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 Sep 15, 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
Bulls—Average1,54765.931,0203thin
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 Added—700142.00/cwt142.00–142.009942
SteersMedium and Large 3—36091.00/cwt91.00–91.003281
SteersMedium and Large 2—376160.68/cwt150.00–167.506047
SteersSmall and Medium 3—42050.00/cwt50.00–50.002101
SteersMedium and Large 2—468150.73/cwt147.00–155.007053
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—620147.00/cwt147.00–147.009112
SteersMedium and Large 3—423108.95/cwt99.00–115.004613
SteersMedium and Large 3—338118.44/cwt101.00–135.004004
SteersMedium and Large 1—424169.30/cwt160.00–172.5071811
SteersMedium and Large 1—750147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,1031
SteersMedium and Large 1—607163.14/cwt162.50–167.009907
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330131.34/cwt125.00–137.504332
SteersMedium and Large 2—412137.16/cwt127.00–155.005656
HeifersMedium and Large 1—569141.43/cwt137.00–144.008055
HeifersMedium and Large 1—469155.89/cwt145.00–159.007318
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—490162.40/cwt161.50–163.007965
HeifersMedium and Large 3—56394.31/cwt81.00–107.505312
SteersSmall and Medium 3—52847.95/cwt46.00–50.002532
HeifersMedium and Large 2—386127.17/cwt121.00–130.004915
HeifersMedium and Large 2—78390.06/cwt70.00–110.007052
HeifersMedium and Large 1—336155.01/cwt149.00–160.005215
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528154.28/cwt150.00–159.008156
SteersMedium and Large 1—720149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0731
SteersMedium and Large 3—470126.00/cwt126.00–126.005921
SteersMedium and Large 2—511146.89/cwt139.00–155.007515
SteersMedium and Large 1—362179.97/cwt170.00–191.0065112
SteersMedium and Large 1—528162.30/cwt150.00–170.0085712
SteersMedium and Large 2—578138.84/cwt131.00–145.008025
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—420195.00/cwt195.00–195.008191
SteersSmall and Medium 3—37563.51/cwt37.00–93.002382
SteersMedium and Large 1—578156.99/cwt147.50–162.0090710
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—980130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2741
SteersMedium and Large 1—671155.40/cwt155.00–157.501,0436
SteersMedium and Large 1—329180.46/cwt170.00–187.505944
SteersMedium and Large 1—469169.60/cwt162.50–180.0079521
SteersMedium and Large 2—330145.94/cwt130.00–160.004825
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—526181.48/cwt167.50–185.009559
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—660160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0563
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—570167.00/cwt167.00–167.009521
BullsMedium and Large 1—575141.46/cwt140.00–143.008132
BullsMedium and Large 3—535110.00/cwt110.00–110.005891
BullsMedium and Large 1—543144.52/cwt137.00–149.007853
BullsMedium and Large 1—860126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0841
BullsMedium and Large 2—635125.00/cwt125.00–125.007941
BullsMedium and Large 1—621138.74/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 Weight—78551.00/cwt51.00–51.004001
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—83054.49/cwt54.00–55.004522
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—77035.00/cwt35.00–35.002701
Bulls——1,61385.89/cwt83.50–88.001,3852
Bulls——1,41526.00/cwt26.00–26.003681
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,39667.44/cwt64.00–69.009415
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—83544.00/cwt44.00–44.003671
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—965675.00/cwt675.00–675.006,5141
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2551,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0013,1781
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,263960.63/cwt650.00–1,100.0012,1335
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,24070.00/cwt70.00–70.008681
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,09560.00/cwt60.00–60.006571
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,43574.00/cwt74.00–74.001,0621
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,05558.00/cwt58.00–58.006121
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—88545.00/cwt45.00–45.003981
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,14070.10/cwt64.00–73.007993
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,07548.00/cwt48.00–48.005161
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open—763138.51/cwt138.00–139.001,0572
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy—515118.00/cwt118.00–118.006081
HeifersMedium and Large 3—33896.46/cwt61.00–120.003263
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open—1,00090.00/cwt90.00–90.009001
BullsMedium and Large 2—735109.00/cwt109.00–109.008011
BullsMedium and Large 2—505120.00/cwt120.00–120.006061
HeifersMedium and Large 3—470101.00/cwt101.00–101.004751
HeifersMedium and Large 1—733132.99/cwt132.00–134.009752
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422152.09/cwt142.00–161.0064232
HeifersMedium and Large 1—615143.11/cwt130.00–145.0088016
HeifersMedium and Large 3—675117.00/cwt117.00–117.007901
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open—728140.54/cwt137.00–144.001,0232
HeifersSmall and Medium 3—31065.00/cwt65.00–65.002021
HeifersMedium and Large 3—370110.51/cwt110.00–111.004092
HeifersMedium and Large 2—585115.00/cwt115.00–115.006731
HeifersMedium and Large 3—41580.00/cwt80.00–80.003321
HeifersMedium and Large 2—623113.06/cwt111.00–115.007042
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423129.44/cwt120.00–137.505483
HeifersMedium and Large 2—532124.21/cwt120.00–128.006619
HeifersMedium and Large 2—464129.29/cwt122.50–140.006004
HeifersMedium and Large 1—377151.64/cwt140.00–160.0057217
HeifersMedium and Large 3—50385.09/cwt53.00–117.504282
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—438165.99/cwt165.00–167.007276
HeifersMedium and Large 1—780133.00/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.