I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, March 18, 2021

749 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $182.11/cwt +8.09 vs last sale · ≈ $763/hd at 419 lb · 48 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $156.19/cwt +3.82 vs last sale · ≈ $583/hd at 373 lb · 42 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $151.10/cwt +3.86 vs last sale · ≈ $648/hd at 429 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	749	798	210
Feeder cattle	535	700	106
Slaughter cattle	118	73	51
Replacement cattle	96	25	53

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 6.00-12.00 higher, over 600 lbs not well tested. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher, over 700 lbs not well tested. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	323	22	180.00–215.00	$200.22	$647	+14.61
350–385	370	30	170.00–195.00	$187.25	$693	+8.28
400–445	419	48	170.00–190.00	$182.11	$763	+8.09
455–495	477	28	160.50–181.00	$167.47	$799	+4.50
500–545	513	29	150.00–173.00	$167.45	$859	+9.85
550–572	566	5	151.00–158.00	$153.37	$868	+12.17
605	605	1	140.00	$140.00	$847	+3.40
740	740	1	132.00	$132.00	$977	+3.40
910	910	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,110	+2.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	316	7	150.00–177.50	$161.69	$511	+8.48
350–395	371	9	142.50–177.50	$161.22	$598	+3.34
400–445	428	7	140.00–170.00	$156.33	$669	+11.96
455–495	473	15	143.00–168.00	$156.93	$742	+20.13
535–540	537	3	138.00–151.00	$143.98	$773	+1.96
555–570	562	3	131.00–142.50	$137.78	$774	—
620–637	630	6	125.00–133.00	$127.97	$806	—
665	665	1	129.00	$129.00	$858	+9.00
1085	1085	1	98.00	$98.00	$1,063	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–446	430	14	161.00–169.00	$164.16	$706	—
468–487	481	13	160.00–168.00	$162.39	$781	—
732	732	5	120.50	$120.50	$882	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	80.00	$80.00	$248	-59.11
355	355	1	79.00	$79.00	$280	-42.74
410–445	428	4	120.00–137.50	$126.54	$542	-1.46
480–495	488	2	115.00–117.50	$116.23	$567	-16.27
555–575	562	3	70.00–112.00	$89.81	$505	—
645	645	1	116.00	$116.00	$748	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	329	10	147.00–175.00	$159.98	$526	-5.16
350–398	373	42	144.00–175.00	$156.19	$583	+3.82
400–449	429	42	142.00–167.00	$151.10	$648	+3.86
450–495	475	17	140.00–152.50	$144.72	$687	+3.91
500–545	524	16	122.00–149.00	$137.44	$720	+7.95
570 value added	570	1	141.00	$141.00	$804	—
560–590	574	6	120.00–135.00	$127.31	$731	-5.17
605–625	613	3	123.00–135.00	$128.27	$786	+1.25
665–680 value added	673	2	130.00–132.50	$131.24	$883	—
675	675	1	129.00	$129.00	$871	+6.67
890	890	1	105.00	$105.00	$934	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–320	315	3	131.00–145.00	$137.59	$433	-4.76
380–395	388	2	140.00–152.50	$146.37	$568	+15.74
400–445	429	4	123.00–137.00	$129.30	$555	+3.20
465–495	480	5	120.00–133.00	$125.51	$602	-2.95
500	500	1	120.00	$120.00	$600	+4.83
580	580	1	105.00	$105.00	$609	—
650	650	1	107.00	$107.00	$696	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	110.00	$110.00	$374	-5.00
365	365	1	104.00	$104.00	$380	-6.00
455–475	465	2	87.00–122.00	$104.12	$484	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525–545	538	8	125.00–149.00	$135.50	$729	-0.26
585–595	592	3	129.00–136.00	$132.01	$781	+2.45
600–625	613	3	129.00–134.00	$132.03	$809	+3.88
690	690	1	120.00	$120.00	$828	-2.29

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075–1145	1109	(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	2,500.00–2,900.00	$2,624.69	—
1600	1600	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815	815	80-85%	3	37.00	$37.00	$302	—
860–1050	929	80-85%	8	44.00–47.50	$46.14	$429	—
860–1100	970	80-85%	16	50.00–54.50	$52.51	$509	+12.40
1000–1205	1074	80-85%	7	56.00–59.00	$57.19	$614	+11.23
1065–1160	1098	80-85%	12	61.00–67.00	$63.11	$693	+17.15

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795	795	85-90%	1	25.00	$25.00	$199	-8.00
765–925	848	85-90%	3	31.00–48.00	$41.21	$349	—
895	895	85-90%	3	50.00–53.00	$51.00	$456	—
915–985	964	85-90%	5	55.00–60.00	$57.62	$555	—
1140	1140	85-90%	1	62.00	$62.00	$707	+5.00

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1250	1168	75-80%	6	64.00–67.00	$64.78	$757	—
1220–1640	1430	75-80%	2	61.00	$61.00	$872	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1310	1237	3	67.00–71.00	$68.41	$846	—
1515–2065	1693	5	82.00–86.00	$84.64	$1,433	—
1605–2045	1825	2	88.00–89.50	$88.66	$1,618	+1.82

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–1055	925	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	69.00–88.00	$77.16	$714

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
895–1170	976	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	590.00–700.00	$626.52
700–1435	1106	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	750.00–1,300.00	$1,001.92
930–1270	1134	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	650.00–825.00	$762.42
1115–1360	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	625.00–950.00	$809.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790	790	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	49.00	$49.00	$387
875	875	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	68.00	$68.00	$595
950	950	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	54.00	$54.00	$513

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

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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
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	+515.00
850–1130	981	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	625.00–725.00	$687.54	+2.54
840–1310	1117	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	550.00–1,100.00	$875.74	+203.67
965–1415	1201	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,000.00–1,600.00	$1,284.58	—
1055–1370	1213	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	950.00–1,275.00	$1,133.61	—
1330	1330	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—

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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.