Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2021-06-24

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Jun 24
● Final116 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053
Feeder Cattle receipts
569 head
157 vs last sale 412 20 vs year ago 589 · 3.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
180 head
122 vs last sale 58 86 vs year ago 94 · +91.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
118 head
80 vs last sale 38 98 vs year ago 20 · +490.0%
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 400 lbs sold 4.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold 7.00-10.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 2.00 higher, 500-600 lb weights sold 10.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold steady. Feeder supply was mostly average to plain in quality. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 lower, Slaughter 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 $135.53/cwt on 214 head.
Average price
$135.53
214 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$647
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$511
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 3
$103.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.67
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1496146.5172794
Medium and Large 1-2522136.7671420
Medium and Large 2436136.0059374
Medium and Large 3493108.7553620
Small and Medium 350243.042166thin
One grade step is worth $103.47/cwt here — about $511 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 sale214 hd
135.53
AR average8 barns · 1,729 hd
149.21
−13.67
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,35669.189388thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01963.366467thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07560.8465447

Every lot, as filed

116 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 2474124.75/cwt119.00–133.0059115
SteersMedium and Large 2429135.86/cwt130.00–140.0058317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635122.00/cwt122.00–122.007754
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2555119.00/cwt119.00–119.006602
BullsMedium and Large 2630116.00/cwt116.00–116.007312
HeifersMedium and Large 2613110.00/cwt110.00–110.006742
SteersMedium and Large 2378143.66/cwt130.00–155.0054317
BullsMedium and Large 2715116.50/cwt116.50–116.508333
HeifersMedium and Large 1613124.90/cwt117.00–131.0076615
BullsMedium and Large 187595.00/cwt95.00–95.008311
HeifersMedium and Large 2373127.74/cwt120.00–137.5047613
HeifersMedium and Large 2326128.66/cwt120.00–135.004198
SteersMedium and Large 2323143.48/cwt132.50–157.5046314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2483141.94/cwt132.50–145.0068613
SteersMedium and Large 1850106.00/cwt106.00–106.009011
HeifersMedium and Large 1370144.65/cwt138.00–157.5053516
SteersMedium and Large 2688117.33/cwt116.00–120.008073
SteersMedium and Large 2468134.46/cwt120.00–142.5062912
HeifersMedium and Large 2655120.00/cwt120.00–120.007861
BullsMedium and Large 1626130.40/cwt112.00–133.008168
SteersMedium and Large 1380158.37/cwt152.50–162.506023
BullsMedium and Large 1519133.74/cwt120.00–145.0069413
BullsMedium and Large 2524113.84/cwt110.00–120.005974
BullsMedium and Large 2660109.00/cwt109.00–109.007191
SteersMedium and Large 1-2543134.00/cwt134.00–134.007283
HeifersMedium and Large 1725112.81/cwt106.00–120.008182
SteersMedium and Large 1624131.00/cwt128.00–132.008177
HeifersMedium and Large 1330144.62/cwt138.00–155.004777
BullsMedium and Large 1-2558120.00/cwt120.00–120.006702
BullsMedium and Large 1805107.00/cwt107.00–107.008611
BullsMedium and Large 1715120.00/cwt120.00–120.008581
HeifersMedium and Large 1426143.60/cwt140.00–151.0061216
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open81595.00/cwt95.00–95.007741
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open885100.00/cwt100.00–100.008851
BullsMedium and Large 199080.00/cwt80.00–80.007921
BullsMedium and Large 369597.50/cwt97.50–97.506781
BullsMedium and Large 374560.00/cwt60.00–60.004471
BullsMedium and Large 2580112.89/cwt104.00–120.006558
BullsMedium and Large 286590.00/cwt90.00–90.007792
HeifersMedium and Large 2575118.00/cwt116.00–119.006793
HeifersMedium and Large 3313116.83/cwt115.00–122.503664
SteersMedium and Large 3403109.74/cwt107.50–112.004422
SteersMedium and Large 3625111.44/cwt108.00–115.006972
SteersMedium and Large 2745101.00/cwt101.00–101.007521
SteersMedium and Large 2555120.00/cwt120.00–120.006661
HeifersMedium and Large 2516118.47/cwt113.00–122.506117
SteersMedium and Large 3680118.00/cwt118.00–118.008021
HeifersMedium and Large 3402100.05/cwt90.00–112.504023
