I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 7, 2021

660 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $150.84/cwt +7.45 vs last sale · ≈ $634/hd at 420 lb · 26 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $132.61/cwt +6.71 vs last sale · ≈ $699/hd at 527 lb · 19 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $133.62/cwt +10.17 vs last sale · ≈ $700/hd at 524 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	660	875	740
Feeder cattle	402	724	629
Slaughter cattle	143	106	91
Replacement cattle	115	45	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 6.00-11.00 higher, over 600 lbs not well tested. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 8.00-10.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	331	11	145.00–167.50	$154.29	$511	+10.51
350–395	374	11	145.00–170.00	$158.31	$592	+13.52
400–445	420	26	138.00–158.00	$150.84	$634	+7.45
450–490	470	12	137.50–152.50	$143.69	$675	+5.12
505–535	520	8	132.00–152.50	$143.68	$747	+7.24
560–578	570	4	144.00–146.00	$144.49	$824	+27.48
695	695	1	128.00	$128.00	$890	-7.57
740	740	1	133.00	$133.00	$984	-0.31

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	313	3	120.00–140.00	$131.02	$410	+3.37
365–375	370	3	122.50–140.00	$132.58	$491	+9.56
405–425	418	6	120.00–135.00	$126.63	$529	+4.72
450–495	478	16	122.50–137.00	$129.97	$621	+3.61
502–530	516	5	125.00–135.00	$127.42	$657	+4.68
575–595	582	3	120.00–128.00	$123.62	$719	+13.62

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	102.50	$102.50	$348	+1.81
350–390	374	5	90.00–112.50	$102.82	$385	+3.56
410–435	424	6	110.00–118.00	$114.04	$484	+21.56
490	490	1	60.00	$60.00	$294	-42.47
520	520	1	105.00	$105.00	$546	+5.10
585	585	1	112.00	$112.00	$655	+29.55

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	60.00	$60.00	$210	-11.00
410	410	1	60.00	$60.00	$246	—
788	788	2	47.00	$47.00	$370	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	330	9	132.50–139.00	$137.15	$453	+10.12
355–395	370	14	130.00–145.00	$138.71	$513	+10.17
405–435	424	10	130.00–140.00	$134.03	$568	+7.92
455–495	478	14	128.00–138.00	$133.08	$636	+10.14
525 value added	525	1	141.00	$141.00	$740	+6.00
505–545	527	18	120.00–136.00	$132.14	$696	+22.14
550–595	566	17	126.00–140.00	$133.77	$757	+10.04
600–645	623	10	120.00–134.00	$128.14	$798	+6.00
695	695	2	128.00–129.00	$128.50	$893	+16.52
695 value added	695	1	133.00	$133.00	$924	—
700 value added	700	1	130.00	$130.00	$910	—
725	725	1	119.00	$119.00	$863	+29.00
770–780	777	3	124.00–131.00	$126.67	$984	-3.17
952	952	4	100.00	$100.00	$952	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	315	3	125.00–129.00	$127.12	$400	+10.28
350–395	379	4	120.00–126.00	$122.70	$465	+16.70
400–440	422	12	110.00–128.00	$120.16	$507	+9.01
450–490	471	5	111.00–127.00	$119.60	$563	+7.96
510–545	528	2	116.00	$116.00	$612	+4.49
615	615	2	105.00–115.00	$110.00	$676	-0.44
675–690	681	4	105.00–112.00	$108.86	$741	-0.14
715	715	1	109.00	$109.00	$779	+5.58

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–320	318	2	81.00–110.00	$95.39	$303	-1.12
365–395	375	3	100.00–110.00	$105.52	$396	+4.37
400	400	1	115.00	$115.00	$460	+8.02
450–465	458	2	96.00–105.00	$100.43	$460	+1.79

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–385	375	2	60.00–65.00	$62.43	$234	—
450	450	1	40.00	$40.00	$180	—
518	518	2	54.00	$54.00	$280	—

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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	524	18	124.00–149.00	$133.62	$700	+10.17
550–590	565	8	121.00–136.00	$126.67	$716	+7.92
585	585	1	110.00	$110.00	$644	-8.75
600–635	615	11	113.00–131.00	$120.89	$743	-0.76
650–698	676	9	115.00–127.00	$123.43	$834	+4.43
708–745	722	8	116.00–125.00	$119.68	$864	+9.75
750–755	753	2	122.00	$122.00	$919	+17.98

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	2	109.00–119.00	$114.00	$621	+4.55
550–590	578	4	110.00–116.00	$112.78	$652	+3.89
695	695	1	109.00	$109.00	$758	+6.00
735	735	1	110.00	$110.00	$808	—
985	985	1	80.00	$80.00	$788	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	80.00	$80.00	$424	-6.78
730	730	1	70.00	$70.00	$511	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	55.00	$55.00	$280	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1050	939	80-85%	4	46.00–51.00	$49.11	$461	—
880–1090	965	80-85%	10	20.00–48.00	$41.26	$398	—
1035–1245	1116	80-85%	7	54.00–57.50	$54.93	$613	—
1075–1220	1151	80-85%	5	58.50–61.00	$59.27	$682	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185	1185	75-80%	1	58.00	$58.00	$687	—
1145–1500	1334	75-80%	4	59.00–64.00	$61.35	$818	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115	1115	85-90%	1	62.00	$62.00	$691	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1580	1452	5	64.00–77.00	$71.01	$1,031	—
1465–1550	1508	2	82.00–87.00	$84.57	$1,275	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
680–850	744	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	55.00–85.00	$74.49	$554
845–920	894	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	60.00–115.00	$94.26	$843

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00
860–1175	1036	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	600.00–900.00	$744.03
1040	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
1065–1145	1104	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	550.00–675.00	$634.30
870–1400	1123	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	42	650.00–1,400.00	$959.28
985–1330	1165	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	800.00–1,150.00	$976.04

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
995	995	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	56.00	$56.00	$557
915–1210	1069	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	50.00–65.00	$55.80	$597
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	54.00	$54.00	$594
1035–1515	1169	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	38.00–63.50	$55.20	$645

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–1020	872	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	700.00–1,300.00	$936.55
860–955	908	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00–850.00	$823.69
870–1075	946	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	800.00–1,350.00	$1,041.54

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
645–1075	788	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	74.00–119.00	$97.45	$768

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	700.00	$700.00	—
945–1185	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–1,100.00	$1,011.27	—

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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.