Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand good for all weights. Next sale scheduled for September 9, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $388.50/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 2 of 6 comparable sales and sits −13.02 against this barn's trailing median of $401.52.

Average price

$388.50

15 head · 624 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,424

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$299

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

$45.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.00

vs AR average

+18.38 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	625	397.50	2,484	12thin
Medium 1-2	620	352.50	2,186	3thin

One grade step is worth $45.00/cwt here — about $299 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 600–700 lb

6 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $441.34, low $387.07, median $401.52 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 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale15 hd

388.50

—

AR average7 barns · 227 hd

376.50

+12.00

National average149 barns · 7,289 hd

370.12

+18.38

This barn, trailing median6 sales

401.52

−13.02

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

9 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 2Thin Fleshed	750–800	796	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	2,734	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	625	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,484	12
Steers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	620	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,186	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	878	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,713	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	316.37/cwt	312.00–318.50	2,942	506
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,633	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,577	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	544	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,972	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	650–700	686	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,257	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

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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 weights. Next sale scheduled for September 9, 2025.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
66	750–800	796	343.50	343.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	625	397.50	397.50
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	620	352.50	352.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	850–900	878	309.00	309.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	747	345.00	345.00
8	750–800	779	338.00	338.00
506	900–950	930	312.00–318.50	316.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	544	362.50	362.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	686	329.00	329.00

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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