I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, August 26, 2021

574 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $157.01/cwt -1.91 vs last sale · ≈ $820/hd at 522 lb · 28 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $152.93/cwt +0.75 vs last sale · ≈ $567/hd at 371 lb · 24 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $150.50/cwt +3.18 vs last sale · ≈ $634/hd at 421 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	574	1,000	482
Feeder cattle	522	1,000	392
Slaughter cattle	40	—	70
Replacement cattle	12	—	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 7.00 lower, over 400 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 3.00 lower, 400-600 lb weights sold steady to 3.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold 4.00 lower. Feeder supply was mostly average to plain in quality. No trend for Slaughter cows or bulls, not reported last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
202	202	14	193.00	$193.00	$390	—
273–297	280	11	180.00–182.50	$181.78	$509	—
305–345	328	10	169.00–185.00	$175.45	$575	-11.03
350–380	368	12	170.00–180.00	$176.71	$650	-4.80
400–445	425	20	151.00–170.00	$163.57	$695	-0.89
455–498	482	23	151.00–171.00	$157.40	$759	+0.70
500–545	522	28	151.00–166.00	$157.01	$820	-1.25
554–595	558	10	149.00–155.50	$154.81	$864	+0.55
610 value added	610	1	161.00	$161.00	$982	—
600–645	630	3	147.00–157.50	$151.70	$956	-3.04
675–680	678	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,017	-2.54
700–745	721	4	142.00–149.00	$144.71	$1,043	-2.61
750	750	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,072	+7.38
845	845	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,107	-2.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	325	12	132.50–167.50	$145.90	$474	-7.90
355–395	378	12	137.00–157.50	$149.01	$563	+0.25
400–445	420	12	135.00–150.00	$143.08	$601	-0.28
460	460	1	120.00	$120.00	$552	-22.76
450–490	472	17	125.00–149.00	$138.96	$656	-3.80
505–530	520	9	120.00–142.50	$132.41	$689	-8.44
550–590	569	7	127.00–140.00	$133.61	$760	-1.39
600	600	1	133.00	$133.00	$798	-3.89
720–745	733	2	115.00–128.00	$121.61	$891	-7.39
795	795	1	123.00	$123.00	$978	-0.41
980	980	1	101.00	$101.00	$990	-9.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	4	153.00	$153.00	$718	—
549	549	10	149.50	$149.50	$821	—
570	570	8	146.00	$146.00	$832	-1.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	110.00	$110.00	$363	-22.65
375	375	1	127.00	$127.00	$476	+11.59
430–440	435	2	107.50–111.00	$109.27	$475	-8.47
450–485	471	5	110.00–129.00	$115.03	$542	+40.03
515–545	530	4	110.00–120.00	$115.05	$610	—
602	602	3	111.00	$111.00	$668	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	1	55.00	$55.00	$465	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	8	182.50	$182.50	$420	—
254	254	5	165.00	$165.00	$419	—
340–345	343	2	157.50–162.50	$159.98	$549	-4.72
350–390	371	24	142.50–165.00	$152.93	$567	+0.75
400–445	420	22	143.00–160.00	$151.43	$636	+4.11
445	445	1	130.00	$130.00	$578	-17.32
450	450	1	131.00	$131.00	$590	—
460–465 value added	463	2	153.00–156.00	$154.51	$715	—
450–485	467	13	141.00–155.00	$145.08	$678	+1.28
500–545	521	17	130.00–144.00	$137.03	$714	+0.61
550–590	557	16	130.00–144.00	$137.26	$765	-0.82
615 value added	615	1	150.00	$150.00	$922	+5.00
600–645	619	11	133.00–144.00	$139.28	$862	-1.27
675	675	1	131.00	$131.00	$884	-7.64
800	800	1	116.00	$116.00	$928	—
880	880	1	103.00	$103.00	$906	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	130.00	$130.00	$442	-11.00
360–395	377	5	123.00–141.00	$132.77	$501	-5.75
415–445	429	8	121.00–140.00	$130.81	$561	-7.55
450–495	466	11	120.00–138.00	$125.58	$585	-4.47
505–530	521	4	119.00–129.00	$125.58	$654	-0.66
575–585	580	3	115.00–128.00	$121.63	$705	-4.74
610–640	622	3	119.00–127.00	$122.07	$759	+0.49
650	650	1	115.00	$115.00	$748	-7.36

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	118.00	$118.00	$519	+11.80
460–485	473	4	90.00–117.00	$107.51	$509	-12.49
525–545	535	3	110.00–116.00	$112.85	$604	+13.77
685	685	1	60.00	$60.00	$411	-58.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	3	132.50	$132.50	$660	-5.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	80.00	$80.00	$276	—
485	485	1	58.00	$58.00	$281	—
545	545	1	65.00	$65.00	$354	—

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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	516	7	146.00–150.00	$148.17	$765	+0.89
550–585	565	7	130.00–145.00	$140.07	$791	-0.99
610–630	620	3	120.00–136.00	$128.70	$798	-4.65
650–665	658	3	127.00–137.00	$131.03	$862	+5.36
770	770	1	114.00	$114.00	$878	—
845	845	1	114.00	$114.00	$963	-3.59
880	880	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,038	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	55.00	$55.00	$187	—
520	520	1	69.00	$69.00	$359	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	125.00	$125.00	$731	+2.42

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	99.00	$99.00	$549	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735	735	80-85%	1	32.00	$32.00	$235	—
800	800	80-85%	1	53.00	$53.00	$424	—
865–1085	943	80-85%	6	31.00–49.50	$41.26	$389	—
945–1065	988	80-85%	3	58.00–63.00	$60.49	$598	—
925–1115	1041	80-85%	4	52.00–56.00	$54.61	$568	—
1060–1255	1143	80-85%	3	63.50–65.50	$64.56	$738	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100	1100	75-80%	1	58.00	$58.00	$638	—
1205	1205	75-80%	1	63.50	$63.50	$765	—
1010–1385	1244	75-80%	6	67.50–71.50	$70.34	$875	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	85-90%	1	22.50	$22.50	$164	—
895	895	85-90%	1	41.00	$41.00	$367	—
905–955	930	85-90%	2	52.00–55.00	$53.54	$498	—
1020–1160	1090	85-90%	2	62.00–64.50	$63.17	$689	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1470	1470	1	70.00	$70.00	$1,029	—
1470	1470	1	94.00	$94.00	$1,382	—
1515–1915	1711	6	85.50–90.00	$88.71	$1,518	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–825	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	57.00–80.00	$68.29	$553
795–1010	903	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	54.00–62.00	$58.48	$528

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–990	953	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	800.00–880.00	$841.57
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
990–1065	1028	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	58.50–60.00	$59.22	$609
1040	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	65.00	$65.00	$676

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	770.00	$770.00

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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
1255	1255	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	95.00	$95.00	$342	—
730	730	1	47.00	$47.00	$343	—

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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.