I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, April 15, 2021

850 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $166.05/cwt -2.91 vs last sale · ≈ $780/hd at 470 lb · 40 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $136.03/cwt -3.01 vs last sale · ≈ $578/hd at 425 lb · 33 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $171.13/cwt -8.54 vs last sale · ≈ $726/hd at 424 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	850	935	464
Feeder cattle	716	723	441
Slaughter cattle	76	94	13
Replacement cattle	58	118	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 1.00-5.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 3.00-8.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 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
300–345	325	20	175.00–210.00	$192.90	$627	+1.77
350–395	371	27	170.00–192.50	$182.28	$676	-8.32
400–445	424	33	162.00–180.00	$171.13	$726	-8.54
450–498	470	40	157.50–177.50	$166.05	$780	-2.91
500–545	515	31	151.00–170.00	$159.61	$822	-1.37
550–590	559	27	146.00–165.00	$156.99	$878	-0.12
600–625	613	32	147.50–154.00	$150.49	$923	+5.48
650–695	664	8	133.00–149.00	$142.83	$948	+4.83
720–740	730	2	129.00–135.00	$131.96	$963	—
750–795	764	5	124.00–137.00	$130.70	$999	—
805–845	825	4	124.00–132.00	$127.72	$1,054	—
860	860	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,101	—
960	960	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,114	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	322	7	140.00–170.00	$160.81	$518	-7.65
355–380	368	6	140.00–162.50	$150.00	$552	-20.69
405–440	415	7	135.00–155.00	$142.83	$593	-14.68
460–490	479	7	129.00–157.00	$145.00	$695	+3.00
510–535	520	3	145.00–150.00	$146.98	$764	+6.11
590	590	1	135.00	$135.00	$796	-5.78
655	655	1	126.00	$126.00	$825	—
955	955	2	96.00–101.00	$98.50	$941	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377	377	3	136.00	$136.00	$513	+3.50
425	425	1	127.50	$127.50	$542	—
820	820	1	88.00	$88.00	$722	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	87.50	$87.50	$284	—
570	570	1	70.00	$70.00	$399	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	330	19	142.50–167.50	$155.52	$513	-7.31
355–395	377	20	145.00–169.00	$152.35	$574	-9.50
395 fancy	395	1	175.00	$175.00	$691	—
400–445	419	25	144.00–161.00	$151.34	$634	-2.27
450–495	470	28	140.00–155.00	$146.33	$688	-3.39
513–520 value added	515	4	147.00	$147.00	$757	±0.00
500–540	524	18	130.00–146.00	$140.11	$734	+2.94
525 thin fleshed	525	3	147.00	$147.00	$772	—
550–590	572	15	120.00–139.00	$131.19	$750	-3.30
600–640	622	24	120.00–137.00	$133.69	$832	+3.41
650–687	681	13	120.00–131.50	$130.16	$886	+17.16
730–735	733	2	126.00–131.00	$128.49	$942	-1.00
750	750	1	107.00	$107.00	$802	-20.00
800	800	1	109.00	$109.00	$872	-7.30

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	322	7	132.50–147.50	$141.34	$455	-0.45
350–395	363	11	130.00–149.00	$138.68	$503	-11.05
400–448	425	33	130.00–143.00	$136.03	$578	-3.01
450–495	468	11	120.00–140.00	$133.69	$626	+0.94
500–525	508	4	115.00–125.00	$119.00	$605	-7.71
560–590	578	5	115.00–119.00	$116.80	$675	-2.89
605–645	625	2	105.00	$105.00	$656	-10.88
715–720	718	2	100.00–110.00	$105.02	$754	—
760–785	770	3	90.00–111.00	$102.10	$786	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	4	143.00	$143.00	$641	-2.50
545	545	4	122.00	$122.00	$665	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	110.00	$110.00	$429	—
485	485	1	122.50	$122.50	$594	-1.50
510	510	1	105.00	$105.00	$536	—
560	560	1	110.00	$110.00	$616	+16.09
600–630	619	4	90.00–100.00	$95.76	$593	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	55.00	$55.00	$267	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525–540	531	5	140.00–152.50	$144.69	$768	-2.04
550–590	567	20	135.00–155.00	$144.69	$820	-1.02
600–645	611	13	132.00–139.00	$135.89	$830	-1.21
670–680	675	5	127.00–134.00	$130.20	$879	-1.55
730–745	740	4	119.00–123.00	$120.49	$892	-3.41
790	790	1	110.00	$110.00	$869	—
920	920	2	106.00	$106.00	$975	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530–545	540	3	126.00–134.00	$130.88	$707	—
590–595	593	2	131.00–133.00	$132.00	$783	+11.79
600	600	1	110.00	$110.00	$660	—
900	900	1	80.00	$80.00	$720	—
970	970	2	80.00	$80.00	$776	—
1025	1025	1	80.00	$80.00	$820	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	113.00	$113.00	$599	—
555	555	1	80.00	$80.00	$444	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	80-85%	1	34.00	$34.00	$248	—
810	810	80-85%	1	40.00	$40.00	$324	—
820	820	80-85%	1	45.00	$45.00	$369	—
945	945	80-85%	1	37.00	$37.00	$350	—
915–1205	1035	80-85%	7	53.00–59.00	$56.38	$584	-2.62
855–1295	1085	80-85%	15	60.00–65.00	$63.72	$691	—
1100–1105	1101	80-85%	4	67.00–69.50	$67.63	$745	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740	740	85-90%	1	41.00	$41.00	$303	—
700–815	758	85-90%	2	30.00–39.00	$34.84	$264	-32.16
875–880	878	85-90%	2	25.00–50.00	$37.54	$330	—
855–1040	961	85-90%	5	52.00–57.00	$54.10	$520	—
1170	1170	85-90%	1	67.00	$67.00	$784	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1270	1179	75-80%	4	66.00–69.00	$67.24	$793	—
1170–1405	1261	75-80%	5	64.50–65.00	$64.61	$815	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1515	1336	7	65.00–82.00	$75.23	$1,005	-4.77
1255–1885	1699	7	84.00–89.00	$87.42	$1,485	—
1810–1870	1840	2	91.00–92.00	$91.51	$1,684	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
675–960	862	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	70.00–92.00	$82.86	$714
940–1205	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	83.00–88.00	$84.98	$918

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
870	870	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
740–1125	982	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	900.00–1,175.00	$1,041.72
1015–1050	1033	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	650.00–700.00	$675.42
985–1180	1083	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	675.00–700.00	$688.63
845–1405	1101	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	675.00–1,125.00	$881.23

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	69.00	$69.00	$638
975	975	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	61.00	$61.00	$595
875–1345	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	52.00–64.00	$59.51	$640
1025–1140	1083	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	57.00–70.00	$63.85	$691
905–1265	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	61.00–73.00	$68.00	$738
1195	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	67.00	$67.00	$801

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685	685	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00
780	780	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	445.00	$445.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–845	783	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	725.00–975.00	$873.35
1130	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00

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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
940–1105	1027	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	600.00–1,000.00	$800.79	-511.92
995–1245	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	965.00–1,000.00	$984.45	-430.38

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	340.00	$340.00	—

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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.