Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Next scheduled auction Tuesday February, 10, 2026. Demand good

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $482.42/cwt on 114 head. That ranks 4 of 6 comparable sales and sits +2.12 against this barn's trailing median of $480.30.

Average price

$482.42

114 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,607

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+46.51

vs AR average

+10.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	482.42	2,607	114

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 sale114 hd

482.42

—

AR average8 barns · 449 hd

435.91

+46.51

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

+10.44

This barn, trailing median6 sales

480.30

+2.12

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

18 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	650–700	679	394.80/cwt	385.00–412.00	2,681	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,573	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	476.67/cwt	475.00–480.00	2,660	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,105	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,151	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	697	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,579	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	529	496.70/cwt	495.00–497.50	2,628	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	471	516.00/cwt	516.00–516.00	2,430	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	720	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,628	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	566	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,731	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	761	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,565	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,756	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	459	445.98/cwt	427.50–450.00	2,047	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	588	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,205	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	708	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,365	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,983	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,674	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	597	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,209	3

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 13, 2026

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

Receipts 370Last week 709Year ago 656

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Next scheduled auction Tuesday February, 10, 2026. Demand good

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	391	550.00	550.00
13	400–450	434	485.00	485.00
71	500–550	536	480.00	480.00
15	550–600	558	475.00–480.00	476.67
118	650–700	679	385.00–412.00	394.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	697	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	471	516.00	516.00
18	500–550	529	495.00–497.50	496.70
10	550–600	566	482.50	482.50
17	700–750	720	365.00	365.00
5	750–800	761	337.00	337.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	630	437.50	437.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	450–500	459	427.50–450.00	445.98
9	550–600	588	375.00	375.00
4	700–750	708	334.00	334.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	372	450.00	450.00
8	500–550	502	395.00	395.00
3	550–600	597	370.00	370.00

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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