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I-40 Livestock Auction

Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-15

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, Sep 15

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662

← Aug 11Sep 15latest

Receipts

1,037 head

▲ 18 vs last sale 1,019▲ 1,037 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 scheduled sale, Tuesday, October 13, 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 $401.48/cwt on 25 head, down $42.59 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −56.93 against this barn's trailing median of $458.41.

Average price

$401.48

▼ 42.59 vs prior sale

25 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,262

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

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

$34.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+32.41

vs AR average

−1.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	407.00	2,295	21
Medium and Large 1-2	561	372.50	2,090	4thin

One grade step is worth $34.50/cwt here — about $206 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale25 hd

401.48

—

AR average8 barns · 212 hd

369.07

+32.41

National average167 barns · 12,243 hd

403.36

−1.88

This barn, trailing median5 sales

458.41

−56.93

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	561	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,090	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	564	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,295	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	641	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,442	93
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	680	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,448	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	691	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,384	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	705	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,439	71
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	743	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,660	69
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	746	325.41/cwt	325.00–332.00	2,428	49
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,450	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	789	339.82/cwt	339.00–343.00	2,681	34
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	801	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,619	30
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	336.43/cwt	336.00–337.00	2,759	176
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	855	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,480	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,796	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	504	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,991	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	591	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,228	81
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,116	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	631	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,145	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	696	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,352	28
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	706	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,266	231
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	732	332.75/cwt	332.75–332.75	2,436	69
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	759	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,398	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	808	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,513	14

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 Sep 15, 2026

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

Receipts 1,037Last week 1,019Year ago 0

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand good for all classes and weights. Next scheduled sale, Tuesday, October 13, 2026.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	503	357.00	357.00
14	600–650	628	337.00	337.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	504	395.00	395.00
81	550–600	591	377.00	377.00
7	600–650	631	340.00	340.00
28	650–700	696	338.00	338.00
69	700–750	732	332.75	332.75
6	750–800	759	316.00	316.00
14	800–850	808	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
231	700–750	706	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	564	407.00	407.00
93	600–650	641	381.00	381.00
10	650–700	680	360.00	360.00
69	700–750	743	358.00	358.00
34	750–800	789	339.00–343.00	339.82
30	800–850	801	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
176	800–850	820	336.00–337.00	336.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
71	700–750	705	346.00	346.00
10	750–800	768	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	561	372.50	372.50
8	650–700	691	345.00	345.00
49	700–750	746	325.00–332.00	325.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	855	290.00	290.00

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.