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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Auction: Demand was good in all classes, Supply was mostly average in quality. Next Sale scheduled for December 9, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $387.79/cwt on 77 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −92.51 against this barn's trailing median of $480.30.

Average price

$387.79

77 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,193

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+9.25

vs AR average

−37.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	387.79	2,193	77

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

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 sale77 hd

387.79

—

AR average9 barns · 438 hd

378.54

+9.25

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−37.08

This barn, trailing median6 sales

480.30

−92.51

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

26 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 2Value Added	750–800	766	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,413	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,845	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	831	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,726	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	590	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,325	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	847	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,795	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	766	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,635	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,349	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	630	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,073	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	631	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,133	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	379.58/cwt	377.00–380.00	2,164	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,025	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	847	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,774	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,287	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,207	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	424.99/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,938	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,840	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	579	346.58/cwt	346.00–347.00	2,007	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,903	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	355.75/cwt	352.50–360.00	2,376	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,520	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	708	361.50/cwt	361.50–361.50	2,559	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,905	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	339.38/cwt	339.00–340.00	1,894	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,689	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,675	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	302	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,374	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 Nov 11, 2025

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

Receipts 709Last week 1,265Year ago 1,528

Monthly Pot Load Auction: Demand was good in all classes, Supply was mostly average in quality. Next Sale scheduled for December 9, 2025.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	750–800	766	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	590	394.00	394.00
62	700–750	708	361.50	361.50
9	800–850	831	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
120	750–800	766	344.00	344.00
162	800–850	847	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	491	412.50	412.50
4	700–750	734	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	475.00	475.00
14	350–400	366	520.00	520.00
3	400–450	423	435.00	435.00
10	450–500	456	420.00–430.00	424.99
16	500–550	537	411.00	411.00
52	550–600	570	377.00–380.00	379.58
16	600–650	618	370.00	370.00
18	650–700	668	352.50–360.00	355.75
3	800–850	847	327.50	327.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	476	387.50	387.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
38	600–650	630	329.00	329.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	579	346.00–347.00	346.58
10	600–650	631	338.00	338.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	302	455.00	455.00
12	350–400	385	435.00	435.00
14	400–450	417	405.00	405.00
24	500–550	538	354.00	354.00
16	550–600	558	339.00–340.00	339.38

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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