I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, March 11, 2021

798 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $147.24/cwt -0.45 vs last sale · ≈ $615/hd at 418 lb · 48 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $178.97/cwt -4.70 vs last sale · ≈ $668/hd at 373 lb · 46 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $174.02/cwt +4.55 vs last sale · ≈ $745/hd at 428 lb · 40 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	798	1,077	893
Feeder cattle	700	955	810
Slaughter cattle	73	74	56
Replacement cattle	25	48	27

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 9.00 lower, over 400 lbs sold steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 4.00 higher, 400-500 lb weights sold 1.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
294	294	5	202.50	$202.50	$595	—
300–348	326	30	170.00–197.50	$185.61	$605	-14.39
350–395	373	46	170.00–191.00	$178.97	$668	-4.70
400–445	428	40	160.00–184.00	$174.02	$745	+7.44
450–495	467	31	152.50–175.00	$162.97	$761	-1.30
500–545	515	26	148.00–170.00	$157.60	$812	+2.63
560 value added	560	1	153.00	$153.00	$857	—
562–585	568	7	131.00–147.00	$141.20	$802	-5.27
610–619	618	8	135.00–148.00	$136.60	$844	+0.57
650–695	665	3	130.00–135.00	$131.74	$876	+1.74
730–735	732	5	124.00–130.00	$128.60	$941	-2.45
915	915	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,098	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	338	4	145.00–160.00	$153.21	$518	-6.68
350–395	380	19	140.00–169.00	$157.88	$600	+0.63
400–445	425	11	131.00–158.00	$144.37	$614	-1.66
455–495	468	9	120.00–150.00	$136.80	$640	-5.84
500–520	514	5	135.00–147.00	$142.02	$730	+4.33
598	598	3	119.00	$119.00	$712	-17.86
670	670	1	120.00	$120.00	$804	-7.41

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	328	3	135.00–145.00	$139.11	$456	+1.11
350–395	376	6	105.00–131.00	$121.74	$458	-9.26
435	435	1	128.00	$128.00	$557	+10.19
465	465	1	132.50	$132.50	$616	+22.81
525	525	1	129.00	$129.00	$677	—
680	680	1	102.00	$102.00	$694	-17.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	3	76.00	$76.00	$334	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–288	286	4	157.50–162.50	$161.28	$461	—
300–348	325	35	150.00–174.00	$165.14	$537	+8.74
350–396	379	11	140.00–163.00	$152.37	$577	-0.67
400–448	418	48	140.00–157.50	$147.24	$615	-0.45
450–495	476	24	135.00–146.00	$140.81	$670	-0.61
502–540	519	8	123.00–133.00	$129.49	$672	-0.16
550–585	563	28	122.00–138.00	$132.48	$746	+2.71
600–647	630	19	120.00–130.00	$127.02	$800	+1.20
649 value added	649	18	133.00	$133.00	$863	—
660–685	668	3	121.00–124.00	$122.33	$817	+2.66
700–720	711	4	109.00–127.00	$117.47	$835	+1.47
716–728 value added	718	16	121.00–127.50	$126.26	$907	-1.35
790	790	3	118.00	$118.00	$932	+15.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	324	5	130.00–150.00	$142.35	$461	—
350–398	383	13	120.00–145.00	$130.63	$500	-5.32
405–440	424	16	120.00–139.00	$126.10	$535	-1.97
450–495	471	19	120.00–138.00	$128.46	$605	+1.61
510–545	528	2	110.00–120.00	$115.17	$608	+5.17
575 thin fleshed	575	1	121.00	$121.00	$696	—
605–645	630	3	106.00–118.00	$113.82	$717	+3.82
695	695	1	115.00	$115.00	$799	—
705	705	1	109.00	$109.00	$768	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
486	486	5	133.50	$133.50	$649	—
558	558	3	120.00	$120.00	$670	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	115.00	$115.00	$368	+1.01
365	365	1	110.00	$110.00	$402	-17.00
420–445	435	3	80.00–111.00	$97.31	$423	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	95.00	$95.00	$314	—
370	370	1	92.00	$92.00	$340	—
610	610	1	70.00	$70.00	$427	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520–540	534	4	126.00–145.00	$135.76	$725	-3.88
555–595	571	7	122.50–137.00	$129.56	$740	-1.79
605–640	615	5	124.00–134.00	$128.15	$788	-0.65
650–690	663	3	118.00–129.00	$122.29	$811	-2.69
710–730	723	3	100.00–128.00	$116.23	$840	-1.77
765	765	1	112.00	$112.00	$857	-9.00
805–810	808	3	113.00–118.00	$115.66	$935	—
910	910	1	90.00	$90.00	$819	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	117.50	$117.50	$640	-6.50
580	580	1	115.00	$115.00	$667	—
610	610	1	110.00	$110.00	$671	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	80-85%	1	39.00	$39.00	$296	—
870–1175	965	80-85%	6	37.50–43.00	$40.11	$387	—
915–1330	1086	80-85%	4	42.50–49.50	$45.96	$499	—
915–1365	1176	80-85%	5	51.50–55.50	$54.17	$637	—
1125–1360	1184	80-85%	4	57.00–58.00	$57.29	$678	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765–770	768	85-90%	2	32.00–34.00	$33.00	$253	—
905–960	933	85-90%	3	19.00–38.00	$31.01	$289	—
905–1170	1051	85-90%	7	51.00–56.50	$53.96	$567	—
1110	1110	85-90%	1	57.00	$57.00	$633	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1380	1217	75-80%	3	56.00–56.50	$56.19	$684	—
1360	1360	75-80%	1	49.00	$49.00	$666	-9.08
1125–1850	1488	75-80%	2	53.50–54.50	$54.12	$805	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–2100	1311	9	45.00–78.00	$58.78	$771	—
1680–1860	1788	3	88.00–90.00	$88.63	$1,585	—
1615–2080	1848	2	86.00–87.50	$86.84	$1,605	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–1005	968	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00–650.00	$624.03
930–1185	1063	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	700.00–925.00	$765.78

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
995–1235	1083	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	50.00–55.00	$52.05	$564
1125	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	58.50	$58.50	$658
1145	1145	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	61.50	$61.50	$704

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
510–535	523	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	350.00	$350.00
700	700	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	335.00	$335.00
710	710	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	420.00	$420.00

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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
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—
960	960	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	685.00	$685.00	—
865–1355	1110	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	550.00–750.00	$672.07	—
1505	1505	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,145.00	$1,145.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
650	650	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	350.00	$350.00	—

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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.