Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend established in any Feeder class as the Auction was closed last two weeks for Holidays; however definite higher undertones noted in all Feeder classes with long weaned cattle in high demand. Slaughter cows and bulls not reported due to technical issues at Barn.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $384.40/cwt on 49 head, up $30.12 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 31 comparable sales and sits −10.42 against this barn's trailing median of $394.81.

Average price

$384.40

▲ 30.12 vs prior sale

49 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,097

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$41.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.48

vs AR average

−25.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	386.33	2,085	44
Medium and Large 1-2	599	373.00	2,234	4thin
Medium and Large 2	590	345.00	2,036	1thin

One grade step is worth $41.33/cwt here — about $49 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

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 sale49 hd

384.40

—

AR average7 barns · 339 hd

382.91

+1.48

National average199 barns · 28,725 hd

410.10

−25.70

This barn, trailing median31 sales

394.81

−10.42

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

64 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	550–600	578	427.10/cwt	402.50–445.00	2,469	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	365.59/cwt	360.00–367.50	2,603	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	320.01/cwt	317.50–322.50	2,490	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	436.75/cwt	420.00–505.00	2,048	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,314	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	412.87/cwt	380.00–430.00	1,990	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	525.48/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,960	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	478	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,079	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	609	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,253	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	485.80/cwt	475.00–505.00	1,584	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	392.43/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,237	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	474.23/cwt	455.00–505.00	2,238	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	610	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,608	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	447.37/cwt	435.00–470.00	1,937	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	486.41/cwt	475.00–495.00	1,814	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	495.24/cwt	465.00–525.00	2,110	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	374.63/cwt	370.00–387.00	2,570	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	775	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,751	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	700	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,590	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	412.90/cwt	387.50–420.00	2,519	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	396.25/cwt	350.00–415.00	2,092	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	472	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,313	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	535.55/cwt	500.00–575.00	1,757	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	403	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,136	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	835	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,923	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,071	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	395.84/cwt	375.00–437.50	2,284	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	330.00/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,492	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	369.99/cwt	355.00–380.00	2,324	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	431.09/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,203	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	510.43/cwt	480.00–530.00	1,684	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	599	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,234	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	392.31/cwt	370.00–417.50	1,856	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,190	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	436	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,971	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	473.24/cwt	425.00–520.00	2,442	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,676	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,411	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	390.47/cwt	372.50–450.00	2,038	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	559	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,214	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	433.75/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,865	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	396.84/cwt	375.00–420.00	1,698	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	434.21/cwt	400.00–465.00	1,620	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,179	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	457.54/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,027	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	376.85/cwt	362.50–395.00	2,125	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	368.56/cwt	350.00–376.00	2,318	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	700–750	720	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	517.17/cwt	495.00–525.00	1,877	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,770	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	342.50/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,261	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,036	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,843	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	423.48/cwt	405.00–440.00	2,016	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,085	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,224	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	328.65/cwt	325.00–332.50	2,366	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,220	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	480	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,968	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,196	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	943	230.97/cwt	205.00–250.00	2,178	3

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 Jan 8, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 640Last week 311Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 40Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	328	500.00–575.00	535.55
15	350–400	373	500.00–550.00	525.48
15	400–450	426	465.00–525.00	495.24
9	450–500	472	455.00–505.00	474.23
8	500–550	516	425.00–520.00	473.24
13	550–600	578	402.50–445.00	427.10
15	600–650	610	387.50–420.00	412.90
18	650–700	686	370.00–387.00	374.63
4	700–750	712	360.00–367.50	365.59
1	800–850	800	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	326	475.00–505.00	485.80
3	350–400	373	475.00–495.00	486.41
7	400–450	433	435.00–470.00	447.37
3	450–500	482	380.00–430.00	412.87
5	500–550	528	350.00–415.00	396.25
2	550–600	570	390.00–395.00	392.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	403	530.00	530.00
1	600–650	610	427.50	427.50
2	700–750	700	370.00	370.00
1	750–800	775	355.00	355.00
1	800–850	835	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	472	490.00	490.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	330	480.00–530.00	510.43
18	350–400	363	495.00–525.00	517.17
11	400–450	430	410.00–450.00	433.75
10	450–500	469	420.00–505.00	436.75
25	500–550	522	372.50–450.00	390.47
15	550–600	564	362.50–395.00	376.85
16	600–650	629	350.00–376.00	368.56
2	650–700	660	340.00–345.00	342.50
2	750–800	778	317.50–322.50	320.01
1	850–900	860	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	478	435.00	435.00
4	550–600	599	373.00	373.00
15	600–650	609	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	455.00	455.00
6	350–400	373	400.00–465.00	434.21
2	400–450	428	375.00–420.00	396.84
10	450–500	473	370.00–417.50	392.31
1	550–600	590	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	436	452.00	452.00
4	550–600	559	396.00	396.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	419	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	720	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	410.00	410.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	405.00	405.00
1	500–550	545	380.00	380.00
1	600–650	605	265.00	265.00
1	800–850	830	267.50	267.50
1	1050–1100	1,085	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	450.00–465.00	457.54
4	450–500	476	405.00–440.00	423.48
4	500–550	511	420.00–455.00	431.09
12	550–600	577	375.00–437.50	395.84
16	600–650	628	355.00–380.00	369.99
2	700–750	720	325.00–332.50	328.65
2	750–800	755	320.00–340.00	330.00
1	800–850	800	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	442.50	442.50
3	550–600	585	372.50	372.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	240.00	240.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	943	205.00–250.00	230.97

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

I-40 Livestock Auction