Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2019-10-24

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Oct 24
● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,137 head
▲ 383 vs last sale 754▲ 1,137 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
0 head
▼ 67 vs last sale 67▲ 0 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle Pot Load SaleTue Sep 15, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 2.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold steady to 7.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower. Several groups pf Value Added cattle sold with a 5.00-8.00 premium, the more plain and fleshy cattle sold with a 10.00 to 15.00 discount. Value Added denotes cattle weaned at least 45 days, castrated and have been administered two sets of preconditioning vaccines. Slaughter cows and bulls not reported due to time restraints.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.87/cwt on 395 head.
Average price
$125.87
395 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$651
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$279
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.46
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520130.83680272
Medium and Large 1-2561120.9667964
Medium and Large 2468110.1051551
Medium and Large 341397.014018thin
One grade step is worth $33.82/cwt here — about $279 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 sale395 hd
125.87
—
AR average10 barns · 1,969 hd
119.41
+6.46
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

98 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—750109.00/cwt109.00–109.008182
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—353137.00/cwt137.00–137.004845
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—522119.00/cwt119.00–119.006214
BullsMedium and Large 2—577106.35/cwt90.00–111.006145
BullsMedium and Large 2—483109.89/cwt98.00–117.005314
BullsMedium and Large 2—71898.99/cwt97.00–101.007112
BullsMedium and Large 2—76580.00/cwt80.00–80.006121
BullsMedium and Large 2—435114.00/cwt114.00–114.004961
BullsMedium and Large 1—525121.71/cwt117.00–130.0063917
BullsMedium and Large 1—629113.42/cwt110.00–120.0071316
BullsMedium and Large 1—572118.14/cwt112.00–133.0067613
BullsMedium and Large 1—485125.90/cwt122.00–130.0061111
BullsMedium and Large 1—673106.98/cwt102.50–114.007208
BullsMedium and Large 1—72299.23/cwt93.00–112.007163
BullsMedium and Large 1—427124.96/cwt120.00–130.005343
BullsMedium and Large 1—91590.00/cwt90.00–90.008241
BullsMedium and Large 1—755109.00/cwt109.00–109.008231
SteersMedium and Large 2—481128.08/cwt123.00–135.0061612
SteersMedium and Large 2—324137.34/cwt130.00–144.004457
SteersMedium and Large 2—664110.76/cwt104.00–115.007354
SteersMedium and Large 2—523119.38/cwt118.00–122.006243
SteersMedium and Large 2—81099.94/cwt90.00–110.008102
SteersMedium and Large 2—558113.00/cwt113.00–113.006312
SteersMedium and Large 2—850105.00/cwt105.00–105.008931
SteersMedium and Large 2—605118.00/cwt118.00–118.007141
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—586135.11/cwt135.00–136.0079280
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—680132.12/cwt129.00–135.0089838
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—519134.74/cwt132.00–137.0069920
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—386151.00/cwt151.00–151.005837
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—451130.00/cwt130.00–130.005864
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—617136.00/cwt136.00–136.0083911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—495121.00/cwt121.00–121.005995
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—605140.85/cwt140.85–140.8585282
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673121.01/cwt120.00–122.008142
HeifersMedium and Large 1—715112.00/cwt112.00–112.008011
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—830111.00/cwt111.00–111.009211
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—545130.00/cwt130.00–130.007091
BullsMedium and Large 3—63087.06/cwt80.00–94.005482
BullsMedium and Large 3—85065.00/cwt65.00–65.005531
BullsMedium and Large 3—71085.00/cwt85.00–85.006041
BullsMedium and Large 3—55590.00/cwt90.00–90.005001
BullsMedium and Large 3—51580.00/cwt80.00–80.004121
BullsMedium and Large 3—49599.00/cwt99.00–99.004901
BullsMedium and Large 3—425101.00/cwt101.00–101.004291
BullsMedium and Large 2—523106.26/cwt90.00–116.0055611
BullsMedium and Large 2—67690.40/cwt90.00–92.006115
BullsMedium and Large 2—61593.87/cwt80.00–105.005775
SteersMedium and Large 3—431116.27/cwt114.00–123.005014
SteersMedium and Large 3—473105.58/cwt91.00–121.004993
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—466135.00/cwt135.00–135.0062933
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—742112.50/cwt112.50–112.5083513
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—401135.00/cwt135.00–135.0054111
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—654122.50/cwt122.50–122.508019
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—592124.61/cwt123.00–125.007385
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370131.80/cwt128.00–141.0048828
HeifersMedium and Large 1—317134.98/cwt129.00–141.5042819
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518117.45/cwt109.00–124.0060816
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418127.94/cwt121.00–133.0053516
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575114.36/cwt109.00–118.0065814
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—80084.96/cwt69.00–98.006806
SteersMedium and Large 3—373116.76/cwt98.00–130.004365
HeifersMedium and Large 1—467123.20/cwt117.00–127.0057510
HeifersMedium and Large 1—609112.66/cwt104.00–118.006866
SteersMedium and Large 1—376153.49/cwt145.00–162.5057728
SteersMedium and Large 1—421147.10/cwt141.00–156.0061925
SteersMedium and Large 3—52094.00/cwt94.00–94.004891
SteersMedium and Large 3—340120.00/cwt120.00–120.004081
HeifersMedium and Large 3—355110.00/cwt110.00–110.003911
HeifersMedium and Large 3—310110.00/cwt110.00–110.003411
HeifersMedium and Large 2—431115.02/cwt106.00–117.0049617
HeifersMedium and Large 2—530101.77/cwt90.00–110.0053912
HeifersMedium and Large 2—369122.47/cwt117.00–127.004529
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475108.22/cwt102.00–114.005146
HeifersMedium and Large 1—265135.00/cwt135.00–135.003583
HeifersMedium and Large 3—47890.00/cwt90.00–90.004302
HeifersMedium and Large 3—42194.02/cwt90.00–100.003964
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—485120.00/cwt120.00–120.005821
SteersMedium and Large 1—730128.00/cwt128.00–128.009341
SteersMedium and Large 1—750128.00/cwt128.00–128.009601
SteersMedium and Large 1—800125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0001
SteersMedium and Large 1—915115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0521
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,05090.00/cwt90.00–90.009451
SteersMedium and Large 1—679130.80/cwt129.00–137.008886
SteersMedium and Large 1—565127.73/cwt120.00–129.007227
SteersMedium and Large 1—629129.81/cwt128.00–135.008179
SteersMedium and Large 1—463141.04/cwt136.00–149.0065312
SteersMedium and Large 1—516129.13/cwt124.00–137.0066619
SteersMedium and Large 1—334160.99/cwt147.00–167.5053820
SteersMedium and Large 2—375137.65/cwt130.00–144.0051615
SteersMedium and Large 2—436133.18/cwt127.00–139.0058115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—438124.00/cwt124.00–124.005436
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—624123.50/cwt123.50–123.5077113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—655114.00/cwt114.00–114.0074714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—569119.40/cwt119.00–120.0067917
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy—60585.00/cwt85.00–85.005141
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330105.00/cwt105.00–105.003471
HeifersMedium and Large 2—55095.00/cwt95.00–95.005231
HeifersMedium and Large 2—626100.44/cwt99.00–105.006294

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.