I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, January 7, 2021

535 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $160.74/cwt -7.52 vs last sale · ≈ $672/hd at 418 lb · 40 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $149.20/cwt -15.10 vs last sale · ≈ $712/hd at 477 lb · 25 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.12/cwt -4.83 vs last sale · ≈ $541/hd at 381 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	535	508	953
Feeder cattle	453	410	809
Slaughter cattle	65	69	118
Replacement cattle	17	29	26

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to three weeks ago: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 4.00 to 10.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 3.00 higher, 400-600 lbs sold 3.00-5.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 5.00 higher. Several groups of long weaned or Value Added cattle sold with a Premium. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 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
305–345	331	18	165.00–187.50	$175.78	$582	-3.83
350–390	382	13	160.00–180.00	$168.52	$644	-3.62
405–435 value added	410	7	170.00–177.00	$175.22	$718	—
405–444	420	33	144.00–165.00	$157.67	$662	-10.59
458–485 value added	472	6	160.00–167.50	$163.46	$772	—
450–495	479	19	140.00–150.00	$144.70	$693	-19.60
510–534 value added	529	15	154.00–160.00	$157.73	$834	-8.27
500–545	533	5	136.00–152.00	$140.89	$751	-11.16
555	555	1	136.00	$136.00	$755	-7.58
619–648 value added	625	10	138.00–140.00	$139.59	$872	-3.41
600–645	628	3	126.00–135.00	$132.14	$830	+2.44
655–660 value added	658	3	133.00–135.00	$133.66	$879	-1.34
665–690	678	2	119.00–130.00	$124.40	$843	—
710–742 value added	719	7	132.00–134.00	$133.41	$959	—
765	765	4	104.00–117.00	$113.75	$870	—
810	810	1	107.00	$107.00	$867	-11.00
825 value added	825	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,031	—
865–895	875	3	110.00–115.00	$113.02	$989	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	325	5	135.00–160.00	$143.28	$466	-3.39
355–390	376	5	137.00–155.00	$146.40	$550	+3.11
400–447	427	9	121.00–141.00	$135.17	$577	+5.17
450–495	473	8	123.00–147.50	$134.58	$637	-6.04
500–525	513	3	128.00–131.00	$129.64	$665	-9.06
573	573	8	114.00	$114.00	$653	-14.27
730	730	1	105.00	$105.00	$766	-1.00
1010	1010	1	60.00	$60.00	$606	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	133.00	$133.00	$452	+9.45
362	362	3	125.00	$125.00	$452	+18.58
490	490	1	124.00	$124.00	$608	+1.00
530	530	1	90.00	$90.00	$477	—
650	650	1	85.00	$85.00	$552	+5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475 value added	475	5	144.00	$144.00	$684	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	323	2	50.00–55.00	$52.36	$169	—
435	435	1	50.00	$50.00	$218	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–345	341	4	140.00–157.00	$150.96	$515	+7.69
360–399	381	21	132.50–146.00	$142.12	$541	-0.28
413 value added	413	3	143.00	$143.00	$591	-1.00
400–442	425	17	127.50–138.00	$135.03	$574	-3.95
450–478	470	20	125.00–135.00	$129.85	$610	-7.05
530 value added	530	2	129.00	$129.00	$684	-6.00
515–545	534	7	118.00–120.00	$119.15	$636	-1.89
550–585	572	3	115.00–121.00	$118.05	$675	-2.48
573 value added	573	6	124.00	$124.00	$711	-2.49
610–642 value added	629	15	117.00–127.00	$124.89	$786	—
656–680	662	6	119.00–123.00	$121.64	$805	+10.00
708 value added	708	3	127.00	$127.00	$899	—
835	835	1	115.00	$115.00	$960	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	319	8	125.00–132.50	$130.69	$417	+2.41
350–390	370	3	127.00–137.50	$130.85	$484	+2.85
402–448	426	10	127.00–134.00	$130.07	$554	+0.47
450–495	473	5	110.00–126.00	$116.54	$551	-8.93
520–530	525	3	110.00–117.00	$114.33	$600	+4.33
555–570	563	2	109.00–115.00	$112.04	$631	+2.04

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384 value added	384	8	134.00	$134.00	$515	—
482	482	2	120.00	$120.00	$578	—
471–490 value added	484	19	123.00–126.50	$125.42	$607	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–345	343	2	107.50–115.00	$111.28	$382	-3.72
350–370	360	2	110.00–117.50	$113.85	$410	-7.15
425	425	1	117.00	$117.00	$497	+2.00
450–495	474	4	81.00–110.00	$101.95	$483	-12.55
535	535	1	100.00	$100.00	$535	—
645	645	2	60.00	$60.00	$387	—
680	680	1	80.00	$80.00	$544	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	70.00	$70.00	$252	—
440	440	1	24.00	$24.00	$106	—
450	450	1	30.00	$30.00	$135	-43.00
525	525	1	30.00	$30.00	$158	—
550–570	560	2	30.00–71.00	$50.87	$285	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–540	528	4	121.00–134.00	$128.68	$679	-11.39
555–575	569	4	118.00–127.00	$124.80	$710	-13.27
630–635	633	2	119.00–124.00	$121.49	$769	-7.28
650–690	675	5	110.00–124.00	$116.72	$788	-0.53
815	815	1	95.00	$95.00	$774	-15.00
850–870	860	2	100.00–113.00	$106.58	$917	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	110.00	$110.00	$627	—
685	685	1	100.00	$100.00	$685	-10.00
770	770	1	73.00	$73.00	$562	—
825	825	1	76.00	$76.00	$627	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790	790	80-85%	2	24.00	$24.00	$190	—
860–1240	967	80-85%	10	23.00–38.00	$33.24	$321	—
1125	1125	80-85%	1	44.00	$44.00	$495	—
890–1270	1143	80-85%	3	50.00	$50.00	$572	—
1050–1300	1175	80-85%	2	52.00	$52.00	$611	+4.93

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–940	937	85-90%	3	33.00–36.00	$34.00	$319	-13.51
890–1230	1060	85-90%	2	48.00–49.00	$48.58	$515	—
1040–1195	1118	85-90%	2	57.00	$57.00	$637	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1515	1192	75-80%	7	52.00–56.00	$54.18	$646	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1515	1282	8	45.00–70.00	$56.77	$728	—
1460	1460	1	78.00	$78.00	$1,139	—
1500–1805	1584	4	71.00–73.00	$71.93	$1,139	-1.71

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745–770	758	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	77.00–79.00	$77.98	$591
750–855	799	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	69.00–75.00	$72.30	$578
835–1230	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	47.00–66.00	$57.76	$586

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030–1075	1057	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	550.00–990.00	$774.80
1235	1235	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	660.00	$660.00
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
610	610	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	47.00	$47.00	$287
1175	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	56.00	$56.00	$658

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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
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	50.00	$50.00	$260	—

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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.