Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2025-11-11

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, Nov 11
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662
Receipts
709 head
▼ 556 vs last sale 1,265▼ 819 vs year ago 1,528 · −53.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Auction: Demand was good in all classes, Supply was mostly average in quality. Next Sale scheduled for December 9, 2025.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $387.79/cwt on 77 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −70.61 against this barn's trailing median of $458.41.
Average price
$387.79
77 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,193
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+9.25
vs AR average
−37.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565387.792,19377
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 sale77 hd
387.79
—
AR average9 barns · 438 hd
378.54
+9.25
National average177 barns · 31,012 hd
424.87
−37.08
This barn, trailing median5 sales
458.41
−70.61
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

26 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,5202
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1366520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,90314
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,8403
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1456424.99/cwt420.00–430.001,93810
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2491412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,02522
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1537411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,20716
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570379.58/cwt377.00–380.002,16452
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added590394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,3259
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,28716
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668355.75/cwt352.50–360.002,37618
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added708361.50/cwt361.50–361.502,55962
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2734320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3494
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added766344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,635120
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2Value Added766315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,41322
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added831328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,7269
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added847330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,795162
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1847327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,7743
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1302455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,3744
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,67512
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,68914
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,84526
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,90524
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558339.38/cwt339.00–340.001,89416
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added579346.58/cwt346.00–347.002,00719
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,07338
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added631338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,13310

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.