Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2022-01-20

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Jan 20
● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053
Feeder Cattle receipts
334 head
430 vs last sale 764 376 vs year ago 710 · 53.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
58 vs last sale 85 24 vs year ago 51 · 47.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
104 vs last sale 120 16 vs year ago 32 · 50.0%
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 steady, 400-600 lb weights sold 10.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold steady. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. No trend for Slaughter cows, not reported last week. Not enough comparable receipts to establish a trend for Slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.36/cwt on 154 head.
Average price
$140.36
154 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$686
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$538
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 3
$85.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.84
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1492150.20740112
Medium and Large 2497122.8061029
Medium and Large 345497.2744112thin
Small and Medium 331065.002021thin
One grade step is worth $85.20/cwt here — about $538 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 sale154 hd
140.36
AR average8 barns · 926 hd
141.21
−0.84
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
BullsAverage1,54765.931,0203thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39667.449415thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,00761.0061414
CowsLean 85-90%Low92754.005015thin

Every lot, as filed

91 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 1Value Added700142.00/cwt142.00–142.009942
SteersMedium and Large 336091.00/cwt91.00–91.003281
SteersMedium and Large 2376160.68/cwt150.00–167.506047
SteersSmall and Medium 342050.00/cwt50.00–50.002101
SteersMedium and Large 2468150.73/cwt147.00–155.007053
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added620147.00/cwt147.00–147.009112
SteersMedium and Large 3423108.95/cwt99.00–115.004613
SteersMedium and Large 3338118.44/cwt101.00–135.004004
SteersMedium and Large 1424169.30/cwt160.00–172.5071811
SteersMedium and Large 1750147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,1031
SteersMedium and Large 1607163.14/cwt162.50–167.009907
HeifersMedium and Large 2330131.34/cwt125.00–137.504332
SteersMedium and Large 2412137.16/cwt127.00–155.005656
HeifersMedium and Large 1569141.43/cwt137.00–144.008055
HeifersMedium and Large 1469155.89/cwt145.00–159.007318
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added490162.40/cwt161.50–163.007965
HeifersMedium and Large 356394.31/cwt81.00–107.505312
SteersSmall and Medium 352847.95/cwt46.00–50.002532
HeifersMedium and Large 2386127.17/cwt121.00–130.004915
HeifersMedium and Large 278390.06/cwt70.00–110.007052
HeifersMedium and Large 1336155.01/cwt149.00–160.005215
HeifersMedium and Large 1528154.28/cwt150.00–159.008156
SteersMedium and Large 1720149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0731
SteersMedium and Large 3470126.00/cwt126.00–126.005921
SteersMedium and Large 2511146.89/cwt139.00–155.007515
SteersMedium and Large 1362179.97/cwt170.00–191.0065112
SteersMedium and Large 1528162.30/cwt150.00–170.0085712
SteersMedium and Large 2578138.84/cwt131.00–145.008025
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added420195.00/cwt195.00–195.008191
SteersSmall and Medium 337563.51/cwt37.00–93.002382
SteersMedium and Large 1578156.99/cwt147.50–162.0090710
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added980130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2741
SteersMedium and Large 1671155.40/cwt155.00–157.501,0436
SteersMedium and Large 1329180.46/cwt170.00–187.505944
SteersMedium and Large 1469169.60/cwt162.50–180.0079521
SteersMedium and Large 2330145.94/cwt130.00–160.004825
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added526181.48/cwt167.50–185.009559
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added660160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0563
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added570167.00/cwt167.00–167.009521
BullsMedium and Large 1575141.46/cwt140.00–143.008132
BullsMedium and Large 3535110.00/cwt110.00–110.005891
BullsMedium and Large 1543144.52/cwt137.00–149.007853
BullsMedium and Large 1860126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0841
BullsMedium and Large 2635125.00/cwt125.00–125.007941
BullsMedium and Large 1621138.74/cwt138.00–141.008624
CowsLean 85-90%96057.49/cwt57.00–58.005522
CowsLean 85-90%1,16069.00/cwt69.00–69.008001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00155.73/cwt54.00–57.005584
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11970.22/cwt67.50–74.007865
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00363.51/cwt63.00–64.006372
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight78551.00/cwt51.00–51.004001
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight83054.49/cwt54.00–55.004522
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight77035.00/cwt35.00–35.002701
Bulls1,61385.89/cwt83.50–88.001,3852
Bulls1,41526.00/cwt26.00–26.003681
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39667.44/cwt64.00–69.009415
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight83544.00/cwt44.00–44.003671
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2965675.00/cwt675.00–675.006,5141
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2551,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0013,1781
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,263960.63/cwt650.00–1,100.0012,1335
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,24070.00/cwt70.00–70.008681
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,09560.00/cwt60.00–60.006571
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,43574.00/cwt74.00–74.001,0621
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,05558.00/cwt58.00–58.006121
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed88545.00/cwt45.00–45.003981
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,14070.10/cwt64.00–73.007993
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,07548.00/cwt48.00–48.005161
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open763138.51/cwt138.00–139.001,0572
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy515118.00/cwt118.00–118.006081
HeifersMedium and Large 333896.46/cwt61.00–120.003263
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open1,00090.00/cwt90.00–90.009001
BullsMedium and Large 2735109.00/cwt109.00–109.008011
BullsMedium and Large 2505120.00/cwt120.00–120.006061
HeifersMedium and Large 3470101.00/cwt101.00–101.004751
HeifersMedium and Large 1733132.99/cwt132.00–134.009752
HeifersMedium and Large 1422152.09/cwt142.00–161.0064232
HeifersMedium and Large 1615143.11/cwt130.00–145.0088016
HeifersMedium and Large 3675117.00/cwt117.00–117.007901
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open728140.54/cwt137.00–144.001,0232
HeifersSmall and Medium 331065.00/cwt65.00–65.002021
HeifersMedium and Large 3370110.51/cwt110.00–111.004092
HeifersMedium and Large 2585115.00/cwt115.00–115.006731
HeifersMedium and Large 341580.00/cwt80.00–80.003321
HeifersMedium and Large 2623113.06/cwt111.00–115.007042
HeifersMedium and Large 2423129.44/cwt120.00–137.505483
HeifersMedium and Large 2532124.21/cwt120.00–128.006619
HeifersMedium and Large 2464129.29/cwt122.50–140.006004
HeifersMedium and Large 1377151.64/cwt140.00–160.0057217
HeifersMedium and Large 350385.09/cwt53.00–117.504282
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added438165.99/cwt165.00–167.007276
HeifersMedium and Large 1780133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0371

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.