I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, August 12, 2021

429 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.08/cwt +7.12 vs last sale · ≈ $746/hd at 525 lb · 26 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $150.85/cwt -3.96 vs last sale · ≈ $557/hd at 369 lb · 23 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $159.60/cwt +0.35 vs last sale · ≈ $747/hd at 468 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	429	1,023	780
Feeder cattle	354	896	592
Slaughter cattle	44	77	105
Replacement cattle	31	50	83

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 11.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold mixed, 300-400 lb weights sold 7.00 higher, 400-500 lb weights sold up to 20.00 lower, 500-600 lb weights sold 2.00 higher, over 600 lb weights sold 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 6.00 lower, Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	329	11	170.00–197.50	$182.15	$599	+11.45
350–390	374	17	165.00–195.00	$174.47	$653	+9.36
405–445	424	12	150.00–168.00	$158.66	$673	-7.83
453 fancy	453	3	175.00	$175.00	$793	—
450–495	471	15	152.00–159.00	$156.52	$737	+0.14
500–511	507	9	152.50–158.00	$155.17	$787	+0.64
555–585	572	11	140.00–154.00	$149.54	$855	-2.93
615–645	638	10	140.00–160.00	$153.98	$982	+7.10
650–695	676	10	136.50–150.00	$140.96	$953	-5.25
750	750	1	130.00	$130.00	$975	-4.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	328	4	140.00–167.50	$153.47	$503	+6.08
350–395	375	11	130.00–167.50	$150.36	$564	+4.68
400–445	420	5	143.00–150.00	$146.54	$615	-1.59
455–480	466	4	139.00–150.00	$145.97	$680	+7.94
520	520	1	148.00	$148.00	$770	+15.44
605–610	607	3	135.00–138.00	$136.99	$832	+8.51
745	745	1	129.00	$129.00	$961	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	375	2	105.00–140.00	$123.43	$463	+13.43
455	455	1	111.00	$111.00	$505	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	57.50	$57.50	$216	—

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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	333	7	152.50–170.00	$159.89	$532	+13.26
350–390	369	23	141.00–161.00	$150.85	$557	+1.18
410–445	425	8	133.00–146.00	$139.46	$593	-23.69
450–490	465	16	130.00–142.00	$137.32	$639	-16.03
508–545	525	26	130.00–148.00	$142.08	$746	+7.96
565–595	580	3	130.00–144.00	$136.29	$790	-4.21
600–635	611	7	128.00–147.00	$135.28	$827	+4.17
660	660	1	127.00	$127.00	$838	-8.81
678 value added	678	6	141.50	$141.50	$959	-8.50
715–745	730	2	112.00–130.00	$120.82	$882	-7.25

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	321	4	129.00–135.00	$130.92	$420	-4.08
385–390	388	2	120.00–140.00	$129.94	$504	-6.37
440	440	1	120.00	$120.00	$528	-13.66
450–485	468	4	125.00–138.00	$130.10	$609	-0.89
500–530	518	4	117.00–125.00	$120.71	$625	-2.99

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	3	135.00	$135.00	$664	—
530	530	2	124.00	$124.00	$657	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	125.00	$125.00	$388	—
610	610	1	90.00	$90.00	$549	-10.00

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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	525	16	132.00–151.00	$144.86	$761	-2.48
550–595	564	14	123.00–146.00	$136.45	$770	-14.92
600–645	613	9	124.00–136.00	$129.70	$795	-23.56
665–680	670	3	130.00–132.00	$131.34	$880	-13.92
700–725	710	3	114.00–124.00	$119.28	$847	-8.33
765 fancy	765	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,010	—
775	775	1	122.00	$122.00	$946	-3.00
1070	1070	1	89.00	$89.00	$952	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550–580	565	2	125.00–131.00	$127.92	$723	-7.08
600–635	618	2	110.00–117.00	$113.40	$701	—
790	790	1	81.00	$81.00	$640	—
890	890	1	90.00	$90.00	$801	-8.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	2	88.00–100.00	$94.00	$606	—

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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	47.50	$47.50	$387	—
835	835	80-85%	1	35.00	$35.00	$292	—
865–1150	1028	80-85%	10	53.50–58.50	$55.65	$572	-0.90
925–1145	1035	80-85%	2	49.00–52.50	$50.94	$527	-5.61
990–1210	1104	80-85%	5	60.00–65.50	$62.79	$693	—
1100–1145	1123	80-85%	2	66.00	$66.00	$741	-4.33

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190	1190	75-80%	2	66.50	$66.50	$791	—
1130–1410	1220	75-80%	4	67.00–70.00	$68.21	$832	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830	830	85-90%	1	32.50	$32.50	$270	—
1000	1000	85-90%	1	55.00	$55.00	$550	—
1175	1175	85-90%	1	35.00	$35.00	$411	—
1230	1230	85-90%	1	64.50	$64.50	$793	—
1240	1240	85-90%	1	75.00	$75.00	$930	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1240	1215	3	40.00–74.00	$61.45	$747	—
1425–2040	1688	3	89.50–91.00	$90.26	$1,524	—
1640–1830	1735	2	93.00–94.50	$93.79	$1,627	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765–990	878	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	90.00–100.00	$94.36	$828
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	57.50	$57.50	$529
890–1135	1049	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	65.50–70.00	$66.72	$700

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
970–1095	1033	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	57.00–58.00	$57.53	$594
1060	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	62.50–64.50	$63.50	$673
1055–1125	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	70.00–70.50	$70.24	$766

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
1120	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	815.00	$815.00
980–1485	1168	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	850.00–1,075.00	$987.27

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00
685	685	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
1015	1015	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00

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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
775 thin fleshed	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00	—
1180	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1170–1485	1313	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,100.00–1,450.00	$1,267.10	+210.05
1310–1405	1358	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	950.00–1,200.00	$1,079.37	—
1440	1440	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

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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.