Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2025-10-14

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, Oct 14
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662
Receipts
1,265 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 1,308▲ 1,265 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Potload Sale: Demand good for all weights. Next Sale scheduled for November 11, 2025.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $376.23/cwt on 94 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −34.62 against this barn's trailing median of $410.85.
Average price
$376.23
94 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,152
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+17.28
vs AR average
−21.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1572376.232,15294
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
376.23
—
AR average9 barns · 451 hd
358.95
+17.28
National average180 barns · 19,448 hd
397.86
−21.63
This barn, trailing median3 sales
410.85
−34.62
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

3 sales
429407385363median 410.8503/1003/1004/1409/1509/15
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $414.81, low $377.14, median $410.85 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

24 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,8633
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2498470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,34111
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added522451.00/cwt451.00–451.002,3542
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572441.00/cwt441.00–441.002,5235
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,4855
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added679394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,67513
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,5543
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added703389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,73513
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2765300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2951
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added786373.60/cwt367.00–379.002,93688
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1788375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,95536
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1827362.07/cwt355.00–365.002,994283
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added885325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,87611
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added940330.00/cwt330.00–330.003,10279
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added428445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9059
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added572376.23/cwt375.00–382.002,15294
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added610376.10/cwt374.00–377.002,29430
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added673378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,54454
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added691345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,38424
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2716310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2209
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1731345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,52233
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added737350.28/cwt350.00–360.002,582216
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added775339.29/cwt330.00–344.002,629102
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added892315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,810141

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.