Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2023-07-11

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, Jul 11
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662
Receipts
809 head
456 vs last sale 353 809 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, August 8, 2023. Value Added denotes cattle weaned over 45 days, castrated and have been given at least 2 rounds of pre-conditioning vaccines. Very strong market today with active bidder participation for all classes offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $238.20/cwt on 558 head.
Average price
$238.20
558 head · 765 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,822
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.75
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1744240.141,786348
Medium and Large 1-2799234.981,878210
One grade step is worth $5.15/cwt here — about −$92 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 sale558 hd
238.20
AR average5 barns · 1,277 hd
235.45
+2.75
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

17 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 1Value Added737223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,64443
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added761221.49/cwt220.00–223.001,686132
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned336235.00/cwt235.00–235.007904
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned448235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0536
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned506226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,1446
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added884201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,77760
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added960200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,9202
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added645247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,59376
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned417256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,0687
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned490251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,23012
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added936216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,02245
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added805236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,90065
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added734240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,76271
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added757248.50/cwt248.50–248.501,88172
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added668242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,6173
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added944200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8889
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added793236.84/cwt235.50–238.001,878196

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.