Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 10.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold steady to 11.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 35.00 with instances of 45.00 higher, 400-500 lbs sold 6.00 lower, 500-600 lbs sold 6.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls not reported.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $325.26/cwt on 83 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −69.55 against this barn's trailing median of $394.81.

Average price

$325.26

83 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,769

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,217

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

$213.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.96

vs AR average

−38.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	328.90	1,792	80
Medium and Large 2	528	285.00	1,505	2thin
Medium and Large 3	500	115.00	575	1thin

One grade step is worth $213.90/cwt here — about $1,217 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale83 hd

325.26

—

AR average9 barns · 619 hd

345.23

−19.96

National average183 barns · 20,348 hd

363.96

−38.70

This barn, trailing median31 sales

394.81

−69.55

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

70 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	540	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	610	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,318	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,233	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,704	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,684	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	462.87/cwt	435.00–500.00	1,722	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	328.36/cwt	322.50–332.00	2,216	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	405.27/cwt	375.00–415.00	1,876	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	321.98/cwt	310.00–326.00	1,967	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	312.39/cwt	300.00–321.00	2,355	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	386.91/cwt	355.00–410.00	2,027	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	393.55/cwt	372.50–420.00	1,684	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	478.69/cwt	450.00–530.00	1,532	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	359.81/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,195	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	308.72/cwt	307.50–310.00	2,068	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,429	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	411.98/cwt	390.00–440.00	1,755	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,081	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	441.56/cwt	405.00–460.00	1,660	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	355.49/cwt	337.50–377.50	2,065	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	307.51/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,239	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	342.17/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,653	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	471.20/cwt	430.00–510.00	1,527	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	325.53/cwt	305.00–337.50	1,865	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	320.99/cwt	302.50–335.00	1,948	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	305.88/cwt	290.00–321.00	2,098	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	328.94/cwt	300.00–346.00	1,730	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,170	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	528	402.49/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,125	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	379.37/cwt	340.00–405.00	1,923	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	396.93/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,862	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	615	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,753	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	470	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,410	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	675	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,167	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,034	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	820	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,009	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	297.55/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,854	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,505	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	966	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	277.46/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,188	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	370.32/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,174	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,002	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,749	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	753	250.84/cwt	250.00–252.50	1,889	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,365	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	334.46/cwt	300.00–375.00	1,425	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	372.06/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,418	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	413.28/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,492	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	509	354.98/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,807	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	366.12/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,530	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	369.62/cwt	340.00–400.00	1,756	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,072	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,436	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,463	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,857	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,384	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	329.45/cwt	307.50–355.00	1,604	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,365	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,394	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,619	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	374.53/cwt	337.50–400.00	2,169	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,874	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	354.23/cwt	347.50–357.00	1,640	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	561	346.97/cwt	343.00–350.00	1,947	4

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	352.50	352.50
4	550–600	561	343.00–350.00	346.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	324	430.00–510.00	471.20
8	350–400	376	405.00–460.00	441.56
12	400–450	428	372.50–420.00	393.55
18	450–500	483	325.00–365.00	342.17
46	500–550	526	300.00–346.00	328.94
29	550–600	573	305.00–337.50	325.53
18	600–650	611	310.00–326.00	321.98
9	650–700	686	290.00–321.00	305.88
2	700–750	730	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	615	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	280.00	280.00
1	350–400	390	265.00	265.00
2	400–450	428	270.00–285.00	277.46
1	500–550	500	115.00	115.00
1	650–700	670	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	410.00	410.00
5	350–400	381	350.00–390.00	372.06
9	400–450	426	300.00–375.00	334.46
5	450–500	487	307.50–355.00	329.45
2	500–550	528	285.00	285.00
2	600–650	623	285.00–310.00	297.55
3	750–800	753	250.00–252.50	250.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	385.00	385.00
11	450–500	463	347.50–357.00	354.23
2	600–650	615	302.00	302.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	528	400.00–405.00	402.49
1	600–650	610	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	320	450.00–530.00	478.69
20	350–400	372	435.00–500.00	462.87
22	400–450	426	390.00–440.00	411.98
19	450–500	463	375.00–415.00	405.27
27	500–550	524	355.00–410.00	386.91
18	550–600	579	337.50–400.00	374.53
7	600–650	610	345.00–370.00	359.81
11	650–700	675	322.50–332.00	328.36
3	700–750	718	311.00	311.00
5	750–800	754	300.00–321.00	312.39
1	800–850	845	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	325	420.00	420.00
2	350–400	368	440.00	440.00
5	400–450	449	375.00	375.00
2	450–500	480	355.00	355.00
2	500–550	530	342.50	342.50
2	750–800	785	305.00	305.00
2	800–850	822	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	325.00	325.00
1	800–850	820	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	317	340.00–385.00	370.32
6	350–400	361	390.00–430.00	413.28
4	400–450	418	350.00–380.00	366.12
11	450–500	475	340.00–400.00	369.62
4	500–550	509	345.00–365.00	354.98
1	550–600	580	310.00	310.00
1	700–750	740	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	770	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	469	370.00–410.00	396.93
16	500–550	507	340.00–405.00	379.37
5	550–600	581	337.50–377.50	355.49
3	600–650	607	302.50–335.00	320.99
2	650–700	670	307.50–310.00	308.72
4	700–750	728	300.00–310.00	307.51
1	750–800	775	280.00	280.00
1	800–850	800	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	290.00	290.00
1	500–550	530	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	595	315.00	315.00

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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