Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2020-01-23

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Jan 23
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053
Feeder Cattle receipts
195 head
373 vs last sale 568 195 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
40 vs last sale 72 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
67 vs last sale 97 30 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 last week: Light run due to very muddy conditions in area and with not all classes represented; Feeder steers and heifers under 500 lbs sold 1.00-6.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00-6.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $167.15/cwt on 74 head.
Average price
$167.15
74 head · 395 lb average
Value per head Derived
$661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$37.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.56
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2355179.006357thin
Medium and Large 1419174.6073236
Medium and Large 2389161.7762922
Medium and Large 3348141.264929thin
One grade step is worth $37.74/cwt here — about $143 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 sale74 hd
167.15
AR average8 barns · 523 hd
160.59
+6.56
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
BullsHigh1,76087.561,5414thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,30565.618562thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,06151.0854210
CowsLean 85-90%Low95646.3744311

Every lot, as filed

61 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 1-2633128.50/cwt128.50–128.508133
SteersMedium and Large 3365147.00/cwt140.00–156.005373
SteersMedium and Large 3420110.00/cwt110.00–110.004621
HeifersMedium and Large 1387152.68/cwt149.00–160.005915
HeifersMedium and Large 1751119.49/cwt115.00–121.008974
HeifersMedium and Large 1315149.32/cwt145.00–160.004704
HeifersMedium and Large 1573133.29/cwt131.00–137.007643
SteersMedium and Large 2318165.02/cwt157.50–173.005255
SteersMedium and Large 2468144.62/cwt137.00–152.006772
SteersMedium and Large 1-2355179.00/cwt179.00–179.006357
SteersMedium and Large 1424173.01/cwt165.00–182.0073415
SteersMedium and Large 1468160.92/cwt154.00–165.007536
SteersMedium and Large 3324144.07/cwt135.00–150.004675
Stock CowsMedium and Large 169588.78/cwt80.00–110.006173
SteersMedium and Large 1519159.73/cwt157.50–163.008295
SteersMedium and Large 1377186.96/cwt177.50–195.007055
SteersMedium and Large 1289198.29/cwt186.00–207.005735
SteersMedium and Large 2379170.33/cwt165.00–174.006466
SteersMedium and Large 2417158.08/cwt155.00–162.506599
Stock CowsMedium and Large 192885.00/cwt85.00–85.007892
BullsMedium and Large 1488161.00/cwt161.00–161.007862
BullsMedium and Large 11,00090.00/cwt90.00–90.009001
BullsMedium and Large 1800113.00/cwt113.00–113.009041
BullsMedium and Large 1705120.00/cwt120.00–120.008461
BullsMedium and Large 1670130.00/cwt130.00–130.008711
BullsMedium and Large 1605140.00/cwt140.00–140.008471
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open850116.00/cwt116.00–116.009861
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open820121.00/cwt121.00–121.009921
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy555120.00/cwt120.00–120.006661
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy505127.00/cwt127.00–127.006411
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight84020.00/cwt20.00–20.001681
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight79531.00/cwt31.00–31.002461
BullsMedium and Large 1883113.00/cwt113.00–113.009982
BullsMedium and Large 2475139.00/cwt139.00–139.006601
Bulls1,92590.80/cwt90.00–91.501,7482
Bulls1,59584.32/cwt83.00–85.501,3452
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,62589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,4461
BullsMedium and Large 3480120.00/cwt120.00–120.005761
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13741.61/cwt37.00–46.004733
CowsBoner 80-85%97856.70/cwt55.50–59.005554
BullsMedium and Large 1575141.48/cwt137.00–149.0081411
BullsMedium and Large 1531149.75/cwt143.00–155.007955
BullsMedium and Large 1790120.00/cwt118.00–121.009483
BullsMedium and Large 11,06295.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0092
CowsLean 85-90%1,05560.83/cwt60.00–62.006424
CowsLean 85-90%96844.37/cwt40.00–49.004302
CowsLean 85-90%89055.98/cwt55.00–57.004982
CowsLean 85-90%94015.00/cwt15.00–15.001411
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,30565.61/cwt64.00–67.008562
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09553.04/cwt50.00–55.005813
HeifersMedium and Large 1467141.55/cwt131.00–146.006619
HeifersMedium and Large 3330117.50/cwt117.50–117.503881
HeifersMedium and Large 2379137.71/cwt129.00–143.005227
HeifersMedium and Large 2327138.86/cwt134.00–146.004546
HeifersMedium and Large 1409151.12/cwt145.00–155.006185
HeifersMedium and Large 1540132.00/cwt132.00–132.007131
HeifersMedium and Large 1655127.00/cwt127.00–127.008321
HeifersMedium and Large 2421140.57/cwt137.00–144.005925
HeifersMedium and Large 2526119.49/cwt117.00–121.006294
HeifersMedium and Large 2615124.00/cwt124.00–124.007631
HeifersMedium and Large 2475132.00/cwt132.00–132.006271

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.