Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Potload Sale: Demand good for all weights. Next Sale scheduled for November 11, 2025.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $376.23/cwt on 94 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −36.28 against this barn's trailing median of $412.51.

Average price

$376.23

94 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,152

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+17.28

vs AR average

−21.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	376.23	2,152	94

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $414.81, low $382.25, median $412.51 across 4 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 sale94 hd

376.23

—

AR average9 barns · 451 hd

358.95

+17.28

National average180 barns · 19,448 hd

397.86

−21.63

This barn, trailing median4 sales

412.51

−36.28

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

24 lots · USDA AMS · I-40 Livestock Feeder Cattle Pot Load Sale - 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	600–650	612	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,485	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,955	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	786	373.60/cwt	367.00–379.00	2,936	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	522	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,354	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	679	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,675	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,863	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,523	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	610	376.10/cwt	374.00–377.00	2,294	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	673	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,544	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	703	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,735	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	572	376.23/cwt	375.00–382.00	2,152	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	775	339.29/cwt	330.00–344.00	2,629	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	737	350.28/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,582	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	940	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,102	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	362.07/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,994	283
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,554	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,341	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,522	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	885	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,876	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	428	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,905	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	691	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,384	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	892	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,810	141
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,295	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	716	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,220	9

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 Feeder Cattle Pot Load Sale - Ozark, AR

Tue Oct 14, 2025

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

Receipts 1,265Last week 1,308Year ago 0

Monthly Potload Sale: Demand good for all weights. Next Sale scheduled for November 11, 2025.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	405	460.00	460.00
5	550–600	572	441.00	441.00
5	600–650	612	406.00	406.00
36	750–800	788	375.00	375.00
283	800–850	827	355.00–365.00	362.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	522	451.00	451.00
13	650–700	679	394.00	394.00
13	700–750	703	389.00	389.00
88	750–800	786	367.00–379.00	373.60
79	900–950	940	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	498	470.00	470.00
3	650–700	695	367.50	367.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	850–900	885	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	765	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
94	550–600	572	375.00–382.00	376.23
30	600–650	610	374.00–377.00	376.10
54	650–700	673	378.00	378.00
216	700–750	737	350.00–360.00	350.28
102	750–800	775	330.00–344.00	339.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	700–750	731	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	428	445.00	445.00
24	650–700	691	345.00	345.00
141	850–900	892	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	716	310.00	310.00

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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