Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2020-04-09

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Apr 9
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053
Feeder Cattle receipts
291 head
231 vs last sale 522 291 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
31 vs last sale 74 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
11 vs last sale 24 13 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: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 15.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold 5.00-7.00 higher, except 500-600 lb sold up to 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 7.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold 10.00-14.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 8.00-10.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.15/cwt on 147 head.
Average price
$158.15
147 head · 457 lb average
Value per head Derived
$723
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.50
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1464158.99738121
Medium and Large 2424154.2265426
One grade step is worth $4.77/cwt here — about $84 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 sale147 hd
158.15
AR average7 barns · 683 hd
147.64
+10.50
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
BullsAverage1,46368.431,0017thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,24956.347049thin
CowsLean 85-90%High92848.0344611
CowsBoner 80-85%Low96646.4644914

Every lot, as filed

70 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 1765119.00/cwt119.00–119.009102
SteersMedium and Large 1565150.00/cwt150.00–150.008482
SteersMedium and Large 11,01091.00/cwt91.00–91.009191
SteersMedium and Large 1700122.00/cwt122.00–122.008541
SteersMedium and Large 1690120.00/cwt120.00–120.008281
SteersMedium and Large 1295181.00/cwt181.00–181.005341
SteersMedium and Large 1390171.82/cwt165.00–179.0067020
SteersMedium and Large 1529153.18/cwt143.00–155.5081013
SteersMedium and Large 1645131.43/cwt125.00–132.0084812
SteersMedium and Large 1329176.02/cwt169.00–183.0057911
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy545139.00/cwt139.00–139.007581
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed300140.00/cwt140.00–140.004201
HeifersMedium and Large 2323135.91/cwt130.00–140.004393
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight83548.00/cwt48.00–48.004011
HeifersMedium and Large 2618104.48/cwt100.00–109.006462
HeifersMedium and Large 2518122.61/cwt118.00–127.006352
HeifersMedium and Large 2420129.10/cwt125.00–133.005422
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2488134.00/cwt134.00–134.006544
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed300155.00/cwt155.00–155.004651
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed290151.00/cwt151.00–151.004381
HeifersMedium and Large 1421142.11/cwt136.00–147.0059819
HeifersMedium and Large 1372143.38/cwt140.00–147.5053310
HeifersMedium and Large 1470139.31/cwt133.00–144.006559
HeifersMedium and Large 1321145.50/cwt143.00–150.004679
HeifersMedium and Large 1611124.39/cwt119.00–128.007605
HeifersMedium and Large 1516133.23/cwt130.00–137.006875
HeifersMedium and Large 1575123.53/cwt121.00–127.007104
HeifersMedium and Large 1660115.40/cwt109.00–122.007622
HeifersMedium and Large 1700110.00/cwt110.00–110.007701
BullsMedium and Large 2625114.43/cwt110.00–119.007152
BullsMedium and Large 1537135.65/cwt134.00–143.0072810
BullsMedium and Large 1714118.78/cwt116.00–120.008485
BullsMedium and Large 1667119.95/cwt117.00–122.008003
BullsMedium and Large 1577134.69/cwt130.00–139.007773
BullsMedium and Large 1613132.49/cwt131.00–134.008122
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight72030.00/cwt30.00–30.002161
CowsLean 85-90%97148.24/cwt47.00–50.504685
CowsLean 85-90%93855.03/cwt53.00–57.005163
CowsLean 85-90%98044.00/cwt44.00–44.004311
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,24957.68/cwt55.50–60.007206
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,25053.65/cwt53.50–54.006713
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight73531.05/cwt27.00–35.002282
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight84545.00/cwt45.00–45.003801
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07748.90/cwt48.00–49.505275
CowsBoner 80-85%99351.37/cwt50.00–55.005105
CowsBoner 80-85%85542.00/cwt42.00–42.003591
Bulls1,55574.34/cwt73.00–76.001,1563
Bulls1,22559.33/cwt54.00–64.007273
Bulls1,90078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,4821
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-292044.40/cwt43.00–46.004082
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-287468.85/cwt49.00–88.006024
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-270090.00/cwt90.00–90.006301
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,040750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,8001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-273082.00/cwt82.00–82.005991
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,430800.00/cwt800.00–800.0011,4401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2920600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,5201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,270675.00/cwt675.00–675.008,5731
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,22055.00/cwt55.00–55.006711
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed366172.61/cwt161.00–175.006326
SteersMedium and Large 2428151.12/cwt147.00–155.006476
SteersMedium and Large 2388160.45/cwt148.00–166.006235
SteersMedium and Large 2474139.75/cwt138.00–143.006624
SteersMedium and Large 2328159.07/cwt146.00–167.505223
SteersMedium and Large 287095.00/cwt95.00–95.008271
SteersMedium and Large 2575134.00/cwt134.00–134.007711
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed418179.00/cwt179.00–179.0074810
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed303184.00/cwt184.00–184.005583
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed355182.00/cwt182.00–182.006461
SteersMedium and Large 1472152.90/cwt144.00–159.0072221
SteersMedium and Large 1423160.53/cwt158.00–173.0067921

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.