I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, June 24, 2021

867 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $147.39/cwt -11.73 vs last sale · ≈ $687/hd at 466 lb · 28 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $127.35/cwt -10.24 vs last sale · ≈ $669/hd at 525 lb · 21 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $127.60/cwt -0.77 vs last sale · ≈ $547/hd at 429 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	867	508	703
Feeder cattle	569	412	589
Slaughter cattle	180	58	94
Replacement cattle	118	38	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 4.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold 7.00-10.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 2.00 higher, 500-600 lb weights sold 10.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold steady. Feeder supply was mostly average to plain in quality. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 lower, Slaughter bulls not reported due to time restraints.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–339	332	6	165.00–190.00	$170.45	$566	+7.82
365–395	380	3	152.50–162.50	$158.37	$602	+0.05
400–440	420	17	145.00–162.50	$151.89	$638	-5.06
450–495	466	28	145.00–151.00	$147.39	$687	-9.90
500–540	523	16	137.50–155.00	$147.43	$771	-3.93
550–592	569	9	135.00–150.00	$142.03	$808	-15.27
580	580	1	134.00	$134.00	$777	-23.30
620–630	624	7	128.00–132.00	$131.00	$817	-15.00
650–690	668	5	122.00–135.00	$129.40	$864	—
715	715	1	124.00	$124.00	$887	—
850	850	1	106.00	$106.00	$901	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	323	14	132.50–157.50	$143.48	$463	+4.14
350–395	378	17	130.00–155.00	$143.66	$543	+6.90
410–448	429	17	130.00–140.00	$135.86	$583	-2.26
450–485	468	12	120.00–142.50	$134.46	$629	+2.33
505–538	524	8	120.00–136.00	$126.49	$663	-8.24
555	555	1	120.00	$120.00	$666	—
685–695	688	3	116.00–120.00	$117.33	$807	—
745	745	1	101.00	$101.00	$752	—
850	850	1	105.00	$105.00	$892	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–495	483	13	132.50–145.00	$141.94	$686	—
543	543	3	134.00	$134.00	$728	—
635	635	4	122.00	$122.00	$775	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–330	325	2	110.00–127.50	$118.88	$386	+0.37
355–395	375	2	100.00–107.50	$103.55	$388	-21.45
400–405	403	2	107.50–112.00	$109.74	$442	-5.26
470–485	479	6	102.50–125.00	$115.43	$553	—
500–540	519	4	75.00–110.00	$94.29	$489	-15.71
615–635	625	2	108.00–115.00	$111.44	$696	—
680	680	1	118.00	$118.00	$802	—
765	765	1	100.00	$100.00	$765	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	65.00	$65.00	$250	-38.73
465–475	470	2	30.00–52.00	$40.88	$192	+0.88
520	520	1	47.50	$47.50	$247	—
575–590	583	2	31.00–33.00	$31.99	$187	—

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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	330	7	138.00–155.00	$144.62	$477	-4.21
350–395	370	16	138.00–157.50	$144.65	$535	+7.76
400–445	426	16	140.00–151.00	$143.60	$612	+4.03
460–495	481	12	128.00–145.00	$133.68	$643	-0.13
500–545	525	21	123.00–140.00	$127.35	$669	-10.24
550–585	569	7	119.00–125.00	$121.56	$692	-11.29
601–645	613	15	117.00–131.00	$124.90	$766	-1.93
655–688	677	3	120.00–130.00	$123.23	$834	+0.81
705–745	725	2	106.00–120.00	$112.81	$818	-4.92
815	815	1	95.00	$95.00	$774	—
885	885	1	100.00	$100.00	$885	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	326	8	120.00–135.00	$128.66	$419	+3.85
355–395	373	13	120.00–137.50	$127.74	$476	+1.15
400–448	429	19	120.00–137.00	$127.60	$547	-0.77
450–490	474	15	119.00–133.00	$124.75	$591	-1.90
500–540	516	7	113.00–122.50	$118.47	$611	-0.80
575	575	3	116.00–119.00	$118.00	$678	+2.12
605–620	613	2	110.00	$110.00	$674	—
655	655	1	120.00	$120.00	$786	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–315	313	4	115.00–122.50	$116.83	$366	—
365	365	2	108.00–118.00	$113.00	$412	+1.76
400–405	402	3	90.00–112.50	$100.05	$402	—
460–475	467	3	85.00–119.00	$107.03	$500	—
610	610	1	95.00	$95.00	$580	+5.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	67.50	$67.50	$253	-22.44
465–475	470	2	60.00–65.00	$62.47	$294	-20.03
515	515	1	62.00	$62.00	$319	—
645	645	1	61.00	$61.00	$393	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	2	119.00	$119.00	$660	—

