I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, May 27, 2021

444 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $165.58/cwt +9.61 vs last sale · ≈ $712/hd at 430 lb · 31 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $154.08/cwt +3.71 vs last sale · ≈ $803/hd at 521 lb · 29 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $144.78/cwt +1.63 vs last sale · ≈ $615/hd at 425 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	444	522	710
Feeder cattle	399	406	515
Slaughter cattle	28	65	99
Replacement cattle	17	51	96

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls not tested.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	5	207.50	$207.50	$560	—
315–345	322	9	160.00–178.00	$174.38	$562	-0.12
355–395	375	17	160.00–178.00	$170.17	$638	-1.79
414 value added	414	6	182.00	$182.00	$753	—
405–446	434	25	150.00–175.00	$161.64	$702	+5.67
450–495	470	18	150.00–168.00	$156.16	$734	+25.16
505–545	521	29	145.00–160.00	$154.08	$803	+4.33
550–595	562	12	143.00–159.00	$150.00	$843	+8.48
610–645	629	5	133.00–149.00	$142.60	$897	+4.31
655	655	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,002	+19.98
710	710	1	120.00	$120.00	$852	—
835	835	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,044	—
860	860	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,066	+7.00
935	935	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,094	—
1145	1145	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,271	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	332	8	127.50–158.00	$151.10	$502	-4.50
365–390	374	4	154.00–157.50	$155.14	$580	+8.26
400–430	416	4	135.00–149.00	$143.64	$598	+4.67
450–495	474	5	130.00–149.00	$140.55	$666	+4.13
500–540	525	3	135.00–138.00	$135.95	$714	—
565	565	1	135.00	$135.00	$763	+15.00
615–635	625	3	124.00–129.00	$126.66	$792	—
650–655	653	2	124.00–129.00	$126.49	$826	—
815–830	823	2	108.00–119.00	$113.55	$935	—
855–875	865	2	100.00–111.00	$105.56	$913	—
970	970	1	98.00	$98.00	$951	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680	680	4	132.00	$132.00	$898	—
681 value added	681	12	124.00	$124.00	$844	—
707	707	3	123.00	$123.00	$870	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	110.00	$110.00	$517	-15.00
640	640	1	106.00	$106.00	$678	—
670	670	1	90.00	$90.00	$603	—
740	740	1	100.00	$100.00	$740	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	314	8	141.00–160.00	$151.30	$475	-1.71
350–395	367	15	141.00–157.50	$149.86	$550	+18.86
405–448	425	22	137.00–152.00	$144.78	$615	+1.63
455 thin fleshed	455	1	150.00	$150.00	$682	—
450–480	466	8	136.00–139.00	$137.14	$639	-4.46
510–525	518	5	126.00–137.00	$131.90	$683	+1.09
555–580	562	7	121.00–129.00	$123.59	$695	-4.79
600–615	611	9	124.00–133.00	$130.46	$797	+8.04
660–665	663	2	123.00–132.00	$127.48	$845	—
705–740	723	2	115.00–118.00	$116.46	$842	+2.19
795	795	1	112.00	$112.00	$890	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	139.00	$139.00	$549	+8.21
400 thin fleshed	400	1	145.00	$145.00	$580	—
425	425	1	125.00	$125.00	$531	-2.69
450–495	467	6	124.00–131.00	$127.88	$597	+2.89
510–545	528	2	117.50–118.00	$117.76	$622	-0.75
580–595	588	2	114.00–116.00	$114.99	$676	-2.97
600–640	617	3	111.00–119.00	$115.58	$713	+15.58
650–680	665	2	110.00–111.00	$110.51	$735	+3.04
760	760	1	100.00	$100.00	$760	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–520	518	2	105.00–110.00	$107.49	$557	—
610–635	623	2	80.00–95.00	$87.35	$544	—
670–685	678	2	94.00–100.00	$96.97	$657	-2.03

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–530	518	11	130.00–151.50	$146.07	$757	+3.83
550–585	572	9	137.50–149.00	$142.02	$812	+6.56
600–635	616	8	126.00–140.00	$133.46	$822	+14.21
650–695	689	8	126.00–127.00	$126.12	$869	—
705–730	722	3	100.00–123.00	$113.22	$817	-4.56
755	755	1	120.00	$120.00	$906	—
915	915	1	103.00	$103.00	$942	+9.00
1030	1030	1	80.00	$80.00	$824	—
1035 fancy	1035	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,180	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–595	573	3	116.00–120.00	$118.29	$678	+8.49
990	990	1	80.00	$80.00	$792	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605–770	688	85-90%	2	32.00–35.00	$33.68	$232	—
705–800	759	85-90%	7	40.00–45.00	$42.25	$321	-4.94
805	805	85-90%	1	59.50	$59.50	$479	+1.01
890	890	85-90%	1	63.00	$63.00	$561	+9.35
880–925	903	85-90%	2	49.00–50.00	$49.51	$447	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1110	1055	80-85%	3	49.00–53.50	$51.76	$546	—
1195–1310	1243	80-85%	3	70.00–72.00	$71.36	$887	—
1275–1300	1288	80-85%	3	58.50–64.50	$61.85	$797	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1335	1183	75-80%	3	63.00–67.00	$65.45	$774	—
1290–1320	1305	75-80%	2	69.00–70.00	$69.49	$907	+1.76

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1650	1650	1	92.00	$92.00	$1,518	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–720	710	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	63.00–71.00	$67.06	$476
810	810	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	61.00	$61.00	$494
710–1015	869	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	69.00–89.00	$80.05	$696

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
955	955	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	55.00	$55.00	$525

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810	810	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	42.00	$42.00	$340

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–720	698	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	700.00–875.00	$790.32

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	65.50	$65.50	$583

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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
750	750	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1000–1100	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–1,225.00	$1,070.24	—

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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.