I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 14, 2021

579 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $134.51/cwt +6.37 vs last sale · ≈ $830/hd at 617 lb · 32 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $150.86/cwt +0.02 vs last sale · ≈ $626/hd at 415 lb · 27 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $127.06/cwt +2.24 vs last sale · ≈ $738/hd at 581 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	579	660	860
Feeder cattle	462	402	705
Slaughter cattle	76	143	91
Replacement cattle	41	115	64

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly 2.00 lower, except 4.00 higher for the better 400-500 lb weights. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-4.00 lower, except 2.00 higher for the better 400-500 lb weights. Several Value Added cattle sold with a Premium. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–332	323	8	145.00–165.00	$152.93	$494	-1.36
355–395	382	12	143.00–170.00	$157.65	$602	-0.66
400–445	415	27	142.50–165.00	$150.86	$626	+0.02
455–490	477	16	140.00–160.00	$149.06	$711	+5.37
500–545	528	10	142.00–157.50	$145.68	$769	+2.00
580 value added	580	10	165.00	$165.00	$957	—
585	585	1	139.00	$139.00	$813	-5.49
608–622 value added	616	7	146.00–160.00	$151.92	$936	—
605–630	618	2	128.00–137.00	$132.41	$818	—
670 value added	670	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,005	—
660–685	673	2	138.00–140.00	$139.02	$936	+11.02
710–740	728	6	140.00–146.00	$143.66	$1,046	+10.66
760	760	1	128.00	$128.00	$973	—
765–772 value added	770	6	134.00–136.00	$135.67	$1,045	—
835	835	2	118.00–127.00	$122.50	$1,023	—
860	860	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,109	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	130.00–143.00	$136.50	$457	+5.48
350–390	372	9	120.00–137.50	$129.48	$482	-3.10
405–445	424	7	121.00–141.00	$131.15	$556	+4.52
455–490	476	19	117.50–142.50	$132.33	$630	+2.36
515–545	530	2	127.00–133.00	$129.92	$689	+2.50
565	565	1	122.00	$122.00	$689	-1.62
635	635	1	127.00	$127.00	$806	—
650–685	668	2	120.00–128.00	$123.90	$828	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	2	70.00–90.00	$80.00	$296	-22.82
415–445	431	6	100.00–117.00	$109.08	$470	-4.96
460–495	479	5	91.00–108.00	$99.38	$476	+39.38
540	540	1	110.00	$110.00	$594	+5.00
575	575	1	110.00	$110.00	$632	-2.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	50.00	$50.00	$232	—
595	595	1	47.50	$47.50	$283	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	343	4	131.00–139.00	$135.53	$465	-1.62
355–370	359	14	129.00–141.00	$131.05	$470	-7.66
400–445	420	19	129.00–143.00	$138.30	$581	+4.27
410–445	428	2	125.00–127.00	$126.04	$539	-7.99
450	450	1	125.00	$125.00	$562	-8.08
450–498	483	6	129.00–139.00	$133.26	$644	+0.18
510	510	1	119.00	$119.00	$607	-13.14
505–545	528	15	120.00–138.00	$128.63	$679	-3.51
552–586	575	14	125.00–138.00	$131.20	$754	-2.57
600–607 value added	607	19	137.00–141.00	$140.79	$855	—
600–649	632	13	121.00–132.00	$125.33	$792	-2.81
671 value added	671	12	136.00	$136.00	$913	+3.00
655–695	676	7	116.00–134.00	$128.04	$866	-0.46
705–720	713	2	128.00–133.00	$130.53	$931	+11.53
755–775	765	2	119.00–123.00	$120.97	$925	-5.70
805–810	808	2	105.00–116.00	$110.52	$893	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	2	111.00–116.00	$113.50	$420	-9.20
390	390	1	93.00	$93.00	$363	-29.70
410–445	428	4	122.50–127.50	$125.69	$538	+5.53
450–475	463	4	110.00–127.50	$118.76	$550	-0.84
525–545	538	3	112.00–116.00	$114.02	$613	-1.98
550–590	565	7	110.00–117.00	$113.69	$642	—
605–640	620	4	110.00–117.50	$113.72	$705	+3.72
685	685	1	115.00	$115.00	$788	+6.14

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	4	119.00	$119.00	$637	—
643 value added	643	11	127.00	$127.00	$817	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	80.00	$80.00	$312	-25.52
415–440	423	4	97.50–110.00	$104.47	$442	-10.53
465–495	479	6	91.00–116.00	$107.64	$516	+7.21
615	615	1	75.00	$75.00	$461	—
745	745	1	69.00	$69.00	$514	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	55.00	$55.00	$217	-7.43
495	495	1	55.00	$55.00	$272	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–530	518	4	120.00–135.00	$128.10	$664	-5.52
560–595	581	23	120.00–134.00	$127.06	$738	+17.06
600–625	615	6	120.00–128.00	$125.85	$774	+4.96
660–690	672	7	107.00–129.00	$120.42	$809	-3.01
700–740	720	2	118.00–122.00	$119.94	$864	+0.26
770	770	1	118.00	$118.00	$909	-4.00
880	880	2	104.00	$104.00	$915	—
1045	1045	1	80.00	$80.00	$836	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560–595	578	2	111.00–119.00	$114.88	$664	+2.10
670–675	673	2	90.00–100.00	$95.02	$639	-13.98

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	86.00	$86.00	$1,036	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840	840	80-85%	1	45.00	$45.00	$378	—
965–1090	1027	80-85%	5	46.00–50.00	$47.04	$483	—
975–1135	1076	80-85%	5	43.00–45.00	$44.22	$476	—
1015–1215	1146	80-85%	7	53.00–57.00	$54.97	$630	+0.04
935–1300	1162	80-85%	7	58.00–61.00	$58.89	$684	-0.38

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1565	1243	75-80%	11	57.00–62.50	$60.10	$747	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1000	943	85-90%	2	30.00–37.00	$33.71	$318	—
965	965	85-90%	1	47.00	$47.00	$454	—
985–1165	1058	85-90%	3	51.50–54.00	$52.76	$558	—
1050–1090	1070	85-90%	2	57.00–61.00	$59.04	$632	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335	1335	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,135	—
1140–1670	1352	11	50.00–80.00	$73.28	$991	—
1530–1665	1602	3	87.50–90.00	$88.51	$1,418	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1065	1015	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	590.00–645.00	$610.54
1105	1105	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	660.00	$660.00
1110	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	910.00	$910.00
930–1505	1151	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	700.00–945.00	$811.42
995–1325	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–915.00	$822.79
1150–1265	1208	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	800.00–830.00	$815.71

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	57.00	$57.00	$598
805–1190	1094	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	53.00–63.00	$58.02	$635
1155–1250	1203	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	54.00–59.50	$56.86	$684
1195–1300	1248	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	54.00–61.00	$57.65	$719

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
785	785	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	585.00	$585.00

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Dairy Heifers

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	55.00	$55.00	$256	—

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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.