I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, July 8, 2021

827 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $138.95/cwt +5.27 vs last sale · ≈ $650/hd at 468 lb · 44 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $137.85/cwt +16.29 vs last sale · ≈ $787/hd at 571 lb · 41 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $145.04/cwt +0.39 vs last sale · ≈ $540/hd at 372 lb · 35 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	827	867	1,043
Feeder cattle	753	569	799
Slaughter cattle	50	180	138
Replacement cattle	24	118	106

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 1.00-8.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 12.00-15.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 1.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 4.00-10.00 higher. Demand was very strong for weaned heavier weight cattle. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher, Slaughter bulls not tested as they were not reported last sale.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–344	330	12	160.00–180.00	$164.15	$542	-6.30
350–395	368	19	160.00–178.00	$166.60	$613	+8.23
415 value added	415	1	180.00	$180.00	$747	—
400–445	421	33	150.00–173.00	$156.72	$660	+4.83
450–490	466	21	140.00–167.50	$156.29	$728	+8.90
480 value added	480	2	169.00	$169.00	$811	—
500–545	528	25	142.50–174.00	$158.13	$835	+10.70
555–560 value added	558	2	165.00–167.00	$166.00	$926	—
570–595	582	17	146.00–161.00	$155.61	$906	+21.61
610–645	629	13	142.00–157.00	$149.12	$938	+18.12
660	660	1	120.00	$120.00	$792	-9.40
650–680	670	4	149.00–154.00	$151.49	$1,015	+22.09
700–745	715	11	138.00–146.00	$143.73	$1,028	+19.73

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	318	4	140.00–155.00	$147.76	$470	+4.28
360–395	376	11	130.00–157.50	$147.51	$555	+3.85
400–445	427	12	127.00–145.00	$139.10	$594	+3.24
450–495	474	14	123.00–149.00	$140.22	$665	+5.76
500–540	533	9	120.00–141.00	$130.87	$698	+4.38
555–581	577	16	125.00–130.00	$125.30	$723	+5.30
625	625	1	136.00	$136.00	$850	—
688	688	6	124.50	$124.50	$857	+7.17

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	323	3	100.00–130.00	$118.94	$384	+0.06
355–385	373	3	117.50–130.00	$122.59	$457	+19.04
420–445	434	4	108.00–112.50	$110.13	$478	+0.39
480–490	485	3	96.00–120.00	$110.40	$535	-5.03
505–540	523	2	84.00–129.00	$105.75	$553	+11.46
610–615	613	2	110.00	$110.00	$674	-1.44

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	322	15	140.00–152.50	$145.33	$468	+0.71
350–395	372	35	140.00–155.00	$145.04	$540	+0.39
400–445	420	31	132.00–147.50	$141.36	$594	-2.24
450–495	468	44	130.00–146.00	$138.95	$650	+5.27
500–545	518	30	125.00–147.00	$132.67	$687	+5.32
525	525	1	122.00	$122.00	$640	-5.35
550–595	570	37	124.00–145.00	$136.92	$780	+15.36
578–580 value added	579	4	146.00–148.00	$146.50	$848	—
606 thin fleshed	606	6	138.00	$138.00	$836	—
615 value added	615	4	145.50	$145.50	$895	—
600–632	620	15	121.00–136.00	$128.48	$797	+3.58
655–685	667	11	119.00–137.00	$128.08	$854	+4.85
705–720	713	4	119.00–130.00	$126.29	$900	+13.48
720–741 value added	739	9	138.00–141.00	$138.32	$1,022	—
750–755	753	2	127.00–131.00	$128.99	$971	—
827	827	3	125.00	$125.00	$1,034	+30.00
925	925	1	91.00	$91.00	$842	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	316	6	125.00–137.50	$131.58	$416	+2.92
350–380	367	5	125.00–137.50	$132.39	$486	+4.65
410–445	429	17	121.00–138.00	$133.18	$571	+5.58
450–495	472	24	120.00–137.50	$129.93	$613	+5.18
505–545	527	5	115.00–121.00	$118.82	$626	+0.35
550–595	566	8	115.00–125.00	$121.92	$690	+3.92
620–640	631	4	108.00–120.00	$113.76	$718	+3.76
660–665	663	2	109.00–120.00	$114.52	$759	-5.48
715	715	1	108.00	$108.00	$772	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	6	138.50	$138.50	$630	—
508	508	3	124.00	$124.00	$630	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	123.00	$123.00	$400	+6.17
380	380	1	122.50	$122.50	$466	+9.50
400	400	1	90.00	$90.00	$360	-10.05
460–475	467	3	110.00–116.00	$114.01	$532	+6.98
520	520	1	100.00	$100.00	$520	—
580	580	1	90.00	$90.00	$522	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	60.00	$60.00	$192	—

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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	521	13	140.00–159.00	$150.30	$783	+16.56
550–595	581	13	131.00–153.00	$145.26	$844	+15.36
605–635	621	7	130.00–147.50	$139.82	$868	+9.42
650–670	660	4	128.00–138.00	$133.75	$883	+17.34
702 thin fleshed	702	4	132.50	$132.50	$930	—
715–735	727	3	113.00–126.00	$117.94	$857	-2.06
750–760	755	3	113.00–128.00	$120.65	$911	—
815	815	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,027	+19.00
925	925	1	105.00	$105.00	$971	—
950	950	1	90.00	$90.00	$855	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–515	510	2	120.00–125.00	$122.52	$625	+8.68
550–580	560	3	120.00–130.00	$125.00	$700	+12.11
600–645	616	4	110.00–125.00	$118.35	$729	+2.35
665	665	1	108.00	$108.00	$718	-1.00
785	785	1	110.00	$110.00	$864	+14.49

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	110.00	$110.00	$649	—
615	615	1	80.00	$80.00	$492	—
675	675	1	91.00	$91.00	$614	-6.50

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–800	778	80-85%	3	31.00–49.00	$38.77	$302	+1.45
840	840	80-85%	1	60.00	$60.00	$504	+5.48
860–885	877	80-85%	5	38.00–55.00	$46.87	$411	—
900–1205	989	80-85%	4	57.00–61.50	$59.05	$584	+1.26
945–1360	1108	80-85%	12	62.00–68.50	$65.90	$730	—
1015–1360	1205	80-85%	4	70.00–74.50	$72.51	$874	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915	915	85-90%	1	63.00	$63.00	$576	—
950	950	85-90%	1	62.00	$62.00	$589	-0.75
905–1050	1002	85-90%	3	54.00–55.00	$54.65	$548	—
1150	1150	85-90%	1	72.00	$72.00	$828	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1260	1258	75-80%	2	72.00–73.50	$72.75	$915	—
1405	1405	75-80%	1	68.00	$68.00	$955	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1370	1196	4	47.00–80.00	$67.13	$803	—
1340–1890	1623	3	90.00–93.00	$91.01	$1,477	—
1740	1740	1	100.50	$100.50	$1,749	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
595–1050	820	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	74.00–112.00	$95.30	$781
750–1090	917	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	63.00–95.00	$80.37	$737

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	61.00	$61.00	$610
915–1190	1093	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	63.00–66.00	$64.35	$703
1180	1180	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	73.00	$73.00	$861
1215	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	64.00	$64.00	$778

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
620 thin fleshed	620	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
830–915	873	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–735.00	$716.65
875	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
1045	1045	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705	705	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
840	840	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Dairy Steers

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800	800	1	61.00	$61.00	$488	—

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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.