I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 15, 2020

860 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $119.75/cwt +1.23 vs last sale · ≈ $623/hd at 520 lb · 48 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $126.85/cwt +11.91 vs last sale · ≈ $600/hd at 473 lb · 37 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $118.56/cwt -0.36 vs last sale · ≈ $681/hd at 575 lb · 35 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	860	740	927
Feeder cattle	705	629	754
Slaughter cattle	91	91	106
Replacement cattle	64	20	67

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 3.00 lower, over 400 lbs sold 1.00-6.00 higher. No trend available for slaughter cows and bulls, were not reported last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	326	14	143.00–162.50	$152.93	$499	-1.47
329 fancy	329	6	172.00	$172.00	$566	—
350–395	379	26	145.00–169.00	$156.80	$594	+7.73
404–445	420	28	138.00–147.50	$141.05	$592	-3.85
450–495	470	23	136.00–154.50	$144.64	$680	+5.67
500–535	525	16	130.00–141.00	$134.51	$706	+3.08
555–585	572	6	127.00–139.00	$131.67	$753	+1.62
600–615	611	10	120.00–129.00	$121.91	$745	-3.86
650–680	664	8	128.00–134.00	$129.48	$860	+7.83

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	322	6	125.00–140.00	$133.15	$429	+1.15
355–395	376	8	122.50–145.00	$135.97	$511	-1.39
405–445	431	11	121.00–137.50	$131.52	$567	+3.51
440	440	1	119.00	$119.00	$524	-9.01
455–497	482	28	120.00–137.50	$129.94	$626	+3.20
525	525	2	122.00–126.00	$124.00	$651	+5.00
630	630	1	116.00	$116.00	$731	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	2	99.00–122.50	$110.75	$437	-4.24
415–435	427	5	84.00–120.00	$105.04	$449	-11.16
480–495	488	2	111.00–117.00	$113.95	$556	-4.02
590–595	593	2	97.00–103.00	$99.99	$593	+8.99

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
522	522	7	130.50	$130.50	$681	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	330	16	135.00–146.00	$141.84	$468	+1.40
355–390	383	19	125.00–142.50	$134.48	$515	-6.25
400–445	420	24	127.50–147.00	$131.78	$553	+1.46
450–495	473	37	123.00–136.00	$126.85	$600	+11.91
500–545	520	47	115.00–127.00	$119.89	$623	+3.23
535	535	1	113.00	$113.00	$605	-3.66
550–595	574	34	111.00–123.00	$118.99	$683	+3.11
595	595	1	104.00	$104.00	$619	-11.88
605–645	627	9	110.00–123.00	$117.77	$738	+1.56
655–695	664	7	117.00–123.00	$118.84	$789	+2.67
700–745	728	8	105.00–113.00	$110.64	$805	-1.36
755	755	1	114.00	$114.00	$861	-0.40

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	335	3	115.00–125.00	$121.57	$407	-3.63
360–395	375	9	110.00–122.00	$116.61	$437	-9.09
404–445	420	24	106.00–127.00	$120.87	$508	+3.12
455–475	460	9	110.00–118.00	$113.66	$523	-0.24
500–530	519	9	98.00–115.00	$108.86	$565	-0.98
550–590	570	5	103.00–110.00	$108.20	$617	+2.70
630–645	638	2	100.00–104.00	$101.98	$651	-0.50
650–685	667	3	99.00–107.00	$102.93	$687	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	10	116.50	$116.50	$452	—
475	475	5	114.00	$114.00	$542	—
557	557	3	109.00	$109.00	$607	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	100.00	$100.00	$355	-0.60
415	415	1	67.00	$67.00	$278	-33.55
455–470	463	2	88.00–100.00	$94.10	$436	—
530–535	533	2	89.00–96.00	$92.48	$493	+3.12
590–595	593	2	83.00–90.00	$86.51	$513	-2.49
615	615	1	86.00	$86.00	$529	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	111.00	$111.00	$566	-15.79
505–545	524	28	120.00–136.00	$129.54	$679	+2.75
550–595	574	18	115.00–133.00	$123.40	$708	+0.42
605–640	620	16	112.00–130.50	$122.81	$761	+5.15
650–695	667	7	113.00–124.00	$118.78	$792	+2.63
710–725	718	3	111.00–117.00	$113.68	$816	-2.64
755–785	770	2	107.00–110.00	$108.47	$835	-1.20
825	825	1	104.00	$104.00	$858	-2.84
880	880	1	104.00	$104.00	$915	-2.27

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535–540	536	4	98.00–117.00	$109.52	$587	-2.83
550–585	572	7	94.00–115.00	$107.70	$616	+2.21
615	615	1	111.00	$111.00	$683	+8.02
675–678	677	3	109.00	$109.00	$738	+9.00
785	785	2	85.00–90.00	$87.50	$687	+0.50
990	990	1	70.00	$70.00	$693	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1080–1210	1158	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,900.00–2,500.00	$2,278.71	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–845	832	80-85%	3	16.00–33.00	$26.26	$218	—
840	840	80-85%	1	43.00	$43.00	$361	—
915	915	80-85%	1	23.00	$23.00	$210	—
1040–1055	1045	80-85%	3	38.00–41.00	$39.01	$408	—
1050–1200	1124	80-85%	8	48.00–52.00	$50.20	$564	—
860–1395	1160	80-85%	11	42.00–47.00	$45.07	$523	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1420	1365	75-80%	2	47.00–50.00	$48.56	$663	—
1275–1475	1401	75-80%	7	50.50–55.50	$52.38	$734	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1055	1000	85-90%	3	19.00–35.00	$27.91	$279	—
1060	1060	85-90%	1	44.00	$44.00	$466	—
1048–1150	1116	85-90%	3	48.00–50.50	$49.72	$555	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1420	1300	3	60.00–70.00	$63.64	$827	—
1255–1640	1436	5	73.50–77.50	$75.82	$1,089	—
1595–2100	1890	4	78.00–83.50	$80.56	$1,523	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–855	772	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	57.00–90.00	$76.26	$589
810–875	843	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	53.00–54.00	$53.48	$451
670–1040	863	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	58.00–98.00	$78.02	$673

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	560.00	$560.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860–1070	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	775.00–825.00	$802.72
940–1045	998	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	600.00–800.00	$658.55
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1005–1260	1118	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	625.00–1,000.00	$807.29
1090–1230	1172	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	700.00–1,050.00	$932.15

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
830	830	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	32.00	$32.00	$266
965–1140	1069	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	48.00–55.00	$50.76	$543
1000–1185	1093	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	52.00–63.00	$57.03	$623

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–1035	889	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	850.00–1,000.00	$918.99
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1045	1045	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715	715	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	101.00	$101.00	$722

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
1125–1200	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	800.00–1,000.00	$902.13	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835	835	1	55.00	$55.00	$459	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
890–945	906	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	800.00–900.00	$863.03	—

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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.