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I-40 Livestock Auction

Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-12

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, Aug 12

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662

← Jul 8Aug 12Sep 9 →

Receipts

620 head

▲ 242 vs last sale 378▲ 620 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 good for all weights. Next sale scheduled for September 9, 2025.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $388.50/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 3 of 5 comparable sales and sits −9.22 against this barn's trailing median of $397.72.

Average price

$388.50

15 head · 624 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,424

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$299

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

$45.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.00

vs AR average

+18.38 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	625	397.50	2,484	12thin
Medium 1-2	620	352.50	2,186	3thin

One grade step is worth $45.00/cwt here — about $299 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale15 hd

388.50

—

AR average7 barns · 227 hd

376.50

+12.00

National average149 barns · 7,289 hd

370.12

+18.38

This barn, trailing median5 sales

397.72

−9.22

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 600–700 lb

5 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $441.34, low $376.51, median $397.72 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

9 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	600–650	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	620	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,186	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	625	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,484	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	747	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,577	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	779	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,633	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	796	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	2,734	66
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	878	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,713	9
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	930	316.37/cwt	312.00–318.50	2,942	506
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	544	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,972	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	686	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,257	4

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 Aug 12, 2025

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

Receipts 620Last week 378Year ago 0

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand good for all weights. Next sale scheduled for September 9, 2025.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
66	750–800	796	343.50	343.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	625	397.50	397.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	620	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	850–900	878	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	747	345.00	345.00
8	750–800	779	338.00	338.00
506	900–950	930	312.00–318.50	316.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	544	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	686	329.00	329.00

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.