I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, February 4, 2021

942 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $179.41/cwt +0.12 vs last sale · ≈ $773/hd at 431 lb · 69 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $152.92/cwt +5.57 vs last sale · ≈ $870/hd at 569 lb · 61 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $157.10/cwt +6.99 vs last sale · ≈ $593/hd at 378 lb · 39 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	942	619	556
Feeder cattle	829	482	508
Slaughter cattle	71	79	33
Replacement cattle	42	58	15

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 10.00-11.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold steady. Feeder heifers sold 3.00-10.00 higher with full advance on 400-500 lb weights. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher.

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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	200.00–230.00	$210.80	$698	+10.93
350–395	373	27	185.00–215.00	$193.80	$723	+9.52
400–446	431	69	170.00–200.00	$179.41	$773	+0.12
450–497	477	25	161.00–185.00	$172.02	$821	+0.09
500–548	528	16	150.00–173.00	$162.00	$855	+7.04
550–592	569	61	144.50–164.00	$152.92	$870	+13.26
605–645	621	8	130.00–138.00	$132.23	$821	-1.15
666 value added	666	5	134.00	$134.00	$892	-8.00
650–690	675	3	128.00–133.00	$130.65	$882	-1.99
720	720	1	131.00	$131.00	$943	+9.00
767 value added	767	18	130.00	$130.00	$997	—
755–785	768	3	127.00–127.50	$127.16	$977	+4.20
1065	1065	1	90.00	$90.00	$958	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–343	331	8	180.00–199.00	$186.01	$616	+29.03
350–395	378	14	150.00–180.00	$166.55	$630	+23.81
400–445	428	12	145.00–169.00	$156.58	$670	+8.37
450–495	477	20	142.50–167.50	$154.71	$738	+13.35
505–540	526	11	130.00–148.00	$139.85	$736	+5.52
550–595	567	13	126.00–142.50	$134.26	$761	—
610–635	624	4	127.00–134.00	$130.98	$817	+0.98
895	895	1	85.00	$85.00	$761	-18.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	325	4	135.00–152.50	$144.58	$470	+15.29
360–390	376	4	135.00–145.00	$142.41	$535	+30.43
455–485	470	4	103.00–139.00	$127.58	$600	+6.25
590	590	1	125.00	$125.00	$738	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	5	134.00	$134.00	$824	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	75.00	$75.00	$315	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	331	28	150.00–175.00	$161.91	$536	+1.58
365 value added	365	1	172.50	$172.50	$630	—
350–395	378	38	150.00–165.00	$156.69	$592	+6.58
400–445	416	30	145.00–165.00	$155.29	$646	+10.80
450–480	471	22	140.00–157.50	$145.37	$685	+8.70
510 value added	510	3	140.00	$140.00	$714	+4.81
500–548	527	31	125.00–137.00	$131.66	$694	-0.83
545	545	1	125.00	$125.00	$681	-7.49
550 fancy	550	1	150.00	$150.00	$825	—
550–595	566	28	124.00–134.00	$129.98	$736	+6.03
600–635	621	8	119.00–127.00	$122.50	$761	+1.73
625	625	1	118.00	$118.00	$738	-2.77
662–687	668	21	120.00–124.00	$123.02	$822	+4.71
798	798	2	106.00	$106.00	$846	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	312	5	137.50–149.00	$143.59	$448	+2.11
360–395	379	8	135.00–149.00	$139.30	$528	+14.30
400–440	420	15	128.00–147.50	$142.45	$598	+8.72
450–495	476	24	123.00–142.50	$134.40	$640	+6.64
520–545	536	4	119.00–120.00	$119.75	$642	+9.75
580–590	585	4	104.00–118.00	$113.00	$661	—
600–645	623	2	118.00–119.00	$118.52	$738	—
725	725	1	104.00	$104.00	$754	+15.21
790	790	1	88.00	$88.00	$695	-6.90

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437–439	438	10	145.00–147.50	$146.50	$642	—
479	479	6	137.00	$137.00	$656	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	130.00	$130.00	$410	+8.00
385	385	1	127.00	$127.00	$489	+8.69
400	400	1	115.00	$115.00	$460	±0.00
460–485	468	4	112.00–135.00	$121.70	$570	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–594	584	13	126.00–137.50	$131.99	$771	+4.36
625–645	635	3	123.00–126.00	$124.66	$792	+1.02
650–670	663	4	119.00–132.00	$123.23	$817	+4.23
820	820	1	101.00	$101.00	$828	—
870	870	1	103.00	$103.00	$896	—
1035	1035	1	91.00	$91.00	$942	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	112.00	$112.00	$722	—
820–825	823	2	80.00–81.00	$80.50	$663	-3.50
860	860	1	89.00	$89.00	$765	—
1005	1005	1	70.00	$70.00	$704	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	1	60.00	$60.00	$375	—
710	710	1	85.00	$85.00	$604	-8.00
795	795	1	80.00	$80.00	$636	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1085	1085	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—
1570	1570	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765–830	807	80-85%	3	31.00–42.00	$35.72	$288	-19.28
740–1040	884	80-85%	7	19.00–46.00	$36.89	$326	+7.89
885–935	910	80-85%	2	50.00–51.00	$50.49	$459	—
1095–1255	1161	80-85%	7	54.00–59.00	$56.33	$654	—
1165–1580	1265	80-85%	10	60.00–65.00	$63.07	$798	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1315	1186	75-80%	9	59.00–63.50	$61.48	$729	—
1200–1530	1317	75-80%	5	64.50–69.00	$65.81	$867	+10.54

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1035	938	85-90%	2	41.00–46.00	$43.76	$410	-9.76
910–1010	967	85-90%	3	50.00–55.00	$52.76	$510	+8.76
1115	1115	85-90%	1	56.00	$56.00	$624	—
1090–1290	1186	85-90%	4	63.00–67.00	$64.44	$764	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1675	1343	4	50.00–83.50	$66.93	$899	-12.07
1535–1760	1648	2	92.00–96.50	$94.10	$1,551	—
1475–2025	1855	4	87.50–90.00	$88.56	$1,643	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
685–980	829	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	68.00–101.00	$87.51	$725
750–1125	884	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	58.00–80.00	$67.18	$594

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795–920	862	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	975.00–1,025.00	$999.52
1010	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
925–1255	1107	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	500.00–725.00	$645.14
785–1235	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	775.00–1,000.00	$882.79
1005–1205	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	600.00–1,225.00	$884.12
935–1365	1198	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	500.00–900.00	$723.42

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	52.00	$52.00	$497
1265	1265	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	69.00	$69.00	$873

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	(<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
860	860	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	450.00	$450.00	—
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	+100.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	60.00	$60.00	$348	—

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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.