I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, September 23, 2021

1,031 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 steers $135.38/cwt -2.65 vs last sale · ≈ $644/hd at 476 lb · 60 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $135.00/cwt +1.69 vs last sale · ≈ $707/hd at 524 lb · 56 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $138.17/cwt -10.89 vs last sale · ≈ $582/hd at 421 lb · 52 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,031	947	1,222
Feeder cattle	886	947	886
Slaughter cattle	115	—	263
Replacement cattle	30	—	73

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 15.00 up to 20.00 lower, over 400 lbs sold steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 9.00-15.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold 1.00 lower. 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
305–340	325	11	160.00–170.00	$163.77	$532	-30.65
345 fancy	345	1	195.00	$195.00	$673	—
350–390	368	12	157.50–180.00	$167.90	$618	-14.26
400–448	424	37	140.50–157.50	$147.82	$627	-5.48
450–492	474	18	145.00–170.00	$151.30	$717	+3.58
510–545	527	8	141.00–160.00	$150.86	$795	+1.51
550–595	577	42	134.00–150.00	$139.84	$807	-1.76
600–643	625	22	132.50–151.00	$136.67	$854	-1.53
650–675	671	14	134.00–144.50	$137.99	$926	+0.73
705–746	734	7	131.00–145.00	$141.99	$1,042	—
782–785	783	4	127.50–142.00	$131.14	$1,027	+0.14

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	325	11	120.00–157.50	$146.08	$475	-12.13
360–395	378	24	129.00–155.00	$143.67	$543	-12.07
400–449	433	23	122.50–140.00	$136.32	$590	-1.04
450–498	476	60	120.00–143.00	$135.38	$644	-2.65
500–520	508	4	120.00–138.00	$130.07	$661	-4.06
555–595	579	4	119.00–138.00	$130.06	$753	+2.51
708–725	717	5	120.00–128.00	$123.56	$886	+2.55

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	114.00	$114.00	$382	-12.01
355–395	373	4	80.00–124.00	$106.79	$398	-4.21
400–445	423	2	93.00–105.00	$99.32	$420	-12.57
450–490	474	4	112.50–125.00	$117.69	$558	+4.38
515	515	1	90.00	$90.00	$464	-20.00
555	555	1	102.50	$102.50	$569	-9.50
605–647	640	6	90.00–115.00	$111.06	$711	—
650	650	1	103.00	$103.00	$670	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308 fancy	308	2	165.00	$165.00	$508	—
305–340	324	9	135.00–155.00	$138.50	$449	-14.08
350–385	372	18	130.00–151.00	$136.74	$509	-14.96
400–448	421	52	130.00–147.00	$138.17	$582	-6.94
450–495	471	23	129.00–146.00	$136.83	$644	-7.17
500–545	524	56	128.00–139.00	$135.00	$707	+12.00
550	550	1	121.00	$121.00	$666	-12.25
550–595	573	26	122.00–138.00	$129.24	$741	-4.01
600–643	618	29	119.00–136.50	$130.36	$806	+2.00
650–690	664	14	120.00–135.00	$128.65	$854	-3.77
700–710	703	4	120.00–132.00	$126.27	$888	+2.53
935	935	1	100.00	$100.00	$935	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–335	320	4	120.00–131.00	$127.50	$408	-5.37
350–395	365	8	120.00–127.50	$122.43	$447	-12.07
400–445	418	15	120.00–139.00	$127.82	$534	-2.48
455–495	472	8	120.00–129.00	$125.13	$591	-6.45
510–540	521	7	110.00–128.00	$117.45	$612	-4.28
550–580	563	8	109.00–114.00	$111.01	$625	-7.16
580	580	1	100.00	$100.00	$580	-18.17
610	610	1	110.00	$110.00	$671	-4.30
625	625	1	108.00	$108.00	$675	-6.30
655	655	1	118.00	$118.00	$773	-1.91
705–735	720	2	117.00–118.00	$117.49	$846	+2.49

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–486	470	21	124.00–130.00	$128.00	$602	-7.00
583	583	9	122.50	$122.50	$714	—
640	640	2	124.00	$124.00	$794	—
772	772	2	117.00	$117.00	$903	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	111.00	$111.00	$372	-3.02
385	385	1	100.00	$100.00	$385	-14.21
420–440	432	3	105.00–114.00	$108.06	$467	+0.51
465–480	473	2	90.00	$90.00	$426	-9.32
500–545	522	5	92.50–110.00	$100.03	$522	-15.12
550–585	568	2	102.00–106.00	$104.06	$591	-5.90
645	645	1	80.00	$80.00	$516	-24.00

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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	521	34	125.00–144.00	$133.72	$697	-3.84
550–595	575	25	121.00–139.00	$128.63	$740	-6.44
600–645	624	8	120.00–129.00	$124.85	$779	-8.18
635	635	1	112.00	$112.00	$711	-21.03
650–690	668	5	120.00–130.00	$127.05	$849	-4.77
702–705	703	3	113.00–118.50	$116.66	$820	-2.26
760–790	770	3	112.00–118.00	$115.04	$886	+6.03
815	815	1	106.00	$106.00	$864	-0.26
1050 fancy	1050	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,239	—
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
505–525	519	6	110.00–120.00	$115.39	$599	-5.90
560	560	1	117.50	$117.50	$658	-10.68
620	620	1	117.00	$117.00	$725	-7.79
655–675	665	2	110.00–117.00	$113.55	$755	-0.45
755	755	1	104.00	$104.00	$785	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	104.00	$104.00	$494	—
570	570	1	80.00	$80.00	$456	-33.41
935	935	1	61.00	$61.00	$570	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1085	1025	80-85%	3	39.00–46.00	$43.83	$449	—
1200	1200	80-85%	1	59.00	$59.00	$708	—
1160–1485	1248	80-85%	11	60.00–65.50	$62.26	$777	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345–1620	1450	75-80%	4	64.00–67.50	$66.07	$958	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	85-90%	1	40.00	$40.00	$292	—
1050	1050	85-90%	1	48.00	$48.00	$504	—
1105	1105	85-90%	1	60.00	$60.00	$663	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1575	1309	4	70.00–75.00	$72.13	$944	—
1295–1770	1610	3	80.00–85.00	$83.66	$1,347	—
1540–2150	1788	6	86.00–88.50	$86.83	$1,553	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
820	820	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	62.00	$62.00	$508

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
990	990	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	48.50	$48.50	$480
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	55.00	$55.00	$578
910–1320	1118	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	55.00–65.00	$59.43	$664
950–1340	1189	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	62.00–72.00	$65.12	$774

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
870–945	895	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–825.00	$743.99
915	915	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1050–1100	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,025.00–1,045.00	$1,035.23

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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.