Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand good for all classes and weights. Next monthly sale scheduled for Tuesday May 12, 2026.
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 4 of 4 comparable sales and sits +20.82 against this barn's trailing median of $394.00.
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
−12.51 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 average187 barns · 13,283 hd
427.32
−12.51
This barn, trailing median4 sales
394.00
+20.82
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
4 sales
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $414.81, low $356.52, median $394.00 across 4 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.
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)
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Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand good for all classes and weights. Next monthly sale scheduled for Tuesday May 12, 2026.
Feeder Cattle
As reported
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
5
500–550
540
420.00
420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
32
550–600
590
414.00
Source: USDA AMS · I-40 Livestock Auction · Tue, Apr 14 · slug 3662 · RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA · www.raisedbeef.com/markets/barn/ar/i-40-livestock-feeder-cattle-pot-load-sale-3662/2026-04-14
414.00
66
700–750
733
359.50
359.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
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.