I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, September 30, 2021

875 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $143.39/cwt -4.43 vs last sale · ≈ $611/hd at 426 lb · 32 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $144.79/cwt -23.11 vs last sale · ≈ $539/hd at 372 lb · 31 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $123.45/cwt -10.27 vs last sale · ≈ $652/hd at 528 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	875	1,031	1,808
Feeder cattle	724	886	1,711
Slaughter cattle	106	115	74
Replacement cattle	45	30	23

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers under 400 lbs sold 10.00-20.00 lower, over 400 lbs sold 2.00-12.00, mostly 7.00 lower. Dry, dusty weather and pressure on Livestock Futures market continue to impact prices in a negative way. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	316	11	135.00–159.00	$143.78	$454	-19.99
350–395	372	31	135.00–161.00	$144.79	$539	-23.11
400–445	426	32	133.00–160.00	$143.39	$611	-4.43
450–495	470	16	132.50–160.00	$138.57	$651	-12.73
500–540	516	8	130.00–145.00	$136.44	$704	-14.42
565–580	573	2	116.00–118.00	$117.01	$670	-22.83
550–596	578	10	127.50–144.00	$135.84	$785	-4.00
650–680	665	6	122.00–140.00	$135.57	$902	-2.42
705	705	1	115.00	$115.00	$811	-26.99
720–740	727	6	124.00–139.00	$133.31	$969	-8.68
780	780	1	120.00	$120.00	$936	-11.14
800–820	810	2	124.00–128.00	$126.02	$1,021	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	321	4	120.00–131.00	$127.65	$410	-18.43
350–390	367	9	119.00–130.00	$123.02	$451	-20.65
405–445	419	8	110.00–132.50	$121.91	$511	-14.41
450–495	473	15	120.00–131.00	$126.36	$598	-9.02
500–527	516	6	112.00–126.00	$122.74	$633	-7.33
550	550	1	110.00	$110.00	$605	-20.06
600–605	603	2	111.00–118.00	$114.51	$690	—
660–680	670	2	110.00–122.00	$115.91	$777	—
735	735	1	88.00	$88.00	$647	-35.56
765	765	1	117.00	$117.00	$895	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	333	5	70.00–125.00	$100.69	$335	-13.31
375–395	386	8	82.50–111.00	$99.26	$383	-7.53
405–440	420	6	80.00–110.00	$92.48	$388	-6.84
450–490	471	12	90.00–116.00	$102.47	$483	-15.22
505–515	510	2	90.00–110.00	$99.90	$509	+9.90
570–595	583	2	80.00–85.00	$82.45	$481	-20.05
600	600	1	90.00	$90.00	$540	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	3	130.00	$130.00	$432	—
475	475	2	122.50	$122.50	$582	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–390	375	2	65.00–77.50	$71.00	$266	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	323	3	123.00–130.00	$127.03	$410	-11.47
355–385	367	13	120.00–138.00	$128.54	$472	-8.20
410–435	423	7	120.00–130.00	$126.11	$533	-12.06
455–490	470	17	120.00–134.00	$122.94	$578	-13.89
525–540	533	2	110.00	$110.00	$586	-25.00
534 value added	534	4	135.00	$135.00	$721	—
500–548	535	19	118.00–134.50	$125.65	$672	-9.35
550–598	575	17	119.00–134.00	$123.73	$711	-5.51
605–645	623	11	118.00–133.00	$122.14	$761	-8.22
652–680	655	15	118.00–137.00	$132.42	$867	+3.77
675–685	682	3	110.00–116.00	$111.98	$764	-16.67
705–716	710	9	122.00–127.00	$124.68	$885	-1.59
735	735	1	90.00	$90.00	$662	-36.27
755–787	784	10	129.50–133.00	$129.84	$1,018	—
855 value added	855	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,052	—
855	855	1	109.00	$109.00	$932	—
905	905	1	84.00	$84.00	$760	-16.00
940 value added	940	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,119	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	327	3	105.00–125.00	$116.84	$382	-10.66
350–395	371	4	110.00–124.00	$116.46	$432	-5.97
380	380	1	106.00	$106.00	$403	-16.43
400–445	426	17	105.00–119.00	$111.15	$473	-16.67
430	430	1	100.00	$100.00	$430	-27.82
450–485	466	15	105.00–119.00	$111.64	$520	-13.49
505–545	520	10	100.00–119.00	$111.51	$580	-5.94
