Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Demand good for all classes and weights. Next scheduled sale, Tuesday, October 13, 2026.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $401.48/cwt on 25 head, down $42.59 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −66.82 against this barn's trailing median of $468.30.

Average price

$401.48

▼ 42.59 vs prior sale

25 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,262

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

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

$34.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+32.41

vs AR average

−2.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	407.00	2,295	21
Medium and Large 1-2	561	372.50	2,090	4thin

One grade step is worth $34.50/cwt here — about $206 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

6 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $495.75, low $401.48, median $468.30 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 sale25 hd

401.48

—

AR average8 barns · 212 hd

369.07

+32.41

National average163 barns · 12,167 hd

403.65

−2.17

This barn, trailing median6 sales

468.30

−66.82

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

23 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,796	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,116	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	641	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,442	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	696	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,352	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	680	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,448	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	336.43/cwt	336.00–337.00	2,759	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	732	332.75/cwt	332.75–332.75	2,436	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	564	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,295	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	789	339.82/cwt	339.00–343.00	2,681	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	504	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,991	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	759	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,398	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	631	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,145	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,450	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,439	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	808	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,513	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,266	231
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	591	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,228	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	561	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,090	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	746	325.41/cwt	325.00–332.00	2,428	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	691	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,384	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,480	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	801	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,619	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	743	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,660	69

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 classes and weights. Next scheduled sale, Tuesday, October 13, 2026.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	503	357.00	357.00
14	600–650	628	337.00	337.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	504	395.00	395.00
81	550–600	591	377.00	377.00
7	600–650	631	340.00	340.00
28	650–700	696	338.00	338.00
69	700–750	732	332.75	332.75
6	750–800	759	316.00	316.00
14	800–850	808	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
231	700–750	706	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	564	407.00	407.00
93	600–650	641	381.00	381.00
10	650–700	680	360.00	360.00
69	700–750	743	358.00	358.00
34	750–800	789	339.00–343.00	339.82
30	800–850	801	327.00	327.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
176	800–850	820	336.00–337.00	336.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
71	700–750	705	346.00	346.00
10	750–800	768	319.00	319.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	561	372.50	372.50
8	650–700	691	345.00	345.00
49	700–750	746	325.00–332.00	325.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	855	290.00	290.00

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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