HeifersMedium and Large 3467107.03/cwt85.00–119.005003
SteersMedium and Large 2524126.49/cwt120.00–136.006638
SteersMedium and Large 2850105.00/cwt105.00–105.008931
SteersMedium and Large 3765100.00/cwt100.00–100.007651
SteersMedium and Large 3325118.88/cwt110.00–127.503862
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,12266.65/cwt65.00–69.007483
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-299563.98/cwt63.00–65.006372
BullsMedium and Large 278595.51/cwt95.00–96.007502
HeifersMedium and Large 2429127.60/cwt120.00–137.0054719
HeifersMedium and Large 361095.00/cwt95.00–95.005801
SteersMedium and Large 3479115.43/cwt102.50–125.005536
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15263.58/cwt61.00–65.0073219
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15467.54/cwt66.00–71.0077913
BullsMedium and Large 352092.50/cwt92.50–92.504811
SteersMedium and Large 3375103.55/cwt100.00–107.503882
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,093816.27/cwt700.00–950.008,92210
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,070900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,6301
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,28965.77/cwt64.00–68.008485
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5251,182.13/cwt1,100.00–1,250.0018,0272
HeifersMedium and Large 3365113.00/cwt108.00–118.004122
SteersMedium and Large 351994.29/cwt75.00–110.004894
CowsLean 85-90%89548.00/cwt48.00–48.004301
CowsLean 85-90%97262.75/cwt61.00–65.006103
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35669.18/cwt67.50–71.009388
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight80554.52/cwt54.00–55.004392
CowsBoner 80-85%97957.79/cwt56.50–59.505667
CowsBoner 80-85%94049.32/cwt45.00–52.004643
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight78237.32/cwt36.00–40.002923
CowsLean 85-90%1,10769.10/cwt68.00–71.007653
SteersSmall and Medium 358331.99/cwt31.00–33.001872
SteersSmall and Medium 347040.88/cwt30.00–52.001922
HeifersSmall and Medium 351562.00/cwt62.00–62.003191
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-298071.00/cwt71.00–71.006961
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,055700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,3851
HeifersSmall and Medium 347062.47/cwt60.00–65.002942
HeifersSmall and Medium 337567.50/cwt67.50–67.502531
HeifersSmall and Medium 364561.00/cwt61.00–61.003931
SteersSmall and Medium 352047.50/cwt47.50–47.502471
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,278876.49/cwt750.00–1,050.0011,20213
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,04363.06/cwt56.00–68.506586
SteersSmall and Medium 338565.00/cwt65.00–65.002501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,030879.19/cwt725.00–1,000.009,0562
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-290374.25/cwt61.00–87.006702
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy550109.00/cwt109.00–109.006001
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy580134.00/cwt134.00–134.007771
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 3825475.00/cwt475.00–475.003,9191
BullsSmall and Medium 353551.00/cwt51.00–51.002731
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1901,019.59/cwt900.00–1,125.0012,1332
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1731,099.06/cwt1,000.00–1,245.0012,8923
SteersMedium and Large 1715124.00/cwt124.00–124.008871
SteersMedium and Large 1420151.89/cwt145.00–162.5063817
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,238874.34/cwt850.00–900.0010,8242
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-295066.55/cwt59.00–73.006322
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy855119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0171
SteersMedium and Large 1668129.40/cwt122.00–135.008645
SteersMedium and Large 1523147.43/cwt137.50–155.0077116
HeifersMedium and Large 1525127.35/cwt123.00–140.0066921
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,07964.68/cwt51.00–69.0069810
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy815116.96/cwt115.00–119.009532
SteersMedium and Large 1466147.39/cwt145.00–151.0068728
HeifersMedium and Large 1569121.56/cwt119.00–125.006927
HeifersMedium and Large 1677123.23/cwt120.00–130.008343
HeifersMedium and Large 1481133.68/cwt128.00–145.0064312
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-278373.19/cwt60.00–84.005732
SteersMedium and Large 1569142.03/cwt135.00–150.008089
SteersMedium and Large 1332170.45/cwt165.00–190.005666
BullsMedium and Large 1678116.41/cwt109.00–129.007895
BullsMedium and Large 1579129.90/cwt121.00–140.007527

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.