Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand moderate to good. Next scheduled sale on Tuesday August 11, 2026.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $411.00/cwt on 6 head, down $3.81 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 4 comparable sales and sits −1.51 against this barn's trailing median of $412.51.

Average price

$411.00

▼ 3.81 vs prior sale

6 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,211

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+11.45

vs AR average

+14.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	411.00	2,211	6thin

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 sale6 hd

411.00

—

AR average9 barns · 303 hd

399.55

+11.45

National average163 barns · 8,583 hd

396.05

+14.95

This barn, trailing median4 sales

412.51

−1.51

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

23 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	756	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,540	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	650–700	675	351.71/cwt	342.00–357.00	2,374	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	750–800	773	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,551	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	700–750	727	338.75/cwt	334.00–344.00	2,463	210
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	800–850	827	316.73/cwt	316.00–317.50	2,619	259
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,971	6
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,084	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	3,122	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,708	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,643	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,730	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,552	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,705	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	554	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,576	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	487.10/cwt	485.00–490.00	2,221	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	323.64/cwt	320.00–332.75	2,994	460
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	454.17/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,398	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,211	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,459	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,251	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,033	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,218	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	386.42/cwt	380.00–396.00	2,535	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	917	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,934	24

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 Jul 14, 2026

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

Receipts 1,498Last week 337Year ago 0

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand moderate to good. Next scheduled sale on Tuesday August 11, 2026.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	750–800	756	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
41	650–700	675	342.00–357.00	351.71
210	700–750	727	334.00–344.00	338.75
133	750–800	773	330.00	330.00
259	800–850	827	316.00–317.50	316.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	438	450.00	450.00
6	500–550	538	411.00	411.00
38	900–950	910	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	700–750	731	308.00	308.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	1050–1100	1,084	288.00	288.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	650–700	656	380.00–396.00	386.42
40	700–750	730	371.00	371.00
40	750–800	755	350.00	350.00
460	900–950	925	320.00–332.75	323.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	456	485.00–490.00	487.10
14	500–550	528	440.00–460.00	454.17
9	550–600	554	465.00	465.00
5	600–650	629	391.00	391.00
16	700–750	711	359.00	359.00
33	750–800	798	339.00	339.00
24	900–950	917	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	373	545.00	545.00
6	450–500	472	470.00	470.00

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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