I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, January 28, 2021

619 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $122.50/cwt ≈ $805/hd at 657 lb · 49 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $155.90/cwt +17.35 vs last sale · ≈ $828/hd at 531 lb · 32 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $179.29/cwt +20.12 vs last sale · ≈ $755/hd at 421 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	619	793	434
Feeder cattle	482	710	377
Slaughter cattle	79	51	42
Replacement cattle	58	32	15

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 13.00-16.00 higher with instances of up to 20.00 higher on some 400-500 lb weights, over 600 lbs sold 3.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 14.00 higher, 400-600 lb weights sold 1.00-6.00-higher, over 600 lbs sold steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	330	5	192.50–207.50	$199.87	$660	+12.85
355–390	371	7	170.00–195.00	$184.28	$684	+21.15
402–445	421	21	169.00–187.50	$179.29	$755	+22.72
450 value added	450	1	182.50	$182.50	$821	+17.59
450–495	473	18	162.50–180.00	$171.93	$813	+21.84
500–525 value added	513	3	165.00	$165.00	$846	+6.30
500–546	533	29	140.00–162.50	$154.96	$826	+21.24
550–555 value added	551	4	160.50–177.00	$164.65	$907	+10.65
560–595	574	9	133.00–147.00	$139.66	$802	+5.96
604–605	604	8	132.00–143.00	$133.38	$806	+6.04
660 value added	660	1	142.00	$142.00	$937	—
655–698	684	3	132.00–134.00	$132.64	$907	+7.24
720 value added	720	1	135.00	$135.00	$972	+2.48
720	720	1	122.00	$122.00	$878	+2.51
755–785	770	3	119.00–128.00	$122.96	$947	+3.96
810–845	826	4	110.00–125.00	$118.85	$982	—
935	935	2	111.00–117.00	$114.00	$1,066	+14.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–325	316	4	142.50–170.00	$156.98	$496	+9.32
360–390	379	8	130.00–152.50	$142.74	$541	+1.07
405–445	424	7	130.00–160.00	$148.21	$628	+19.17
450–495	476	7	130.00–147.50	$141.36	$673	+4.49
510–540	527	6	130.00–140.00	$134.33	$708	+10.21
638	638	2	130.00	$130.00	$829	+9.29
680–695	688	2	110.00–117.00	$113.46	$781	-4.05
745	745	1	114.00	$114.00	$849	—
880	880	1	103.00	$103.00	$906	—
1020	1020	1	80.00	$80.00	$816	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
581	581	7	127.00	$127.00	$738	—
627 value added	627	16	137.50	$137.50	$862	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–315	308	2	127.50–131.00	$129.29	$398	+4.29
380–390	385	3	84.00–127.50	$111.98	$431	-11.53
410–415	413	2	88.00–125.00	$106.61	$440	-7.86
465	465	3	115.00–129.00	$121.33	$564	+5.72
510–530	520	2	86.00–110.00	$98.23	$511	-15.78
620	620	1	110.00	$110.00	$682	-1.02

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	319	5	152.50–170.00	$160.33	$511	+17.30
355–390	374	11	140.00–157.50	$150.11	$561	+10.64
400–445	420	17	140.00–151.50	$144.49	$607	+6.45
450–495	470	8	131.00–141.00	$136.67	$642	+6.67
500–518 value added	514	5	135.00–136.00	$135.19	$695	+2.19
500–545	533	6	130.00–133.00	$132.49	$706	+19.49
563 value added	563	10	131.00	$131.00	$738	+1.00
565–585	576	6	120.00–130.00	$123.95	$714	+4.20
600–645	625	4	119.00–124.00	$120.77	$755	+0.02
680–690	687	3	116.00–123.00	$118.31	$813	-1.98
712–720	714	5	114.00–117.00	$114.61	$818	-0.08
705–746 value added	742	10	119.00–124.00	$119.48	$887	—
875	875	1	110.00	$110.00	$962	—
945	945	1	90.00	$90.00	$850	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
522 value added	522	14	133.00	$133.00	$694	—
657 value added	657	49	122.50	$122.50	$805	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	331	4	135.00–147.50	$141.48	$468	+7.55
390	390	1	125.00	$125.00	$488	-4.26
400–440	416	4	130.00–137.00	$133.73	$556	+7.67
450–490	466	5	124.00–131.00	$127.76	$595	+5.37
515–545	530	2	110.00	$110.00	$583	-3.55
655–675	665	2	110.00–115.00	$112.46	$748	+2.46
700–735	723	4	85.00–90.00	$88.79	$642	-9.73
755–795	770	3	90.00–104.00	$94.90	$731	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	122.00	$122.00	$409	—
355–375	363	3	112.50–127.00	$118.31	$429	+1.82
425–445	435	2	115.00	$115.00	$500	-2.00
575	575	1	80.00	$80.00	$460	-11.12
630–635	633	2	65.00–67.00	$66.00	$418	—
665	665	1	90.00	$90.00	$598	+17.50
755	755	1	84.00	$84.00	$634	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	136.00	$136.00	$734	+1.44
555–595	574	4	123.00–138.00	$127.63	$733	+1.76
610–642	631	3	123.00–125.00	$123.64	$780	+1.83
685	685	1	119.00	$119.00	$815	-0.04
795	795	1	98.00	$98.00	$779	-11.63
920	920	1	94.00	$94.00	$865	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	110.00	$110.00	$583	—
600	600	1	121.00	$121.00	$726	—
830	830	1	84.00	$84.00	$697	+3.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	1	96.00	$96.00	$658	—
725	725	1	93.00	$93.00	$674	+43.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720	720	80-85%	1	22.00	$22.00	$158	—
730–785	765	80-85%	3	40.00–44.00	$42.00	$321	—
750–825	788	80-85%	2	34.00–43.00	$38.71	$305	—
825	825	80-85%	1	55.00	$55.00	$454	+21.00
865	865	80-85%	1	29.00	$29.00	$251	—
855–1095	1006	80-85%	5	38.50–46.00	$43.17	$434	—
880–1190	1023	80-85%	3	48.00–50.00	$49.04	$502	—
955–1175	1121	80-85%	9	54.00–58.00	$55.32	$620	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1600	1265	75-80%	13	56.00–65.00	$59.16	$748	—
1225–1455	1340	75-80%	2	55.00–55.50	$55.27	$741	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–970	935	85-90%	2	53.00–54.00	$53.52	$500	—
975	975	85-90%	1	44.00	$44.00	$429	—
1020–1220	1092	85-90%	3	61.00–63.00	$62.25	$680	+5.25

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1400	1310	2	79.00	$79.00	$1,035	+8.00
1470–1730	1492	12	91.00–93.00	$91.19	$1,361	—
1415–2275	1659	4	83.00–87.00	$84.55	$1,403	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720–935	811	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	40.00–65.00	$55.02	$446
740–945	847	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	82.00–100.00	$92.00	$779

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705	705	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
825–1240	979	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	400.00–825.00	$613.27
880–1150	1028	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	550.00–875.00	$672.67
980–1175	1041	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	500.00–775.00	$673.35
925–1190	1087	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	600.00–1,200.00	$927.11

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	52.00	$52.00	$468
1385	1385	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	57.00	$57.00	$789

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–865	789	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	700.00–875.00	$812.28
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
960	960	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00

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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
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—
895–1090	1002	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	650.00–925.00	$834.03	—
1025	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
950–1200	1098	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	850.00–1,225.00	$1,031.98	—

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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.