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I-40 Livestock Auction

Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-13

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, Jan 13

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662

← Nov 11Jan 13Feb 10 →

Receipts

370 head

▼ 339 vs last sale 709▼ 286 vs year ago 656 · −43.6%

Also sold hereRegular saleThu Oct 29, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Next scheduled auction Tuesday February, 10, 2026. Demand good

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 $482.42/cwt on 114 head. That ranks 4 of 5 comparable sales and sits +24.01 against this barn's trailing median of $458.41.

Average price

$482.42

114 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,607

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+46.51

vs AR average

+10.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	482.42	2,607	114

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 sale114 hd

482.42

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AR average8 barns · 449 hd

435.91

+46.51

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

+10.44

This barn, trailing median5 sales

458.41

+24.01

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

18 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	391	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,151	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,105	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	471	516.00/cwt	516.00–516.00	2,430	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	529	496.70/cwt	495.00–497.50	2,628	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,573	71
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	476.67/cwt	475.00–480.00	2,660	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	566	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,731	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,756	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	394.80/cwt	385.00–412.00	2,681	118
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	697	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,579	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	720	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,628	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	761	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,565	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,674	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	459	445.98/cwt	427.50–450.00	2,047	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	502	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,983	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	588	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,205	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	597	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,209	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	708	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,365	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 Jan 13, 2026

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

Receipts 370Last week 709Year ago 656

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Next scheduled auction Tuesday February, 10, 2026. Demand good

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	391	550.00	550.00
13	400–450	434	485.00	485.00
71	500–550	536	480.00	480.00
15	550–600	558	475.00–480.00	476.67
118	650–700	679	385.00–412.00	394.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	697	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	471	516.00	516.00
18	500–550	529	495.00–497.50	496.70
10	550–600	566	482.50	482.50
17	700–750	720	365.00	365.00
5	750–800	761	337.00	337.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	630	437.50	437.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	450–500	459	427.50–450.00	445.98
9	550–600	588	375.00	375.00
4	700–750	708	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	372	450.00	450.00
8	500–550	502	395.00	395.00
3	550–600	597	370.00	370.00

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.