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I-40 Livestock Auction

Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-08

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, Apr 8

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662

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Receipts

355 head

▼ 191 vs last sale 546▲ 355 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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 May 13, 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 $333.61/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −124.80 against this barn's trailing median of $458.41.

Average price

$333.61

38 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,855

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.84

vs AR average

−20.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	333.61	1,855	38

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 sale38 hd

333.61

—

AR average10 barns · 170 hd

334.45

−0.84

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

−20.69

This barn, trailing median5 sales

458.41

−124.80

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

13 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	434	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,562	8
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2	482	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,530	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	547	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,827	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	570	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,898	15
Steers	600–650	Large 1-2	607	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,694	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	637	317.22/cwt	317.00–318.00	2,021	88
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	290.75/cwt	290.75–290.75	2,114	69
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	790	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,196	33
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	441	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,345	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	534	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,677	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	543	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,613	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	601	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,707	54
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	613	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,808	15

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 Apr 8, 2025

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

Receipts 355Last week 546Year ago 0

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand moderate to good. Next scheduled sale May 13, 2025

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	441	305.00	305.00
14	500–550	543	297.00	297.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
54	600–650	601	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	534	314.00	314.00
15	600–650	613	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	434	360.00	360.00
23	500–550	547	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	482	317.50	317.50
8	600–650	607	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	570	333.00	333.00
88	600–650	637	317.00–318.00	317.22
33	750–800	790	278.00	278.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	700–750	727	290.75	290.75

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.