Sale reports / Arkansas / I-40 Livestock Auction / 2024-07-09

I-40 Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ozark, Arkansas · Tue, Jul 9
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3662
Receipts
534 head
109 vs last sale 425 275 vs year ago 809 · 34.0%
Also sold hereRegular saleThu Aug 13, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand was good for all classes and weights presented. Next scheduled sale will be August 13, 2024. Value Added denotes cattle weaned 45 plus days and who have been administered at least 2 rounds of pre-conditioning vaccines.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $296.54/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits 183.76 against this barn's trailing median of $480.30.
Average price
$296.54
13 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,558
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+4.61
vs AR average
6.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2525296.541,55813thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

6 sales
510483457430median 480.3001/1302/1004/1407/1408/11
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 sale13 hd
296.54
AR average4 barns · 131 hd
291.93
+4.61
National average160 barns · 9,699 hd
302.91
−6.37
This barn, trailing median6 sales
480.30
−183.76
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 1-2Guaranteed Open750–800778229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,782137
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added750–800752235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7673
SteersMedium and Large 2800–850822230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700690267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,8423
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed500–550526297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,5658
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850843252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,124196
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800755262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,97869
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700681260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550508266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,3514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550524295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5465
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400382280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0702
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550507276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,3993
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650634281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,7827
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850840257.50/cwt257.50–257.502,16367
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450430325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3985
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600597262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,56413
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500460277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,2772

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.