I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, April 22, 2021

1,088 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $127.86/cwt -2.30 vs last sale · ≈ $857/hd at 670 lb · 72 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $135.60/cwt +4.41 vs last sale · ≈ $778/hd at 574 lb · 49 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.65/cwt -8.39 vs last sale · ≈ $698/hd at 523 lb · 45 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,088	850	439
Feeder cattle	957	716	381
Slaughter cattle	63	76	46
Replacement cattle	68	58	12

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold up to 15.00 lower, over 400 lbs sold 4.00-10.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 4.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold 3.00-8.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady, 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	19	160.00–182.50	$173.88	$562	-19.02
354–360 thin fleshed	356	7	185.00–187.50	$185.65	$661	—
350–397	377	34	160.00–180.00	$168.68	$636	-13.60
405 value added	405	3	182.00	$182.00	$737	—
405–445	415	39	155.00–177.50	$169.17	$702	-1.96
455–495	466	18	154.00–172.50	$159.36	$743	-6.69
500	500	1	140.00	$140.00	$700	-19.61
504–520 value added	509	11	160.00–164.00	$161.80	$824	—
500–545	510	32	143.00–159.00	$153.82	$784	-5.79
550–590	575	29	144.00–151.00	$147.18	$846	-9.81
605 value added	605	1	148.00	$148.00	$895	—
600–643	632	23	131.00–146.00	$141.49	$894	-9.00
660–695	669	9	124.00–133.00	$131.17	$878	-11.66
709 value added	709	19	135.50	$135.50	$961	—
710–725	718	2	125.00–128.00	$126.48	$908	-5.48
755–770	763	2	116.00–126.00	$120.95	$923	-9.75
800	800	1	120.00	$120.00	$960	-7.72

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	335	4	150.00–152.50	$150.63	$505	-10.18
350–395	370	6	134.00–158.75	$147.12	$544	-2.88
400–448	433	14	143.00–154.00	$148.87	$645	+6.04
450–490	478	12	131.00–152.50	$142.81	$683	-2.19
510–545	527	6	137.00–141.00	$138.58	$730	-8.40
555 thin fleshed	555	1	144.00	$144.00	$799	—
560–572	571	12	129.00–133.00	$132.67	$758	-2.33
610–645	626	6	118.00–126.00	$123.51	$773	—
660–690	676	4	116.00–128.00	$121.68	$823	-4.32
715–743	733	5	115.00–119.00	$117.00	$858	—
770	770	1	115.00	$115.00	$886	—
1020	1020	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,020	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417 thin fleshed	417	5	177.00	$177.00	$738	—
422	422	4	155.00	$155.00	$654	—
480 value added	480	19	162.00	$162.00	$778	—
684	684	6	121.50	$121.50	$831	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–390	380	2	102.50–129.00	$116.10	$441	-19.90
425	425	1	113.00	$113.00	$480	-14.50
540	540	1	121.00	$121.00	$653	—
610–625	617	3	100.00–115.00	$108.36	$669	—
795	795	1	90.00	$90.00	$716	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	47.50	$47.50	$195	—
475	475	1	67.00	$67.00	$318	—

