Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2020-10-29

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Oct 29
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053
Feeder Cattle receipts
130 head
▼ 347 vs last sale 477▼ 136 vs year ago 266 · −51.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 99 vs last sale 124▼ 96 vs year ago 121 · −79.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 94 vs last sale 99▼ 96 vs year ago 101 · −95.0%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle Pot Load SaleTue Sep 15, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: With a light run and all classes not represented due to very muddy conditions in trade area; Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 5.00-9.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold steady to 9.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $137.36/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$137.36
53 head · 453 lb average
Value per head Derived
$622
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$201
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.12
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1476138.8166041
Medium and Large 2371135.2150210thin
Medium and Large 3388118.504592thin
One grade step is worth $20.31/cwt here — about $201 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 sale53 hd
137.36
—
AR average9 barns · 490 hd
129.25
+8.12
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—High1,67376.501,2792thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,29453.296905thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,01542.5643212
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low93240.923813thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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 2—465114.50/cwt114.00–115.005322
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422125.76/cwt120.00–128.0053111
SteersMedium and Large 1—373151.65/cwt147.50–156.005668
SteersMedium and Large 1—520131.54/cwt128.00–136.006844
HeifersMedium and Large 1—628109.22/cwt107.00–111.006864
BullsMedium and Large 2—66090.00/cwt90.00–90.005941
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465121.32/cwt120.00–123.005643
BullsMedium and Large 1—573123.40/cwt120.00–128.007074
BullsMedium and Large 1—523125.04/cwt120.00–132.006546
SteersMedium and Large 1—570122.03/cwt119.00–125.006962
SteersMedium and Large 1—815115.00/cwt115.00–115.009371
SteersMedium and Large 1—342152.97/cwt150.00–162.505234
SteersMedium and Large 1—428140.65/cwt138.00–145.006028
BullsMedium and Large 1—615116.37/cwt111.00–122.007162
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—74090.00/cwt90.00–90.006661
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—485105.00/cwt105.00–105.005091
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—570105.00/cwt105.00–105.005991
HeifersMedium and Large 1—512114.67/cwt114.00–115.005873
SteersMedium and Large 1—632127.03/cwt124.00–128.008038
SteersMedium and Large 1—285170.00/cwt170.00–170.004851
HeifersSmall and Medium 3—38050.00/cwt50.00–50.001901
BullsMedium and Large 1—740103.50/cwt100.00–107.007662
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,050650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,8251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,185900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,6651
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—74068.66/cwt59.00–79.005082
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—74064.00/cwt64.00–64.004741
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy—590103.00/cwt103.00–103.006081
CowsBoner 80-85%—92326.79/cwt18.00–37.002473
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—77026.00/cwt26.00–26.002001
CowsBoner 80-85%—87540.00/cwt40.00–40.003501
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—73030.00/cwt30.00–30.002191
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,27454.61/cwt52.00–56.006964
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16854.23/cwt52.50–55.006333
Bulls——1,51579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,1971
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01348.38/cwt47.00–49.504902
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,37548.00/cwt48.00–48.006601
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07549.42/cwt47.00–51.005314
Bulls——1,83074.00/cwt74.00–74.001,3541
BullsMedium and Large 2—530115.00/cwt115.00–115.006101
SteersMedium and Large 2—329143.18/cwt137.50–146.004716
SteersMedium and Large 2—505117.00/cwt117.00–117.005911
SteersMedium and Large 2—350125.00/cwt125.00–125.004381
SteersMedium and Large 3—315120.00/cwt120.00–120.003781
SteersMedium and Large 3—460117.00/cwt117.00–117.005381
HeifersMedium and Large 2—433114.14/cwt109.00–119.004942
BullsMedium and Large 2—570111.00/cwt111.00–111.006331
HeifersMedium and Large 2—335126.21/cwt125.00–127.504232
SteersMedium and Large 2—410124.00/cwt124.00–124.005081
HeifersMedium and Large 3—357106.54/cwt100.00–110.003803
HeifersMedium and Large 1—364132.74/cwt127.50–137.004835
HeifersMedium and Large 1—588114.00/cwt114.00–114.006702
HeifersMedium and Large 1—326135.98/cwt131.00–140.004439
SteersMedium and Large 1—470133.90/cwt132.50–137.006295
SteersMedium and Large 2—475127.00/cwt127.00–127.006031

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.