-40 Livestock Auction

Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-10

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, Dec 10

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662

← Nov 12Dec 10Jan 14 →

Receipts

675 head

▼ 853 vs last sale 1,528▲ 429 vs year ago 246 · +174.4%

Also sold hereRegular saleThu Oct 29, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load sale. Demand moderate to good. Next scheduled sale will be on Tuesday January 14, 2025.

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 $305.80/cwt on 94 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −152.61 against this barn's trailing median of $458.41.

Average price

$305.80

94 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.59

vs AR average

−18.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	305.80	1,708	94

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 sale94 hd

305.80

—

AR average10 barns · 732 hd

308.39

−2.59

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−18.55

This barn, trailing median5 sales

458.41

−152.61

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

19 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	421	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,526	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	318.41/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,519	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	532	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,663	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	302.66/cwt	302.00–303.00	1,728	64
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	620	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,779	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	274.28/cwt	272.50–280.00	1,728	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	659	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,812	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	717	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,879	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	256.65/cwt	240.00–258.50	1,856	142
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,948	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	833	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,083	64
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,164	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,154	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	282.99/cwt	265.00–288.00	1,344	33
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	273.56/cwt	260.00–281.00	1,425	43
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	261.00/cwt	254.00–269.00	1,464	54
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	254.66/cwt	247.00–264.00	1,581	48
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,694	77
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	787	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,786	9

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 Dec 10, 2024

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

Receipts 675Last week 1,528Year ago 246

Monthly Pot Load sale. Demand moderate to good. Next scheduled sale will be on Tuesday January 14, 2025.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	300.00	300.00
4	400–450	412	280.00	280.00
33	450–500	475	265.00–288.00	282.99
43	500–550	521	260.00–281.00	273.56
54	550–600	561	254.00–269.00	261.00
48	600–650	621	247.00–264.00	254.66
77	700–750	706	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	787	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	421	362.50	362.50
30	500–550	532	312.50	312.50
12	600–650	620	287.00	287.00
12	650–700	659	275.00	275.00
13	700–750	717	262.00	262.00
64	800–850	833	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	477	310.00–325.00	318.41
64	550–600	571	302.00–303.00	302.66
13	600–650	630	272.50–280.00	274.28
142	700–750	723	240.00–258.50	256.65
7	750–800	795	245.00	245.00

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.