Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2021-04-01

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Apr 1
● Final112 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053
Feeder Cattle receipts
540 head
50 vs last sale 590 18 vs year ago 522 · +3.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
8 vs last sale 50 16 vs year ago 74 · 21.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
3 vs last sale 36 15 vs year ago 24 · +62.5%
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 600 lbs sold 1.00-5.00 higher, over 600 lbs, not well tested. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-8.00 higher, with full advance on 300-400 lb weights. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.41/cwt on 220 head.
Average price
$158.41
220 head · 439 lb average
Value per head Derived
$695
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$504
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 3
$125.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.54
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1433173.45751139
Medium and Large 1-2436161.887068thin
Medium and Large 2448148.2966453
Medium and Large 3371126.614708thin
Small and Medium 351747.7924712thin
One grade step is worth $125.65/cwt here — about $504 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 sale220 hd
158.41
AR average10 barns · 1,114 hd
157.87
+0.54
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
BullsAverage1,50584.111,26618
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,25566.938407thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low96554.5952726
CowsLean 85-90%Low94653.505064thin

Every lot, as filed

112 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 3525115.00/cwt115.00–115.006041
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,053745.34/cwt700.00–800.007,8484
HeifersMedium and Large 2522122.02/cwt117.00–129.006373
HeifersMedium and Large 2550114.00/cwt114.00–114.006271
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,250780.00/cwt780.00–780.009,7501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2985975.00/cwt975.00–975.009,6041
SteersMedium and Large 3375126.44/cwt100.00–145.004743
SteersMedium and Large 3410135.00/cwt135.00–135.005541
SteersMedium and Large 1607137.69/cwt134.00–145.008363
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added658134.75/cwt134.00–137.008874
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added745119.00/cwt119.00–119.008871
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy490138.00/cwt138.00–138.006761
BullsMedium and Large 1770126.00/cwt126.00–126.009701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2945750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,0881
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2913818.48/cwt500.00–950.007,4733
SteersMedium and Large 1317197.36/cwt182.50–215.0062617
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added437180.96/cwt180.00–183.007915
SteersMedium and Large 1372183.13/cwt172.50–190.0068140
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement600142.00/cwt142.00–142.008523
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600154.00/cwt154.00–154.009241
SteersMedium and Large 1735124.00/cwt124.00–124.009111
SteersMedium and Large 1880119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0471
SteersMedium and Large 1423170.64/cwt162.00–178.0072232
SteersMedium and Large 1666135.70/cwt132.00–139.009044
BullsMedium and Large 1633128.49/cwt127.00–130.008132
BullsMedium and Large 1678125.99/cwt124.00–128.008542
BullsMedium and Large 1574141.87/cwt130.00–154.0081412
HeifersMedium and Large 1569136.01/cwt129.00–139.0077410
SteersMedium and Large 1471166.16/cwt154.00–174.0078322
HeifersMedium and Large 1367162.95/cwt152.00–177.5059820
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added520153.00/cwt153.00–153.007963
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added618138.37/cwt137.50–142.008555
SteersMedium and Large 1-2398175.00/cwt175.00–175.006972
BullsMedium and Large 2710106.00/cwt106.00–106.007531
HeifersMedium and Large 1431155.69/cwt150.00–165.0067127
HeifersMedium and Large 1533139.94/cwt130.00–144.0074618
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,39072.50/cwt72.50–72.501,0081
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,0951,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0013,1401
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy715120.00/cwt120.00–120.008581
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy665141.00/cwt141.00–141.009381
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2930724.60/cwt650.00–800.006,7392
