Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 7.00-20.00, mostly 13.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold steady, over 400 lbs sold 8.00-15.00, mostly 12.00 higher. Feeders suiitable for grazing were in high demand. Fleshy cattle sold with a discount. Slaughter cows sold 6.00 higher, Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $312.16/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −82.66 against this barn's trailing median of $394.81.

Average price

$312.16

34 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$337

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$79.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.02

vs AR average

−17.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	319.48	1,743	29
Medium and Large 2	570	289.17	1,648	3thin
Medium and Large 3	585	240.38	1,406	2thin

One grade step is worth $79.10/cwt here — about $337 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.06, low $325.67, median $394.81 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale34 hd

312.16

—

AR average9 barns · 299 hd

306.14

+6.02

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

−17.79

This barn, trailing median31 sales

394.81

−82.66

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,493	164.75	2,459	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,249	156.64	1,956	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	981	148.26	1,454	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,026	147.17	1,510	29

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,051	$1,761	13
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	994	$1,736	4thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	898	$1,589	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	965	$2,175	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,243	$2,075	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,038	$1,667	6
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,240	$2,850	1thin

Every lot, as filed

101 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,665	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	240.38/cwt	217.50–262.50	1,406	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	368.39/cwt	368.00–370.00	2,111	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	830	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,158	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	448.50/cwt	420.00–475.00	1,471	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	389.56/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,441	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	431.26/cwt	420.00–455.00	1,630	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	358.44/cwt	332.50–385.00	1,867	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	619	331.47/cwt	329.00–333.00	2,052	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,575	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,946	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,945	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	362.15/cwt	355.00–376.00	1,764	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,010	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,909	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	281.32/cwt	277.50–285.00	1,865	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	403.61/cwt	392.50–417.50	1,707	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	585	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	345	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,121	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	278.75/cwt	277.50–280.00	1,820	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	317.80/cwt	315.00–319.00	1,961	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	264.19/cwt	262.50–265.00	2,055	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	403.04/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,334	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,370	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	424	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,577	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	373.91/cwt	365.00–379.00	1,806	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	711	295.25/cwt	289.00–299.00	2,099	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	320.75/cwt	300.00–347.50	1,851	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	288.98/cwt	285.00–291.00	1,916	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	343.50/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,608	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	329.23/cwt	322.50–333.00	1,702	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	370.99/cwt	360.00–377.00	1,925	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	397.06/cwt	383.00–409.00	1,834	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	307.30/cwt	300.00–311.00	1,890	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,972	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,075	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	310.70/cwt	302.50–322.50	1,796	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	800–850	809	255.00/cwt	249.00–258.00	2,063	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	555	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	495	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,547	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	602	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,710	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	370.87/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,584	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	298.25/cwt	291.00–305.00	1,846	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	660	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	625	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,859	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	478	364.63/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,743	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	226.35/cwt	225.00–227.00	1,976	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,290	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,505	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	1,742.55/head	1,575.00–1,875.00	1,743	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,091	1,860.37/head	1,150.00–2,300.00	1,860	11
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	898	1,588.78/head	1,400.00–1,725.00	1,589	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	655	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,769	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 3	—	795	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 3	—	885	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	830	1,211.60/head	950.00–1,400.00	1,212	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	765	125.23/cwt	107.00–140.00	958	2
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,071	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,245	160.38/cwt	159.00–162.00	1,997	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,218	153.88/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,874	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	937	136.42/cwt	133.00–139.00	1,278	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	845	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,166	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	153.18/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,558	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	813	128.16/cwt	124.00–132.00	1,042	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	158.96/cwt	158.00–163.00	1,830	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	715	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	837	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,004	151.81/cwt	150.00–153.00	1,524	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,041	145.32/cwt	142.00–149.00	1,513	7
Bulls	—	—	1,233	149.26/cwt	121.00–168.00	1,840	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	162.16/cwt	149.00–174.00	1,686	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,058	153.10/cwt	136.00–161.00	1,620	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	994	1,735.88/head	1,475.00–1,950.00	1,736	4
Bulls	—	—	1,621	175.19/cwt	170.00–179.00	2,840	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	156.51/cwt	156.00–157.00	1,659	2
Bulls	—	—	2,150	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	4,085	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	275.06/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,136	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,222	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,156	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	330.21/cwt	310.00–355.00	1,423	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,232	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,203	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	695	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,355	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,205	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,639	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	376.42/cwt	355.00–390.00	1,434	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	890	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,869	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	315.90/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,510	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	386.42/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,519	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,617	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,468	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	335	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,357	1