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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	317	31	145.00–162.50	$157.44	$499	+1.92
350–395	374	23	144.00–165.00	$157.18	$588	+4.83
400–440	414	26	140.00–150.00	$144.21	$597	-7.13
452–470	458	5	135.00–145.00	$139.45	$639	-6.88
502–548	522	44	124.00–137.00	$133.39	$696	-6.72
545 value added	545	1	145.00	$145.00	$790	-2.00
552–592	571	20	122.00–136.00	$131.56	$751	+0.37
568–581 value added	576	29	137.50–139.00	$138.39	$797	—
600–640	609	26	120.00–136.00	$127.97	$779	-5.72
668–672 value added	670	56	129.00–130.50	$129.59	$868	—
650–685	671	16	117.50–126.00	$121.82	$817	-8.34
720	720	1	108.00	$108.00	$778	-20.49
707–746	727	14	112.00–123.50	$118.03	$858	-10.46
731	731	5	115.50	$115.50	$844	-12.99
755–795	775	3	109.00–113.00	$110.64	$857	+3.64
812 value added	812	2	110.00	$110.00	$893	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	329	5	130.00–143.00	$138.85	$457	-2.49
370 thin fleshed	370	4	156.00	$156.00	$577	—
380–395	389	6	132.50–147.50	$139.58	$543	+0.90
400–445	422	26	129.00–138.00	$136.00	$574	-0.03
455–495	477	29	123.00–139.00	$133.87	$639	+0.18
500–540	520	2	110.00–117.00	$113.37	$590	-5.63
575	575	1	123.00	$123.00	$707	+6.20
618–630	622	6	110.00–117.50	$114.57	$713	+9.57
655–690	674	5	109.00–115.00	$111.81	$754	—
700–715	706	4	100.00–110.00	$105.97	$748	+0.95
775–795	782	5	88.00–106.00	$98.01	$766	-4.09
800	800	1	80.00	$80.00	$640	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
424 thin fleshed	424	6	147.50	$147.50	$625	—
447	447	7	135.00	$135.00	$603	-8.00
475–478	477	10	136.00–138.00	$137.00	$653	—
532	532	2	126.00	$126.00	$670	+4.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	102.50	$102.50	$395	-7.50
422–445	430	4	98.00–127.00	$108.26	$466	—
485–490	488	2	110.00–111.00	$110.50	$539	-12.00
500–545	523	2	88.00–112.00	$99.48	$520	-5.52
570–580	575	2	105.00–107.00	$106.01	$610	-3.99
605–635	620	3	88.00–90.00	$89.35	$554	-6.41
660–685	673	2	80.00–100.00	$90.19	$607	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–535	527	5	132.00–145.00	$138.87	$732	-5.82
555–585	578	8	130.00–143.00	$134.67	$778	-10.02
600–645	622	9	120.00–133.00	$126.54	$787	-9.35
655–675	665	4	119.00–127.00	$121.77	$810	-8.43
705–740	727	3	113.00–120.00	$117.29	$853	-3.20

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–510	508	2	117.00–128.00	$122.47	$622	-8.41
565	565	1	110.00	$110.00	$622	-22.00
665	665	1	114.00	$114.00	$758	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1045	1020	80-85%	3	51.00–55.00	$53.71	$548	-2.67
1045–1190	1122	80-85%	12	59.00–65.00	$63.29	$710	-4.34
1190	1190	80-85%	1	67.50	$67.50	$803	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785	785	85-90%	1	44.00	$44.00	$345	+9.16
795–820	808	85-90%	2	53.00–56.00	$54.48	$440	—
850	850	85-90%	1	46.00	$46.00	$391	+8.46
855–860	858	85-90%	2	50.00–54.00	$51.99	$446	+14.45

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080	1080	75-80%	1	67.00	$67.00	$724	—
1085–1155	1120	75-80%	2	58.00–64.00	$60.91	$682	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1365	1345	2	80.00–82.00	$81.01	$1,090	+5.78
1475–1640	1558	2	89.00–92.50	$90.84	$1,415	—
1610	1610	1	83.00	$83.00	$1,336	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
510–930	702	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	60.00–90.00	$79.91	$561
690–720	705	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	64.00–81.00	$72.68	$512
685–900	786	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	75.00–105.00	$86.25	$678

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1220	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,134.00
1045	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
980–1180	1080	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	630.00–775.00	$709.21
970–1255	1135	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	750.00–1,150.00	$929.30
925–1390	1139	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	635.00–1,100.00	$940.98

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1000–1310	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	55.50–71.00	$64.29	$743
1190	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	68.00	$68.00	$809
1000–1390	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	63.00–70.00	$65.93	$788

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705–910	808	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	735.00–1,000.00	$884.32
705–1075	848	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	800.00–1,175.00	$973.43
1205	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00

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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
650	650	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	625.00	$625.00	—
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—
800–1130	964	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,050.00–1,200.00	$1,122.89	—
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	+599.21
800–1200	1038	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	900.00–1,200.00	$1,023.64	+222.85
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
775	775	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—

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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.