Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2020-10-01

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Oct 1
● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,711 head
▲ 825 vs last sale 886▲ 880 vs year ago 831 · +105.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▼ 189 vs last sale 263▲ 5 vs year ago 69 · +7.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 73▼ 77 vs year ago 100 · −77.0%
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 sold 2.00-5.00 lower, with the exception of 400-500 lb weights that sold 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00-7.00 lower. Feeder supply included several groups of long weaned or Value Added cattle that sold with a Premium. Slaughter cows and bulls not reported due to time restraints.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.45/cwt on 748 head.
Average price
$138.45
748 head · 636 lb average
Value per head Derived
$881
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$299
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$24.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.94
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2574140.4080542
Medium and Large 1672139.02934609
Medium and Large 2438137.3360282
Medium and Large 3437115.9250715thin
One grade step is worth $24.48/cwt here — about $299 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 sale748 hd
138.45
—
AR average9 barns · 2,093 hd
141.39
−2.94
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
Bulls—Low1,07570.007532thin

Every lot, as filed

95 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 3—51588.00/cwt88.00–88.004531
SteersMedium and Large 2—331144.74/cwt130.00–152.5047916
SteersMedium and Large 2—680117.00/cwt117.00–117.007961
SteersMedium and Large 2—895100.00/cwt100.00–100.008951
SteersMedium and Large 2—417143.99/cwt125.00–158.0060020
HeifersMedium and Large 2—565106.65/cwt104.00–111.006033
HeifersMedium and Large 2—479121.96/cwt111.00–131.0058418
SteersMedium and Large 2—740108.00/cwt108.00–108.007991
SteersMedium and Large 2—780100.00/cwt100.00–100.007801
SteersMedium and Large 2—475133.64/cwt120.00–150.0063527
SteersMedium and Large 2—530118.94/cwt113.00–125.006302
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—449157.00/cwt157.00–157.0070512
SteersMedium and Large 2—600120.00/cwt120.00–120.007201
BullsMedium and Large 2—580108.00/cwt108.00–108.006261
BullsMedium and Large 2—610101.00/cwt96.00–106.006162
BullsMedium and Large 2—675100.00/cwt90.00–110.006752
BullsMedium and Large 2—536117.51/cwt103.00–122.5063035
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—541131.50/cwt131.50–131.5071111
SteersMedium and Large 2—381143.13/cwt127.55–158.0054511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—445161.00/cwt161.00–161.007162
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—625124.50/cwt124.50–124.5077826
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—548116.50/cwt116.50–116.506386
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—449126.50/cwt126.50–126.505684
HeifersMedium and Large 2—765102.00/cwt102.00–102.007801
HeifersMedium and Large 2—518113.23/cwt110.00–116.0058712
HeifersMedium and Large 2—385127.09/cwt122.50–130.004897
HeifersMedium and Large 2—430124.36/cwt121.00–130.005355
HeifersMedium and Large 2—668106.97/cwt104.00–110.007152
SteersMedium and Large 3—555110.00/cwt110.00–110.006111
HeifersMedium and Large 2—321126.35/cwt117.50–130.004066
HeifersMedium and Large 3—428114.79/cwt107.00–119.004913
SteersMedium and Large 3—71592.00/cwt92.00–92.006581
HeifersMedium and Large 3—61591.00/cwt91.00–91.005601
HeifersMedium and Large 3—485111.00/cwt111.00–111.005381
SteersMedium and Large 3—476116.55/cwt110.00–129.005554
BullsMedium and Large 3—63391.39/cwt81.00–98.005783
Bulls——1,07570.00/cwt70.00–70.007532
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330111.62/cwt110.00–115.003683
HeifersMedium and Large 3—51587.20/cwt80.00–94.004492
SteersMedium and Large 3—355131.00/cwt131.00–131.004651
HeifersMedium and Large 3—58590.00/cwt90.00–90.005271
SteersMedium and Large 3—409112.40/cwt101.00–125.004605
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—618137.20/cwt128.00–137.5084862
BullsMedium and Large 1—750109.00/cwt109.00–109.008181
SteersMedium and Large 1Full—88589.00/cwt89.00–89.007881
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—490118.00/cwt118.00–118.005781
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—630110.57/cwt106.00–115.006972
SteersMedium and Large 1—615124.49/cwt124.00–125.007662
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—571126.58/cwt123.00–128.0072321
SteersMedium and Large 1—719125.81/cwt119.00–129.009054
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—76678.54/cwt60.00–92.006024
BullsMedium and Large 1—86593.00/cwt93.00–93.008041
BullsMedium and Large 1—815103.00/cwt103.00–103.008391
SteersMedium and Large 1—925116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0731
BullsMedium and Large 1—655117.89/cwt110.00–122.0077215
BullsMedium and Large 1—572122.61/cwt118.00–128.0070112
SteersMedium and Large 3—327125.87/cwt123.00–130.004123
HeifersMedium and Large 1—330141.10/cwt132.50–147.004669
SteersMedium and Large 1—753124.03/cwt120.00–130.009343
HeifersMedium and Large 1—755109.00/cwt109.00–109.008231
SteersMedium and Large 1—575130.41/cwt129.00–134.0075017
SteersMedium and Large 1—541133.09/cwt132.00–134.0072012
SteersMedium and Large 1—372169.26/cwt167.00–170.0063010
BullsMedium and Large 1—611121.50/cwt116.00–125.007426
SteersMedium and Large 1—465153.97/cwt142.00–161.0071624
HeifersMedium and Large 1—579116.37/cwt111.00–122.0067410
SteersMedium and Large 1—689123.00/cwt123.00–123.0084711
SteersMedium and Large 1—413174.30/cwt162.50–180.007209
SteersMedium and Large 1—321173.69/cwt165.00–177.5055818
HeifersMedium and Large 1—372141.39/cwt132.50–147.5052629
HeifersMedium and Large 1—738108.27/cwt106.00–116.007997
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—543127.00/cwt127.00–127.006905
HeifersMedium and Large 1—519120.84/cwt117.00–126.0062724
HeifersMedium and Large 1—431131.98/cwt127.00–137.0056916
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623119.51/cwt110.00–124.5074549
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—663138.72/cwt133.00–140.50920101
BullsMedium and Large 1—90599.00/cwt99.00–99.008961
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—722128.43/cwt124.50–130.0092798
HeifersMedium and Large 1—674113.09/cwt110.00–122.007625
HeifersMedium and Large 1—462130.33/cwt125.00–139.0060223
BullsMedium and Large 1—717112.88/cwt109.00–115.008097
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—968116.50/cwt116.50–116.501,1285
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—691130.00/cwt130.00–130.0089868
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—570139.11/cwt136.50–140.0079339
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—457166.00/cwt166.00–166.007595
BullsMedium and Large 1—526129.60/cwt123.00–136.0068224
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—525138.99/cwt137.00–144.0073019
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—626128.50/cwt128.50–128.508045
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—446135.37/cwt134.50–136.5060412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—728133.50/cwt133.50–133.5097212
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—874120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0496
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—724136.49/cwt135.00–137.75988182
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—502148.50/cwt148.50–148.5074513
SteersMedium and Large 2Fleshy—540100.00/cwt100.00–100.005401
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—815135.07/cwt132.25–137.401,101125

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.