I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, January 21, 2021

793 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $155.26/cwt -3.71 vs last sale · ≈ $728/hd at 469 lb · 43 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $126.50/cwt +3.81 vs last sale · ≈ $732/hd at 578 lb · 41 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $122.39/cwt -2.56 vs last sale · ≈ $573/hd at 468 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	793	1,257	257
Feeder cattle	710	1,007	195
Slaughter cattle	51	142	32
Replacement cattle	32	108	30

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 2.00-8.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 5.00 lower, 400-500 lb weights sold 9.00 higher, over 500 lb weights sold 2.00 lower. No trend for Slaughter cows or 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
310 value added	310	1	205.00	$205.00	$636	—
300–335	316	7	175.00–202.50	$187.02	$591	+5.27
350–395	378	21	160.00–170.00	$163.13	$617	-10.98
352–398 value added	390	12	178.00–185.00	$179.05	$698	—
400–442	421	16	145.00–165.00	$156.57	$659	-6.20
420–430 value added	425	3	171.00–175.00	$173.01	$735	+0.16
450–470 value added	459	15	160.00–170.00	$164.91	$757	-7.09
450–495	474	28	143.00–159.00	$150.09	$711	-8.56
505–540 value added	524	6	155.00–161.00	$158.70	$832	+7.88
500–545	528	25	125.00–145.00	$133.72	$706	-11.03
555–563 value added	561	4	154.00	$154.00	$864	+4.67
550–595	566	18	127.00–143.00	$133.70	$757	-6.26
603–635 value added	609	13	135.00–138.00	$135.32	$824	-6.02
600–645	621	14	120.00–134.00	$127.34	$791	-8.12
640	640	1	110.00	$110.00	$704	-25.46
650–685	677	7	118.00–129.00	$125.40	$849	-4.09
704–713 value added	706	18	127.00–133.50	$132.52	$936	+8.10
720–730	725	4	117.00–124.00	$119.49	$866	—
765	765	1	119.00	$119.00	$910	—
765–795 value added	791	7	124.00–127.00	$124.41	$984	—
850	850	1	114.00	$114.00	$969	—
940	940	1	100.00	$100.00	$940	-5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	325	13	140.00–155.00	$147.66	$480	-9.04
360–395	381	7	130.00–157.50	$141.67	$540	-16.02
405–445	429	7	120.00–137.50	$129.04	$554	-11.55
450–495	484	19	120.00–145.00	$136.87	$662	-6.86
505–545	525	5	120.00–130.00	$124.12	$652	-9.63
550–590	570	5	115.00–124.00	$118.82	$677	-8.18
605–635	619	7	115.00–128.00	$120.71	$747	+1.71
670–695	683	2	117.00–118.00	$117.51	$803	-6.05
700–715	708	2	113.00–117.00	$115.02	$814	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685 value added	685	22	127.00	$127.00	$870	-1.00
764 value added	764	5	112.00	$112.00	$856	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	117.00–133.00	$125.00	$425	—
350–370	360	2	114.00–132.50	$123.51	$445	—
400–420	410	3	107.50–125.00	$114.47	$469	-8.03
455–495	473	4	100.00–124.00	$115.61	$547	+1.61
525–545	532	3	110.00–117.00	$114.01	$607	+26.01
590	590	1	103.00	$103.00	$608	-9.36
625–645	635	2	110.00–112.00	$111.02	$705	-2.98
660	660	1	108.00	$108.00	$713	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300 fancy	300	1	150.00	$150.00	$450	—
300–345	320	11	136.00–149.00	$143.03	$458	-5.36
310–334 value added	332	11	154.50–155.00	$154.54	$513	+1.54
355–375	365	5	133.00–150.00	$139.47	$509	-4.62
400–445	415	22	133.00–142.50	$138.04	$573	+4.86
450–455	453	2	133.00–149.00	$140.96	$639	+13.74
475	475	1	130.00	$130.00	$618	+2.78
505–540	517	17	120.00–129.00	$124.39	$643	-0.04
520 value added	520	1	133.00	$133.00	$692	+3.00
540	540	1	113.00	$113.00	$610	-1.00
577 value added	577	27	130.00	$130.00	$750	+0.50
560–595	581	14	114.00–125.00	$119.75	$696	-2.37
605–645	628	14	116.00–126.00	$120.75	$758	-0.63
650–675	660	3	117.00–124.00	$120.29	$794	-6.22
683 value added	683	6	125.00	$125.00	$854	—
730–740	735	3	107.00–119.00	$114.69	$843	-8.10
790	790	1	114.00	$114.00	$901	-1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	319	7	127.00–141.00	$133.93	$427	+5.32
350–390	370	10	120.00–135.00	$129.26	$478	+3.56
400–445	418	14	123.00–129.00	$126.06	$527	-3.18
450–498	468	33	115.00–128.00	$122.39	$573	+1.82
500–545	527	12	105.00–119.00	$113.55	$598	-2.03
550–595	579	9	108.00–118.00	$111.55	$646	-1.38
630–640	635	2	100.00–107.00	$103.47	$657	—
670–695	683	4	109.00–111.00	$110.00	$751	—
710–715	713	2	92.00–105.00	$98.52	$702	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–370	368	2	115.00–118.00	$116.49	$429	—
410	410	1	117.00	$117.00	$480	+1.43
455–490	478	9	105.00–118.00	$110.79	$530	+5.79
580–595	590	7	86.00–100.00	$91.12	$538	—
695	695	2	65.00–80.00	$72.50	$504	—
710–732	725	3	80.00–86.00	$84.04	$609	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334 value added	334	7	146.00	$146.00	$488	—
387 value added	387	7	137.00	$137.00	$530	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	135.00	$135.00	$608	—
500–525	513	2	132.00–137.00	$134.56	$690	+0.56
565–595	578	8	124.00–129.00	$125.87	$728	-4.89
615–645	631	6	118.00–125.00	$121.81	$769	-0.58
660–670	665	2	114.00–124.00	$119.04	$792	-2.03
710	710	1	114.00	$114.00	$809	+1.29
760–785	772	3	106.00–112.00	$109.63	$846	+1.63
883	883	3	107.00	$107.00	$945	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–540	528	2	100.00–110.00	$105.12	$555	—
745	745	1	50.00	$50.00	$372	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840	840	1	81.00	$81.00	$680	—
855	855	1	90.00	$90.00	$770	—

