Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2025-07-08

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, Jul 8
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662
Receipts
378 head
▲ 151 vs last sale 227▼ 156 vs year ago 534 · −29.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot load Sale. Demand good and Buyers active. Offering was mostly average to good in quality. Next scheduled Sale, August 12, 2025.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $365.79/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −92.61 against this barn's trailing median of $458.41.
Average price
$365.79
39 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,025
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$226
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$57.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.63
vs AR average
−13.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553384.082,12324
Medium and Large 1-2546340.001,85611thin
Medium and Large 2580327.001,8974thin
One grade step is worth $57.08/cwt here — about $226 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 sale39 hd
365.79
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AR average4 barns · 86 hd
364.16
+1.63
National average153 barns · 8,707 hd
379.13
−13.34
This barn, trailing median5 sales
458.41
−92.61
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
510469428387median 458.4103/1004/1407/1408/1109/15
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

16 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6915
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,1587
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2546340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,85611
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,10417
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,8974
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9079
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added633348.43/cwt341.00–363.002,20647
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2687315.28/cwt314.00–316.002,16614
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,43488
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3753
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added564337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,9015
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,8425
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added625339.25/cwt339.25–339.252,12061
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1638330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1054
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,07794
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added734299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,1954

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.