Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2026-02-10

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, Feb 10
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662
Receipts
584 head
▲ 214 vs last sale 370▼ 163 vs year ago 747 · −21.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly pot load sale. Next sale scheduled for Tuesday March 10, 2026. Demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $414.16/cwt on 151 head. That ranks 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +3.30 against this barn's trailing median of $410.85.
Average price
$414.16
151 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,253
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$3
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$13.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.71
vs AR average
−9.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539418.122,254105
Medium and Large 1556405.122,25146
One grade step is worth $13.00/cwt here — about $3 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 sale151 hd
414.16
—
AR average8 barns · 454 hd
406.45
+7.71
National average187 barns · 18,214 hd
423.95
−9.79
This barn, trailing median3 sales
410.85
+3.30
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

13 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,5484
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added549490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,6908
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569467.68/cwt457.50–489.002,6619
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1601417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,50912
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1682404.54/cwt402.50–415.002,759118
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1741370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,74216
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1756361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,72941
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523427.05/cwt425.00–430.002,23321
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2539418.12/cwt405.00–420.002,254105
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583386.69/cwt385.00–391.002,25425
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678358.46/cwt358.00–362.502,43068
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2696350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,436136
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added702354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,48519

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.