Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2021-09-30

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Sep 30
● Final115 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053
Feeder Cattle receipts
724 head
162 vs last sale 886 987 vs year ago 1,711 · 57.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
106 head
9 vs last sale 115 32 vs year ago 74 · +43.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
15 vs last sale 30 22 vs year ago 23 · +95.7%
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 and heifers under 400 lbs sold 10.00-20.00 lower, over 400 lbs sold 2.00-12.00, mostly 7.00 lower. Dry, dusty weather and pressure on Livestock Futures market continue to impact prices in a negative way. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.13/cwt on 252 head.
Average price
$116.13
252 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$614
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$506
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 3
$60.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.22
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1571125.09714135
Medium and Large 1-2458117.005363thin
Medium and Large 2512110.2156474
Medium and Large 342697.6041539
Small and Medium 332065.002081thin
One grade step is worth $60.09/cwt here — about $506 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 sale252 hd
116.13
AR average8 barns · 1,720 hd
127.35
−11.22
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
BullsHigh1,59478.261,24814
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,14249.0556023
CowsLean 85-90%Low85035.002982thin

Every lot, as filed

115 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
SteersMedium and Large 2419121.91/cwt110.00–132.505118
SteersMedium and Large 1780120.00/cwt120.00–120.009361
SteersMedium and Large 2321127.65/cwt120.00–131.004104
SteersMedium and Large 2516122.74/cwt112.00–126.006336
SteersMedium and Large 2765117.00/cwt117.00–117.008951
SteersMedium and Large 1727133.31/cwt124.00–139.009696
SteersMedium and Large 1470138.57/cwt132.50–160.0065116
SteersMedium and Large 1578135.84/cwt127.50–144.0078510
SteersMedium and Large 2670115.91/cwt110.00–122.007772
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy573117.01/cwt116.00–118.006702
SteersMedium and Large 2Fleshy73588.00/cwt88.00–88.006471
SteersMedium and Large 1665135.57/cwt122.00–140.009026
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475122.50/cwt122.50–122.505822
SteersMedium and Large 358382.45/cwt80.00–85.004812
SteersMedium and Large 342092.48/cwt80.00–110.003886
HeifersMedium and Large 1323127.03/cwt123.00–130.004103
HeifersMedium and Large 1710124.68/cwt122.00–127.008859
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added534135.00/cwt135.00–135.007214
SteersMedium and Large 360090.00/cwt90.00–90.005401
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added940119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,1191
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy705115.00/cwt115.00–115.008111
HeifersMedium and Large 1535125.65/cwt118.00–134.5067219
HeifersMedium and Large 1470122.94/cwt120.00–134.0057817
HeifersMedium and Large 1575123.73/cwt119.00–134.0071117
SteersMedium and Large 351099.90/cwt90.00–110.005092
HeifersMedium and Large 1623122.14/cwt118.00–133.0076111
HeifersMedium and Large 1423126.11/cwt120.00–130.005337
HeifersMedium and Large 2426111.15/cwt105.00–119.0047317
HeifersMedium and Large 2520111.51/cwt100.00–119.0058010
HeifersMedium and Large 2371116.46/cwt110.00–124.004324
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added855123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2458117.00/cwt117.00–117.005363
HeifersMedium and Large 1655132.42/cwt118.00–137.0086715
HeifersMedium and Large 2577110.62/cwt106.00–115.0063811
HeifersMedium and Large 2713103.42/cwt99.00–108.007372
HeifersMedium and Large 284088.51/cwt87.00–90.007432
HeifersMedium and Large 1784129.84/cwt129.50–133.001,01810
SteersSmall and Medium 337571.00/cwt65.00–77.502662
SteersMedium and Large 2550110.00/cwt110.00–110.006051
SteersMedium and Large 1516136.44/cwt130.00–145.007048
SteersMedium and Large 3333100.69/cwt70.00–125.003355
SteersMedium and Large 3471102.47/cwt90.00–116.0048312
SteersMedium and Large 338699.26/cwt82.50–111.003838
SteersMedium and Large 2367123.02/cwt119.00–130.004519
SteersMedium and Large 2603114.51/cwt111.00–118.006902
SteersMedium and Large 2473126.36/cwt120.00–131.0059815
