Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2026-03-10

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, Mar 10
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662
Receipts
442 head
▼ 142 vs last sale 584▼ 104 vs year ago 546 · −19.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand moderate to good. Next sale scheduled for Tuesday April 14, 2026.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $410.85/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $410.85.
Average price
$410.85
41 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,300
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.90
vs AR average
−2.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560410.852,30041
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 sale41 hd
410.85
—
AR average8 barns · 255 hd
406.95
+3.90
National average182 barns · 10,991 hd
413.78
−2.93
This barn, trailing median3 sales
410.85
+0.00
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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed350612.50/cwt612.50–612.502,1443
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1359655.00/cwt655.00–655.002,3514
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added435550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,3934
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468585.00/cwt585.00–585.002,73811
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added473514.16/cwt490.00–530.002,43215
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,7563
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added537530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,8469
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added543480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,6069
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added574467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,6839
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added618434.26/cwt432.50–435.002,68417
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1692391.04/cwt388.00–415.002,70693
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1729380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,77035
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2793307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,4383
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,8464
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed371495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,8364
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy432465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,0096
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1450487.50/cwt487.50–487.502,19425
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added493468.97/cwt465.00–475.002,31210
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added548420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,30226
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added575410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,3586
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy584385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2489
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy642340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1836
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added650365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,37395
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added684362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,48027

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.