Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 4.00-5.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 11.00-16.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-3.00 higher, except 400-500 lb weights, sold 10.00 lower. Feeder supply was mostly above average in quality with several long weaned heavier cattle offered. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $392.26/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 2 of 28 comparable sales and sits −60.38 against this barn's trailing median of $452.64.

Average price

$392.26

55 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,138

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$285

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$26.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.89

vs AR average

+10.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	396.12	2,181	47
Medium and Large 2	513	369.55	1,896	8thin

One grade step is worth $26.57/cwt here — about $285 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $500.50, low $385.40, median $452.64 across 28 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 sale55 hd

392.26

—

AR average7 barns · 216 hd

381.37

+10.89

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

+10.58

This barn, trailing median28 sales

452.64

−60.38

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,618	187.88	3,039	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,439	167.29	2,407	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,005	167.00	1,678	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,075	156.91	1,687	24

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)	1,265	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,164	$2,457	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,018	$2,130	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,090	$2,350	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	759	$2,269	6
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	880	$2,225	1thin

Every lot, as filed

89 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	415.00/cwt	392.50–432.50	1,946	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	650–700	695	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,217	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	287.51/cwt	285.00–290.00	2,323	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	352.44/cwt	340.00–362.50	2,196	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,224	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,361	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	608	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,347	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,807	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	354.31/cwt	340.00–362.50	2,012	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	429.96/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,367	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	415.74/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,567	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	351.27/cwt	332.50–367.50	1,802	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	650–700	686	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,085	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	338.76/cwt	337.50–340.00	2,297	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	461.26/cwt	425.00–515.00	1,494	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	407.78/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,129	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	326.87/cwt	315.00–340.00	2,092	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	391.67/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,704	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,814	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	730	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,409	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	359.30/cwt	335.00–369.00	2,206	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	550–600	570	334.74/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,908	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	700–750	715	307.52/cwt	305.00–310.00	2,199	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	800–850	815	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,343	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	430.13/cwt	402.50–447.00	2,060	23
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	2,269.36/head	2,200.00–2,300.00	2,269	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	595	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	460	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	673	326.32/cwt	320.00–332.50	2,196	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	785	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,355	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	388.46/cwt	362.50–430.00	2,036	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	361.86/cwt	342.50–380.00	2,063	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	386.05/cwt	360.00–393.00	2,193	28
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,190	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	2,225.00/head	2,225.00–2,225.00	2,225	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	163.58/cwt	161.00–167.00	1,916	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,678	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,413	168.01/cwt	167.00–170.00	2,374	6
Bulls	—	—	1,748	188.96/cwt	188.00–190.00	3,303	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,038	138.48/cwt	120.00–148.00	1,437	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,016	156.56/cwt	153.00–159.00	1,591	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	187.71/cwt	164.00–212.50	2,102	2
Bulls	—	—	1,893	196.55/cwt	196.00–197.00	3,721	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,600	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	805	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,063	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	170.58/cwt	168.00–173.00	1,928	4
Bulls	—	—	1,347	181.38/cwt	179.00–185.00	2,443	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,511	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	585	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,164	2,457.04/head	2,100.00–2,700.00	2,457	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,018	2,129.73/head	1,850.00–2,400.00	2,130	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	362.90/cwt	345.00–385.00	1,731	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	387.50/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,511	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,268	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	369.55/cwt	320.00–387.50	1,896	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	393.90/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,682	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,116	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	347.47/cwt	337.50–357.50	1,842	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	500–550	545	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,993	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	450.41/cwt	420.00–482.50	1,658	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	519	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,247	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	433.14/cwt	420.00–439.00	1,832	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	575	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	554	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,000	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,941	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,056	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,525	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,920	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	371.07/cwt	330.00–385.00	1,592	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,766	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	386.22/cwt	372.50–395.00	1,788	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	335.98/cwt	329.00–340.00	2,258	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	692	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,367	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	379.90/cwt	375.00–387.50	1,630	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	320.28/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,697	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	402.00/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,487	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	585	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	287.44/cwt	282.50–292.50	2,213	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	378.73/cwt	340.00–392.50	1,788	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	408.33/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,409	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,196	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,794	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 →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 583Last week 243Year ago 253

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 29Year ago 34

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 25Year ago 22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	400.00	400.00
16	450–500	469	392.50–432.50	415.00
21	500–550	524	362.50–430.00	388.46
8	550–600	570	342.50–380.00	361.86
4	600–650	623	340.00–362.50	352.44
4	650–700	660	337.00	337.00
1	700–750	710	332.50	332.50
1	850–900	875	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	412.50	412.50
6	450–500	478	406.00	406.00
2	500–550	522	347.50	347.50
4	550–600	554	361.00	361.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	495	362.50	362.50
3	500–550	530	337.50–357.50	347.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	570	325.00–345.00	334.74
1	650–700	695	319.00	319.00
3	700–750	715	305.00–310.00	307.52
1	800–850	815	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	318	415.00–440.00	429.96
17	350–400	377	400.00–440.00	415.74
12	400–450	435	390.00–395.00	391.67
3	450–500	453	399.00	399.00
52	500–550	513	332.50–367.50	351.27
13	550–600	568	340.00–362.50	354.31
4	600–650	640	315.00–340.00	326.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	686	304.00	304.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	310.00	310.00
1	450–500	465	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	390.00	390.00
2	350–400	390	385.00–390.00	387.50
19	400–450	429	330.00–385.00	371.07
12	450–500	477	345.00–385.00	362.90
2	500–550	530	310.00–330.00	320.28
1	650–700	670	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	391	390.00	390.00
5	400–450	429	375.00–387.50	379.90
14	450–500	463	372.50–395.00	386.22
2	550–600	568	338.00	338.00
2	650–700	672	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	324	425.00–515.00	461.26
21	350–400	368	420.00–482.50	450.41
15	400–450	423	420.00–439.00	433.14
23	450–500	479	402.50–447.00	430.13
14	500–550	522	390.00–420.00	407.78
28	550–600	568	360.00–393.00	386.05
20	600–650	614	335.00–369.00	359.30
2	650–700	678	337.50–340.00	338.76
2	800–850	808	285.00–290.00	287.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	519	433.00	433.00
14	600–650	608	386.00	386.00
1	700–750	730	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	367.50	367.50
2	650–700	673	320.00–332.50	326.32
1	750–800	785	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	405.00–410.00	408.33
3	350–400	370	380.00–415.00	402.00
5	400–450	427	380.00–405.00	393.90
9	450–500	472	340.00–392.50	378.73
8	500–550	513	320.00–387.50	369.55
2	750–800	770	282.50–292.50	287.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	672	329.00–340.00	335.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	692	342.00	342.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	260.00	260.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	759	2,200.00–2,300.00	2,269.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,090	2,350.00	2,350.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	880	2,225.00	2,225.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	140.00	140.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,120	164.00–212.50	187.71
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,164	2,100.00–2,700.00	2,457.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,265	2,700.00	2,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,018	1,850.00–2,400.00	2,129.73
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,045	155.00	155.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,171	161.00–167.00	163.58
4	—	1,038	120.00–148.00	138.48
8	—	1,016	153.00–159.00	156.56
4	—	1,130	168.00–173.00	170.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	167.00	167.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,413	167.00–170.00	168.01
1	—	1,595	163.00	163.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	132.00	132.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,748	188.00–190.00	188.96
2	—	1,893	196.00–197.00	196.55
3	—	1,347	179.00–185.00	181.38

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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