I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 29, 2020

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $125.76/cwt +1.85 vs last sale · ≈ $531/hd at 422 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	160	700	488
Feeder cattle	130	477	266
Slaughter cattle	25	124	121
Replacement cattle	5	99	101

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: With a light run and all classes not represented due to very muddy conditions in trade area; Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 5.00-9.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold steady to 9.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	170.00	$170.00	$484	—
325–348	342	4	150.00–162.50	$152.97	$523	-7.75
350–390	373	8	147.50–156.00	$151.65	$566	-11.48
400–445	428	8	138.00–145.00	$140.65	$602	-1.57
460–490	470	5	132.50–137.00	$133.90	$629	-6.81
505–535	520	4	128.00–136.00	$131.54	$684	+5.06
565–575	570	2	119.00–125.00	$122.03	$696	-6.97
610–645	632	8	124.00–128.00	$127.03	$803	+11.56
815	815	1	115.00	$115.00	$937	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	329	6	137.50–146.00	$143.18	$471	+9.89
350	350	1	125.00	$125.00	$438	-8.45
410	410	1	124.00	$124.00	$508	-6.09
475	475	1	127.00	$127.00	$603	-1.90
505	505	1	117.00	$117.00	$591	+17.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	120.00	$120.00	$378	+7.66
460	460	1	117.00	$117.00	$538	+37.00

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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	326	9	131.00–140.00	$135.98	$443	+2.39
350–385	364	5	127.50–137.00	$132.74	$483	+1.65
400–430	422	11	120.00–128.00	$125.76	$531	+1.85
455–480	465	3	120.00–123.00	$121.32	$564	+3.05
485	485	1	105.00	$105.00	$509	-13.27
500–535	512	3	114.00–115.00	$114.67	$587	+0.87
570	570	1	105.00	$105.00	$598	-4.37
588	588	2	114.00	$114.00	$670	+4.63
605–645	628	4	107.00–111.00	$109.22	$686	+2.10
740	740	1	90.00	$90.00	$666	-12.25

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	335	2	125.00–127.50	$126.21	$423	+9.21
420–445	433	2	109.00–119.00	$114.14	$494	-0.39
465	465	2	114.00–115.00	$114.50	$532	+5.75

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–370	357	3	100.00–110.00	$106.54	$380	-5.46

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	50.00	$50.00	$190	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–540	523	6	120.00–132.00	$125.04	$654	-0.50
550–595	573	4	120.00–128.00	$123.40	$707	+5.28
590	590	1	103.00	$103.00	$608	+12.00
600–630	615	2	111.00–122.00	$116.37	$716	+5.89
740	740	2	100.00–107.00	$103.50	$766	+2.85

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	115.00	$115.00	$610	+4.01
570	570	1	111.00	$111.00	$633	+4.84
660	660	1	90.00	$90.00	$594	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	80-85%	1	30.00	$30.00	$219	—
875	875	80-85%	1	40.00	$40.00	$350	—
870–980	923	80-85%	3	18.00–37.00	$26.79	$247	—
920–1210	1075	80-85%	4	47.00–51.00	$49.42	$531	-1.45
1075–1215	1168	80-85%	3	52.50–55.00	$54.23	$633	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1435	1274	75-80%	4	52.00–56.00	$54.61	$696	+1.01
1375	1375	75-80%	1	48.00	$48.00	$660	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770	770	85-90%	1	26.00	$26.00	$200	—
905–1120	1013	85-90%	2	47.00–49.50	$48.38	$490	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1515	1515	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,197	+4.19
1830	1830	1	74.00	$74.00	$1,354	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–765	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	59.00–79.00	$68.66	$508
740	740	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	64.00	$64.00	$474

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
1185	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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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.