I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, November 5, 2020

1,166 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $120.07/cwt +5.40 vs last sale · ≈ $621/hd at 517 lb · 43 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 steers $156.06/cwt +31.06 vs last sale · ≈ $585/hd at 375 lb · 37 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $127.08/cwt +9.84 vs last sale · ≈ $600/hd at 472 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,166	160	821
Feeder cattle	861	130	669
Slaughter cattle	225	25	108
Replacement cattle	80	5	44

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 17.00-22.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 4.00-8.00 higher. On a few observed due to time restraints, Slaughter cows sold 1.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–345	324	6	155.00–175.00	$166.24	$539	+13.27
350–395	367	13	166.00–185.00	$171.91	$631	+20.26
400–445	420	26	157.50–175.00	$164.19	$690	+23.54
450–475	458	22	146.00–165.00	$153.00	$701	+19.10
510 value added	510	1	150.00	$150.00	$765	—
500–545	527	19	130.00–144.00	$137.34	$724	+5.80
550–595	573	10	124.00–135.00	$130.10	$745	+8.07
555–580 value added	577	16	137.75–147.50	$138.67	$800	—
610	610	1	115.00	$115.00	$702	-12.03
600–640	623	9	120.00–134.00	$127.47	$794	+0.44
655–675	663	4	120.00–129.00	$124.72	$827	—
650–695 value added	692	16	130.75–132.00	$130.82	$905	—
706 value added	706	8	130.50	$130.50	$921	—
725–740	733	2	119.00	$119.00	$872	—
785	785	1	125.00	$125.00	$981	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	325	13	132.50–155.00	$146.17	$475	+2.99
355–395	375	37	135.00–165.00	$156.06	$585	+31.06
405–445	423	17	132.50–152.50	$144.16	$610	+20.16
450–495	482	30	120.00–142.00	$135.20	$652	+8.20
505–535	520	4	111.00–127.00	$116.76	$607	-0.24
575–595	581	4	113.00–127.50	$119.34	$693	—
610–640	620	4	107.00–120.00	$111.71	$693	—
655	655	1	118.00	$118.00	$773	—
775	775	1	110.00	$110.00	$852	—
800	800	2	90.00–100.00	$95.00	$760	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	332	3	115.00–132.50	$125.41	$416	+5.41
350–390	371	5	99.00–130.00	$111.77	$415	—
405–415	410	4	100.00–110.00	$105.06	$431	—
455–480	470	3	100.00–122.00	$113.16	$532	-3.84
610	610	1	100.00	$100.00	$610	—
690	690	1	89.00	$89.00	$614	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	10	149.00	$149.00	$586	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	2	60.00–71.00	$65.50	$393	—

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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	327	24	132.50–152.50	$144.18	$471	+8.20
355–395	379	11	130.00–146.00	$137.88	$523	+5.14
400–437	414	29	127.00–142.50	$133.82	$554	+8.06
450–494	472	32	120.00–136.00	$127.08	$600	+5.76
500–548	517	43	110.00–124.00	$120.07	$621	+5.40
565	565	1	113.00	$113.00	$638	+8.00
550–595	568	19	110.00–121.10	$116.56	$662	+11.56
550–590 value added	575	4	122.00–126.00	$122.96	$707	—
605–640	624	9	109.00–119.00	$115.54	$721	+6.32
615–645 value added	625	3	119.00–122.00	$120.33	$752	—
675 value added	675	1	122.00	$122.00	$824	—
685–693	691	5	108.00–120.00	$117.62	$813	—
725	725	1	111.00	$111.00	$805	+21.00
780	780	1	109.00	$109.00	$850	—
845	845	1	90.00	$90.00	$760	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–330	325	4	127.50–135.00	$130.24	$423	+4.03
370–390	378	3	125.00–137.50	$130.11	$492	—
400–445	425	7	110.00–126.00	$120.65	$513	+6.51
455–495	479	8	110.00–129.00	$119.86	$574	+5.36
510–545	529	4	97.00–110.00	$106.32	$562	—
605	605	1	110.00	$110.00	$666	—
670	670	1	70.00	$70.00	$469	—
675–680	678	2	90.00–93.00	$91.51	$620	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	335	3	100.00–118.00	$109.27	$366	—
385	385	1	80.00	$80.00	$308	-26.54
435	435	1	95.00	$95.00	$413	—
480–495	488	2	86.00–100.00	$93.11	$454	—
525	525	1	90.00	$90.00	$472	—
640	640	1	87.00	$87.00	$557	—
670	670	1	94.00	$94.00	$630	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	70.00	$70.00	$210	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510 fancy	510	1	140.00	$140.00	$714	—
510–545	527	25	118.00–133.00	$127.94	$674	+2.90
550–595	565	31	117.00–132.00	$124.10	$701	+0.70
600–640	620	28	110.00–123.00	$115.81	$718	-0.56
655–690	678	9	104.00–114.00	$109.58	$743	—
700–720	706	4	104.00–116.00	$112.01	$791	+8.51
710 fancy	710	1	125.00	$125.00	$888	—
755–780	763	3	95.00–117.00	$104.64	$798	—
835	835	1	109.00	$109.00	$910	—
875	875	1	99.00	$99.00	$866	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540–545	543	3	105.00–114.00	$108.68	$590	-6.32
550–585	575	4	107.00–114.00	$110.96	$638	-0.04
610	610	1	102.00	$102.00	$622	—
830–840	835	2	80.00–88.00	$83.98	$701	—
870	870	1	80.00	$80.00	$696	—
915	915	1	81.00	$81.00	$741	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	82.50	$82.50	$388	—
705	705	1	88.00	$88.00	$620	—
830	830	1	62.00	$62.00	$515	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1120	993	80-85%	5	20.00–41.00	$34.59	$343	—
915–1220	1068	80-85%	2	54.00–59.00	$56.14	$600	+6.72
1095	1095	80-85%	2	44.00	$44.00	$482	-5.42
970–1280	1135	80-85%	8	48.00–53.00	$50.44	$572	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1210	1208	75-80%	2	46.00–50.50	$48.25	$583	—
1155–1630	1399	75-80%	7	53.00–57.50	$55.29	$774	+7.29

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425	1425	1	71.00	$71.00	$1,012	—
1530	1530	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,224	+1.00
1580–1805	1672	3	75.00–79.00	$77.09	$1,289	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–1195	897	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	57.50–92.50	$78.92	$708
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	72.50	$72.50	$736
985–1270	1093	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	51.00–68.00	$61.73	$675

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
570	570	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	74.00	$74.00	$422

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–1170	1043	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	550.00–800.00	$699.68
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1060–1215	1138	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00–675.00	$634.95
1040–1385	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	700.00–1,000.00	$850.94
1255	1255	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1095	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	54.00	$54.00	$591
1165	1165	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	49.00	$49.00	$571
1365	1365	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	54.00	$54.00	$737
1395	1395	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	53.00	$53.00	$739

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1150	958	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	1,000.00–1,325.00	$1,076.52
920–1010	981	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,350.00–1,400.00	$1,382.68
1000–1050	1033	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,200.00–1,350.00	$1,284.68
1082	1082	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,350.00	$1,350.00
1100–1150	1117	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,200.00–1,350.00	$1,251.49

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795	795	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00

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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
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
1095–1235	1186	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	875.00–925.00	$909.72	—
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	950.00	$950.00	—
1200–1450	1325	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	800.00–825.00	$811.32	—

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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.