Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand moderate to good. Next sale scheduled for Tuesday April 14, 2026.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $410.85/cwt on 41 head, down $3.30 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −1.65 against this barn's trailing median of $412.51.

Average price

$410.85

▼ 3.30 vs prior sale

41 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,300

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.90

vs AR average

−2.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	410.85	2,300	41

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale41 hd

410.85

—

AR average8 barns · 255 hd

406.95

+3.90

National average182 barns · 10,991 hd

413.78

−2.93

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

24 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	500–550	525	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,756	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	684	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,480	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	650	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,373	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	548	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,302	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	493	468.97/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,312	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	575	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,358	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	350	612.50/cwt	612.50–612.50	2,144	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,438	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	391.04/cwt	388.00–415.00	2,706	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,770	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,738	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	2,351	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	473	514.16/cwt	490.00–530.00	2,432	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	574	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,683	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	543	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,606	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	435	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,393	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	618	434.26/cwt	432.50–435.00	2,684	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	537	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,846	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	371	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,836	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,194	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,846	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	584	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,248	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	642	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,183	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	432	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,009	6

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 10, 2026

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

Receipts 442Last week 584Year ago 546

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand moderate to good. Next sale scheduled for Tuesday April 14, 2026.

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	359	655.00	655.00
11	450–500	468	585.00	585.00
3	500–550	525	525.00	525.00
93	650–700	692	388.00–415.00	391.04
35	700–750	729	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	612.50	612.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	793	307.50	307.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	435	550.00	550.00
15	450–500	473	490.00–530.00	514.16
9	500–550	543	480.00	480.00
9	550–600	574	467.50	467.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	537	530.00	530.00
17	600–650	618	432.50–435.00	434.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	650–700	684	362.50	362.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	493	465.00–475.00	468.97
26	500–550	548	420.00	420.00
6	550–600	575	410.00	410.00
95	650–700	650	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	495.00	495.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	520.00	520.00
25	450–500	450	487.50	487.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	432	465.00	465.00
9	550–600	584	385.00	385.00
6	600–650	642	340.00	340.00

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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