Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 30.00-35.00 lower, 400-500 lbs sold 7.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 10.00-26.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 16.00-19.00 lower. Feeder supply was mostly average unweaned cattle. On a light test, Slaughter cows sold 3.00 lower, Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $388.56/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 2 of 28 comparable sales and sits −64.08 against this barn's trailing median of $452.64.

Average price

$388.56

44 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,131

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$281

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

$35.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.93

vs AR average

−41.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	391.99	2,158	38
Medium and Large 1-2	543	377.50	2,050	3thin
Medium and Large 2	527	356.17	1,877	3thin

One grade step is worth $35.82/cwt here — about $281 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale44 hd

388.56

—

AR average8 barns · 241 hd

371.64

+16.93

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−41.16

This barn, trailing median28 sales

452.64

−64.08

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	1,688	184.11	3,108	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,476	169.53	2,503	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	880	155.00	1,364	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,051	151.21	1,589	25

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,195	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,095	$2,850	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,098	$2,329	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,030	$1,650	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,005	$2,850	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,655	$3,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,205	$2,702	2thin

Every lot, as filed

75 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	436.84/cwt	420.00–465.00	1,428	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	314.82/cwt	300.00–350.00	1,653	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,142	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,050	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	409.13/cwt	385.00–430.00	1,731	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	428.08/cwt	410.00–445.00	1,460	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	298	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,311	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	740	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,627	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	695	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,572	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	377.71/cwt	350.00–387.50	2,346	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,565	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,032	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	304.14/cwt	297.50–310.00	2,342	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	351.22/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,329	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	332.07/cwt	315.00–350.00	2,384	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	440.79/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,640	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	386.12/cwt	372.50–400.00	2,193	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	365.83/cwt	320.00–377.50	2,060	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	333.57/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,865	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	315.44/cwt	311.00–320.00	1,959	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	356.75/cwt	337.50–364.00	1,823	23
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,487	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,655	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,778	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,680	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,175	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	396.31/cwt	360.00–410.00	2,053	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	382.46/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,828	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	610	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,830	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	985	133.88/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,319	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	978	147.67/cwt	146.00–149.00	1,444	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	830	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,129	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,618	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,427	171.54/cwt	169.00–175.00	2,448	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	166.52/cwt	166.00–167.00	2,581	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	912	197.73/cwt	155.00–236.00	1,803	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	2,329.16/head	2,200.00–2,500.00	2,329	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	162.07/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,076	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,004	154.18/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,548	11
Bulls	—	—	1,688	184.11/cwt	183.00–185.00	3,108	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,024	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	329.84/cwt	310.00–350.00	1,395	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	339.32/cwt	315.00–375.00	1,255	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	2,702.49/head	2,500.00–2,900.00	2,702	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	382.56/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,626	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,196	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	380.31/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,236	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,005	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	279.21/cwt	250.00–307.50	1,321	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,335	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	365.66/cwt	335.00–380.00	1,569	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	308.17/cwt	285.00–320.00	1,590	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	375.30/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,377	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	270.45/cwt	250.00–290.00	1,798	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	320.00/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,776	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	374.59/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,367	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	379.68/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,766	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,953	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	356.17/cwt	325.00–375.00	1,877	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,895	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,639	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	416.86/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,980	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	399.25/cwt	385.00–430.00	2,112	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	363.20/cwt	335.00–377.50	1,747	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	294.88/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,808	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1100–1150	1,115	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	433.24/cwt	400.00–460.00	1,590	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	425.54/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,775	14

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 Oct 30, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 347Last week 699Year ago 468

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 76Year ago 100

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 28Year ago 33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	327	420.00–465.00	436.84
7	350–400	372	435.00–445.00	440.79
14	400–450	417	400.00–435.00	425.54
21	450–500	475	400.00–435.00	416.86
17	500–550	529	385.00–430.00	399.25
21	550–600	568	372.50–400.00	386.12
7	600–650	621	350.00–387.50	377.71
6	650–700	663	340.00–365.00	351.22
2	700–750	718	315.00–350.00	332.07
1	750–800	765	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	543	377.50	377.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	695	370.00	370.00
1	700–750	740	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	325.00	325.00
7	350–400	370	315.00–375.00	339.32
3	400–450	423	310.00–350.00	329.84
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	360.00–390.00	374.59
4	400–450	425	375.00–395.00	382.56
2	450–500	465	370.00–390.00	379.68
3	500–550	527	325.00–375.00	356.17
1	700–750	710	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	340.00	340.00
9	500–550	525	300.00–350.00	314.82
1	550–600	560	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	665	285.00	285.00
1	750–800	765	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	442	380.00	380.00
4	450–500	478	375.00–390.00	382.46
11	500–550	518	360.00–410.00	396.31
13	550–600	563	320.00–377.50	365.83
1	600–650	645	315.00	315.00
2	700–750	725	300.00	300.00
3	750–800	770	297.50–310.00	304.14
1	850–900	855	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	298	440.00	440.00
5	300–350	341	410.00–445.00	428.08
20	350–400	367	400.00–460.00	433.24
10	400–450	423	385.00–430.00	409.13
7	450–500	456	390.00	390.00
23	500–550	511	337.50–364.00	356.75
15	550–600	559	315.00–340.00	333.57
8	600–650	621	311.00–320.00	315.44
1	950–1000	950	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	375.00–385.00	380.31
3	350–400	367	350.00–395.00	375.30
7	400–450	429	335.00–380.00	365.66
10	450–500	481	335.00–377.50	363.20
4	500–550	516	285.00–320.00	308.17
2	550–600	555	315.00–325.00	320.00
2	600–650	613	285.00–305.00	294.88
2	650–700	665	250.00–290.00	270.45
1	700–750	720	305.00	305.00
1	1100–1150	1,115	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	445	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	473	250.00–307.50	279.21

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	985	151.00	151.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,030	1,650.00	1,650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,098	2,200.00–2,500.00	2,329.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,195	3,000.00	3,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,095	2,850.00	2,850.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,655	3,000.00	3,000.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	912	155.00–236.00	197.73
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,005	2,850.00	2,850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,205	2,500.00–2,900.00	2,702.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	985	130.00–136.00	133.88
5	—	978	146.00–149.00	147.67
5	—	1,281	160.00–165.00	162.07
11	—	1,004	150.00–159.00	154.18
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	136.00	136.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	174.00	174.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,427	169.00–175.00	171.54
2	—	1,550	166.00–167.00	166.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,688	183.00–185.00	184.11

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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Steers · 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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How this sale compares

I-40 Livestock - Ozark, AR

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