I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 22, 2020

700 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $123.91/cwt -7.87 vs last sale · ≈ $529/hd at 427 lb · 32 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $116.99/cwt -6.41 vs last sale · ≈ $676/hd at 578 lb · 24 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.09/cwt -3.39 vs last sale · ≈ $497/hd at 379 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	700	860	1,137
Feeder cattle	477	705	1,137
Slaughter cattle	124	91	0
Replacement cattle	99	64	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 6.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold 1.00-8.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 5.00-8.00 lower. Some Value added cattle sold with a premium. Plain and or fleshy unweaned cattle sold with a discount. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 1.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	320	11	156.00–162.00	$160.72	$514	+7.79
355–385	371	8	160.00–165.00	$163.13	$605	+6.33
405–435	415	18	137.00–150.00	$142.22	$590	+1.17
444 value added	444	5	153.00	$153.00	$679	—
450–475	463	7	134.00–148.50	$140.71	$651	-3.93
524 value added	524	6	144.00	$144.00	$755	—
505–540	528	3	126.00–127.50	$126.48	$668	-8.03
550	550	1	129.00	$129.00	$710	-2.67
559 value added	559	7	146.00	$146.00	$816	—
620–630	625	2	112.00–119.00	$115.47	$722	-6.44
650	650	1	117.00	$117.00	$760	-12.48
717 value added	717	5	126.50	$126.50	$907	—
730	730	2	118.00–121.00	$119.50	$872	—
840 value added	840	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,008	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	311	5	127.50–140.00	$133.29	$415	+0.14
360–395	375	4	125.00–147.00	$133.45	$500	-2.52
405–446	430	23	120.00–136.00	$130.09	$559	-1.43
450–495	480	18	124.00–138.00	$128.90	$619	-1.04
500	500	1	119.00	$119.00	$595	-5.00
505	505	1	100.00	$100.00	$505	-24.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–315	310	2	102.50–122.50	$112.34	$348	—
360–365	361	4	84.00–120.00	$106.01	$383	-4.74
405	405	1	109.00	$109.00	$441	+3.96
465	465	1	80.00	$80.00	$372	-33.95

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	325	20	125.00–140.00	$133.59	$434	-8.25
355–395	379	24	123.00–138.00	$131.09	$497	-3.39
410–445	427	32	116.00–127.50	$123.91	$529	-7.87
450–495	472	20	113.00–122.00	$118.27	$558	-8.58
500–545	518	21	109.00–119.00	$113.80	$589	-6.09
550–595	581	12	105.00–116.00	$109.37	$635	-9.62
600–645	620	7	101.00–111.00	$107.12	$664	-10.65
660–690	675	2	112.00–115.00	$113.47	$766	-5.37
720–735	728	2	102.00–102.50	$102.25	$744	-8.39

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	117.00	$117.00	$369	-4.57
420–425	423	2	109.00–120.00	$114.53	$484	-6.34
475–495	487	8	105.00–112.00	$108.75	$530	-4.91
515–545	532	3	97.00–108.00	$102.06	$543	-6.80
605	605	1	100.00	$100.00	$605	-1.98
650–692	674	4	90.00–96.00	$94.29	$636	-8.64
705	705	1	93.00	$93.00	$656	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	112.00	$112.00	$392	+12.00
420–425	423	2	97.00–108.00	$102.47	$433	+35.47
460	460	1	90.00	$90.00	$414	-4.10
505	505	1	92.00	$92.00	$465	-0.48
665	665	1	80.00	$80.00	$532	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–545	520	16	117.00–131.00	$125.54	$653	-4.00
555–595	577	23	112.00–124.00	$118.12	$682	-5.28
590	590	1	91.00	$91.00	$537	-32.40
600–645	618	13	102.00–117.00	$110.48	$683	-12.33
650–695	673	5	100.00–111.00	$106.08	$714	-12.70
715–720	719	7	92.00–105.00	$100.65	$724	-13.03
775–780	778	2	90.00–104.00	$97.02	$755	-11.45
830	830	1	106.00	$106.00	$880	+2.00
920	920	1	104.00	$104.00	$957	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–520	515	2	110.00–112.00	$110.99	$572	+1.47
555–595	577	6	100.00–110.00	$106.16	$613	-1.54
890	890	1	88.00	$88.00	$783	—
1000	1000	1	70.00	$70.00	$700	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1535	1408	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	89.00–95.00	$92.83	$1,307	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–805	800	80-85%	2	30.00	$30.00	$240	+3.74
845	845	80-85%	4	41.00	$41.00	$346	-2.00
945–970	958	80-85%	4	42.00	$42.00	$402	—
960	960	80-85%	1	35.00	$35.00	$336	—
915–1085	1022	80-85%	8	44.00–48.50	$46.51	$475	+7.50
920–1265	1086	80-85%	6	49.00–53.50	$50.87	$552	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1225	1171	75-80%	8	47.50–51.50	$49.92	$585	—
1162–1600	1278	75-80%	8	52.00–57.50	$53.60	$685	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960	960	85-90%	1	38.00	$38.00	$365	—
965–1130	1053	85-90%	4	49.00–53.00	$51.58	$543	+7.58
1050–1065	1058	85-90%	2	42.00	$42.00	$444	-2.00

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1535	1186	7	41.00–70.00	$59.75	$709	—
1325–1830	1541	7	72.00–77.00	$74.81	$1,153	—
1545–1970	1740	3	78.50	$78.50	$1,366	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
590–1100	836	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	45.50–100.00	$63.66	$532
770–1005	851	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	50.00–65.00	$57.24	$487
900	900	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	107.50	$107.50	$968

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1325	987	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	650.00–775.00	$706.13
895–1115	1034	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	550.00–800.00	$676.36
1035–1170	1101	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	725.00–875.00	$827.27
900–1450	1143	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	575.00–915.00	$763.26
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	585.00	$585.00
965–1290	1159	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	600.00–800.00	$745.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
875–1400	1074	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	40.00–65.00	$49.50	$532
955–1290	1158	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	55.00–58.00	$57.10	$661
1070–1280	1174	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	46.00–52.50	$49.34	$579
1210	1210	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	50.00	$50.00	$605
945–1470	1259	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	51.00–59.00	$53.37	$672

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–705	703	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	79.00–105.00	$91.95	$646
715–875	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	75.00–91.00	$82.19	$653

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–900	858	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00–750.00	$671.28
1110	1110	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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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
840 thin fleshed	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—
960–1040	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	925.00–1,100.00	$1,044.00	+44.00
975–1085	1019	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	900.00–1,075.00	$1,002.70	+2.70
1160	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	+197.87
1100–1200	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	850.00–950.00	$894.21	-7.92
1110–1375	1208	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–1,100.00	$961.24	—

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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.