I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 8, 2020

740 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 steers $126.74/cwt ≈ $599/hd at 473 lb · 40 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $118.51/cwt ≈ $615/hd at 519 lb · 28 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.73/cwt ≈ $536/hd at 381 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	740	1,808	937
Feeder cattle	629	—	937
Slaughter cattle	91	—	0
Replacement cattle	20	—	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week : Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 15.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold steady. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 1.00-7.00 lower, with full decline on 450-500 lb weights, over 600 lbs sold steady. Feeder supply mostly average to plain. Slaughter cows and bulls not reported.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
300–347	333	14	148.50–163.00	$154.40	$514
350–398	381	17	143.00–159.00	$149.07	$568
400–445	423	16	139.00–150.00	$144.90	$613
465–495	473	4	137.00–143.00	$138.97	$657
500–545	521	7	123.00–137.00	$131.43	$685
532 value added	532	4	142.00	$142.00	$755
552 value added	552	3	136.00	$136.00	$751
550–595	572	14	124.00–135.00	$130.05	$744
600–645	620	13	123.00–129.00	$125.77	$780
648 value added	648	6	136.00	$136.00	$881
655–670	663	3	118.00–124.00	$121.65	$807
715	715	1	125.00	$125.00	$894
965	965	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,139
1065	1065	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,076

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
300–345	323	6	120.00–145.00	$132.00	$426
350–390	370	7	130.00–142.50	$137.36	$508
420	420	1	119.00	$119.00	$500
400–445	426	20	120.00–138.00	$128.01	$545
450–495	473	40	118.00–136.00	$126.74	$599
510–525	518	2	119.00	$119.00	$616
580	580	1	110.00	$110.00	$638
660	660	1	107.00	$107.00	$706

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
320–340	327	3	100.00–125.00	$116.00	$379
355–395	378	5	110.00–120.00	$114.99	$435
400–410	405	2	112.50–120.00	$116.20	$471
455–465	462	3	113.00–122.00	$117.97	$545
565	565	1	91.00	$91.00	$514
785	785	1	79.00	$79.00	$620
905	905	1	86.00	$86.00	$778

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
396	396	5	135.00	$135.00	$535

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
305–345	318	6	131.00–147.50	$140.44	$447
360–390	381	26	132.50–148.00	$140.73	$536
410–445	429	17	124.00–136.00	$130.32	$559
455–495	482	5	110.00–121.00	$114.94	$554
512–540 value added	515	11	121.00–125.00	$121.38	$625
500–545	522	17	114.00–119.00	$116.66	$609
555–595	568	10	111.00–120.00	$115.88	$658
571 value added	571	6	124.00	$124.00	$708
605–645	624	4	113.00–118.00	$116.21	$725
625 value added	625	1	123.00	$123.00	$769
655–690	671	6	111.00–119.00	$116.17	$780
660–677 value added	675	10	123.00–124.00	$123.90	$836
710	710	1	120.00	$120.00	$852
728	728	2	112.00	$112.00	$815
750–790	766	5	111.00–117.00	$114.40	$876
850	850	1	108.00	$108.00	$918

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
300–325	313	2	120.00–130.00	$125.20	$392
360–395	385	7	117.00–132.00	$125.70	$484
410–445	430	11	110.00–125.00	$117.75	$506
460–495	478	13	110.00–118.00	$113.90	$544
500–545	514	5	100.00–116.00	$109.84	$565
590–595	593	2	105.00–106.00	$105.50	$626
605–615	610	2	100.00–105.00	$102.48	$625

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
350–390	368	3	85.00–117.50	$100.60	$370
415–445	431	5	90.00–115.00	$100.55	$433
500–545	521	4	76.00–103.00	$89.36	$466
565	565	1	89.00	$89.00	$503

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
592	592	2	55.00	$55.00	$326

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
500–540	519	25	120.00–135.00	$126.79	$658
550–585	566	13	112.00–130.00	$122.98	$696
600–648	621	17	109.00–122.00	$117.66	$731
660–695	677	14	107.00–124.00	$116.15	$786
695	695	2	99.00	$99.00	$688
700–740	717	3	114.00–119.00	$116.32	$834
765–770	768	3	109.00–110.00	$109.67	$842
800–835	815	8	98.00–112.00	$106.84	$871
855–895	873	3	102.00–110.00	$106.27	$928
915–935	925	2	103.00–105.00	$103.99	$962

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
505–545	518	9	100.00–119.00	$112.35	$582
550–595	573	7	100.00–110.00	$105.49	$604
605–625	613	3	101.00–104.00	$102.98	$631
685	685	1	100.00	$100.00	$685
765	765	1	87.00	$87.00	$666
820	820	2	90.00–95.00	$92.50	$758

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
535	535	1	85.00	$85.00	$455
660	660	1	71.00	$71.00	$469

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
370	370	1	85.00	$85.00	$314
450	450	1	60.00	$60.00	$270

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1005	1005	1	67.00	$67.00	$673

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
675–695	685	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	60.00–86.00	$72.81	$499

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.