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I-40 Livestock Auction

Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-11

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, Feb 11

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662

← Jan 14Feb 11Mar 11 →

Receipts

747 head

▲ 91 vs last sale 656▼ 557 vs year ago 1,304 · −42.7%

Also sold hereRegular saleThu Oct 29, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Next months sale is scheduled for Tuesday March 11, 2025. Demand good

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 $318.00/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −140.40 against this barn's trailing median of $458.41.

Average price

$318.00

69 head · 585 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,859

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$284

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$45.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.83

vs AR average

−20.67 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	585	320.65	1,876	65
Medium and Large 1-2	579	275.00	1,592	4thin

One grade step is worth $45.65/cwt here — about $284 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 sale69 hd

318.00

—

AR average11 barns · 321 hd

318.84

−0.83

National average155 barns · 9,244 hd

338.67

−20.67

This barn, trailing median5 sales

458.41

−140.40

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

21 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,537	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,639	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	579	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,592	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	320.65/cwt	305.00–331.00	1,876	65
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	631	303.33/cwt	299.00–314.00	1,914	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,837	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	716	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,761	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	271.11/cwt	271.00–272.00	1,971	84
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	759	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,898	25
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	265.37/cwt	245.00–272.75	2,025	183
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	804	254.10/cwt	250.00–259.00	2,043	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,314	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,475	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	284.11/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,656	65
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	620	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,742	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,677	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,536	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	677	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,716	67
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,739	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	714	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,860	55
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	762	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,829	20

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 Feb 11, 2025

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

Receipts 747Last week 656Year ago 1,304

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Next months sale is scheduled for Tuesday March 11, 2025. Demand good

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	360	365.00	365.00
24	450–500	461	320.00	320.00
65	550–600	583	280.00–287.00	284.11
19	600–650	633	265.00	265.00
8	650–700	693	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	620	281.00	281.00
67	650–700	677	253.50	253.50
55	700–750	714	260.50	260.50
20	750–800	762	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	640	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	389	395.00	395.00
22	450–500	475	345.00	345.00
65	550–600	585	305.00–331.00	320.65
84	700–750	727	271.00–272.00	271.11
183	750–800	763	245.00–272.75	265.37
11	800–850	804	250.00–259.00	254.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	631	299.00–314.00	303.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	640	287.00	287.00
25	750–800	759	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	579	275.00	275.00
7	700–750	716	246.00	246.00

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.