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.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

I-40 Livestock - Ozark, AR

Thu Apr 24, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 422Last week 552Year ago 348

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 66Year ago 82

Replacement CattleReceipts 38Last week 25Year ago 32

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	185.00	185.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	898	1,400.00–1,725.00	1,588.78
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	980	1,650.00	1,650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	965	2,175.00	2,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,290	1,900.00	1,900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,505	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,085	1,575.00–1,875.00	1,742.55
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	795	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	885	1,625.00	1,625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,091	1,150.00–2,300.00	1,860.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,040	149.00–174.00	162.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,058	136.00–161.00	153.10
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	994	1,475.00–1,950.00	1,735.88
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	830	950.00–1,400.00	1,211.60
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	765	107.00–140.00	125.23
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,240	2,850.00	2,850.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	305.00	305.00
2	550–600	585	217.50–262.50	240.38
1	600–650	625	185.00	185.00
1	650–700	695	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	331	395.00–420.00	403.04
15	350–400	370	380.00–395.00	389.56
10	400–450	427	350.00–385.00	370.87
26	450–500	468	330.00–360.00	343.50
15	500–550	517	322.50–333.00	329.23
13	550–600	578	302.50–322.50	310.70
8	600–650	619	291.00–305.00	298.25
2	650–700	653	277.50–280.00	278.75
1	750–800	795	248.00	248.00
1	900–950	915	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	385.00	385.00
8	350–400	381	355.00–390.00	376.42
7	400–450	431	310.00–355.00	330.21
7	450–500	478	300.00–322.00	315.90
1	500–550	535	285.00	285.00
1	550–600	590	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	610	265.00	265.00
1	650–700	685	230.00	230.00
1	850–900	890	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	320.00	320.00
3	450–500	473	333.00	333.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	325.00	325.00
1	550–600	585	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	424	372.00	372.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
12	800–850	809	249.00–258.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	312.50	312.50
1	550–600	555	287.50	287.50
3	600–650	602	284.00	284.00
1	650–700	655	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	328	420.00–475.00	448.50
15	350–400	378	420.00–455.00	431.26
10	400–450	423	392.50–417.50	403.61
11	450–500	462	383.00–409.00	397.06
12	500–550	519	360.00–377.00	370.99
5	550–600	573	368.00–370.00	368.39
5	600–650	617	315.00–319.00	317.80
3	750–800	778	262.50–265.00	264.19
1	850–900	850	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	619	329.00–333.00	331.47
8	700–750	711	289.00–299.00	295.25
1	800–850	830	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	487	355.00–376.00	362.15
6	550–600	595	327.00	327.00
3	750–800	775	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	478	355.00–375.00	364.63
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	413	265.00–285.00	275.06
1	450–500	470	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	370.00	370.00
5	350–400	393	380.00–405.00	386.42
1	400–450	405	362.50	362.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	405.00	405.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	365.00	365.00
7	450–500	483	365.00–379.00	373.91
13	500–550	521	332.50–385.00	358.44
32	550–600	577	300.00–347.50	320.75
3	600–650	615	300.00–311.00	307.30
6	650–700	663	285.00–291.00	288.98
2	700–750	718	289.00	289.00
3	850–900	873	225.00–227.00	226.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	290.00	290.00
1	600–650	630	282.50	282.50
2	650–700	663	277.50–285.00	281.32
1	850–900	860	212.50	212.50
1	1000–1050	1,010	189.00	189.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	297.50	297.50
1	650–700	660	275.00	275.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	149.00	149.00
5	—	1,245	159.00–162.00	160.38
4	—	1,218	150.00–156.00	153.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	937	133.00–139.00	136.42
9	—	1,151	158.00–163.00	158.96
4	—	1,004	150.00–153.00	151.81
7	—	1,041	142.00–149.00	145.32
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	138.00	138.00
2	—	813	124.00–132.00	128.16
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,017	150.00–155.00	153.18
2	—	1,060	156.00–157.00	156.51
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	117.00	117.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,233	121.00–168.00	149.26
5	—	1,621	170.00–179.00	175.19
1	—	2,150	190.00	190.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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I-40 Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

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I-40 Livestock - Ozark, AR

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