I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, November 19, 2020

1,100 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $153.01/cwt +3.09 vs last sale · ≈ $652/hd at 426 lb · 67 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $141.88/cwt +4.75 vs last sale · ≈ $603/hd at 425 lb · 62 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $138.00/cwt -4.18 vs last sale · ≈ $723/hd at 524 lb · 56 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,100	1,494	1,122
Feeder cattle	908	1,372	1,122
Slaughter cattle	111	81	0
Replacement cattle	81	41	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 8.00 lower, over 400 lbs sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 1.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
329 thin fleshed	329	9	180.00	$180.00	$592	—
310–345	331	14	156.00–175.00	$164.19	$543	-8.29
355–395	376	14	150.00–168.00	$160.17	$602	-7.83
403 thin fleshed	403	12	171.50	$171.50	$691	—
400–449	431	55	140.00–160.00	$148.97	$642	-0.95
450–492	471	20	142.00–161.00	$148.19	$698	+2.89
500–545	524	56	130.00–145.00	$138.00	$723	+1.00
558–595	567	23	131.00–144.00	$136.70	$775	+0.44
600–642	618	12	127.00–141.00	$131.29	$811	+3.40
677	677	5	132.00	$132.00	$894	+3.93
840	840	2	123.00	$123.00	$1,033	+7.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	321	8	132.50–151.00	$143.64	$461	-6.46
360–395	379	14	127.00–151.00	$137.68	$522	-7.25
408–445	428	13	122.50–139.00	$131.85	$564	-8.84
450–495	478	20	120.00–141.00	$136.15	$651	+2.54
500–540	513	5	121.00–136.00	$130.76	$671	+1.88
595	595	2	122.00–129.00	$125.50	$747	+3.97
625	625	1	122.00	$122.00	$762	+16.00
650	650	1	121.00	$121.00	$786	-4.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–340	335	2	100.00–130.00	$114.78	$385	-2.63
378–385	380	3	117.50–125.00	$122.47	$465	-2.53
445	445	1	117.50	$117.50	$523	—
470	470	2	105.00–122.00	$113.50	$533	+13.50
595	595	1	87.50	$87.50	$521	—
730	730	1	75.00	$75.00	$548	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	1	60.00	$60.00	$405	—

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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	321	22	137.50–152.50	$146.85	$471	+2.19
350–395	371	40	135.00–153.00	$142.64	$529	-0.82
400–443	424	54	130.00–145.00	$140.53	$596	+3.40
432 thin fleshed	432	8	151.00	$151.00	$652	—
450–497	473	39	125.00–139.00	$130.97	$619	+0.77
500–546	524	43	113.00–127.00	$119.89	$628	+0.40
550–595	566	25	110.00–120.00	$117.09	$663	-1.14
610–645	630	18	114.00–126.00	$120.76	$761	+0.87
655–672	666	3	119.00	$119.00	$793	-4.30
700–740	720	4	106.00–115.00	$108.94	$784	-8.06
775	775	1	110.00	$110.00	$852	+4.00
875	875	2	96.00	$96.00	$840	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	329	10	122.50–144.00	$132.61	$436	+0.12
350–395	366	12	117.50–137.50	$126.57	$463	+0.44
400–445	421	21	113.00–128.00	$125.01	$526	-2.05
450–498	480	21	110.00–138.00	$119.09	$572	-2.03
505–545	522	10	101.00–111.00	$106.59	$556	-4.71
585	585	1	101.00	$101.00	$591	-6.71
610–640	623	7	103.00–110.00	$106.44	$663	+6.44
630	630	1	90.00	$90.00	$567	-10.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	323	2	110.00–117.50	$113.84	$368	-1.16
355	355	1	110.00	$110.00	$390	±0.00
400–440	420	2	111.00–113.00	$111.95	$470	+35.95
450–470	458	4	103.00–111.00	$108.76	$498	+10.00
500	500	1	90.00	$90.00	$450	-17.00
555–590	573	2	83.00–100.00	$91.76	$526	+4.69

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331	331	4	140.00	$140.00	$463	—
370 thin fleshed	370	5	147.00	$147.00	$544	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–548	526	26	119.00–139.00	$132.91	$699	+4.12
550–590	571	18	118.00–135.00	$126.88	$724	-0.82
605–645	617	25	113.00–129.00	$120.55	$744	+2.39
660–695	680	6	111.00–125.00	$117.73	$801	+1.01
700–742	723	7	115.00–119.00	$116.86	$845	+1.32

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	105.00	$105.00	$598	-9.00
820	820	3	86.00	$86.00	$705	—
935	935	1	80.00	$80.00	$748	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	70.00	$70.00	$420	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840	840	80-85%	1	44.00	$44.00	$370	—
1000–1145	1070	80-85%	7	45.00–50.00	$47.18	$505	-4.43
870–1330	1114	80-85%	5	40.00–44.50	$42.13	$469	-4.63
1240–1375	1308	80-85%	2	51.50–56.00	$53.87	$705	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1445	1311	75-80%	9	50.00–54.00	$52.19	$684	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	85-90%	1	43.00	$43.00	$363	—
1015	1015	85-90%	1	52.00	$52.00	$528	—
1155	1155	85-90%	1	49.00	$49.00	$566	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1575	1287	9	40.00–68.00	$55.48	$714	—
1450	1450	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,160	—
1390–1625	1478	4	73.50–76.50	$75.43	$1,115	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	48.00	$48.00	$504
950–1290	1155	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	49.00–62.00	$55.51	$641

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00
910–1160	1035	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	600.00–625.00	$614.01
1000–1120	1073	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,125.00–1,475.00	$1,254.50
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
880–1465	1112	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	48	600.00–1,450.00	$1,046.09
1000–1270	1133	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	750.00–1,200.00	$928.83
1235	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925	925	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	51.00	$51.00	$472
1275	1275	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	57.00	$57.00	$727

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

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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
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

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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.