Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Light run due to extreme heat impeding cattle movement in area. Feeder Steers under 500 lbs sold 11.00-25.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs not well tested, 400-500 lbs sold steady, over 500 lbs sold 4.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher, Slaughter bulls sold 7.00 higher on a light test.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $379.94/cwt on 24 head, up $0.71 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 30 comparable sales and sits −38.47 against this barn's trailing median of $418.41.

Average price

$379.94

▲ 0.71 vs prior sale

24 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,082

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

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

$36.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.91

vs AR average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	381.46	2,091	23
Medium and Large 2	540	345.00	1,863	1thin

One grade step is worth $36.46/cwt here — about $228 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

30 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $465.39, low $368.09, median $418.41 across 30 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 sale24 hd

379.94

—

AR average7 barns · 100 hd

379.04

+0.91

This barn, trailing median30 sales

418.41

−38.47

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	1,773	223.35	3,959	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,090	181.00	1,973	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,363	175.96	2,398	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,108	166.10	1,840	15

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)	1,345	$3,750	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,253	$3,347	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	985	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	965	$2,350	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,065	$2,250	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,000	$2,650	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,895	$4,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,335	$3,121	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,205	$2,864	2thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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 1-2	450–500	467	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,020	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	327.99/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,024	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,434	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	304.75/cwt	285.00–325.00	2,484	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	505.35/cwt	480.00–530.00	1,607	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	414.91/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,158	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	658	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,270	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	363.11/cwt	340.00–390.00	2,288	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	340.78/cwt	335.00–348.00	2,341	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	362.46/cwt	347.50–370.00	1,896	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	377.90/cwt	360.00–397.50	2,180	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	390.61/cwt	365.00–412.50	2,043	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	354.96/cwt	347.50–370.00	1,966	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	409.68/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,925	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	605	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,087	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	454.87/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,697	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	510	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	470	374.95/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,762	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	620	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,015	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,200	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,520	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,189	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,895	4,900.00/head	4,900.00–4,900.00	4,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	2,863.69/head	2,700.00–3,000.00	2,864	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	3,121.07/head	2,950.00–3,300.00	3,121	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	428	404.97/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,733	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	800–850	805	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,610	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	900–950	915	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,830	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,973	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,586	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,263	182.04/cwt	181.00–183.00	2,299	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,053	164.09/cwt	162.50–166.00	1,728	6
Bulls	—	—	1,720	226.66/cwt	226.00–227.00	3,899	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	175.73/cwt	171.00–178.00	2,151	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	401	434.52/cwt	420.00–442.50	1,742	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,758	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	462.22/cwt	445.00–480.00	2,122	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	336.07/cwt	330.00–342.50	2,598	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,701	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	447.60/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,916	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	382.57/cwt	370.00–392.50	2,341	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	480.71/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,990	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,150	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,933	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	364.85/cwt	345.00–390.00	2,408	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	508.87/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,868	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,998	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,834	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,828	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	360	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,386	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	459.45/cwt	435.00–480.00	1,723	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	401.21/cwt	385.00–425.00	1,938	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,692	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	330.02/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,073	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	410.06/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,735	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,513	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,495	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,601	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,253	3,346.86/head	2,650.00–4,075.00	3,347	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,491	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	446.45/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,719	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	373.34/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,822	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	917	147.00/cwt	140.00–157.00	1,348	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	181.53/cwt	180.00–183.00	2,405	2
Bulls	—	—	1,825	220.04/cwt	217.00–222.00	4,016	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,371	174.66/cwt	170.00–179.00	2,395	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,450	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,755	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 →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 185Last week 317Year ago 583

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 32Year ago 39

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 20Year ago 19

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	467	432.50	432.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	318	480.00–530.00	505.35
5	350–400	367	500.00–530.00	508.87
6	400–450	414	460.00–500.00	480.71
4	450–500	459	445.00–480.00	462.22
4	500–550	520	405.00–430.00	414.91
1	550–600	590	412.50	412.50
5	600–650	612	370.00–392.50	382.57
3	650–700	660	345.00–390.00	364.85
1	700–750	745	362.50	362.50
1	800–850	820	345.00	345.00
1	900–950	935	295.00	295.00
1	1150–1200	1,150	255.00	255.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	805	200.00	200.00
1	900–950	915	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	435.00–480.00	459.45
2	400–450	428	445.00–450.00	447.60
3	450–500	483	385.00–425.00	401.21
1	500–550	540	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	615	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	450.00–465.00	454.87
5	400–450	401	420.00–442.50	434.52
7	500–550	523	347.50–370.00	362.46
4	550–600	554	347.50–370.00	354.96
5	600–650	617	320.00–345.00	327.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	345.00	345.00
2	650–700	658	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	400.00–410.00	404.97
3	450–500	470	365.00–380.00	374.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	425.00	425.00
3	450–500	493	372.00	372.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	445.00	445.00
3	350–400	385	435.00–455.00	446.45
4	400–450	423	405.00–415.00	410.06
3	450–500	488	370.00–380.00	373.34
1	550–600	580	327.50	327.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	400.00–420.00	409.68
11	500–550	523	365.00–412.50	390.61
11	550–600	577	360.00–397.50	377.90
13	600–650	630	340.00–390.00	363.11
8	650–700	687	335.00–348.00	340.78
2	750–800	773	330.00–342.50	336.07
2	800–850	815	285.00–325.00	304.75
1	1200–1250	1,200	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	620	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	540	345.00	345.00
2	600–650	628	325.00–335.00	330.02

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	—	1,345	3,750.00	3,750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	985	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	965	2,350.00	2,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,495	174.00	174.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,253	2,650.00–4,075.00	3,346.86
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,065	2,250.00	2,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,450	190.00	190.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	755	157.50	157.50
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	940	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,895	4,900.00	4,900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,205	2,700.00–3,000.00	2,863.69
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,335	2,950.00–3,300.00	3,121.07
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	2,650.00	2,650.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	181.00	181.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	169.00	169.00
2	—	1,263	181.00–183.00	182.04
4	—	1,371	170.00–179.00	174.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,053	162.50–166.00	164.09
4	—	1,224	171.00–178.00	175.73
3	—	917	140.00–157.00	147.00
2	—	1,325	180.00–183.00	181.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,720	226.00–227.00	226.66
3	—	1,825	217.00–222.00	220.04

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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Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

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How it compared 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

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