I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, April 1, 2021

637 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $183.13/cwt -3.66 vs last sale · ≈ $681/hd at 372 lb · 40 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $172.03/cwt +4.51 vs last sale · ≈ $731/hd at 425 lb · 37 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $155.69/cwt +5.55 vs last sale · ≈ $671/hd at 431 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	637	676	620
Feeder cattle	540	590	522
Slaughter cattle	58	50	74
Replacement cattle	39	36	24

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 1.00-5.00 higher, over 600 lbs, not well tested. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-8.00 higher, with full advance on 300-400 lb weights. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	317	17	182.50–215.00	$197.36	$626	+4.91
350–399	372	40	172.50–190.00	$183.13	$681	-4.19
400–445	423	32	162.00–178.00	$170.64	$722	+3.12
415–447 value added	437	5	180.00–183.00	$180.96	$791	—
452–495	471	22	154.00–174.00	$166.16	$783	+2.18
500–547	529	10	151.00–169.00	$161.70	$855	+4.04
550	550	2	151.00–167.50	$159.25	$876	+5.36
600 value added	600	1	154.00	$154.00	$924	—
600–610	607	3	134.00–145.00	$137.69	$836	-4.31
650–695	666	4	132.00–139.00	$135.70	$904	—
715	715	1	120.00	$120.00	$858	-8.00
735	735	1	124.00	$124.00	$911	-4.00
880	880	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,047	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	318	8	150.00–175.00	$165.78	$527	+1.48
350–370	359	6	150.00–177.50	$162.13	$582	-3.06
405–440	419	9	135.00–160.00	$145.14	$608	-8.96
450–495	474	18	130.00–162.50	$145.12	$688	-1.33
505–535	524	6	128.00–144.00	$132.71	$695	-7.29
550–575	562	3	142.00–149.00	$145.63	$818	+5.27
610–645	632	3	131.00–142.00	$136.32	$862	-0.68

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	50.00	$50.00	$165	—
380–395	388	2	50.00–79.00	$64.78	$251	—
475–495	485	2	42.00–43.00	$42.49	$206	—
500	500	1	44.00	$44.00	$220	—
659	659	5	43.00	$43.00	$283	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	2	175.00	$175.00	$696	—
449	449	6	157.50	$157.50	$707	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	328	3	125.00–135.00	$130.18	$427	—
350–395	375	3	100.00–145.00	$126.44	$474	+1.47
410	410	1	135.00	$135.00	$554	+21.61
450	450	1	108.00	$108.00	$486	-9.93

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	326	19	160.00–177.50	$164.89	$538	+10.46
350–398	367	20	152.00–177.50	$162.95	$598	+5.39
400–445	431	27	150.00–165.00	$155.69	$671	+5.55
450–495	469	12	140.00–157.00	$148.33	$696	+0.57
490	490	1	138.00	$138.00	$676	-9.76
520 value added	520	3	153.00	$153.00	$796	—
505–547	533	18	130.00–144.00	$139.94	$746	-0.76
555–579	569	10	129.00–139.00	$136.01	$774	+5.34
600	600	3	142.00	$142.00	$852	+14.25
600–622 value added	618	5	137.50–142.00	$138.37	$855	—
615–635	628	3	124.00–134.00	$130.74	$821	+2.99
657–660 value added	658	4	134.00–137.00	$134.75	$887	—
705–730	718	2	107.00–110.00	$108.53	$779	-11.02
745 value added	745	1	119.00	$119.00	$887	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	333	6	130.00–145.00	$139.57	$465	+3.17
375 thin fleshed	375	1	152.50	$152.50	$572	—
350–395	376	7	140.00–155.00	$146.86	$552	+8.48
400–445	425	3	131.00–147.00	$138.44	$588	+3.19
450–495	475	8	130.00–142.00	$135.51	$644	+4.02
520–525	522	3	117.00–129.00	$122.02	$637	+1.04
550	550	1	114.00	$114.00	$627	+3.43
830	830	1	95.00	$95.00	$788	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–320	312	3	113.00–132.50	$124.65	$389	—
350–380	365	2	110.00–130.00	$120.41	$439	+43.14
425	425	1	100.00	$100.00	$425	+23.71
460–462	461	3	111.00–124.00	$115.32	$532	+49.32
525	525	1	115.00	$115.00	$604	+31.00
570–580	573	3	80.00–102.50	$92.10	$528	-4.53
650	650	1	80.00	$80.00	$520	-22.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362	362	2	155.00	$155.00	$561	+10.00
540	540	3	128.00	$128.00	$691	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	55.00	$55.00	$182	—
375–390	383	2	55.00–65.00	$59.90	$229	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520–545	535	6	134.00–155.00	$145.33	$778	+6.28
555–595	574	12	130.00–154.00	$141.87	$814	+9.60
630–635	633	2	127.00–130.00	$128.49	$813	-3.52
665 fancy	665	1	141.00	$141.00	$938	—
675–680	678	2	124.00–128.00	$125.99	$854	+0.73
770	770	1	126.00	$126.00	$970	+16.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	134.00	$134.00	$704	+24.00
565	565	1	122.00	$122.00	$689	—
660–685	672	3	110.00–117.00	$113.04	$760	+8.04
710	710	1	106.00	$106.00	$753	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1095	1095	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1490	1490	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1880	1880	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	93.00	$93.00	$1,748	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	99.00	$99.00	$549	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–750	728	80-85%	2	36.00–38.00	$36.97	$269	—
765	765	80-85%	2	42.00	$42.00	$321	—
800	800	80-85%	1	55.00	$55.00	$440	+15.69
880–1000	929	80-85%	6	53.00–57.00	$54.60	$507	—
880–1145	998	80-85%	5	46.00–52.00	$48.78	$487	-4.96
920–1090	1019	80-85%	7	60.00–64.00	$61.99	$632	—
1180–1230	1200	80-85%	3	67.00	$67.00	$804	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175	1175	75-80%	1	63.00	$63.00	$740	—
1025–1605	1268	75-80%	6	66.00–72.00	$67.58	$857	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790	790	85-90%	1	46.00	$46.00	$363	—
870	870	85-90%	1	49.00	$49.00	$426	—
1015	1015	85-90%	1	57.00	$57.00	$579	+9.55
1110	1110	85-90%	1	62.00	$62.00	$688	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1830	1399	12	68.00–86.50	$79.50	$1,112	—
1620–1675	1648	3	95.00–99.00	$96.33	$1,588	—
1715–1825	1788	3	88.00–93.00	$90.34	$1,615	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–945	810	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	64.00–89.00	$75.79	$614
635–915	818	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	55.00–70.00	$64.71	$529
790–1235	973	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	46.00–73.00	$61.89	$602

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–935	930	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	650.00–800.00	$724.60
945	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
970	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
920–1175	1053	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	700.00–800.00	$745.34
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	780.00	$780.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	72.00	$72.00	$864
1390	1390	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	72.50	$72.50	$1,008

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710	710	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
605–770	688	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	600.00–800.00	$712.00

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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
620–1085	913	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	500.00–950.00	$818.48	—
780–1110	931	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	500.00–815.00	$647.48	—
1140	1140	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
730	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	480.00	$480.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	65.00	$65.00	$309	—

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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.