Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2023-02-14

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, Feb 14
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662
Receipts
670 head
145 vs last sale 525 670 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereRegular saleThu Aug 20, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Higher undertone noted on all weights. All offerings long time weaned with preconditioning shots. All heifers guaranteed open. Demand good to very good with excellent weigh-up conditions in buyers favor. Next Pot Load Sale scheduled for Tuesday March 14, 2023.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $194.82/cwt on 362 head.
Average price
$194.82
362 head · 632 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,230
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$2
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.61
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1628195.921,230316
Medium and Large 1-2656187.301,22946
One grade step is worth $8.61/cwt here — about $2 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale362 hd
194.82
AR average7 barns · 1,923 hd
202.44
−7.61
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

19 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy664186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,23514
HeifersMedium and Large 1Gaunt577186.75/cwt186.75–186.751,07886
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Gaunt510187.00/cwt187.00–187.009548
HeifersMedium and Large 1Gaunt501198.00/cwt198.00–198.0099290
HeifersMedium and Large 1540181.47/cwt180.50–182.0098020
HeifersMedium and Large 1673174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,17124
SteersMedium and Large 1-2760172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,30710
SteersMedium and Large 1Gaunt428221.00/cwt221.00–221.0094626
SteersMedium and Large 1852163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,3894
SteersMedium and Large 1606196.27/cwt196.00–197.001,18945
SteersMedium and Large 1724174.96/cwt170.00–179.001,26739
SteersMedium and Large 1562210.32/cwt207.00–215.501,18284
SteersMedium and Large 1-2634191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,21131
SteersMedium and Large 1688188.05/cwt185.00–189.751,294118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2584195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1395
HeifersMedium and Large 1571184.86/cwt182.00–186.001,05635
HeifersMedium and Large 1635175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,11112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2656175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1489
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2833155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2913

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.