I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, July 15, 2021

627 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $142.99/cwt -2.27 vs last sale · ≈ $819/hd at 573 lb · 32 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $148.66/cwt +9.71 vs last sale · ≈ $705/hd at 474 lb · 26 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $132.56/cwt -5.29 vs last sale · ≈ $748/hd at 564 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	627	827	584
Feeder cattle	516	753	519
Slaughter cattle	57	50	39
Replacement cattle	54	24	26

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 4.00-9.00 higher, 500-600 lb weights sold steady, 600-700 lb weights sold 5.00 lower, over 700 lbs sold 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly 1.00-5.00 lower, except 400-500 lb weights, sold 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady, Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	323	8	165.00–187.50	$177.30	$573	+13.15
355–390	374	6	165.00–177.50	$171.02	$640	+4.42
405–440	426	15	150.00–172.50	$163.88	$698	+7.16
450–490	474	25	150.00–174.00	$158.58	$752	+2.29
485 fancy	485	1	190.00	$190.00	$922	—
500–545	514	19	150.00–165.00	$155.60	$800	-2.53
550–593	585	13	150.00–162.00	$158.78	$929	+3.17
605–640	614	5	140.00–145.00	$143.22	$879	-5.90
680–685	683	2	136.00–145.00	$140.48	$959	-11.01
705–710	708	3	144.00–158.00	$148.98	$1,055	+5.25
760	760	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,140	—
850–860	855	2	136.00–140.00	$137.99	$1,180	—
935	935	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,356	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–380	369	12	135.00–157.50	$147.51	$544	±0.00
400–445	420	10	130.00–150.00	$143.31	$602	+4.21
450–490	466	14	130.00–150.00	$141.78	$661	+1.56
500	500	2	130.00–140.00	$135.00	$675	+4.13
560–585	576	5	123.00–133.00	$127.13	$732	+1.83
635	635	1	120.00	$120.00	$762	-16.00
715	715	2	132.00–136.00	$134.00	$958	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	119.00	$119.00	$488	+8.87
530	530	1	91.00	$91.00	$482	-14.75
605	605	1	103.50	$103.50	$626	-6.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–330	316	6	142.50–147.50	$146.21	$462	+0.88
355–395	385	13	137.50–165.00	$148.43	$571	+3.39
405–445	432	16	140.00–172.50	$150.43	$650	+9.07
455–495	474	26	133.00–168.00	$148.66	$705	+9.71
500–540	518	14	125.00–146.00	$133.54	$692	+0.87
550–590	564	26	125.00–145.00	$132.56	$748	-4.36
605–645	622	8	120.00–133.00	$126.10	$784	-2.38
655–675	664	4	122.00–133.00	$128.00	$850	-0.08
700–740	719	5	118.00–130.00	$122.04	$877	-4.25
770	770	1	116.00	$116.00	$893	-12.99
820	820	1	116.00	$116.00	$951	-9.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	330	2	123.00–127.50	$125.22	$413	-6.36
400–435	418	4	120.00–133.00	$124.61	$521	-8.57
455–495	479	11	120.00–139.00	$129.56	$621	-0.37
530–535	532	3	124.00	$124.00	$660	+5.18
560–585	575	3	115.00–124.00	$119.68	$688	-2.24
645	645	1	117.50	$117.50	$758	+3.74
655–690	677	3	110.00–118.00	$114.61	$776	+0.09

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	102.00	$102.00	$357	-20.50
485	485	1	99.00	$99.00	$480	-15.01
600	600	1	85.00	$85.00	$510	—
670	670	1	105.00	$105.00	$704	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–545	523	12	132.50–154.00	$144.21	$754	-6.09
550–595	573	32	130.00–149.00	$142.99	$819	-2.27
610–641	627	21	124.00–152.50	$139.23	$873	-0.59
665–695	674	10	118.00–138.00	$131.56	$887	-2.19
710–725	717	10	124.00–131.00	$126.90	$910	+8.96
750–795	767	3	117.00–131.00	$121.94	$935	+1.29
845	845	1	110.00	$110.00	$930	-16.00
880	880	1	110.00	$110.00	$968	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530–540	533	3	125.00	$125.00	$666	+2.48
570–585	577	3	121.00–126.00	$124.01	$716	-0.99
1135	1135	1	81.00	$81.00	$919	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	110.00	$110.00	$578	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–785	760	80-85%	2	32.00–35.00	$33.45	$254	-5.32
810	810	80-85%	1	41.00	$41.00	$332	-19.00
940–1050	995	80-85%	2	59.50–61.00	$60.29	$600	+1.24
865–1070	1007	80-85%	17	43.00–55.00	$51.13	$515	—
940–1360	1120	80-85%	8	63.00–68.00	$65.81	$737	-0.09
1370–1380	1375	80-85%	2	70.00–74.00	$71.99	$990	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800	800	85-90%	1	36.00	$36.00	$288	—
880–1025	946	85-90%	6	30.00–54.00	$46.14	$436	-16.86
945–985	965	85-90%	2	57.00–58.00	$57.51	$555	-4.49
1245	1245	85-90%	1	62.00	$62.00	$772	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090	1090	75-80%	1	60.00	$60.00	$654	—
1130–1545	1365	75-80%	6	71.50–74.50	$72.92	$995	—
1445	1445	75-80%	1	67.00	$67.00	$968	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1575–2000	1823	4	93.00–97.00	$95.60	$1,743	—
1785–1910	1848	2	102.00–104.00	$102.97	$1,903	—
2040	2040	1	92.50	$92.50	$1,887	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
910–920	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	80.00–110.00	$94.92	$869

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
840–1090	987	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	45.00–71.00	$63.27	$624
1040	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	66.00	$66.00	$686
1090	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	80.00	$80.00	$872
945–1205	1097	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	67.00–75.00	$71.86	$788
1160–1165	1163	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	65.00–66.50	$65.75	$765
975–1435	1244	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	67.00–71.00	$69.51	$865
1120–1405	1257	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	57.50–72.00	$67.32	$846

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005–1110	1073	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	730.00–785.00	$762.68
1065–1095	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	775.00–900.00	$836.63
1005–1525	1215	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	720.00–1,150.00	$939.44

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
665	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	46.00	$46.00	$306

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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
1035–1465	1225	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	600.00–1,175.00	$925.14	—
1165–1415	1259	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	935.00–1,225.00	$1,070.65	—
1230–1690	1418	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	975.00–1,200.00	$1,104.95	—
1425	1425	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1330–1830	1662	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,200.00–1,400.00	$1,346.64	—

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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.