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I-40 Livestock Auction

Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-14

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, Apr 14

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662

← Mar 10Apr 14Jul 14 →

Receipts

337 head

▼ 105 vs last sale 442▲ 337 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereRegular saleThu Oct 29, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand good for all classes and weights. Next monthly sale scheduled for Tuesday May 12, 2026.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $414.81/cwt on 37 head, up $3.96 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +3.96 against this barn's trailing median of $410.85.

Average price

$414.81

▲ 3.96 vs prior sale

37 head · 583 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,419

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−7.80

vs AR average

−12.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	583	414.81	2,419	37

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 sale37 hd

414.81

—

AR average10 barns · 372 hd

422.61

−7.80

National average182 barns · 12,591 hd

427.39

−12.58

This barn, trailing median3 sales

410.85

+3.96

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

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

12 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,781	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	491.92/cwt	482.00–500.00	2,883	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,867	34
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,785	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	786	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,971	30
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	368.50/cwt	368.50–368.50	2,948	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,268	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	590	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,443	32
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	605	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,571	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	653	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,514	66
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	727	364.10/cwt	359.00–367.00	2,647	25
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	733	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	2,635	66

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 Apr 14, 2026

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

Receipts 337Last week 442Year ago 0

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand good for all classes and weights. Next monthly sale scheduled for Tuesday May 12, 2026.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	540	515.00	515.00
31	550–600	586	482.00–500.00	491.92
34	600–650	640	448.00	448.00
7	650–700	681	409.00	409.00
30	750–800	786	378.00	378.00
17	800–850	800	368.50	368.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	540	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
32	550–600	590	414.00	414.00
66	700–750	733	359.50	359.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
20	600–650	605	425.00	425.00
66	650–700	653	385.00	385.00
25	700–750	727	359.00–367.00	364.10

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.