Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: On a light test, Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 5.00-15.00 lower, 500-600 lbs sold 1.00 lower, over 600 lbs not tested. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 20.00-30.00 lower, 500-600 lbs sold 5.00 lower, over 600 lbs not well tested. Not enough comparable receipts for either Slaughter cows or bulls to establish a Trend. Extreme heat in area continues to impede cattle movement..

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $382.06/cwt on 10 head, down $3.34 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 31 comparable sales and sits −63.91 against this barn's trailing median of $445.97.

Average price

$382.06

▼ 3.34 vs prior sale

10 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,083

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$217

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

$63.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.45

vs AR average

−14.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	388.40	2,102	9thin
Medium and Large 2	580	325.00	1,885	1thin

One grade step is worth $63.40/cwt here — about $217 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

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $500.50, low $329.53, median $445.97 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 sale10 hd

382.06

—

AR average7 barns · 171 hd

383.51

−1.45

National average147 barns · 5,729 hd

396.78

−14.72

This barn, trailing median31 sales

445.97

−63.91

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	1,597	193.88	3,095	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,113	151.52	1,687	10

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,036	$2,757	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,125	$2,677	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,060	$2,506	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,210	$2,198	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	920	$1,850	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	920	$2,900	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	925	$2,750	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	795	$2,600	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	843	$2,577	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	840	$2,400	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,040	$2,900	1thin

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	567	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,169	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	300.50/cwt	292.50–305.00	2,293	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	327.80/cwt	315.00–342.50	2,049	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	425.18/cwt	422.50–440.00	2,058	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	413.49/cwt	385.00–430.00	1,927	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	381.77/cwt	365.00–390.00	2,012	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	361.87/cwt	355.00–372.50	1,712	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	307.43/cwt	305.00–310.00	2,054	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	430	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,591	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,195	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	312.51/cwt	310.00–315.00	2,228	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,509	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	363.11/cwt	340.00–372.50	2,037	7
Steers	Small and Medium 3	700–750	715	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,359	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	900–950	925	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,711	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	570	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,881	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	490	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,789	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	2,676.81/head	2,600.00–2,800.00	2,677	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	2,505.66/head	2,100.00–2,900.00	2,506	2
Steers	Small and Medium 3	750–800	777	191.74/cwt	175.00–200.00	1,490	3
Steers	Small and Medium 3	850–900	885	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,682	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	650–700	690	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,311	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	800–850	845	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,500	1
Bulls	—	—	1,775	209.49/cwt	209.00–210.00	3,718	2
Bulls	—	—	1,668	192.43/cwt	175.00–200.00	3,210	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	133.01/cwt	128.00–137.50	1,583	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,017	153.23/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,558	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,967	3
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,025	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,712	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	328.30/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,894	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,736	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	418.75/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,340	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,340	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,579	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	403.62/cwt	370.00–425.00	2,099	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	356.46/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,839	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,262	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,145	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,110	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,847	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,198	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	440.40/cwt	415.00–465.00	1,876	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	407.01/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,547	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,705	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	460.67/cwt	440.00–475.00	1,792	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	314.15/cwt	312.50–315.00	1,935	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,398	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	830	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	297.30/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,828	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	367.57/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,768	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	382.80/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,608	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,036	2,757.24/head	2,600.00–2,900.00	2,757	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	2,198.35/head	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,198	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	2,577.45/head	2,500.00–2,650.00	2,577	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	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 →

I-40 Livestock - Ozark, AR

Thu Aug 20, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 161Last week 377Year ago 738

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 29Year ago 40

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 10Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	520.00	520.00
18	350–400	389	440.00–475.00	460.67
13	400–450	426	415.00–465.00	440.40
7	450–500	484	422.50–440.00	425.18
5	500–550	520	370.00–425.00	403.62
3	550–600	567	382.50	382.50
1	600–650	600	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	665	330.00	330.00
1	1100–1150	1,110	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	490	365.00	365.00
1	550–600	570	330.00	330.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	190.00	190.00
1	700–750	715	190.00	190.00
3	750–800	777	175.00–200.00	191.74
1	800–850	845	177.50	177.50
1	850–900	885	190.00	190.00
1	900–950	925	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	456	405.00	405.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	430.00	430.00
2	400–450	420	370.00–395.00	382.80
8	450–500	481	355.00–385.00	367.57
1	550–600	580	325.00	325.00
2	600–650	615	285.00–310.00	297.30
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	385.00	385.00
7	450–500	466	385.00–430.00	413.49
3	500–550	527	365.00–390.00	381.77
7	550–600	561	340.00–372.50	363.11
16	600–650	625	315.00–342.50	327.80
2	650–700	650	330.00	330.00
3	700–750	713	310.00–315.00	312.51
4	750–800	763	292.50–305.00	300.50
1	800–850	830	272.50	272.50
1	950–1000	975	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	400.00–440.00	418.75
2	350–400	380	395.00–420.00	407.01
1	400–450	445	390.00	390.00
4	450–500	473	355.00–372.50	361.87
5	500–550	516	335.00–370.00	356.46
7	550–600	577	320.00–340.00	328.30
3	600–650	616	312.50–315.00	314.15
2	650–700	668	305.00–310.00	307.43
1	750–800	785	280.00	280.00
1	850–900	865	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	550	310.00	310.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	920	1,850.00	1,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,125	2,600.00–2,800.00	2,676.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,060	2,100.00–2,900.00	2,505.66
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,036	2,600.00–2,900.00	2,757.24
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,210	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,198.35
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	795	2,600.00	2,600.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	840	2,400.00	2,400.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	920	2,900.00	2,900.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	843	2,500.00–2,650.00	2,577.45
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	2,750.00	2,750.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,040	2,900.00	2,900.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,775	209.00–210.00	209.49
3	—	1,668	175.00–200.00	192.43
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	167.00	167.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,190	128.00–137.50	133.01
5	—	1,017	150.00–158.00	153.23
3	—	1,222	161.00	161.00

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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