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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	519	13	120.00–145.00	$133.74	$694	-3.32
550	550	1	109.00	$109.00	$600	-32.10
555–595	579	7	121.00–140.00	$129.90	$752	-11.20
620–627	626	8	112.00–133.00	$130.40	$816	+15.40
655–692	678	5	109.00–129.00	$116.41	$789	-12.97
715	715	1	120.00	$120.00	$858	-4.02
805	805	1	107.00	$107.00	$861	—
800–830 fancy	815	2	115.00–119.00	$116.96	$953	—
855 fancy	855	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,017	—
875	875	1	95.00	$95.00	$831	-15.00
990	990	1	80.00	$80.00	$792	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–540	524	4	110.00–120.00	$113.84	$597	-9.21
550–595	580	8	104.00–120.00	$112.89	$655	-4.64
625–635	630	2	116.00	$116.00	$731	-8.88
660	660	1	109.00	$109.00	$719	-1.00
715	715	3	116.50	$116.50	$833	—
775–795	785	2	95.00–96.00	$95.51	$750	—
865	865	2	90.00	$90.00	$778	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	92.50	$92.50	$481	—
695	695	1	97.50	$97.50	$678	—
745	745	1	60.00	$60.00	$447	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
558	558	2	120.00	$120.00	$670	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	51.00	$51.00	$273	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–785	782	80-85%	3	36.00–40.00	$37.32	$292	—
780–830	805	80-85%	2	54.00–55.00	$54.52	$439	+2.52
870–1080	940	80-85%	3	45.00–52.00	$49.32	$464	-2.40
955–995	979	80-85%	7	56.50–59.50	$57.79	$566	—
1000–1335	1152	80-85%	19	61.00–65.00	$63.58	$732	-6.03
1015–1265	1154	80-85%	13	66.00–71.00	$67.54	$779	-2.07

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1570	1356	75-80%	8	67.50–71.00	$69.18	$938	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895	895	85-90%	1	48.00	$48.00	$430	—
885–1025	972	85-90%	3	61.00–65.00	$62.75	$610	+3.75
1050–1220	1107	85-90%	3	68.00–71.00	$69.10	$765	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–860	783	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	60.00–84.00	$73.19	$573
885–920	903	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	61.00–87.00	$74.25	$670
980–1010	995	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	63.00–65.00	$63.98	$637

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
875–1025	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	59.00–73.00	$66.55	$632
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	71.00	$71.00	$696
930–1145	1043	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	56.00–68.50	$63.06	$658
855–1205	1079	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	51.00–69.00	$64.68	$698
1075–1170	1122	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	65.00–69.00	$66.65	$748
970–1600	1289	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	64.00–68.00	$65.77	$848

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–1155	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	725.00–1,000.00	$879.19
1055	1055	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1070	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1025–1225	1093	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	700.00–950.00	$816.27
1205–1270	1238	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	850.00–900.00	$874.34

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00

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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
1085–1330	1173	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,000.00–1,245.00	$1,099.06	—
1115–1265	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–1,125.00	$1,019.59	—
1175–1570	1278	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	750.00–1,050.00	$876.49	—
1380–1670	1525	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,250.00	$1,182.13	—

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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.