Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Next sale scheduled for Tuesday February 11, 2025. Demand good

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $294.76/cwt on 160 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −117.75 against this barn's trailing median of $412.51.

Average price

$294.76

160 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,601

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$7

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

$17.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.61

vs AR average

−9.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	296.27	1,600	146
Medium and Large 1-2	576	279.00	1,607	14thin

One grade step is worth $17.27/cwt here — about −$7 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

4 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $414.81, low $382.25, median $412.51 across 4 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 sale160 hd

294.76

—

AR average7 barns · 685 hd

285.14

+9.61

National average192 barns · 30,803 hd

304.03

−9.27

This barn, trailing median4 sales

412.51

−117.75

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

28 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,669	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	299.92/cwt	291.00–314.00	1,913	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	299.03/cwt	292.00–306.00	1,561	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	557	295.52/cwt	295.00–297.00	1,646	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,664	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,370	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	739	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,106	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	452	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,559	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,620	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,607	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,855	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,694	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	794	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,064	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	668	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,964	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	602	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,391	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	679	265.09/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,800	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	347.25/cwt	341.00–351.00	1,840	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	517	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,861	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	696	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,942	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	846	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,123	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,495	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	594	300.07/cwt	299.00–306.00	1,782	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,706	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	289.04/cwt	285.00–293.00	1,650	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	272.61/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,693	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,353	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,893	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,366	4

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 Jan 14, 2025

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

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Monthly Pot Load Sale. Next sale scheduled for Tuesday February 11, 2025. Demand good

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	491	340.00	340.00
16	500–550	530	341.00–351.00	347.25
35	600–650	638	291.00–314.00	299.92
14	650–700	696	279.00	279.00
7	800–850	846	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	452	345.00	345.00
6	500–550	517	360.00	360.00
39	550–600	594	299.00–306.00	300.07
26	650–700	668	294.00	294.00
19	700–750	739	285.00	285.00
27	750–800	794	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	644	288.00	288.00
10	650–700	654	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	631	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	404	335.00	335.00
4	450–500	460	297.00	297.00
81	500–550	522	292.00–306.00	299.03
27	550–600	571	285.00–293.00	289.04
12	600–650	621	270.00–274.00	272.61
28	650–700	656	260.00	260.00
5	750–800	754	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
38	550–600	557	295.00–297.00	295.52
62	650–700	679	262.00–270.00	265.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	428	320.00	320.00
14	550–600	576	279.00	279.00
42	600–650	609	266.00	266.00
61	650–700	671	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	602	231.00	231.00

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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