I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, May 20, 2021

522 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $143.15/cwt +4.06 vs last sale · ≈ $607/hd at 424 lb · 27 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $141.60/cwt +5.07 vs last sale · ≈ $673/hd at 475 lb · 25 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $150.37/cwt +2.07 vs last sale · ≈ $782/hd at 520 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	522	539	802
Feeder cattle	406	436	698
Slaughter cattle	65	63	72
Replacement cattle	51	40	32

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 10.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 1.00-5.00 higher. Slaugher cows and bulls sold 1.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	331	5	167.50–195.00	$174.50	$578	+6.87
350–390	371	14	162.50–179.00	$171.96	$638	+16.91
405–445	428	13	150.00–170.00	$155.97	$668	+0.30
468	468	2	131.00	$131.00	$613	-18.84
450–495	474	15	142.00–165.00	$151.33	$717	+1.49
505 value added	505	1	164.00	$164.00	$828	+7.00
502–536	521	22	142.50–156.00	$149.75	$780	+3.77
554–574	563	11	137.50–145.00	$141.52	$797	-1.15
600–631	623	8	137.50–141.00	$138.29	$862	+4.62
650–680	665	2	132.00–134.00	$133.02	$885	-2.75
798	798	2	122.00	$122.00	$974	—
895	895	2	113.00–121.00	$117.00	$1,047	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	339	5	147.50–162.50	$155.60	$527	+15.13
365–395	380	4	133.00–157.50	$146.88	$558	+3.19
400–445	416	7	132.00–147.50	$138.97	$578	-0.35
455–480	471	9	124.00–139.00	$136.42	$643	-0.26
555	555	1	120.00	$120.00	$666	-10.96
690	690	1	114.00	$114.00	$787	—
715	715	1	116.00	$116.00	$829	+16.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	3	145.00	$145.00	$648	—
492	492	4	142.00	$142.00	$699	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	101.00	$101.00	$303	—
425	425	1	110.00	$110.00	$468	-4.00
450	450	1	125.00	$125.00	$562	-2.00
563	563	3	127.00	$127.00	$715	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–347	341	10	142.50–158.50	$153.01	$522	+9.75
370	370	1	131.00	$131.00	$485	+11.00
355–395	385	15	135.00–155.00	$147.51	$568	+27.51
400–445	424	27	135.00–152.00	$143.15	$607	+3.63
450–490	475	25	132.00–148.00	$141.60	$673	+3.90
505 fancy	505	1	140.00	$140.00	$707	—
505–545	528	17	124.00–138.00	$130.81	$691	+0.87
550–580	556	8	128.00–130.00	$128.38	$714	-0.16
598 value added	598	2	134.00	$134.00	$801	—
600–625	619	4	120.00–130.00	$122.42	$758	+2.84
725–738	734	4	110.00–118.00	$114.27	$839	-4.39
842	842	2	101.00	$101.00	$850	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	323	3	125.00–137.50	$131.93	$426	-3.64
350–395	374	7	129.00–134.00	$130.79	$489	-3.38
375 thin fleshed	375	1	140.00	$140.00	$525	-4.00
405–425	413	3	124.00–130.00	$127.69	$527	-3.09
455–495	476	14	117.00–134.00	$124.99	$595	-4.26
525 thin fleshed	525	1	124.00	$124.00	$651	—
540–545	544	4	115.00–120.00	$118.51	$645	-0.49
555–575	565	2	116.00–120.00	$117.96	$666	+2.95
630	630	1	100.00	$100.00	$630	-10.00
655–660	658	2	100.00–115.00	$107.47	$707	-2.53

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–383	364	8	129.00–136.00	$131.76	$480	-3.24
523	523	3	120.00	$120.00	$628	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–330	325	2	105.00–125.00	$114.85	$373	+4.85
385	385	1	110.00	$110.00	$424	-2.57
400–425	413	2	103.00–115.00	$108.82	$449	-7.70
455–460	457	3	110.00–114.00	$111.34	$509	—
685	685	1	99.00	$99.00	$678	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	71.00	$71.00	$369	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	130.00	$130.00	$656	—
505–545	518	6	132.00–148.00	$142.24	$737	—
560–587	578	8	125.00–149.00	$135.46	$783	+1.11
600–645	624	10	112.00–133.00	$119.25	$744	-5.49
730–740	733	5	109.00–122.00	$117.78	$863	+7.78
840	840	1	98.00	$98.00	$823	—
940	940	2	94.00	$94.00	$884	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–585	570	2	102.50–117.50	$109.80	$626	—
635	635	1	113.00	$113.00	$718	—
650	650	1	109.00	$109.00	$708	—
680	680	1	106.00	$106.00	$721	—
775	775	1	75.00	$75.00	$581	—
890	890	1	80.00	$80.00	$712	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	87.00	$87.00	$539	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850	850	80-85%	1	59.00	$59.00	$502	—
880	880	80-85%	1	36.00	$36.00	$317	—
910–1065	988	80-85%	2	52.00–54.00	$52.92	$523	—
935–1165	1002	80-85%	7	56.00–62.00	$58.94	$591	—
1030–1270	1161	80-85%	9	63.00–68.50	$65.93	$765	+0.51

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	85-90%	1	34.00	$34.00	$212	—
690–835	763	85-90%	2	45.00–49.00	$47.19	$360	-2.81
780–825	803	85-90%	2	58.00–59.00	$58.49	$470	—
880–910	890	85-90%	3	52.00–55.00	$53.65	$477	+5.30
1030	1030	85-90%	1	59.00	$59.00	$608	—
1160	1160	85-90%	1	64.00	$64.00	$742	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020	1020	75-80%	1	60.00	$60.00	$612	—
1040–1490	1307	75-80%	9	64.00–69.00	$67.73	$885	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1630	1200	10	65.00–83.00	$73.74	$885	+4.74
1590–1740	1642	3	87.00–89.00	$87.81	$1,442	—
1265–2065	1728	6	91.00–95.50	$92.63	$1,601	-3.37

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
650–805	728	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	53.00–55.00	$54.11	$394
610–1035	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	49.00–85.00	$67.46	$506
755–835	790	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	84.00–103.00	$91.11	$720

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1070	943	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	655.00–1,000.00	$752.92
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
1025–1130	1078	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	600.00–650.00	$623.78
1015–1330	1147	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	600.00–900.00	$747.82
1155	1155	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920–1000	960	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	62.00–62.50	$62.26	$598
960–1510	1187	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	63.00–71.00	$67.17	$797
1355–1510	1447	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	65.50–68.50	$67.31	$974

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
605	605	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	425.00	$425.00
690	690	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815	815	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	42.00	$42.00	$342

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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
1000–1020	1010	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00–800.00	$774.75	—
885–1105	1017	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–1,250.00	$1,121.27	—
1030–1385	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	800.00–1,125.00	$1,007.40	—
1345	1345	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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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.