I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, December 17, 2020

508 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $164.30/cwt +10.46 vs last sale · ≈ $774/hd at 471 lb · 36 head

light 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $147.18/cwt +3.83 vs last sale · ≈ $481/hd at 326 lb · 25 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $124.68/cwt +0.41 vs last sale · ≈ $651/hd at 522 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	508	2,384	1,569
Feeder cattle	410	2,234	1,569
Slaughter cattle	69	120	0
Replacement cattle	29	30	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 10.00-19.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold 1.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 3.00-4.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 1.00-8.00 lower. Several groups of long weaned cattle sold with a premium. No trend established for slaughter cows and bulls as they 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
320 value added	320	1	200.00	$200.00	$640	+19.50
305–340	326	4	162.50–190.00	$179.61	$586	+24.96
350–395	376	21	152.50–180.00	$172.14	$647	+14.64
400–445	429	22	152.50–180.00	$168.26	$722	+18.95
450–495	471	36	151.00–170.00	$164.30	$774	+13.61
500–538	521	9	143.00–158.00	$152.05	$792	+15.12
527 value added	527	7	166.00	$166.00	$875	+14.37
550–597	571	10	138.00–153.00	$143.58	$820	+4.31
625 value added	625	3	143.00	$143.00	$894	+3.23
623–640	627	4	123.00–132.00	$129.70	$813	-6.41
664 value added	664	6	135.00	$135.00	$896	+4.22
805	805	1	118.00	$118.00	$950	-5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	332	3	142.50–150.00	$146.67	$487	+12.09
375–395	383	5	135.00–157.50	$143.29	$549	+6.50
435	435	1	130.00	$130.00	$566	-6.55
450–495	483	6	132.50–148.00	$140.62	$679	+7.01
510–540	530	3	137.00–139.50	$138.70	$735	+11.64
555–575	563	3	122.50–132.50	$128.27	$722	-0.28
715	715	1	106.00	$106.00	$758	-15.48
825	825	1	111.00	$111.00	$916	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
564 value added	564	9	147.50	$147.50	$832	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	323	2	120.00–127.50	$123.55	$399	+12.94
370–385	378	2	85.00–127.00	$106.42	$402	+18.09
415	415	1	110.00	$110.00	$456	+12.05
485	485	1	123.00	$123.00	$597	+8.00
655	655	1	80.00	$80.00	$524	—
905	905	1	72.50	$72.50	$656	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	90.00	$90.00	$423	—
635	635	1	41.00	$41.00	$260	—

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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	322	17	134.00–152.50	$143.27	$461	+1.09
336 value added	336	8	155.50	$155.50	$522	—
369 value added	369	8	151.50	$151.50	$559	+1.00
350–395	374	8	135.00–145.00	$142.40	$533	-47.07
400–445	430	14	131.00–141.00	$138.98	$598	+2.69
435 value added	435	2	144.00	$144.00	$626	-5.00
455–485	468	4	131.00–141.00	$136.90	$641	+6.47
500–526	520	17	120.00–125.00	$121.04	$629	-2.59
528 value added	528	6	135.00	$135.00	$713	+9.03
550–575	569	9	115.00–127.00	$120.53	$686	-0.06
570–575 value added	571	8	123.50–127.50	$126.49	$722	+3.98
605–635	614	5	112.00–121.00	$115.81	$711	-8.33
650–660	657	3	106.00–117.00	$111.64	$733	-17.03
710–725	718	2	100.00	$100.00	$718	-22.74
760–765	763	2	108.00–113.00	$110.49	$843	-1.52

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	328	2	120.00–137.50	$128.28	$421	+1.78
350–390	367	6	120.00–135.00	$128.00	$470	+6.24
420–445	437	5	126.00–137.50	$129.60	$566	-0.50
450–490	468	10	116.00–132.50	$125.47	$587	+2.93
500–530	510	3	110.00	$110.00	$561	-4.26
585	585	1	110.00	$110.00	$644	-3.61
625–635	630	2	101.00	$101.00	$636	-8.83
650–690	670	3	100.00–108.00	$104.04	$697	—
720	720	1	97.00	$97.00	$698	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	115.00	$115.00	$374	+45.00
350	350	1	121.00	$121.00	$424	+18.38
435	435	1	115.00	$115.00	$500	+5.76
465	465	3	112.00–119.00	$114.50	$532	+7.21

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	73.00	$73.00	$343	—

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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	523	9	129.00–148.00	$140.07	$733	+12.85
560–595	578	8	134.00–141.00	$138.07	$798	+13.06
600–635	619	9	118.00–135.00	$128.77	$797	+6.70
655–685	666	4	116.00–118.00	$117.25	$781	+1.71
700–745	721	13	115.00–123.00	$118.62	$855	—
755–765	760	2	115.00–118.00	$116.51	$885	—
815	815	1	110.00	$110.00	$896	—
1040	1040	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,030	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	102.00	$102.00	$515	—
610	610	1	109.00	$109.00	$665	—
660	660	1	110.00	$110.00	$726	—
905–910	908	2	80.00–85.00	$82.51	$749	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–935	915	80-85%	4	10.00–31.00	$18.58	$170	—
975–1070	1008	80-85%	5	38.00–43.00	$40.39	$407	—
920–1380	1178	80-85%	4	46.00–50.00	$47.07	$554	—
1045–1525	1255	80-85%	7	52.00–56.50	$54.30	$681	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1775	1426	75-80%	5	53.00–55.50	$54.50	$777	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–940	938	85-90%	2	45.00–50.00	$47.51	$446	—
1190	1190	85-90%	1	57.50	$57.50	$684	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1310	1195	3	51.00–64.00	$58.66	$701	—
1480–1720	1578	3	73.00–74.00	$73.64	$1,162	—
1485–1885	1689	5	75.00–80.50	$78.26	$1,322	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855	855	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	86.00	$86.00	$735
1070	1070	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	51.00	$51.00	$546

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
690	690	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	81.00	$81.00	$559
820–1760	1251	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	48.00–69.00	$52.47	$656
1390	1390	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	56.50	$56.50	$785

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1345	1345	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
1000–1660	1385	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	775.00–875.00	$823.09
1520	1520	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	830.00	$830.00

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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
1100–1150	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–875.00	$862.22	—
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	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.