Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand good for all classes and weights. Next scheduled sale for Tuesday April 8, 2025.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $316.78/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −95.73 against this barn's trailing median of $412.51.

Average price

$316.78

35 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,719

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$64.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.08

vs AR average

+1.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	517	342.62	1,770	21
Medium and Large 1-2	582	278.01	1,618	14thin

One grade step is worth $64.61/cwt here — about $152 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale35 hd

316.78

—

AR average11 barns · 383 hd

297.70

+19.08

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

+1.82

This barn, trailing median4 sales

412.51

−95.73

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

15 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	750–800	793	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,022	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	468	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,708	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,045	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	349	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,483	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,950	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,005	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	278.76/cwt	265.00–282.00	1,868	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	1,871	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	278.01/cwt	274.00–285.00	1,618	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	375.03/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,376	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,682	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	669	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,920	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	500	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,788	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	534	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,736	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	411	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,562	11

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 Mar 11, 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. Demand good for all classes and weights. Next scheduled sale for Tuesday April 8, 2025.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	600	325.00	325.00
22	750–800	793	255.00	255.00
9	800–850	818	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	349	425.00	425.00
6	450–500	468	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	367	370.00–380.00	375.03
5	550–600	570	295.00	295.00
88	600–650	633	295.50	295.50
93	650–700	670	265.00–282.00	278.76
148	700–750	748	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	582	274.00–285.00	278.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	500	357.50	357.50
69	650–700	669	287.00	287.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	411	380.00	380.00
19	500–550	534	325.00	325.00

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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