I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, June 17, 2021

508 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.54/cwt +9.00 vs last sale · ≈ $905/hd at 688 lb · 29 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $156.95/cwt +10.35 vs last sale · ≈ $654/hd at 417 lb · 23 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $151.00/cwt +11.62 vs last sale · ≈ $998/hd at 661 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	508	714	1,115
Feeder cattle	412	632	1,042
Slaughter cattle	58	64	57
Replacement cattle	38	18	16

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 10.00 lower, over 400 lbs sold 5.00-9.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 5.00 lower, over 400 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 lower, Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	338	8	150.00–172.00	$162.63	$550	-16.15
360–365	364	6	155.00–165.00	$158.32	$576	-12.33
400–445	417	23	142.50–165.00	$156.95	$654	+10.35
450–490	460	8	152.00–160.00	$157.29	$724	+7.01
492 value added	492	3	164.00	$164.00	$807	—
500–545	518	13	144.00–159.00	$151.36	$784	-1.39
532 value added	532	5	162.00	$162.00	$862	—
570–595	588	8	145.00–159.00	$157.30	$925	+10.77
635	635	1	146.00	$146.00	$927	+4.59
661 value added	661	19	151.00	$151.00	$998	—
781 value added	781	13	138.00	$138.00	$1,078	—
815–820	817	3	112.00–120.00	$114.68	$937	+0.68
1400	1400	1	78.00	$78.00	$1,092	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	319	5	130.00–145.00	$139.34	$444	-10.74
350–385	365	6	130.00–145.00	$136.76	$499	-5.83
410–445	425	13	121.00–142.50	$138.12	$587	+5.12
450–490	470	12	125.00–140.00	$132.13	$621	+4.97
505–540	524	4	130.00–141.00	$134.73	$706	+1.40
610	610	1	124.00	$124.00	$756	-10.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630 value added	630	2	132.00	$132.00	$832	-7.50
930	930	3	100.00	$100.00	$930	-10.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	328	2	112.50–125.00	$118.51	$389	—
385	385	1	125.00	$125.00	$481	+35.00
400	400	1	115.00	$115.00	$460	—
540	540	1	110.00	$110.00	$594	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–380	378	2	100.00–107.50	$103.73	$392	—
425	425	1	80.00	$80.00	$340	—
470	470	1	40.00	$40.00	$188	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	323	10	138.00–157.50	$148.83	$481	+1.55
365–395	380	11	130.00–145.00	$136.89	$520	-10.42
405–440	426	8	134.00–150.00	$139.57	$595	+1.34
450–495	473	12	130.00–141.00	$133.81	$633	-0.30
490	490	1	126.00	$126.00	$617	-8.11
500–540	525	5	130.00–146.00	$137.59	$722	+9.60
550–597	572	17	123.00–139.00	$132.85	$760	+8.61
610–641	633	13	122.00–139.00	$126.83	$803	+1.23
665–693	686	4	120.00–130.00	$122.42	$840	-0.12
688 value added	688	25	133.00	$133.00	$915	—
715–745	725	3	112.00–122.00	$117.73	$854	-1.59
795	795	1	107.00	$107.00	$851	-15.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	328	2	120.00–130.00	$124.81	$409	-1.04
360–390	378	3	125.00–130.00	$126.59	$479	-3.41
420–440	429	6	122.50–131.00	$128.37	$551	+1.49
450–490	471	10	120.00–130.00	$126.65	$597	+3.49
530–545	540	3	112.00–126.00	$119.27	$644	+6.67
560–595	578	2	112.00–120.00	$115.88	$670	+1.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
643 value added	643	7	125.00	$125.00	$804	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–390	388	2	110.00–112.50	$111.24	$432	—
510	510	1	100.00	$100.00	$510	+5.96
565	565	1	100.00	$100.00	$565	+25.00
635	635	1	90.00	$90.00	$572	-0.49

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–390	375	2	82.50–98.00	$89.94	$337	+22.94
435	435	1	92.50	$92.50	$402	+7.50
485	485	1	82.50	$82.50	$400	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–542	530	5	130.00–140.00	$137.06	$726	-6.55
565–590	576	9	135.00–150.00	$141.10	$813	+2.16
625	625	1	115.00	$115.00	$719	-16.80
600–642	631	9	134.00–151.00	$145.76	$920	+13.96
662–685	671	6	124.00–132.50	$129.38	$868	+9.20
712–745	725	4	120.00–128.00	$124.02	$899	+14.02
755–775	761	5	118.00–123.00	$120.01	$913	+8.98
875	875	1	110.00	$110.00	$962	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–525	513	2	121.00–125.00	$123.05	$631	-3.03
570–575	573	2	110.00–125.00	$117.53	$673	+10.91
610–630	622	3	120.00–127.50	$124.88	$777	—
670	670	1	110.00	$110.00	$737	±0.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815	815	80-85%	1	52.00	$52.00	$424	—
830	830	80-85%	1	56.00	$56.00	$465	—
840	840	80-85%	1	32.00	$32.00	$269	—
885–960	918	80-85%	6	45.00–54.50	$51.72	$475	—
1055–1095	1075	80-85%	2	56.00–60.00	$57.96	$623	—
1070–1195	1112	80-85%	6	64.00–66.00	$65.58	$729	-3.46
1135–1210	1183	80-85%	8	68.00–72.00	$69.61	$823	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110	1110	75-80%	1	67.50	$67.50	$749	—
1150–1495	1271	75-80%	6	68.00–73.00	$70.47	$896	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990	990	85-90%	1	59.00	$59.00	$584	—
970–1140	1055	85-90%	2	63.00–66.50	$64.89	$685	—
965–1110	1058	85-90%	3	68.00–72.50	$70.64	$747	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1505	1360	4	63.00–90.00	$83.52	$1,136	—
1060–1770	1400	8	93.00–97.00	$95.18	$1,333	—
1885–2140	2000	4	99.00–104.00	$101.77	$2,035	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–1005	851	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	64.00–105.00	$89.73	$764
1035–1080	1058	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	90.00–95.00	$92.45	$978

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	53.00	$53.00	$421

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1025–1280	1132	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	64.00–72.00	$67.11	$760
880–1590	1168	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	58.00–70.00	$66.31	$775
1005–1285	1179	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	61.00–71.00	$67.40	$795

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	790.00	$790.00
1140	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	835.00	$835.00
1380	1380	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740	740	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	43.00	$43.00	$318

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	715.00	$715.00
810	810	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
815	815	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	830.00	$830.00

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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
1400	1400	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	960.00	$960.00	—

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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.