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I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, September 16, 2021

947 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.25/cwt -1.18 vs last sale · ≈ $766/hd at 575 lb · 50 head
light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.31/cwt -3.58 vs last sale · ≈ $676/hd at 507 lb · 47 head
light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $153.30/cwt -5.37 vs last sale · ≈ $645/hd at 421 lb · 46 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 947 777 600
Feeder cattle 947 777 600

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers under 400 lbs sold 1.00-3.00 higher, 400-600 lb weights sold 1.00-8.00 , mostly 4.00 lower, over 600 lb weights sold 10.00-12.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls not reported due to time restraints.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
300–344 330 22 170.00–215.00 $194.42 $642 +7.06
350–393 375 20 170.00–210.00 $182.16 $683 -2.05
400–445 421 46 145.00–167.50 $153.30 $645 -5.37
450–490 472 33 143.00–160.00 $147.72 $697 -6.89
505–536 523 18 140.00–156.00 $149.35 $781 -5.49
560 560 1 120.00 $120.00 $672 -32.08
560–595 569 26 136.00–149.00 $141.60 $806 -10.48
600–630 616 22 132.00–146.00 $138.20 $851 -15.27
664–670 665 21 135.50–141.00 $137.26 $913 -18.57
765 765 1 131.00 $131.00 $1,002 -6.50
855 855 1 124.00 $124.00 $1,060 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
315–345 332 7 145.00–165.00 $158.21 $525 +8.82
360–395 380 10 140.00–167.50 $155.74 $592 +0.68
410–448 436 8 130.00–144.00 $137.36 $599 -4.33
450–498 482 30 130.00–142.50 $138.03 $665 -4.03
500–545 522 9 130.00–138.00 $134.13 $700 -1.60
560–595 578 4 121.00–134.00 $127.55 $737 +6.55
600–640 620 4 120.00–130.00 $125.94 $781 -6.08
655–690 673 4 124.00–130.00 $127.79 $860 -8.21
705–710 708 2 118.00–124.00 $121.01 $857 -7.75
845 845 1 118.00 $118.00 $997 -9.50
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
315–345 335 3 120.00–132.50 $126.01 $422 —
395 395 1 111.00 $111.00 $438 -17.00
410–445 428 3 100.00–120.00 $111.89 $479 -6.32
465–490 475 3 91.00–125.00 $113.31 $538 —
500 500 1 110.00 $110.00 $550 +10.00
570 570 1 112.00 $112.00 $638 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
300–348 328 18 141.00–167.00 $152.58 $500 +1.91
350–395 369 16 142.00–161.00 $151.70 $560 -0.12
404–440 fancy 420 11 157.50–165.00 $158.39 $665 —
400–445 429 26 141.00–151.00 $145.11 $623 -2.00
450–495 471 19 139.00–152.50 $144.00 $678 -2.43
500–545 507 46 128.00–139.00 $133.53 $677 -3.36
525 525 1 123.00 $123.00 $646 -13.89
560–595 575 50 127.00–139.00 $133.25 $766 -1.18
600–635 619 29 121.00–135.00 $128.36 $795 -14.01
650–680 663 7 130.00–134.00 $132.42 $878 -13.93
705–715 708 4 120.00–125.00 $123.74 $876 -8.80
865 865 1 110.00 $110.00 $952 -5.00
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
305–335 319 6 120.00–137.00 $132.87 $424 -0.21
350–395 380 5 130.00–137.50 $134.50 $511 -0.66
400–445 422 18 120.00–138.00 $130.30 $550 -0.85
450–495 465 26 120.00–139.00 $131.58 $612 +1.52
505–545 526 17 110.00–127.00 $121.73 $640 -2.34
560–595 572 9 110.00–124.00 $118.17 $676 +7.17
600–645 622 7 110.00–121.00 $114.30 $711 —
665–680 673 2 112.00–128.00 $119.91 $807 -1.17
715 715 1 115.00 $115.00 $822 -2.48
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
300–315 308 2 113.00–115.00 $114.02 $351 -2.24
350–395 378 6 110.00–127.50 $114.21 $432 +1.55
405–445 422 8 85.00–117.50 $107.55 $454 —
460–490 473 3 80.00–110.00 $99.32 $470 -15.68
505–540 528 6 114.00–117.00 $115.15 $608 +7.94
555–585 565 5 107.00–113.00 $109.96 $621 +1.65
630 630 2 100.00–108.00 $104.00 $655 -5.00
685 685 1 100.00 $100.00 $685 +15.30
758 758 3 96.00 $96.00 $728 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
475 475 2 135.00 $135.00 $641 -9.50
Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
400 400 1 77.00 $77.00 $308 -0.41

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
500–547 521 34 130.00–142.00 $137.56 $717 +0.24
550–598 566 29 130.00–145.00 $135.07 $764 -6.78
610–640 623 11 130.50–145.00 $133.03 $829 -1.57
670–680 673 12 118.00–134.00 $131.82 $887 +5.26
700–742 731 6 115.00–129.00 $118.92 $869 -5.14
770–790 780 2 108.00–110.00 $109.01 $850 -9.68
805–845 827 3 103.00–112.00 $106.26 $879 -11.24
965 965 1 90.00 $90.00 $868 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
500–530 515 2 120.00–122.50 $121.29 $625 -2.58
575–595 587 17 121.00–129.00 $128.18 $752 +5.18
600–625 607 4 115.00–128.00 $124.79 $757 +6.56
670 670 1 114.00 $114.00 $764 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
535 535 1 110.00 $110.00 $588 +17.40
563–596 582 7 113.00–114.00 $113.41 $660 +23.41
715 715 1 91.00 $91.00 $651 —

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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.