Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2020-10-08

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Oct 8
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053
Feeder Cattle receipts
629 head
1,082 vs last sale 1,711 308 vs year ago 937 · 32.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
17 vs last sale 74 91 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
3 vs last sale 23 20 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 500 lbs sold 15.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold steady. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 1.00-7.00 lower, with full decline on 450-500 lb weights, over 600 lbs sold steady. Feeder supply mostly average to plain. Slaughter cows and bulls not reported.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $132.24/cwt on 203 head.
Average price
$132.24
203 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$625
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$189
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.66
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1499138.91693104
Medium and Large 1-2396135.005355thin
Medium and Large 2444127.6656778
Medium and Large 3458110.3350516thin
One grade step is worth $28.58/cwt here — about $189 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 sale203 hd
132.24
AR average8 barns · 2,237 hd
141.90
−9.66
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
BullsLow1,00567.006731thin

Every lot, as filed

80 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 2518112.35/cwt100.00–119.005829
HeifersMedium and Large 1318140.44/cwt131.00–147.504476
BullsMedium and Large 282092.50/cwt90.00–95.007592
SteersMedium and Large 2Fleshy420119.00/cwt119.00–119.005001
SteersMedium and Large 2660107.00/cwt107.00–107.007061
HeifersMedium and Large 2593105.50/cwt105.00–106.006262
HeifersMedium and Large 2313125.20/cwt120.00–130.003922
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added571124.00/cwt124.00–124.007086
SteersMedium and Large 2370137.36/cwt130.00–142.505087
SteersMedium and Large 2518119.00/cwt119.00–119.006162
HeifersMedium and Large 2430117.75/cwt110.00–125.0050611
HeifersMedium and Large 2514109.84/cwt100.00–116.005655
HeifersMedium and Large 3431100.55/cwt90.00–115.004335
BullsMedium and Large 2613102.98/cwt101.00–104.006313
SteersMedium and Large 2426128.01/cwt120.00–138.0054520
SteersMedium and Large 2323132.00/cwt120.00–145.004266
BullsMedium and Large 353585.00/cwt85.00–85.004551
HeifersMedium and Large 2610102.48/cwt100.00–105.006252
BullsMedium and Large 366071.00/cwt71.00–71.004691
SteersMedium and Large 2580110.00/cwt110.00–110.006381
SteersMedium and Large 378579.00/cwt79.00–79.006201
SteersMedium and Large 3462117.97/cwt113.00–122.005453
SteersMedium and Large 3405116.20/cwt112.50–120.004712
HeifersMedium and Large 356589.00/cwt89.00–89.005031
HeifersSmall and Medium 359255.00/cwt55.00–55.003262
SteersMedium and Large 2473126.74/cwt118.00–136.0059940
SteersMedium and Large 3378114.99/cwt110.00–120.004355
SteersMedium and Large 3327116.00/cwt100.00–125.003793
HeifersMedium and Large 3368100.60/cwt85.00–117.503703
HeifersMedium and Large 352189.36/cwt76.00–103.004664
BullsSmall and Medium 337085.00/cwt85.00–85.003151
HeifersMedium and Large 2478113.90/cwt110.00–118.0054413
Bulls1,00567.00/cwt67.00–67.006731
SteersMedium and Large 356591.00/cwt91.00–91.005141
BullsSmall and Medium 345060.00/cwt60.00–60.002701
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added532142.00/cwt142.00–142.007554
BullsMedium and Large 1717116.32/cwt114.00–119.008343
BullsMedium and Large 1925103.99/cwt103.00–105.009622
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open710120.00/cwt120.00–120.008521
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy69599.00/cwt99.00–99.006882
SteersMedium and Large 1521131.43/cwt123.00–137.006857
SteersMedium and Large 1572130.05/cwt124.00–135.0074414
SteersMedium and Large 1473138.97/cwt137.00–143.006574
SteersMedium and Large 390586.00/cwt86.00–86.007781
HeifersMedium and Large 1381140.73/cwt132.50–148.0053626
SteersMedium and Large 1663121.65/cwt118.00–124.008073
SteersMedium and Large 1381149.07/cwt143.00–159.0056817
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added648136.00/cwt136.00–136.008816
HeifersMedium and Large 1522116.66/cwt114.00–119.0060917
BullsMedium and Large 1873106.27/cwt102.00–110.009283
HeifersMedium and Large 1568115.88/cwt111.00–120.0065810
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-268572.81/cwt60.00–86.004992
BullsMedium and Large 1768109.67/cwt109.00–110.008423
SteersMedium and Large 1333154.40/cwt148.50–163.0051414
BullsMedium and Large 1815106.84/cwt98.00–112.008718
SteersMedium and Large 11,065101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,0761
HeifersMedium and Large 1850108.00/cwt108.00–108.009181
SteersMedium and Large 1620125.77/cwt123.00–129.0078013
SteersMedium and Large 1965118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,1391
SteersMedium and Large 1715125.00/cwt125.00–125.008941
BullsMedium and Large 1677116.15/cwt107.00–124.0078614
HeifersMedium and Large 1429130.32/cwt124.00–136.0055917
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added515121.38/cwt121.00–125.0062511
SteersMedium and Large 1423144.90/cwt139.00–150.0061316
HeifersMedium and Large 1482114.94/cwt110.00–121.005545
BullsMedium and Large 1519126.79/cwt120.00–135.0065825
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added552136.00/cwt136.00–136.007513
HeifersMedium and Large 1624116.21/cwt113.00–118.007254
BullsMedium and Large 2573105.49/cwt100.00–110.006047
HeifersMedium and Large 1671116.17/cwt111.00–119.007806
HeifersMedium and Large 1766114.40/cwt111.00–117.008765
BullsMedium and Large 1621117.66/cwt109.00–122.0073117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2396135.00/cwt135.00–135.005355
BullsMedium and Large 1566122.98/cwt112.00–130.0069613
HeifersMedium and Large 2385125.70/cwt117.00–132.004847
HeifersMedium and Large 1728112.00/cwt112.00–112.008152
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added625123.00/cwt123.00–123.007691
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added675123.90/cwt123.00–124.0083610
BullsMedium and Large 276587.00/cwt87.00–87.006661
BullsMedium and Large 2685100.00/cwt100.00–100.006851

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.