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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	34.00	$34.00	$286	—
855–1325	1050	80-85%	5	44.00–47.00	$45.90	$482	—
910–1310	1170	80-85%	7	50.00–55.00	$52.41	$613	—
1165–1465	1322	80-85%	3	56.00–61.00	$57.81	$764	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1420	1220	75-80%	2	49.00	$49.00	$598	—
1190–1530	1363	75-80%	6	56.00–61.00	$57.54	$784	—
1140–1705	1384	75-80%	5	54.00–55.50	$54.52	$755	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1165	1018	85-90%	2	32.00–34.00	$32.86	$335	—
930–1195	1045	85-90%	3	42.00–48.00	$45.41	$475	—
1000–1155	1078	85-90%	2	57.00	$57.00	$614	—
1020–1380	1119	85-90%	4	50.00–54.00	$51.70	$579	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310	1310	1	71.00	$71.00	$930	—
1705–1935	1836	4	84.00–84.50	$84.13	$1,545	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800–980	888	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	70.00–85.00	$80.13	$712
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	62.00	$62.00	$580

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870	870	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	46.00	$46.00	$400
835–1215	1025	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	45.00–54.00	$50.33	$516
685–1260	1041	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	29.00–57.00	$46.62	$485
970–1460	1177	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	46.00–56.00	$51.69	$608

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00
780–1255	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	450.00–975.00	$828.25
1135	1135	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
950–1365	1165	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	675.00–1,225.00	$924.74

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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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
680	680	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	810.00	$810.00	—
720	720	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,115.00	$1,115.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680	680	1	80.00	$80.00	$544	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710	710	1	67.00	$67.00	$476	—

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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.