Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2023-01-19

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Thu, Jan 19
● Final110 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2053
Feeder Cattle receipts
464 head
▼ 473 vs last sale 937▲ 130 vs year ago 334 · +38.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
111 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 126▲ 84 vs year ago 27 · +311.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 120▲ 44 vs year ago 16 · +275.0%
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 sold 1.00-8.00, mostly 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 4.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold 7.00-9.00 lower. Quality of offering not as attractive as last week. Some long weaned cattle sold with a Premium. No trend for Slaughter cows or bulls, not reported last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $168.07/cwt on 186 head.
Average price
$168.07
186 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$835
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$564
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 3
$119.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.38
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505175.97888142
Medium and Large 2463152.0670436
Medium and Large 3473126.105975thin
Small and Medium 357256.673243thin
One grade step is worth $119.30/cwt here — about $564 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 sale186 hd
168.07
—
AR average7 barns · 1,344 hd
165.69
+2.38
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—Average1,63090.791,48015
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44274.831,0795thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,03658.8561037
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low92027.002483thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,169$1,1167
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,032$1,0973thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,093$8712thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)890$7501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)980$1,1251thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)730$9001thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)860$8501thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)825$8001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,208$1,43313
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,040$8263thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)1,045$1,3851thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)940$7592thin

Every lot, as filed

110 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—935105.00/cwt105.00–105.009821
BullsMedium and Large 1—683145.42/cwt135.00–155.009936
BullsMedium and Large 1—522185.26/cwt175.00–192.509679
BullsMedium and Large 3—695112.50/cwt112.50–112.507821
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—705167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,1811
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—300237.50/cwt237.50–237.507131
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—357217.50/cwt217.50–217.507763
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—472183.00/cwt183.00–183.008643
SteersMedium and Large 1—908130.34/cwt130.00–131.001,1833
SteersMedium and Large 1—521177.78/cwt170.00–188.009266
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—521189.00/cwt189.00–189.0098510
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,056114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,2045
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—675177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,1954
SteersMedium and Large 2—348155.00/cwt155.00–155.005392
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,105110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2161
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—560189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,0582
SteersMedium and Large 1—427191.02/cwt184.00–202.5081629
SteersMedium and Large 1—372204.42/cwt185.00–212.5076030
SteersMedium and Large 1—472187.58/cwt180.00–197.5088510
SteersMedium and Large 2—365172.50/cwt172.50–172.506301
SteersMedium and Large 1—668168.75/cwt167.50–170.001,1272
SteersMedium and Large 1—728142.44/cwt140.00–145.001,0372
SteersMedium and Large 3—435132.50/cwt132.50–132.505761
SteersMedium and Large 3—460107.01/cwt85.00–130.004922
SteersMedium and Large 3—300140.00/cwt140.00–140.004201
HeifersMedium and Large 1—703152.46/cwt140.00–165.001,0722
SteersMedium and Large 2—419160.14/cwt145.00–172.506716
SteersMedium and Large 2—471166.19/cwt147.50–177.507838
SteersMedium and Large 1—622179.73/cwt175.00–187.501,1185
SteersMedium and Large 1—582184.54/cwt179.00–188.001,07415
SteersMedium and Large 1—319207.23/cwt190.00–225.006615
HeifersMedium and Large 1—683167.99/cwt165.00–171.001,1472
SteersMedium and Large 2—720127.00/cwt127.00–127.009141
SteersMedium and Large 3—570127.50/cwt127.50–127.507271
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375158.26/cwt140.00–187.505937
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—358201.26/cwt200.00–202.507212
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—422187.00/cwt187.00–187.007893
HeifersMedium and Large 1—634162.54/cwt160.00–170.001,0315
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—517185.81/cwt185.00–187.509613
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—385175.00/cwt175.00–175.006741
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,02597.00/cwt97.00–97.009941
HeifersSmall and Medium 3—46565.00/cwt65.00–65.003021
HeifersMedium and Large 1—313207.83/cwt190.00–240.0065115
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473165.10/cwt157.50–169.007814
HeifersMedium and Large 1—750130.00/cwt130.00–130.009751
HeifersMedium and Large 2—322164.25/cwt155.00–177.505296
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422179.28/cwt175.00–185.0075720
HeifersMedium and Large 1—374188.34/cwt175.00–198.0070423
HeifersMedium and Large 2—740117.05/cwt110.00–124.008662
HeifersMedium and Large 3—440127.59/cwt120.00–135.005612
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573167.29/cwt162.50–168.0095913
HeifersMedium and Large 1—476179.86/cwt170.00–188.0085614
HeifersMedium and Large 2—545155.00/cwt155.00–155.008451
HeifersMedium and Large 2—424154.03/cwt147.50–165.006539
HeifersMedium and Large 2—633139.94/cwt135.00–145.008862
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open—800125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0001
HeifersMedium and Large 3—478125.16/cwt115.00–135.005982
HeifersMedium and Large 3—530125.00/cwt125.00–125.006631
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open—780125.00/cwt125.00–125.009751
HeifersMedium and Large 2Guaranteed Open—760110.00/cwt110.00–110.008361
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570148.38/cwt142.50–155.008463
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open—951122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,1608
HeifersSmall and Medium 3—62552.50/cwt52.50–52.503282
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528177.00/cwt170.00–182.0093525
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—645152.50/cwt152.50–152.509841
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—670132.00/cwt132.00–132.008841
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy—635110.00/cwt110.00–110.006991
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24573.70/cwt73.00–75.009183
CowsLean 85-90%—92027.00/cwt27.00–27.002483
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38379.61/cwt77.00–82.001,1012
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,48271.64/cwt69.00–73.001,0623
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—80530.00/cwt30.00–30.002423
Bulls——1,61399.51/cwt95.00–102.001,6053
Bulls——1,829105.87/cwt104.00–110.001,9365
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,00345.52/cwt30.00–55.004577
CowsBoner 80-85%—97761.01/cwt58.00–64.005968
Bulls——1,49676.28/cwt57.00–91.001,1417
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11867.75/cwt66.00–70.0075714
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—84355.50/cwt55.00–56.004682
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—84372.57/cwt50.00–91.006123
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,10070.00/cwt70.00–70.007701
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0451,385.00/head1,385.00–1,385.001,3851
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2221,472.89/head1,100.00–1,700.001,47312
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—920800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1691,115.51/head750.00–1,225.001,1167
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,18567.00/cwt67.00–67.007941
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,093870.90/head825.00–910.008712
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—890750.00/head750.00–750.007501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,12359.26/cwt46.00–70.006652
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0321,096.93/head950.00–1,225.001,0973
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—79880.97/cwt74.00–90.006462
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—9801,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—730900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—860850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—825800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—940759.04/head750.00–770.007592
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—94563.85/cwt55.00–71.006032
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,21673.49/cwt66.00–81.008945
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—99162.05/cwt40.00–78.006157
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,045950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,100838.64/head825.00–850.008392
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—1,470107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,5731
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open—855122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,0471
BullsMedium and Large 3—505105.00/cwt105.00–105.005301
BullsMedium and Large 1—562170.55/cwt167.00–182.5095813
BullsMedium and Large 1—738146.49/cwt146.00–147.501,0813
BullsMedium and Large 1—623157.31/cwt142.50–167.509803
BullsMedium and Large 2—563141.07/cwt127.50–155.007942
BullsMedium and Large 1—960110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0561
BullsMedium and Large 1—770142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0931

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.