I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, May 6, 2021

738 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.37/cwt -1.24 vs last sale · ≈ $673/hd at 520 lb · 41 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $139.66/cwt -6.51 vs last sale · ≈ $592/hd at 424 lb · 31 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $122.87/cwt -2.77 vs last sale · ≈ $828/hd at 674 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	738	457	849
Feeder cattle	589	337	706
Slaughter cattle	79	52	69
Replacement cattle	70	68	74

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 6.00-10.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 4.00-10.00 lower. Higher feed costs and lower Futures market continue to impact current markets. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	319	7	157.50–182.50	$163.19	$521	-12.25
350–395	377	13	160.00–175.00	$166.13	$626	-5.45
410	410	1	130.00	$130.00	$533	-35.52
400–440	422	13	145.00–167.00	$153.95	$650	-11.57
450–495	473	25	140.00–161.00	$146.26	$692	-8.23
505–530	515	5	131.00–145.00	$138.80	$715	-10.88
515	515	1	132.00	$132.00	$680	-17.68
524 value added	524	12	155.00	$155.00	$812	-5.00
553–590	567	16	131.00–148.50	$141.14	$800	-8.24
607 value added	607	3	149.00	$149.00	$904	—
605–640	628	6	132.00–139.00	$137.35	$863	-6.40
655–670	663	8	133.50–138.00	$134.38	$891	—
670	670	1	116.00	$116.00	$777	—
735–745	740	4	120.00–130.00	$124.99	$925	-7.01
800	800	1	120.00	$120.00	$960	—
855	855	1	116.00	$116.00	$992	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	321	10	130.00–156.00	$146.59	$471	-13.41
350–395	375	18	130.00–156.00	$148.52	$557	-6.88
400–445	427	16	134.00–147.50	$139.26	$595	—
468–495	482	14	128.00–141.00	$132.72	$640	-16.28
515–542	527	5	120.00–131.00	$124.13	$654	-8.85
565	565	1	136.00	$136.00	$768	—
600	600	1	126.00	$126.00	$756	—
675–685	678	3	115.00–122.00	$117.99	$800	—
710	710	1	110.00	$110.00	$781	—
770	770	1	111.00	$111.00	$855	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–380	378	2	125.00–130.00	$127.48	$482	-6.48
532	532	3	102.00	$102.00	$543	—
690	690	1	100.00	$100.00	$690	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
811 value added	811	5	117.00	$117.00	$949	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	316	13	140.00–155.00	$146.95	$464	-5.45
355–395	374	15	141.00–157.50	$147.19	$550	-7.65
400–448	424	31	132.00–149.00	$139.66	$592	-6.51
460	460	1	115.00	$115.00	$529	-20.51
450–492	473	10	126.00–138.00	$133.75	$633	-1.76
500–540	517	30	125.00–129.50	$128.04	$662	-2.57
530 value added	530	11	133.00	$133.00	$705	—
550–596	583	15	124.00–128.00	$126.05	$735	-2.89
600–608 value added	606	4	127.00–131.00	$127.99	$776	—
600–645	615	12	111.00–124.00	$119.89	$737	-10.02
655–690	663	17	117.00–123.00	$122.10	$810	-3.54
698 value added	698	8	124.50	$124.50	$869	—
725–745	733	3	111.00–114.00	$112.33	$823	-12.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	137.50	$137.50	$474	—
365–385	377	3	133.00–136.00	$134.69	$508	—
400–445	424	21	120.00–138.00	$131.22	$556	-3.29
455–495	469	21	120.00–137.00	$129.69	$608	+2.03
500–545	524	5	116.00–125.00	$120.78	$633	-1.22
550–577	570	5	114.00–116.00	$115.60	$659	—
635–645	640	2	104.00–110.00	$106.98	$685	-6.38
770–785	778	2	106.00–108.00	$106.99	$832	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512–518	516	6	125.00–126.00	$125.67	$648	—
521 value added	521	8	128.00	$128.00	$667	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	117.00	$117.00	$462	—
415–445	427	3	93.00–101.00	$96.43	$412	—
472–490	479	4	102.50–110.00	$108.08	$518	+8.08
535	535	1	80.00	$80.00	$428	—
580	580	1	80.00	$80.00	$464	-16.55

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–545	533	19	129.00–144.00	$137.54	$733	+0.21
560–595	578	10	127.50–139.00	$133.22	$770	-5.66
600–630	615	6	126.00–131.00	$129.49	$796	-6.51
660–695	677	3	120.00–126.00	$123.35	$835	-4.62
743	743	3	113.00	$113.00	$840	—
750–775	760	3	106.00–116.00	$111.67	$849	—
840	840	1	109.00	$109.00	$916	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1030–1140	1093	(<2 yrs)	N/A	6	1,900.00–2,100.00	$2,002.21	-348.32

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580–590	583	4	109.00–120.00	$111.79	$652	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–785	760	85-90%	3	35.00–40.00	$37.62	$286	-7.38
770–845	802	85-90%	3	51.00–55.00	$52.73	$423	—
835	835	85-90%	1	46.00	$46.00	$384	—
860–960	929	85-90%	4	53.00–59.50	$55.70	$517	+1.70
960	960	85-90%	1	50.00	$50.00	$480	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005	1005	80-85%	1	52.00	$52.00	$523	—
985–1040	1015	80-85%	5	56.50–58.50	$57.31	$582	—
1020	1020	80-85%	1	49.00	$49.00	$500	—
1205–1250	1230	80-85%	4	63.50–67.00	$65.39	$804	+2.64

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330	1330	75-80%	1	59.00	$59.00	$785	—
1335–1480	1392	75-80%	3	63.00–67.50	$65.39	$910	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1735	1428	6	61.00–82.00	$75.39	$1,077	—
1415–1695	1553	9	85.00–90.00	$87.34	$1,356	—
1600–2215	1887	5	92.50–99.00	$96.06	$1,813	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
665–830	759	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	80.00–96.00	$90.31	$685
925–1040	983	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	62.00–86.00	$74.70	$734

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
670–1025	887	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	425.00–675.00	$575.75
915	915	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
970	970	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
740–1145	981	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	700.00–1,100.00	$968.99
885–1085	995	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	675.00–925.00	$769.13
775–1445	1030	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	650.00–1,200.00	$882.73

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
965–1180	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	63.00–66.00	$64.85	$700
1130	1130	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	61.50	$61.50	$695
1210	1210	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	67.00	$67.00	$811

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	(<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
940–1450	1108	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	700.00–1,200.00	$1,035.92	—
975–1400	1134	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	750.00–1,275.00	$915.06	-44.26

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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.