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2931647.48/cwt500.00–815.006,0284
BullsSmall and Medium 355599.00/cwt99.00–99.005491
HeifersSmall and Medium 333055.00/cwt55.00–55.001821
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-281864.71/cwt55.00–70.005297
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2970625.00/cwt625.00–625.006,0631
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,88093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,7481
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,4901,800.00/cwt1,800.00–1,800.0026,8201
SteersSmall and Medium 333050.00/cwt50.00–50.001652
SteersSmall and Medium 338864.78/cwt50.00–79.002512
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2688712.00/cwt600.00–800.004,8992
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-297361.89/cwt46.00–73.006023
SteersSmall and Medium 350044.00/cwt44.00–44.002201
SteersSmall and Medium 365943.00/cwt43.00–43.002835
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 3730480.00/cwt480.00–480.003,5041
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 3710450.00/cwt450.00–450.003,1951
HeifersSmall and Medium 338359.90/cwt55.00–65.002292
SteersSmall and Medium 348542.49/cwt42.00–43.002062
CowsLean 85-90%87049.00/cwt49.00–49.004261
CowsLean 85-90%1,01557.00/cwt57.00–57.005791
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight76542.00/cwt42.00–42.003212
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight72836.97/cwt36.00–38.002692
Bulls1,78890.34/cwt88.00–93.001,6153
Bulls1,39979.50/cwt68.00–86.501,11212
CowsLean 85-90%1,11062.00/cwt62.00–62.006881
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,26867.58/cwt66.00–72.008576
CowsBoner 80-85%92954.60/cwt53.00–57.005076
Bulls1,64896.33/cwt95.00–99.001,5883
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20067.00/cwt67.00–67.008043
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight79046.00/cwt46.00–46.003631
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,20072.00/cwt72.00–72.008641
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,140900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,2601
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01961.99/cwt60.00–64.006327
CowsBoner 80-85%99848.78/cwt46.00–52.004875
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-281075.79/cwt64.00–89.006143
Dairy HeifersLarge 347565.00/cwt65.00–65.003091
HeifersMedium and Large 357392.10/cwt80.00–102.505283
HeifersMedium and Large 3365120.41/cwt110.00–130.004392
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight80055.00/cwt55.00–55.004401
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,17563.00/cwt63.00–63.007401
SteersMedium and Large 2359162.13/cwt150.00–177.505826
SteersMedium and Large 2474145.12/cwt130.00–162.5068818
HeifersMedium and Large 3425100.00/cwt100.00–100.004251
HeifersMedium and Large 3461115.32/cwt111.00–124.005323
SteersMedium and Large 1529161.70/cwt151.00–169.0085510
SteersMedium and Large 1550159.25/cwt151.00–167.508762
HeifersMedium and Large 2425138.44/cwt131.00–147.005883
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed375152.50/cwt152.50–152.505721
HeifersMedium and Large 1469148.33/cwt140.00–157.0069612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2540128.00/cwt128.00–128.006913
HeifersMedium and Large 1718108.53/cwt107.00–110.007792
HeifersMedium and Large 1628130.74/cwt124.00–134.008213
SteersMedium and Large 2524132.71/cwt128.00–144.006956
SteersMedium and Large 2562145.63/cwt142.00–149.008183
BullsMedium and Large 2525134.00/cwt134.00–134.007041
BullsMedium and Large 2565122.00/cwt122.00–122.006891
HeifersMedium and Large 1326164.89/cwt160.00–177.5053819
BullsMedium and Large 1535145.33/cwt134.00–155.007786
HeifersMedium and Large 2376146.86/cwt140.00–155.005527
SteersMedium and Large 2632136.32/cwt131.00–142.008623
SteersMedium and Large 2318165.78/cwt150.00–175.005278
SteersMedium and Large 2419145.14/cwt135.00–160.006089
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2362155.00/cwt155.00–155.005612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2449157.50/cwt157.50–157.507076
HeifersMedium and Large 365080.00/cwt80.00–80.005201
HeifersMedium and Large 3312124.65/cwt113.00–132.503893
HeifersMedium and Large 2333139.57/cwt130.00–145.004656
HeifersMedium and Large 2475135.51/cwt130.00–142.006448
BullsMedium and Large 2672113.04/cwt110.00–117.007603
HeifersMedium and Large 283095.00/cwt95.00–95.007891
SteersMedium and Large 3450108.00/cwt108.00–108.004861
SteersMedium and Large 3328130.18/cwt125.00–135.004273

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.