Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2026-07-14

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, Jul 14
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662
Receipts
1,498 head
▲ 1,161 vs last sale 337▲ 1,498 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand moderate to good. Next scheduled sale on Tuesday August 11, 2026.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $411.00/cwt on 6 head, down $3.81 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +0.15 against this barn's trailing median of $410.85.
Average price
$411.00
▼ 3.81 vs prior sale
6 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,211
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+11.45
vs AR average
+14.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538411.002,2116thin
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 sale6 hd
411.00
—
AR average9 barns · 303 hd
399.55
+11.45
National average163 barns · 8,583 hd
396.05
+14.95
This barn, trailing median3 sales
410.85
+0.15
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

23 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,0336
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2456487.10/cwt485.00–490.002,22112
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2472470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,2186
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528454.17/cwt440.00–460.002,39814
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2554465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,5769
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,4595
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1656386.42/cwt380.00–396.002,53530
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2711359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,55216
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,70840
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1755350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,64340
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2798339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,70533
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2917320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,93424
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1925323.64/cwt320.00–332.752,994460
Steers1050–1100Large 11,084288.00/cwt288.00–288.003,12235
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1438450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9716
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,2116
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open675351.71/cwt342.00–357.002,37441
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open727338.75/cwt334.00–344.002,463210
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2731308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,25122
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy756336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,54025
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open773330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,551133
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open827316.73/cwt316.00–317.502,619259
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1910300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,73038

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.