Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2019-08-29

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Aug 29
● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053
Feeder Cattle receipts
436 head
69 vs last sale 505 436 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
87 vs last sale 142 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
47 vs last sale 63 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle Pot Load SaleTue Aug 11, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 1.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 higher, with several very high dressing offerings selling 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.41/cwt on 190 head.
Average price
$127.41
190 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$662
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$169
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.01
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543128.48698140
Medium and Large 2452124.7156448
Medium and Large 3453117.005292thin
One grade step is worth $11.48/cwt here — about $169 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale190 hd
127.41
AR average9 barns · 1,266 hd
130.42
−3.01
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,63884.471,3846thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,40061.7886512
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04651.7154112
CowsBoner 80-85%Low99048.0847623

Every lot, as filed

85 lots · USDA AMS · I-40 Livestock - Ozark, AR
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy655131.00/cwt131.00–131.008581
HeifersMedium and Large 3550115.00/cwt115.00–115.006331
HeifersMedium and Large 3355119.00/cwt119.00–119.004221
HeifersMedium and Large 2425125.98/cwt118.00–131.0053515
HeifersMedium and Large 2470125.34/cwt118.00–131.0058912
HeifersMedium and Large 2518117.31/cwt113.00–122.006086
HeifersMedium and Large 2379128.06/cwt124.00–134.004856
HeifersMedium and Large 2324132.08/cwt127.00–135.004284
HeifersMedium and Large 2620119.45/cwt118.00–121.007412
HeifersMedium and Large 2558121.50/cwt121.00–122.006782
HeifersMedium and Large 2670110.00/cwt110.00–110.007371
HeifersMedium and Large 1566128.82/cwt124.00–133.0072929
HeifersMedium and Large 1526129.08/cwt124.00–137.0067928
HeifersMedium and Large 1474129.59/cwt125.00–136.0061418
HeifersMedium and Large 1421138.30/cwt131.00–146.5058213
HeifersMedium and Large 1716119.89/cwt117.00–122.0085811
HeifersMedium and Large 1374138.03/cwt131.00–141.0051611
HeifersMedium and Large 1765115.00/cwt115.00–115.008808
HeifersMedium and Large 1628125.33/cwt120.00–130.007878
HeifersMedium and Large 1329142.18/cwt135.00–148.004685
HeifersMedium and Large 1665124.94/cwt121.00–128.008313
HeifersMedium and Large 1840106.00/cwt106.00–106.008902
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy730102.03/cwt100.00–104.007452
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550119.00/cwt119.00–119.006551
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy470126.00/cwt126.00–126.005921
BullsMedium and Large 352590.00/cwt90.00–90.004731
BullsMedium and Large 3460115.00/cwt115.00–115.005291
BullsMedium and Large 3445110.00/cwt110.00–110.004901
BullsMedium and Large 2528120.03/cwt118.00–122.006342
BullsMedium and Large 2470127.00/cwt127.00–127.005972
BullsMedium and Large 2670121.00/cwt121.00–121.008111
BullsMedium and Large 2435128.00/cwt128.00–128.005571
BullsMedium and Large 1524137.67/cwt134.00–141.0072118
BullsMedium and Large 1567135.81/cwt132.00–139.0077016
BullsMedium and Large 1616133.90/cwt129.00–136.0082510
BullsMedium and Large 1483138.33/cwt136.00–145.006688
BullsMedium and Large 1666131.93/cwt126.00–137.008794
BullsMedium and Large 1735117.65/cwt115.00–120.008653
BullsMedium and Large 1760126.00/cwt126.00–126.009581
BullsMedium and Large 1410148.00/cwt148.00–148.006071
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy675123.99/cwt123.00–125.008372
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy490128.00/cwt128.00–128.006271
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight83027.00/cwt27.00–27.002241
CowsLean 85-90%1,00446.24/cwt30.00–54.004645
CowsLean 85-90%1,02657.06/cwt55.00–61.005854
CowsLean 85-90%1,29867.02/cwt65.00–69.008702
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38964.54/cwt62.00–68.008966
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47560.23/cwt58.00–61.508885
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,09553.00/cwt53.00–53.005801
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight85633.64/cwt25.00–43.002884
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight87047.95/cwt46.00–49.004173
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight90551.00/cwt51.00–51.004621
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00847.81/cwt39.00–52.004829
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11856.43/cwt54.00–58.006315
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18064.00/cwt64.00–64.007551
Bulls1,75085.58/cwt84.50–87.001,4984
Bulls1,41582.24/cwt82.00–82.501,1642
Stock CowsMedium and Large 181060.00/cwt60.00–60.004861
Stock CowsMedium and Large 181797.15/cwt80.00–108.007945
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,3201,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0013,8601
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4391,097.20/cwt925.00–1,175.0015,7894
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3791,203.67/cwt1,150.00–1,350.0016,5994
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,290800.00/cwt800.00–800.0010,3201
SteersMedium and Large 3565115.00/cwt115.00–115.006501
SteersMedium and Large 3470116.00/cwt116.00–116.005451
SteersMedium and Large 3375119.00/cwt119.00–119.004461
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed330145.00/cwt145.00–145.004791
SteersMedium and Large 2426136.20/cwt127.00–139.005809
SteersMedium and Large 2377138.05/cwt132.50–144.005206
SteersMedium and Large 2462135.28/cwt131.00–137.506255
SteersMedium and Large 2515131.03/cwt128.00–133.006753
SteersMedium and Large 2322140.33/cwt140.00–141.004523
SteersMedium and Large 2675131.00/cwt131.00–131.008841
SteersMedium and Large 2570130.00/cwt130.00–130.007411
SteersMedium and Large 1432145.76/cwt141.00–152.0063029
SteersMedium and Large 1378154.11/cwt150.00–165.0058322
SteersMedium and Large 1538141.49/cwt135.00–150.0076114
SteersMedium and Large 1470143.98/cwt140.00–150.006779
SteersMedium and Large 1679135.00/cwt135.00–135.009177
SteersMedium and Large 1323154.06/cwt147.50–157.504986
SteersMedium and Large 1634138.00/cwt138.00–138.008753
SteersMedium and Large 1578136.94/cwt135.00–141.007923
SteersMedium and Large 11,060106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,1241
SteersMedium and Large 1805124.00/cwt124.00–124.009981
SteersMedium and Large 1725131.00/cwt131.00–131.009501

How this sale compares

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.