Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand good for all classes and weights. Next scheduled sale Tuesday September 15, 2026.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $444.07/cwt on 45 head, down $14.34 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −36.23 against this barn's trailing median of $480.30.

Average price

$444.07

▼ 14.34 vs prior sale

45 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,428

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$166

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

$2.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+34.41

vs AR average

+42.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	445.00	2,505	24
Medium and Large 1-2	528	443.00	2,339	21

One grade step is worth $2.00/cwt here — about $166 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

6 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $495.75, low $444.07, median $480.30 across 6 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 sale45 hd

444.07

—

AR average9 barns · 319 hd

409.66

+34.41

National average152 barns · 6,242 hd

401.88

+42.19

This barn, trailing median6 sales

480.30

−36.23

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 1Guaranteed Open	700–750	743	336.25/cwt	336.25–336.25	2,498	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	753	365.25/cwt	365.25–365.25	2,750	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	467	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,996	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	563	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,505	24
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,044	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	3,069	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	636	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,595	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,876	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	624	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,390	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	650–700	697	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,370	105
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,817	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	528	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,339	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	2,790	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,473	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	348.97/cwt	336.00–350.00	2,750	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	723	369.25/cwt	369.25–369.25	2,670	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	750–800	757	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,195	5
Steers	Large 1	900–950	948	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,872	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	600–650	632	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,022	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,072	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	642	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,536	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	409	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,800	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,949	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	551	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,204	13

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 Aug 11, 2026

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

Receipts 1,019Last week 1,498Year ago 620

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand good for all classes and weights. Next scheduled sale Tuesday September 15, 2026.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
70	700–750	743	336.25	336.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	467	427.50	427.50
78	600–650	624	383.00	383.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
105	650–700	697	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	632	320.00	320.00
5	750–800	757	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	560	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	409	440.00	440.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	563	445.00	445.00
91	600–650	636	408.00	408.00
131	700–750	723	369.25	369.25
136	750–800	753	365.25	365.25
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	900–950	948	303.00	303.00
10	1000–1050	1,044	294.00	294.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	850–900	852	337.50	337.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	528	443.00	443.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	656	377.00	377.00
39	750–800	788	336.00–350.00	348.97
144	800–850	829	336.50	336.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	642	395.00	395.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	395	460.00	460.00
10	400–450	443	440.00	440.00
13	550–600	551	400.00	400.00

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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