I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, September 2, 2021

879 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.33/cwt +5.07 vs last sale · ≈ $807/hd at 567 lb · 39 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $153.87/cwt -3.14 vs last sale · ≈ $825/hd at 536 lb · 39 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $165.38/cwt +1.81 vs last sale · ≈ $694/hd at 420 lb · 36 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	879	574	382
Feeder cattle	800	522	329
Slaughter cattle	46	40	36
Replacement cattle	33	12	17

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 8.00 higher, 400-500 lb weights sold 2.00 lower, over 500 lb weights sold 1.00-11.00, mostly 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 higher, Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	331	8	167.50–184.00	$178.63	$591	+3.18
350–395	377	20	165.00–180.00	$171.13	$645	-5.58
403–445	416	30	152.50–172.00	$163.46	$680	-0.11
439 value added	439	6	175.00	$175.00	$768	—
450–495	479	30	152.50–170.00	$158.43	$759	+1.03
500–548	536	39	148.00–164.00	$153.87	$825	-3.14
550–580 value added	565	2	163.00–169.00	$165.92	$937	—
550–595	568	18	147.00–158.00	$153.37	$871	-1.44
617 value added	617	13	160.50	$160.50	$990	-0.50
612–642	627	13	153.00–159.00	$157.83	$990	+6.13
670–681	679	19	158.00–159.00	$158.21	$1,074	+8.21
705	705	1	138.00	$138.00	$973	-6.71

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	326	7	131.00–162.50	$147.65	$481	+1.75
350–395	377	13	130.00–162.50	$149.82	$565	+0.81
400–445	423	23	130.00–150.00	$141.67	$599	-1.41
450–495	468	26	130.00–150.00	$145.17	$679	+6.21
505–535	520	4	130.00–147.50	$141.86	$738	+9.45
570	570	1	140.00	$140.00	$798	+6.39
655	655	1	136.00	$136.00	$891	—
1060	1060	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,060	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482 value added	482	6	160.50	$160.50	$774	—
497	497	15	147.50	$147.50	$733	-5.50
700	700	3	139.50	$139.50	$976	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	130.00	$130.00	$462	+3.00
420	420	1	125.00	$125.00	$525	+15.73
450–495	473	2	110.00–121.00	$115.76	$548	+0.73
510–535	520	3	106.00–119.00	$114.25	$594	-0.80
665	665	1	85.00	$85.00	$565	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	326	12	150.00–169.00	$162.70	$530	+2.72
350–395	361	16	150.00–175.00	$163.96	$592	+11.03
405–448	429	17	140.00–155.00	$147.37	$632	-4.06
450–494	484	24	140.00–152.00	$145.10	$702	+0.02
500–540	516	24	130.00–149.00	$137.89	$712	+0.86
558–585 value added	560	11	148.00–150.00	$148.19	$830	—
555–595	570	28	132.00–146.00	$140.03	$798	+2.77
600–635	620	18	137.50–150.00	$146.83	$910	+7.55
650–690	666	8	143.00–149.00	$146.34	$975	+15.34
715–745	736	8	131.00–140.00	$136.14	$1,002	—
780	780	1	120.00	$120.00	$936	—
805–830	818	2	117.00–127.50	$122.17	$999	+6.17
885	885	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,000	+10.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	328	6	129.00–149.00	$143.47	$471	+13.47
355–395	380	20	129.00–149.00	$140.94	$536	+8.17
400–445	423	14	121.00–145.00	$131.33	$556	+0.52
450–495	466	17	125.00–145.00	$134.71	$628	+9.13
500–545	524	18	120.00–129.00	$125.13	$656	-0.45
555–595	573	11	114.00–129.00	$125.16	$717	+3.53
610–640	625	2	121.00–128.00	$124.42	$778	+2.35
655	655	1	121.00	$121.00	$793	+6.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	144.00	$144.00	$562	—
461	461	15	139.00	$139.00	$641	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–395	385	2	115.00–127.50	$121.41	$467	—
410–445	428	3	100.00–118.00	$107.42	$460	-10.58
460	460	1	118.00	$118.00	$543	+10.49
500–525	513	3	100.00–117.50	$109.09	$560	-3.76
675	675	1	91.00	$91.00	$614	+31.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502–545	520	20	130.00–152.00	$142.30	$740	-5.87
550–595	576	20	128.00–145.00	$137.22	$790	-2.85
600–645	621	8	127.50–140.00	$135.32	$840	+6.62
655–675	666	5	122.00–138.00	$129.51	$863	-1.52
700–740	721	7	117.00–128.00	$122.14	$881	—
780–790	785	2	113.00–120.00	$116.48	$914	+2.48
955–965	960	2	109.00–115.00	$111.98	$1,075	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–546	537	6	124.00–126.00	$124.48	$668	—
605	605	1	119.00	$119.00	$720	—
805	805	1	100.00	$100.00	$805	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705	705	1	90.00	$90.00	$634	—
910	910	1	76.00	$76.00	$692	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1085	1085	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–840	813	80-85%	2	33.00–34.00	$33.48	$272	-19.52
875–985	923	80-85%	3	30.00–48.00	$37.82	$349	-3.44
860–1075	986	80-85%	4	54.00–55.00	$54.39	$536	-6.10
895–1285	1058	80-85%	6	58.00–63.50	$61.34	$649	—
1035–1380	1264	80-85%	5	64.00–71.00	$68.13	$861	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–965	913	85-90%	2	34.00–47.00	$40.87	$373	-12.67
960–1005	983	85-90%	2	58.00–59.00	$58.51	$575	—
1065–1175	1120	85-90%	2	64.00–66.00	$65.05	$729	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1610	1373	75-80%	6	66.00–70.50	$68.11	$935	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1255	1187	3	80.00	$80.00	$950	—
1145–1920	1598	4	92.50–97.00	$94.67	$1,513	—
1610–1820	1702	3	88.50–92.00	$90.28	$1,537	+1.57

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	63.00	$63.00	$504
725–980	844	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	89.00–111.00	$96.47	$814
720–905	849	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	64.00–80.00	$75.21	$639

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–1025	863	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	675.00–700.00	$689.86
710–1190	974	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	700.00–1,050.00	$857.56

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–1245	1045	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	48.00–64.00	$56.82	$594
940–1355	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	64.00–84.00	$70.28	$777
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	57.00	$57.00	$684

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770	770	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	80.00	$80.00	$616

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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.