I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 21, 2021

545 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.09/cwt -6.42 vs last sale · ≈ $803/hd at 627 lb · 30 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $155.89/cwt +6.83 vs last sale · ≈ $728/hd at 467 lb · 23 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $137.38/cwt +6.33 vs last sale · ≈ $532/hd at 387 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	545	579	700
Feeder cattle	417	462	477
Slaughter cattle	64	76	124
Replacement cattle	64	41	99

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00-11.00, mostly 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	314	7	160.00–165.00	$161.98	$509	+9.05
350–380	371	7	162.50–170.00	$165.79	$615	+8.14
400–445	426	14	150.00–170.00	$157.33	$670	+6.47
450–495	467	23	142.00–168.00	$155.89	$728	+6.83
505–540	523	13	140.00–157.50	$148.53	$777	+2.85
555–595	569	6	140.00–156.00	$146.89	$836	+7.89
610–629	624	7	146.00–150.00	$148.73	$928	+16.32
650	650	1	144.00	$144.00	$936	+4.98

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	330	4	135.00–155.00	$147.07	$485	+10.57
350–390	377	10	125.00–157.00	$138.87	$524	+9.39
400–440	420	9	130.00–149.00	$142.65	$599	+11.50
455–495	480	4	130.00–137.00	$134.25	$644	+1.92
515–542	531	7	131.00–140.00	$135.42	$719	+5.50
590–595	593	2	128.00–131.00	$129.51	$768	+7.51
620–640	630	2	125.00–133.00	$128.94	$812	+1.94

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	338	4	114.00–125.00	$119.21	$403	—
350–370	360	2	110.00–117.50	$113.65	$409	+33.65
400–435	420	4	72.50–110.00	$94.26	$396	-14.82
465–490	478	4	90.00–120.00	$105.51	$504	+6.13
585	585	1	90.00	$90.00	$526	-20.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	83.00	$83.00	$365	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	334	10	131.00–149.00	$140.16	$468	+4.63
350–398	387	14	130.00–145.00	$137.38	$532	+6.33
400–435	411	13	137.00–153.00	$142.24	$585	+3.94
460–495	475	12	134.00–150.00	$143.19	$680	+9.93
480	480	1	120.00	$120.00	$576	-13.26
500–525	510	11	125.00–140.00	$134.20	$684	+15.20
547 value added	547	3	144.00	$144.00	$788	—
550–590	561	6	124.00–136.00	$131.63	$738	+0.43
605–640	627	30	120.00–136.00	$128.09	$803	+2.76
662 value added	662	3	142.00	$142.00	$940	+6.00
675–695	684	4	129.00–133.00	$130.75	$894	+2.71
700–735	713	3	128.00–136.00	$130.62	$931	+0.09

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	318	3	120.00–132.50	$126.60	$403	—
375	375	1	137.50	$137.50	$516	+24.00
405–439	430	8	121.00–137.00	$131.54	$566	+5.85
450–490	471	10	120.00–135.00	$127.83	$602	+9.07
505–535	521	4	118.00–127.50	$122.83	$640	+8.81
570	570	1	107.00	$107.00	$610	-6.69
560–585	573	4	115.00–123.00	$118.50	$679	+4.81
610–645	629	4	110.00–117.00	$113.94	$717	+0.22
715	715	1	110.00	$110.00	$786	—
765–785	773	3	90.00–110.00	$100.32	$775	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	2	112.00–118.00	$115.00	$368	—
395	395	1	110.00	$110.00	$434	+30.00
410–435	423	2	100.00–110.00	$105.15	$445	+0.68
455–480	467	3	80.00–117.00	$101.23	$473	-6.41
513–540	520	4	100.00–110.00	$102.60	$534	—
630	630	1	90.00	$90.00	$567	+15.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	318	2	70.00–83.00	$76.76	$244	—
385	385	1	50.00	$50.00	$192	-5.00
435	435	1	66.00	$66.00	$287	—
650	650	1	60.00	$60.00	$390	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
572	572	2	123.00	$123.00	$704	—
738	738	2	115.00	$115.00	$849	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–548	531	12	130.00–144.00	$135.79	$721	+7.69
555–595	575	11	122.00–138.00	$129.45	$744	+2.39
600–630	617	5	115.00–127.00	$122.19	$754	-3.66
635	635	1	115.00	$115.00	$730	-10.85
650–690	670	6	118.00–133.00	$123.36	$827	+2.94
705–730	716	4	113.00–127.00	$118.33	$847	-1.61
750	750	1	112.00	$112.00	$840	-6.00
1048 fancy	1048	2	110.00	$110.00	$1,153	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	110.00	$110.00	$660	—
655	655	1	110.00	$110.00	$720	+14.98
800	800	1	84.00	$84.00	$672	—
955–970	963	2	80.00	$80.00	$770	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825	825	2	90.00	$90.00	$742	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640–815	724	80-85%	6	24.00–38.00	$29.25	$212	—
820	820	80-85%	1	56.50	$56.50	$463	+11.50
855–1285	1048	80-85%	6	26.00–44.00	$38.54	$404	-8.50
1160–1190	1175	80-85%	2	48.00–50.00	$49.01	$576	-9.88
1080–1390	1180	80-85%	11	52.00–56.00	$53.49	$631	-5.40
1085–1345	1262	80-85%	5	58.00–62.00	$59.47	$751	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700	700	85-90%	1	45.00	$45.00	$315	—
910	910	85-90%	1	46.00	$46.00	$419	+12.29
885–1005	952	85-90%	3	29.00–40.00	$33.11	$315	-13.89
1195–1370	1283	85-90%	2	59.00–60.50	$59.80	$767	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1315	1233	75-80%	2	53.00–58.00	$55.33	$682	-4.77
1155–1510	1282	75-80%	3	60.00–61.00	$60.69	$778	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390–1720	1555	2	61.00–74.00	$68.19	$1,060	—
1455–1835	1667	3	76.00–79.00	$77.39	$1,290	—
1515–2260	1893	6	83.00–87.50	$85.45	$1,618	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
660–775	718	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	41.00–49.00	$45.32	$325
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	58.00	$58.00	$667

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855	855	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	27.00	$27.00	$231
1090	1090	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	53.50	$53.50	$583
1085–1155	1123	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	49.00–61.00	$53.78	$604
895–1385	1159	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	32.00–62.00	$54.62	$633
1195–1530	1289	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	59.00–63.00	$61.01	$786

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
965–1020	993	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	650.00–750.00	$698.61
940–1070	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,025.00	$1,013.31
940–1400	1209	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	675.00–1,000.00	$827.74

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
550–750	678	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	285.00–375.00	$339.84
625–765	707	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	375.00–550.00	$479.48
700–775	738	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	550.00–600.00	$573.73
750	750	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	330.00	$330.00
760	760	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
690	690	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	75.00	$75.00	$518
630–820	725	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	23.00–38.00	$31.48	$228
785	785	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	51.00	$51.00	$400
790	790	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	27.00	$27.00	$213

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
605	605	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	80.00	$80.00	$484
645	645	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	80.00	$80.00	$516
840	840	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	61.00	$61.00	$512

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–820	790	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	650.00–775.00	$714.87

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
725–795	760	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	500.00–515.00	$507.85	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1115	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—

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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.