Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2020-04-30

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Apr 30
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053
Feeder Cattle receipts
424 head
43 vs last sale 381 424 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
30 vs last sale 46 76 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
48 head
36 vs last sale 12 48 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 sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 2.00-3.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 3.00-9.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.56/cwt on 153 head.
Average price
$152.56
153 head · 423 lb average
Value per head Derived
$646
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$40.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.95
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1416156.63651115
Medium and Large 2435144.1462728
Medium and Large 1-2470138.256506thin
Medium and Large 3500116.065814thin
One grade step is worth $40.57/cwt here — about $70 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 sale153 hd
152.56
AR average9 barns · 1,221 hd
144.61
+7.95
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
BullsHigh1,60778.061,25511
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43361.6688315
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13356.5064031
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02152.1353221

Every lot, as filed

84 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
BullsMedium and Large 275589.00/cwt89.00–89.006721
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy495127.00/cwt127.00–127.006291
BullsMedium and Large 2525120.50/cwt110.00–126.006335
BullsMedium and Large 282487.48/cwt86.00–89.007214
BullsMedium and Large 2480124.30/cwt117.50–127.005974
BullsMedium and Large 2577104.92/cwt85.00–116.006053
BullsMedium and Large 287561.00/cwt61.00–61.005341
BullsMedium and Large 2660100.00/cwt100.00–100.006601
BullsMedium and Large 2645108.00/cwt108.00–108.006971
BullsMedium and Large 2405125.00/cwt125.00–125.005061
BullsMedium and Large 1568129.10/cwt121.00–137.0073318
BullsMedium and Large 1665116.40/cwt105.00–120.0077415
BullsMedium and Large 1516128.59/cwt124.00–134.0066411
BullsMedium and Large 1620122.54/cwt118.00–129.007607
BullsMedium and Large 1479138.33/cwt131.00–145.006635
BullsMedium and Large 182097.98/cwt94.00–103.008033
BullsMedium and Large 1762102.33/cwt99.00–108.007803
BullsMedium and Large 1700113.00/cwt113.00–113.007911
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed250193.00/cwt193.00–193.004832
SteersMedium and Large 1425152.81/cwt144.00–159.0064929
SteersMedium and Large 1380160.76/cwt151.00–170.0061129
SteersMedium and Large 1468147.49/cwt141.00–155.0069019
SteersMedium and Large 1323169.79/cwt160.00–178.0054814
SteersMedium and Large 1520144.87/cwt142.00–150.0075313
SteersMedium and Large 1603134.48/cwt130.00–139.008112
SteersMedium and Large 1270182.36/cwt180.00–185.004922
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy675108.00/cwt108.00–108.007291
HeifersMedium and Large 3480107.45/cwt105.00–110.005162
HeifersMedium and Large 343099.95/cwt80.00–119.004302
HeifersMedium and Large 3395100.00/cwt100.00–100.003951
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed345132.50/cwt132.50–132.504571
HeifersMedium and Large 2431131.29/cwt126.00–136.005667
HeifersMedium and Large 2480122.60/cwt114.00–132.005886
HeifersMedium and Large 2370129.96/cwt120.00–137.004816
HeifersMedium and Large 2532113.03/cwt110.00–118.006013
HeifersMedium and Large 2555115.99/cwt115.00–117.006442
HeifersMedium and Large 2645105.00/cwt105.00–105.006771
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2459136.00/cwt136.00–136.006244
HeifersMedium and Large 1329142.65/cwt136.00–152.5046921
HeifersMedium and Large 1517124.78/cwt119.00–132.0064519
HeifersMedium and Large 1420137.97/cwt133.00–147.0057918
HeifersMedium and Large 1374143.48/cwt137.50–153.0053716
Bulls1,74987.19/cwt85.00–90.501,5256
Bulls1,22257.50/cwt46.00–70.007033
Bulls1,76081.51/cwt80.00–83.001,4352
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-293568.76/cwt50.00–91.0064321
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-280874.17/cwt60.00–92.005998
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed780650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,0701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,101951.04/cwt700.00–1,075.0010,4715
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,18563.81/cwt62.00–66.007562
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,51063.88/cwt63.00–64.509658
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-288059.00/cwt59.00–59.005191
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,20090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0802
SteersMedium and Large 3468123.11/cwt120.00–126.005762
SteersMedium and Large 3620108.00/cwt108.00–108.006701
SteersMedium and Large 3445110.00/cwt110.00–110.004901
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed400155.00/cwt155.00–155.006201
SteersMedium and Large 2373156.31/cwt145.00–169.005838
SteersMedium and Large 2479136.13/cwt131.00–141.006527
SteersMedium and Large 2506132.60/cwt127.50–139.006714
SteersMedium and Large 2422141.69/cwt137.00–148.005983
SteersMedium and Large 2310158.00/cwt152.50–169.004903
SteersMedium and Large 2608123.96/cwt121.00–127.007542
SteersMedium and Large 1-2592121.50/cwt121.50–121.507193
SteersMedium and Large 1-2348155.00/cwt155.00–155.005393
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed338182.00/cwt182.00–182.006154
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight78044.00/cwt44.00–44.003431
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight72029.00/cwt29.00–29.002091
CowsLean 85-90%95847.20/cwt37.00–51.004528
CowsLean 85-90%1,12861.08/cwt59.00–63.006896
CowsLean 85-90%1,10255.55/cwt54.00–57.506125
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40162.96/cwt60.00–65.0088211
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52058.09/cwt57.00–58.508834
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight72042.00/cwt42.00–42.003021
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27563.26/cwt61.00–65.0080716
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09556.23/cwt55.00–58.006166
CowsBoner 80-85%95847.65/cwt44.00–52.004566
CowsBoner 80-85%85037.00/cwt35.00–39.003152
HeifersMedium and Large 1470132.58/cwt128.00–142.5062313
HeifersMedium and Large 1568117.68/cwt110.00–122.0066811
HeifersMedium and Large 1616115.64/cwt110.00–120.007128
HeifersMedium and Large 1723100.91/cwt98.00–104.007302
HeifersMedium and Large 1690106.00/cwt106.00–106.007312
HeifersMedium and Large 1290147.50/cwt147.50–147.504281

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.