Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly pot load sale. Next sale scheduled for Tuesday March 10, 2026. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $414.16/cwt on 151 head, up $31.91 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 4 comparable sales and sits +1.65 against this barn's trailing median of $412.51.

Average price

$414.16

▲ 31.91 vs prior sale

151 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,253

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$13.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.71

vs AR average

−9.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	539	418.12	2,254	105
Medium and Large 1	556	405.12	2,251	46

One grade step is worth $13.00/cwt here — about $3 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 sale151 hd

414.16

—

AR average8 barns · 454 hd

406.45

+7.71

National average187 barns · 18,214 hd

423.95

−9.79

This barn, trailing median4 sales

412.51

+1.65

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

13 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	700–750	741	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,742	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,509	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	467.68/cwt	457.50–489.00	2,661	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,548	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,436	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	418.12/cwt	405.00–420.00	2,254	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	702	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,485	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	358.46/cwt	358.00–362.50	2,430	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	386.69/cwt	385.00–391.00	2,254	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	427.05/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,233	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	549	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,690	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	404.54/cwt	402.50–415.00	2,759	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,729	41

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 Feb 10, 2026

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

Receipts 584Last week 370Year ago 747

Monthly pot load sale. Next sale scheduled for Tuesday March 10, 2026. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	490	520.00	520.00
9	550–600	569	457.50–489.00	467.68
12	600–650	601	417.50	417.50
118	650–700	682	402.50–415.00	404.54
16	700–750	741	370.00	370.00
41	750–800	756	361.00	361.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	549	490.00	490.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
105	500–550	539	405.00–420.00	418.12
136	650–700	696	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	700–750	702	354.00	354.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	523	425.00–430.00	427.05
25	550–600	583	385.00–391.00	386.69
68	650–700	678	358.00–362.50	358.46

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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