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I-40 Livestock Auction

Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-11

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, Aug 11

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662

← Jul 14Aug 11Sep 15 →

Receipts

1,019 head

▼ 479 vs last sale 1,498▲ 399 vs year ago 620 · +64.4%

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 scheduled sale Tuesday September 15, 2026.

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 $444.07/cwt on 45 head, down $14.34 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 5 comparable sales and sits −14.34 against this barn's trailing median of $458.41.

Average price

$444.07

▼ 14.34 vs prior sale

45 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,428

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$166

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$2.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+34.41

vs AR average

+42.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	445.00	2,505	24
Medium and Large 1-2	528	443.00	2,339	21

One grade step is worth $2.00/cwt here — about $166 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale45 hd

444.07

—

AR average9 barns · 319 hd

409.66

+34.41

National average153 barns · 6,255 hd

401.83

+42.24

This barn, trailing median5 sales

458.41

−14.34

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

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	528	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,339	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	563	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,505	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	636	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,595	91
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	642	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,536	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	656	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,473	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	723	369.25/cwt	369.25–369.25	2,670	131
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	753	365.25/cwt	365.25–365.25	2,750	136
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	348.97/cwt	336.00–350.00	2,750	39
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	829	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	2,790	144
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,876	65
Steers	900–950	Large 1	948	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,872	7
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,044	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	3,069	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	409	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,800	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	467	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,996	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,072	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	624	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,390	78
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	632	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,022	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	697	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,370	105
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	743	336.25/cwt	336.25–336.25	2,498	70
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	757	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,195	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,817	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,949	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	551	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,204	13

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 Aug 11, 2026

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

Receipts 1,019Last week 1,498Year ago 620

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand good for all classes and weights. Next scheduled sale Tuesday September 15, 2026.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
70	700–750	743	336.25	336.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	467	427.50	427.50
78	600–650	624	383.00	383.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
105	650–700	697	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	632	320.00	320.00
5	750–800	757	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	560	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	409	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	563	445.00	445.00
91	600–650	636	408.00	408.00
131	700–750	723	369.25	369.25
136	750–800	753	365.25	365.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	900–950	948	303.00	303.00
10	1000–1050	1,044	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	850–900	852	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	528	443.00	443.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	656	377.00	377.00
39	750–800	788	336.00–350.00	348.97
144	800–850	829	336.50	336.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	642	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	395	460.00	460.00
10	400–450	443	440.00	440.00
13	550–600	551	400.00	400.00

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.