I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, July 29, 2021

343 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.49/cwt +2.64 vs last sale · ≈ $802/hd at 571 lb · 24 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $150.00/cwt ≈ $730/hd at 487 lb · 16 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $146.27/cwt -17.29 vs last sale · ≈ $778/hd at 532 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	343	873	921
Feeder cattle	268	716	670
Slaughter cattle	41	70	134
Replacement cattle	34	87	117

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 700 lbs sold 3.00-12.00, mostly 8.00 lower, over 700 lbs not tested. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 11.00 lower, 400-500 lb weights sold 4.00 higher, 500-600 lb weights sold 3.00 lower, 600-700 lb weights sold 5.00 higher, over 700 lbs not tested. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00-6.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	322	4	170.00–172.50	$170.59	$549	-17.81
352–390	361	6	170.00–177.50	$174.08	$628	-7.35
400–445	411	7	160.00–180.00	$167.19	$687	-3.62
475–495	485	4	142.50–157.50	$149.98	$727	-11.41
530 value added	530	1	167.50	$167.50	$888	-4.00
510–546	532	11	134.00–150.00	$144.34	$768	-13.33
550–565	556	4	140.00–151.00	$145.97	$812	-12.38
620–645	623	9	140.00–153.00	$151.50	$944	+4.79
660–665	663	2	131.00–134.00	$132.49	$878	-10.83
750–785	758	9	132.00–143.00	$138.71	$1,051	+0.71
835	835	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,044	—
915	915	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,116	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	324	4	137.00–151.00	$143.09	$464	-9.19
355–395	375	4	125.00–157.50	$145.63	$546	-11.86
405–445	430	9	131.00–155.00	$145.54	$626	-0.05
455–495	475	11	120.00–150.00	$136.32	$648	-0.75
500–525	510	4	115.00–139.00	$127.79	$652	-9.57
570–590	580	2	117.00–120.00	$118.53	$687	-13.50
752–765	756	3	115.00–128.00	$119.38	$903	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
487 value added	487	16	150.00	$150.00	$730	—
559 value added	559	4	148.00	$148.00	$827	-17.00
625 value added	625	6	145.00	$145.00	$906	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	313	3	140.00–155.00	$145.37	$455	-20.97
375–390	383	4	140.00–150.00	$145.57	$558	-1.34
410 value added	410	1	157.50	$157.50	$646	—
415–440	423	7	131.00–140.00	$136.86	$579	+3.41
455–495	473	4	133.00–146.00	$140.66	$665	+13.66
500–530 value added	518	3	145.00–150.00	$147.62	$765	-1.10
525–545	531	4	130.00–140.00	$135.54	$720	+1.56
563–585 value added	568	19	142.50–146.00	$143.57	$815	-0.93
570–595	583	5	124.00–132.00	$128.80	$751	+11.80
610–620	615	2	135.00–137.00	$135.99	$836	+2.93
600–632 value added	617	4	139.00–147.00	$143.52	$886	-0.67
660–693	680	5	132.00	$132.00	$898	+7.39

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	340	2	125.00–132.50	$128.69	$438	-6.97
355–365	360	2	130.00–137.50	$133.80	$482	+5.16
422–430	425	3	123.00–128.00	$126.31	$537	+1.98
465–495	482	3	120.00–125.00	$122.95	$593	+1.26
560–595	578	2	115.00–117.00	$115.97	$670	-3.04
605–635	618	5	110.00–120.00	$117.40	$726	+0.77
705	705	1	110.00	$110.00	$776	—
750	750	1	110.00	$110.00	$825	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–435	425	2	93.00–100.00	$96.42	$410	-18.58
450–485	472	3	73.00–116.00	$98.59	$465	+8.23
550–565	558	2	77.00–90.00	$83.41	$465	-16.86
615	615	1	90.00	$90.00	$554	+2.06
765	765	1	80.00	$80.00	$612	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	140.00	$140.00	$707	-13.00
550–595	566	4	126.00–142.50	$131.76	$746	-16.61
620	620	2	122.00	$122.00	$756	-15.32
652	652	2	120.00	$120.00	$782	-16.00
720–725	723	2	127.00–135.00	$130.99	$947	-5.01
805–830	818	2	117.50–119.00	$118.26	$967	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–485	470	2	55.00–66.00	$60.68	$285	—
550–575	563	2	60.00–70.00	$64.89	$365	—
605	605	1	60.00	$60.00	$363	-57.50
760	760	1	50.00	$50.00	$380	—
850	850	2	50.00	$50.00	$425	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1335	1273	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	93.00–100.00	$96.67	$1,231	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795	795	1	101.00	$101.00	$803	+21.00

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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	59.00	$59.00	$481	—
950	950	80-85%	1	62.00	$62.00	$589	—
1090–1200	1133	80-85%	7	67.50–71.00	$69.82	$791	—
990–1445	1172	80-85%	3	51.00–59.00	$55.15	$646	—
1125–1295	1217	80-85%	3	76.00–79.50	$77.92	$948	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1330	1255	75-80%	2	69.50–70.00	$69.76	$875	—
1235–1855	1398	75-80%	9	74.00–78.00	$75.84	$1,060	+0.48

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770	770	85-90%	1	76.00	$76.00	$585	—
835–850	843	85-90%	3	60.00–63.00	$61.68	$520	—
900	900	85-90%	1	67.00	$67.00	$603	—
1080	1080	85-90%	1	75.00	$75.00	$810	+4.09

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1375	1375	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,238	—
1545–2030	1774	5	95.00–99.00	$97.25	$1,725	—
1725–2300	2012	3	100.00–105.00	$103.07	$2,074	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710	710	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	65.00	$65.00	$462
805–820	813	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	75.00–89.00	$81.94	$666

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745–950	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–900.00	$807.77
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1190	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1075–1555	1285	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	775.00–1,175.00	$1,040.45

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765–805	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	73.00–95.00	$84.28	$662
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	81.00	$81.00	$688
990–1405	1193	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	63.00–72.00	$67.86	$810
1060–1345	1203	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	74.00–78.00	$76.24	$917
1255	1255	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	79.50	$79.50	$998

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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
895–1285	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00–1,100.00	$1,070.53	—
1215	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	-147.76
1300	1300	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	-37.90
1405–1410	1408	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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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.