Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2023-05-09

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, May 9
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662
Receipts
447 head
13 vs last sale 460 447 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, next auction scheduled for Tuesday June 13, 2023. Value Added comment means cattle weaned 45 plus days and two sets of preconditioning shots. Balance of cattle were long time weaned with some having one set of shots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $211.80/cwt on 258 head.
Average price
$211.80
258 head · 667 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,412
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$224
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$26.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
16.16
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2634217.161,376147
Medium and Large 2706205.211,448107
Medium and Large 1838191.001,6014thin
One grade step is worth $26.16/cwt here — about −$224 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 sale258 hd
211.80
AR average11 barns · 1,655 hd
227.96
−16.16
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

16 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added571233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,33015
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added838191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,6014
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed607219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,32938
SteersMedium and Large 1-2614220.98/cwt219.00–225.001,35784
SteersMedium and Large 1-2729198.23/cwt195.50–201.501,44532
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,17010
SteersMedium and Large 2894179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,60010
SteersMedium and Large 2Full652207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,35010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2783197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,5436
SteersMedium and Large 2755199.50/cwt199.50–199.501,50649
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added534207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,10514
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed566194.50/cwt194.50–194.501,10136
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2586196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,14967
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2662181.05/cwt180.00–183.001,19929
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2704181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,27420
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2607203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,23216

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.