I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, March 25, 2021

676 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $150.14/cwt -0.96 vs last sale · ≈ $652/hd at 434 lb · 45 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $167.52/cwt -14.59 vs last sale · ≈ $720/hd at 430 lb · 37 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $157.56/cwt +1.37 vs last sale · ≈ $594/hd at 377 lb · 36 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	676	749	751
Feeder cattle	590	535	532
Slaughter cattle	50	118	118
Replacement cattle	36	96	101

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 4.00-9.00 lower, over 600 lbs not well tested. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 2.00 lower, over 400 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder supply was mostly plain to average in quality. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher. 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
300–348	332	19	180.00–200.00	$192.45	$639	-7.77
350–395	373	27	177.50–195.00	$187.32	$699	+0.07
380	380	1	172.50	$172.50	$656	-14.75
405–445	430	37	160.00–180.00	$167.52	$720	-14.59
455–490	472	15	156.00–174.00	$163.98	$774	-3.49
480 value added	480	2	178.00	$178.00	$854	—
500–545	524	8	153.00–162.00	$157.66	$826	-9.79
550–560	552	9	153.00–155.00	$153.89	$849	+0.52
616	616	7	142.00	$142.00	$875	+2.00
705	705	2	128.00	$128.00	$902	-4.00
930	930	1	98.00	$98.00	$911	-24.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	329	5	155.00–172.50	$164.30	$541	+2.61
350–395	378	15	150.00–175.00	$165.19	$624	+3.97
400–410 thin fleshed	405	2	152.50–167.00	$159.84	$647	—
405–445	436	13	132.50–159.00	$154.10	$672	-2.23
460–495	480	14	132.50–155.00	$146.45	$703	-10.48
515	515	1	140.00	$140.00	$721	-3.98
554–585	564	8	120.00–148.00	$140.36	$792	+2.58
630	630	1	137.00	$137.00	$863	+9.03
720	720	1	124.00	$124.00	$893	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	368	3	91.00–145.00	$124.97	$460	+45.97
420–430	427	3	85.00–132.50	$113.39	$484	-13.15
475–485	480	2	111.00–125.00	$117.93	$566	+1.70
565–585	575	2	115.00–117.00	$116.02	$667	+26.21
625	625	1	115.00	$115.00	$719	-1.00
695	695	1	107.00	$107.00	$744	—
720–745	733	2	96.00	$96.00	$704	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315 value added	315	2	170.00	$170.00	$536	—
305–345	327	19	145.00–164.00	$154.43	$505	-5.55
351–395	377	36	142.50–165.00	$157.56	$594	+1.37
400–445	434	45	142.50–157.50	$150.14	$652	-0.96
450–495	468	23	141.00–156.00	$147.76	$692	+3.04
500–535	516	21	136.00–149.00	$140.70	$726	+3.26
570–590	584	6	125.00–135.00	$130.67	$763	+3.36
605–645	628	9	120.00–136.00	$127.75	$802	-0.52
655–660	658	2	129.00–130.00	$129.50	$852	+0.50
705–735	720	2	117.00–122.00	$119.55	$861	—
785–795	788	4	110.00–120.00	$116.23	$916	—
810–815	813	2	105.00–119.00	$112.02	$911	—
915	915	1	90.00	$90.00	$824	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	323	3	130.00–142.50	$136.40	$441	-1.19
355–390	372	8	129.00–146.00	$138.38	$515	-7.99
400–445	425	15	121.00–148.00	$135.25	$575	+5.95
450–490	471	13	120.00–140.00	$131.49	$619	+5.98
508–535	519	10	110.00–128.00	$120.98	$628	+0.98
560–595	573	3	105.00–117.00	$110.57	$634	+5.57
600–645	628	4	100.00–112.00	$105.40	$662	—
650–690	666	6	110.00–121.00	$113.23	$754	+6.23

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–385	380	2	60.00–95.00	$77.27	$294	-26.73
400–440	424	5	60.00–87.00	$76.29	$323	—
490	490	1	66.00	$66.00	$323	-38.12
525	525	1	84.00	$84.00	$441	—
555–595	578	3	90.00–100.00	$96.63	$559	—
645	645	1	74.00	$74.00	$477	—
685	685	1	102.00	$102.00	$699	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	145.00	$145.00	$566	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	62.50	$62.50	$300	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–545	529	5	134.00–146.00	$139.05	$736	+3.55
558–580	566	9	123.00–140.00	$132.27	$749	+0.26
610 thin fleshed	610	1	144.00	$144.00	$878	—
600–620	612	3	131.00–134.00	$132.01	$808	-0.02
650–670	657	3	118.00–131.00	$125.26	$823	+5.26
720–730	725	2	116.00–119.00	$117.51	$852	—
755–780	768	2	110.00	$110.00	$845	—
820	820	1	110.00	$110.00	$902	—

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	—
695	695	1	105.00	$105.00	$730	—
795	795	1	97.00	$97.00	$771	—
935	935	1	80.00	$80.00	$748	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–845	832	80-85%	3	38.00–41.00	$39.31	$327	+2.31
875–1080	973	80-85%	6	51.00–56.00	$53.74	$523	+1.23
1050–1075	1058	80-85%	3	58.00–62.00	$59.35	$628	+2.16
1145	1145	80-85%	2	48.00	$48.00	$550	—
1030–1245	1161	80-85%	8	63.00–68.00	$65.78	$764	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925	925	85-90%	1	40.00	$40.00	$370	—
910–1095	1003	85-90%	2	47.00–48.00	$47.45	$476	—
1005–1210	1084	85-90%	5	63.00–70.00	$67.67	$734	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1130	1098	75-80%	2	65.00–65.50	$65.26	$717	—
1155–1640	1434	75-80%	4	68.00–72.50	$69.80	$1,001	+8.80
1235–1705	1470	75-80%	2	49.00–59.00	$54.80	$806	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1465–1730	1553	3	70.00–76.00	$73.77	$1,146	—
1825	1825	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,642	+1.34
1870–2160	2046	4	82.00–87.00	$84.49	$1,729	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670–770	716	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	76.00–90.00	$85.03	$609
830–1225	934	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	55.00–79.00	$67.31	$629
760–1195	978	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	71.00–74.00	$72.17	$706

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
415–445	430	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	41.00	$41.00	$176

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
820–1445	1107	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	725.00–975.00	$841.75
915–1330	1115	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	590.00–880.00	$741.48
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	815.00	$815.00
1225–1255	1240	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,025.00	$1,025.00
1065–1685	1313	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	800.00–1,100.00	$946.42

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
545	545	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	375.00	$375.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760	760	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
745–825	797	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	750.00–900.00	$853.24

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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
785	785	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	580.00	$580.00	—
975	975	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	-37.54
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	+174.26

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	1	69.00	$69.00	$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.