Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold 6.00-15.00, mostly 10.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 2.00-8.00 higher. Demand good for long weaned, vaccinated and worked cattle. Fleshy and cattle with too much hair are steeply discounted. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $385.40/cwt on 27 head, down $15.84 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −67.24 against this barn's trailing median of $452.64.

Average price

$385.40

▼ 15.84 vs prior sale

27 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,063

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$195

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

$43.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.95

vs AR average

−16.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	397.55	2,104	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	542	389.00	2,108	8thin
Medium and Large 2	539	354.26	1,909	6thin

One grade step is worth $43.29/cwt here — about $195 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 sale27 hd

385.40

—

AR average9 barns · 290 hd

404.35

−18.95

National average152 barns · 6,242 hd

401.88

−16.48

This barn, trailing median28 sales

452.64

−67.24

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	1,768	198.50	3,508	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,499	164.00	2,458	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,143	159.43	1,822	18

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	960	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,135	$2,300	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	805	$2,626	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	830	$2,576	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,590	$4,250	1thin

Every lot, as filed

86 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 1	400–450	430	405.15/cwt	390.00–412.50	1,742	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	335.19/cwt	335.00–337.00	2,484	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	415.90/cwt	360.00–450.00	1,555	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	445.50/cwt	420.00–459.00	2,085	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	631	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,177	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	331.24/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,166	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	441.33/cwt	420.00–455.00	1,434	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	447.63/cwt	425.00–470.00	1,705	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,491	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	348.86/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,835	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	514.79/cwt	490.00–540.00	1,673	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,280	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	376.08/cwt	352.50–390.00	2,132	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	313.77/cwt	312.50–315.00	2,284	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	405.93/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,107	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	452.65/cwt	435.00–462.50	1,915	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	345.79/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,930	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	321.25/cwt	315.00–327.50	2,377	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	500	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	312.98/cwt	312.00–315.00	2,394	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	347.34/cwt	342.50–360.00	2,362	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	388.75/cwt	374.00–410.00	1,854	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	328.78/cwt	322.50–334.00	2,206	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	218.31/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,775	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	477.25/cwt	470.00–485.00	1,804	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	394.57/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,854	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	612	396.79/cwt	392.00–400.00	2,428	18
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3	550–600	595	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,607	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	300–350	340	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,343	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	350–400	392	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,333	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	710	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,059	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	394.07/cwt	367.50–415.00	2,053	8
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	300–350	330	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,353	3
Steers	Small and Medium 3	400–450	420	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,260	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,758	3
Bulls	—	—	1,745	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	3,368	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	983	139.62/cwt	134.00–146.00	1,372	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,206	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,245	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,117	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,437	164.54/cwt	163.00–167.00	2,364	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	605	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,057	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	2,626.09/head	2,600.00–2,650.00	2,626	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	2,575.75/head	2,550.00–2,600.00	2,576	2
Bulls	—	—	1,790	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	3,652	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	164.26/cwt	162.00–168.00	1,940	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,687	161.09/cwt	160.00–162.00	2,718	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,070	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,577	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,814	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,590	4,250.00/head	4,250.00–4,250.00	4,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	690	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,208	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	364.88/cwt	345.00–390.00	1,722	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	323.20/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,196	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	333.73/cwt	327.50–340.00	2,179	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,538	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	336.82/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,745	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,220	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	660	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,211	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,366	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	379.52/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,188	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	992	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	965	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,195	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,766	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	309.97/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,520	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,463	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	371.70/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,082	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,426	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,867	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	328.22/cwt	320.00–337.50	2,061	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	383.27/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,185	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	363.75/cwt	362.50–365.00	2,303	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,135	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	542	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,108	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	497	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,839	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	331.92/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,055	10

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.

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 377Last week 210Year ago 534

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 14Year ago 83

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 19Year ago 48

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	420.00–455.00	441.33
7	350–400	381	425.00–470.00	447.63
10	400–450	430	390.00–412.50	405.15
13	450–500	477	374.00–410.00	388.75
7	500–550	526	325.00–365.00	348.86
3	550–600	558	340.00–350.00	345.79
10	600–650	619	325.00–340.00	331.92
4	650–700	654	325.00–340.00	331.24
2	700–750	728	312.50–315.00	313.77
3	750–800	765	312.00–315.00	312.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	600–650	631	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	410.00	410.00
3	350–400	392	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	300.00	300.00
3	350–400	370	320.00–330.00	323.20
1	400–450	410	375.00	375.00
1	500–550	535	200.00	200.00
1	550–600	550	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	360.00–400.00	379.52
1	350–400	380	380.00	380.00
3	450–500	472	345.00–390.00	364.88
1	500–550	535	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	585	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	665	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	497	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	325	490.00–540.00	514.79
2	350–400	378	470.00–485.00	477.25
14	400–450	423	435.00–462.50	452.65
18	450–500	468	420.00–459.00	445.50
9	500–550	519	400.00–425.00	405.93
3	550–600	570	380.00–390.00	383.27
2	600–650	633	362.50–365.00	363.75
4	650–700	680	342.50–360.00	347.34
10	700–750	741	335.00–337.00	335.19
2	750–800	752	327.50	327.50
2	800–850	813	300.00–320.00	309.97
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	460.00	460.00
5	350–400	374	360.00–450.00	415.90
1	400–450	420	405.00	405.00
1	450–500	485	385.00	385.00
3	500–550	518	330.00–345.00	336.82
3	550–600	560	360.00–380.00	371.70
3	600–650	628	320.00–337.50	328.22
2	650–700	653	327.50–340.00	333.73
1	700–750	740	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	365.00	365.00
1	600–650	605	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	690	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	710	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	600–650	612	392.00–400.00	396.79
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	395.00	395.00
2	400–450	420	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	310.00	310.00
1	350–400	380	415.00	415.00
1	450–500	470	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	660	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	645	331.00	331.00
4	650–700	681	347.50	347.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	542	389.00	389.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	435.00	435.00
2	450–500	470	385.00–405.00	394.57
8	500–550	521	367.50–415.00	394.07
10	550–600	567	352.50–390.00	376.08
7	650–700	671	322.50–334.00	328.78
2	700–750	740	315.00–327.50	321.25
1	800–850	800	305.00	305.00
1	950–1000	950	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	770	240.00	240.00
1	950–1000	965	227.50	227.50
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	270.00	270.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,135	2,300.00	2,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	960	2,700.00	2,700.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	813	215.00–220.00	218.31
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	805	2,600.00–2,650.00	2,626.09
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	830	2,550.00–2,600.00	2,575.75
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,590	4,250.00	4,250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,120	157.00	157.00
3	—	983	134.00–146.00	139.62
1	—	1,275	173.00	173.00
11	—	1,181	162.00–168.00	164.26
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	170.00	170.00
5	—	1,437	163.00–167.00	164.54
3	—	1,687	160.00–162.00	161.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,745	193.00	193.00
1	—	1,790	204.00	204.00

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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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

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

I-40 Livestock - Ozark, AR

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