SteersMedium and Large 1316143.78/cwt135.00–159.0045411
SteersMedium and Large 1426143.39/cwt133.00–160.0061132
SteersMedium and Large 1372144.79/cwt135.00–161.0053931
SteersMedium and Large 1810126.02/cwt124.00–128.001,0212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2332130.00/cwt130.00–130.004323
BullsMedium and Large 2685103.00/cwt103.00–103.007061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2587105.00/cwt105.00–105.006163
BullsMedium and Large 1845106.00/cwt106.00–106.008961
BullsMedium and Large 1627121.65/cwt110.00–127.007638
BullsMedium and Large 1768104.02/cwt98.00–110.007992
BullsMedium and Large 21,06070.00/cwt70.00–70.007421
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01039.62/cwt30.00–43.004006
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08650.69/cwt48.00–53.005509
CowsLean 85-90%88548.00/cwt48.00–48.004251
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46060.00/cwt60.00–60.008761
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36057.38/cwt54.00–59.007806
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight80530.00/cwt30.00–30.002421
CowsLean 85-90%81522.00/cwt22.00–22.001791
Bulls1,83990.53/cwt88.50–93.001,6654
Bulls1,93087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,6791
Bulls1,44871.83/cwt60.00–81.001,0409
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680109.00/cwt109.00–109.007411
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,110791.66/cwt575.00–1,025.008,78711
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2987894.05/cwt800.00–975.008,8243
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,11949.88/cwt41.00–58.005587
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,080925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,9901
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-287079.54/cwt70.00–90.006922
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2921598.64/cwt500.00–700.005,5134
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,355850.00/cwt850.00–850.0011,5181
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-287077.00/cwt77.00–77.006701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,11553.88/cwt39.00–64.006015
BullsMedium and Large 397560.00/cwt60.00–60.005851
BullsMedium and Large 1568118.75/cwt115.00–127.0067513
BullsMedium and Large 358590.41/cwt80.00–101.005292
BullsMedium and Large 1723109.93/cwt106.00–114.007952
BullsMedium and Large 2615109.82/cwt107.00–114.006754
BullsMedium and Large 1528123.45/cwt117.50–130.0065227
BullsMedium and Large 1910104.00/cwt104.00–104.009461
BullsSmall and Medium 361040.00/cwt40.00–40.002441
BullsMedium and Large 2576108.89/cwt105.00–116.006274
HeifersMedium and Large 2327116.84/cwt105.00–125.003823
HeifersMedium and Large 2781103.51/cwt100.00–105.008084
HeifersMedium and Large 331596.51/cwt72.50–112.5030412
HeifersMedium and Large 366682.43/cwt63.00–98.005494
HeifersMedium and Large 2685109.00/cwt109.00–109.007472
HeifersMedium and Large 1367128.54/cwt120.00–138.0047213
HeifersMedium and Large 3580100.00/cwt100.00–100.005801
HeifersMedium and Large 2620110.44/cwt108.00–113.006852
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy380106.00/cwt106.00–106.004031
HeifersMedium and Large 190584.00/cwt84.00–84.007601
HeifersMedium and Large 1855109.00/cwt109.00–109.009321
HeifersMedium and Large 2466111.64/cwt105.00–119.0052015
HeifersMedium and Large 373080.00/cwt80.00–80.005841
HeifersSmall and Medium 332065.00/cwt65.00–65.002081
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy73590.00/cwt90.00–90.006621
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy533110.00/cwt110.00–110.005862
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy682111.98/cwt110.00–116.007643
HeifersMedium and Large 3371101.15/cwt90.00–110.003757
HeifersMedium and Large 350590.00/cwt90.00–90.004551
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy430100.00/cwt100.00–100.004301
BullsMedium and Large 1676119.00/cwt113.00–121.008045
BullsMedium and Large 293075.00/cwt75.00–75.006981
BullsMedium and Large 289085.00/cwt85.00–85.007571
HeifersMedium and Large 346298.64/cwt84.00–105.004566
BullsMedium and Large 362876.68/cwt60.00–90.004823
HeifersMedium and Large 3424106.98/cwt100.00–117.504547
BullsMedium and Large 279575.00/cwt75.00–75.005961
BullsMedium and Large 353386.78/cwt70.00–100.004633
BullsMedium and Large 2524109.45/cwt106.00–112.005744

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.