Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand good for all classes and weights. Next monthly sale scheduled for Tuesday May 12, 2026.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $414.81/cwt on 37 head, up $3.96 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 4 comparable sales and sits +2.30 against this barn's trailing median of $412.51.

Average price

$414.81

▲ 3.96 vs prior sale

37 head · 583 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,419

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−7.80

vs AR average

−12.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	583	414.81	2,419	37

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 sale37 hd

414.81

—

AR average10 barns · 372 hd

422.61

−7.80

National average182 barns · 12,591 hd

427.39

−12.58

This barn, trailing median4 sales

412.51

+2.30

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

12 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	750–800	786	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,971	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	368.50/cwt	368.50–368.50	2,948	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,785	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,781	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,268	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	700–750	733	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	2,635	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	550–600	590	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,443	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	650–700	653	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,514	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	700–750	727	364.10/cwt	359.00–367.00	2,647	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	600–650	605	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,571	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,867	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	491.92/cwt	482.00–500.00	2,883	31

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 Apr 14, 2026

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

Receipts 337Last week 442Year ago 0

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand good for all classes and weights. Next monthly sale scheduled for Tuesday May 12, 2026.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	540	515.00	515.00
31	550–600	586	482.00–500.00	491.92
34	600–650	640	448.00	448.00
7	650–700	681	409.00	409.00
30	750–800	786	378.00	378.00
17	800–850	800	368.50	368.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	540	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
32	550–600	590	414.00	414.00
66	700–750	733	359.50	359.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
20	600–650	605	425.00	425.00
66	650–700	653	385.00	385.00
25	700–750	727	359.00–367.00	364.10

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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