Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 30.00-40.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold 3.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 18.00-35.00 lower, 500-600 lbs sold steady, over 600 lbs sold 10.00 lower. No trend for Slaughter cows or bulls, not reported last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $362.25/cwt on 58 head, up $32.72 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −83.73 against this barn's trailing median of $445.97.

Average price

$362.25

▲ 32.72 vs prior sale

58 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,010

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$793

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

$144.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.05

vs AR average

−28.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	381.32	2,095	41
Medium and Large 1-2	599	337.00	2,019	4thin
Medium and Large 2	561	331.83	1,863	10thin
Medium and Large 3	550	236.69	1,302	3thin

One grade step is worth $144.62/cwt here — about $793 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

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 sale58 hd

362.25

—

AR average6 barns · 150 hd

357.19

+5.05

National average134 barns · 6,067 hd

390.59

−28.34

This barn, trailing median31 sales

445.97

−83.73

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	—	High	1,652	181.00	2,990	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,388	142.48	1,978	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,044	133.57	1,394	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,002	129.99	1,302	3thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,482	$3,294	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,175	$2,950	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,244	$2,788	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,300	$2,341	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,300	$2,309	4thin

Every lot, as filed

84 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	312.08/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,922	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	342.92/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,797	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	378.44/cwt	355.00–410.00	1,620	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	414.08/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,557	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	323.23/cwt	310.00–329.00	1,968	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	348.99/cwt	346.00–362.50	2,370	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	388.65/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,652	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	302.39/cwt	292.50–315.00	2,041	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,340	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	391.09/cwt	375.00–435.00	1,858	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	396.60/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,674	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	332.48/cwt	325.00–342.50	2,095	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	282.00/cwt	275.00–290.00	2,025	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	408.52/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,471	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	323.50/cwt	310.00–342.50	1,844	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	599	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,019	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	400	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	332.50/cwt	322.50–342.50	1,712	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	388.51/cwt	352.50–398.00	2,067	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,144	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	335.27/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,935	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	374.64/cwt	350.00–387.50	1,757	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,262	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	431.72/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,468	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	488	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,152	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	595	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	510	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	350.18/cwt	330.00–372.50	1,663	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,881	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	336.86/cwt	325.00–347.50	1,765	14
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3	400–450	430	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	946	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	555	353.32/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,961	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,053	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	958	169.08/cwt	142.50–180.00	1,620	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,244	2,787.94/head	2,050.00–3,400.00	2,788	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,482	3,293.57/head	3,000.00–3,450.00	3,294	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	126.48/cwt	125.00–128.00	1,256	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,397	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,359	144.41/cwt	143.00–147.00	1,963	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,010	143.43/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,449	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,008	122.79/cwt	119.00–125.00	1,238	5
Bulls	—	—	1,693	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	3,132	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	310	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	806	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	137.35/cwt	135.00–141.00	2,012	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,060	132.22/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,402	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	149.07/cwt	148.00–150.00	1,707	2
Bulls	—	—	1,785	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	3,124	1
Bulls	—	—	1,545	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,781	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,845	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	2,341.35/head	2,200.00–2,500.00	2,341	2
Open Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,047	196.17/cwt	194.00–220.00	2,054	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Open Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	946	272.38/cwt	270.00–295.00	2,577	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	585	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,404	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,020	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,013	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	894	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,161	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,245	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	2,308.85/head	2,150.00–2,350.00	2,309	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	292.44/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,959	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	341.73/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,463	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	347.81/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,270	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	347.92/cwt	320.00–375.00	1,486	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	255.04/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,454	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	682	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,319	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,638	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	331.66/cwt	310.00–347.50	1,900	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	317.93/cwt	290.00–335.00	1,494	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	520	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	294.88/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,881	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	347.80/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,656	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,134	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	329.89/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,550	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,885	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	376.33/cwt	352.50–399.00	2,130	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	515	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,803	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	735	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,426	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,972	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	324.00/cwt	317.50–337.50	1,678	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	397.50/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,272	2

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 287Last week 264Year ago 583

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 84Year ago 52

Replacement CattleReceipts 41Last week 107Year ago 28

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	375.00–400.00	388.65
4	450–500	469	350.00–387.50	374.64
11	500–550	524	330.00–360.00	342.92
9	550–600	577	325.00–360.00	335.27
8	600–650	616	300.00–325.00	312.08
3	650–700	675	292.50–315.00	302.39
6	700–750	718	275.00–290.00	282.00
1	900–950	900	260.00	260.00
1	950–1000	955	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	215.00	215.00
1	650–700	655	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	350.00	350.00
3	450–500	470	315.00–345.00	329.89
3	500–550	518	317.50–337.50	324.00
2	600–650	608	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	680	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	375.00	375.00
3	350–400	360	395.00–415.00	408.52
5	400–450	428	355.00–410.00	378.44
11	450–500	475	330.00–372.50	350.18
14	500–550	524	325.00–347.50	336.86
6	550–600	570	310.00–342.50	323.50
14	600–650	609	310.00–329.00	323.23
1	650–700	660	285.00	285.00
1	800–850	815	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	350.00	350.00
6	550–600	555	345.00–355.00	353.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	225.00	225.00
1	400–450	405	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	360.00	360.00
2	350–400	365	340.00–355.00	347.81
3	400–450	428	325.00–350.00	341.73
5	450–500	470	290.00–335.00	317.93
2	500–550	520	315.00	315.00
1	550–600	560	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	638	285.00–305.00	294.88
2	650–700	670	285.00–300.00	292.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	425.00–435.00	431.72
6	350–400	376	405.00–435.00	414.08
11	400–450	422	380.00–420.00	396.60
8	450–500	475	375.00–435.00	391.09
17	500–550	532	352.50–398.00	388.51
22	550–600	566	352.50–399.00	376.33
3	600–650	630	325.00–342.50	332.48
8	650–700	679	346.00–362.50	348.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	599	337.00	337.00
2	650–700	682	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	395.00–400.00	397.50
5	400–450	427	320.00–375.00	347.92
4	450–500	476	325.00–360.00	347.80
2	500–550	515	322.50–342.50	332.50
8	550–600	573	310.00–347.50	331.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	488	441.00	441.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	510	200.00	200.00
2	550–600	570	250.00–260.00	255.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	405.00	405.00
1	700–750	735	330.00	330.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	220.00	220.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	260.00	260.00
1	550–600	585	240.00	240.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	958	142.50–180.00	169.08
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,244	2,050.00–3,400.00	2,787.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,482	3,000.00–3,450.00	3,293.57
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,230	150.00	150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,300	2,200.00–2,500.00	2,341.35
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,175	2,950.00	2,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,300	2,150.00–2,350.00	2,308.85
Open Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	8	—	1,047	194.00–220.00	196.17
(<2 yrs)	N/A	10	—	946	270.00–295.00	272.38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	993	125.00–128.00	126.48
1	—	1,020	137.00	137.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,359	143.00–147.00	144.41
3	—	1,465	135.00–141.00	137.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,010	140.00–147.00	143.43
5	—	1,008	119.00–125.00	122.79
5	—	1,060	130.00–138.00	132.22
2	—	1,145	148.00–150.00	149.07
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,693	185.00	185.00
1	—	1,785	175.00	175.00
2	—	1,545	180.00	180.00

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

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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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