560–595	577	11	106.00–115.00	$110.62	$638	+10.62
605–635	620	2	108.00–113.00	$110.44	$685	+2.44
675–695	685	2	109.00	$109.00	$747	-9.00
700–725	713	2	99.00–108.00	$103.42	$737	-14.07
770–790	781	4	100.00–105.00	$103.51	$808	—
835–845	840	2	87.00–90.00	$88.51	$743	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	315	12	72.50–112.50	$96.51	$304	-14.49
355–385	371	7	90.00–110.00	$101.15	$375	+1.15
410–440	424	7	100.00–117.50	$106.98	$454	-1.08
450–475	462	6	84.00–105.00	$98.64	$456	+8.64
505	505	1	90.00	$90.00	$454	-10.03
580	580	1	100.00	$100.00	$580	-4.06
655–680	666	4	63.00–98.00	$82.43	$549	—
730	730	1	80.00	$80.00	$584	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458	458	3	117.00	$117.00	$536	-11.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	65.00	$65.00	$208	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–545	528	27	117.50–130.00	$123.45	$652	-10.27
550–595	568	13	115.00–127.00	$118.75	$674	-9.88
620–633	627	8	110.00–127.00	$121.65	$763	-3.20
670–682	676	5	113.00–121.00	$119.00	$804	-8.05
710–735	723	2	106.00–114.00	$109.93	$795	-6.73
765–770	768	2	98.00–110.00	$104.02	$799	-11.02
845	845	1	106.00	$106.00	$896	±0.00
910	910	1	104.00	$104.00	$946	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–545	524	4	106.00–112.00	$109.45	$574	-5.94
550–595	576	4	105.00–116.00	$108.89	$627	-8.61
600–630	615	4	107.00–114.00	$109.82	$675	-7.18
685	685	1	103.00	$103.00	$706	-10.55
795	795	1	75.00	$75.00	$596	—
890	890	1	85.00	$85.00	$756	—
930	930	1	75.00	$75.00	$698	—
1060	1060	1	70.00	$70.00	$742	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525–545	533	3	70.00–100.00	$86.78	$463	—
580–590	585	2	80.00–101.00	$90.41	$529	+10.41
605–645	628	3	60.00–90.00	$76.68	$482	—
975	975	1	60.00	$60.00	$585	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
587	587	3	105.00	$105.00	$616	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	1	40.00	$40.00	$244	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805	805	80-85%	1	30.00	$30.00	$242	—
880–1165	1010	80-85%	6	30.00–43.00	$39.62	$400	-4.21
945–1305	1086	80-85%	9	48.00–53.00	$50.69	$550	—
1235–1525	1360	80-85%	6	54.00–59.00	$57.38	$780	—
1460	1460	80-85%	1	60.00	$60.00	$876	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815	815	85-90%	1	22.00	$22.00	$179	—
885	885	85-90%	1	48.00	$48.00	$425	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1935	1448	9	60.00–81.00	$71.83	$1,040	—
1660–1995	1839	4	88.50–93.00	$90.53	$1,665	—
1930	1930	1	87.00	$87.00	$1,679	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
830–910	870	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	70.00–90.00	$79.54	$692

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840–1015	921	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	500.00–700.00	$598.64
920–1065	987	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	800.00–975.00	$894.05
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
925–1360	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	575.00–1,025.00	$791.66

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–1360	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	39.00–64.00	$53.88	$601
970–1385	1119	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	41.00–58.00	$49.88	$558

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
680	680	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	109.00	$109.00	$741
870	870	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	77.00	$77.00	$670

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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
1355	1355	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—

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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.