I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 28, 2021

511 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.99/cwt -4.31 vs last sale · ≈ $693/hd at 525 lb · 52 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $160.60/cwt -5.19 vs last sale · ≈ $597/hd at 372 lb · 25 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $142.07/cwt +6.28 vs last sale · ≈ $732/hd at 515 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	511	545	160
Feeder cattle	437	417	130
Slaughter cattle	41	64	25
Replacement cattle	33	64	5

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: The better Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 8.00, mostly 4.00 higher except 400-500 lb heifers, sold 7.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	324	9	162.50–185.00	$168.35	$545	+6.37
350–395	372	25	155.00–170.00	$160.60	$597	-5.19
405–445	421	17	152.50–172.50	$160.15	$674	+2.82
450–485	467	18	147.50–166.00	$154.44	$721	-1.45
520–545	530	5	139.00–161.00	$154.74	$820	+6.21
550–595	569	4	152.50–161.00	$156.67	$891	+9.78
610–645	622	5	147.50–157.50	$152.94	$951	+4.21
730	730	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,088	—
835	835	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,077	—
970	970	1	103.00	$103.00	$999	—
1215	1215	1	93.00	$93.00	$1,130	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	326	6	121.00–152.50	$139.39	$454	-7.68
350–390	375	4	132.00–155.00	$144.58	$542	+5.71
410–440	425	2	145.00	$145.00	$616	+2.35
460–495	477	18	123.00–145.00	$132.03	$630	-2.22
520–525	523	3	122.50–134.00	$128.85	$674	-6.57
580–585	583	2	132.00–137.00	$134.49	$784	+4.98
618–630	622	3	116.00–117.00	$116.66	$726	-12.28
720	720	1	110.00	$110.00	$792	—
755	755	1	90.00	$90.00	$680	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	6	138.00	$138.00	$673	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	117.50	$117.50	$429	+3.85
405–435	420	3	91.00–102.50	$96.44	$405	+2.18
455–475	465	2	72.50–106.00	$88.89	$413	-16.62

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	55.00	$55.00	$242	-28.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	326	11	137.00–160.00	$150.95	$492	+10.79
375–390	381	4	140.00–145.00	$142.98	$545	+5.60
405–446	429	17	131.00–141.00	$137.45	$590	-4.79
460–495	485	15	132.50–142.50	$134.38	$652	+14.38
500–547	525	52	128.50–139.00	$131.99	$693	-2.21
550–585	566	20	128.00–136.00	$131.63	$745	±0.00
610–640	624	7	128.00–136.00	$132.98	$830	+4.89
665	665	1	138.00	$138.00	$918	+7.25
700	700	1	134.00	$134.00	$938	+3.38
775–785	780	2	123.00	$123.00	$959	—
900	900	1	104.00	$104.00	$936	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	320	2	132.50–135.00	$133.83	$428	+7.23
368	368	2	120.00	$120.00	$442	-17.50
415–445	436	6	120.00–130.00	$123.10	$537	-8.44
450–495	475	7	122.00–127.00	$125.15	$594	-2.68
500–535	521	4	118.00–125.00	$121.97	$635	-0.86
595	595	1	120.00	$120.00	$714	+1.50
700	700	1	113.00	$113.00	$791	+3.00
760	760	1	111.00	$111.00	$844	+10.68

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412	412	2	129.00	$129.00	$531	—
473–478	474	9	130.00	$130.00	$616	—
574	574	12	123.50	$123.50	$709	+0.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	65.00	$65.00	$214	-50.00
365–380	372	3	110.00–117.00	$114.03	$424	+4.03
410–445	424	6	76.00–115.00	$101.34	$430	-3.81
450–475	460	4	85.00–115.00	$98.37	$453	-2.86
520–530	525	2	75.00–100.00	$87.62	$460	-14.98
630	630	1	102.00	$102.00	$643	+12.00
665	665	1	100.00	$100.00	$665	—
710	710	1	85.00	$85.00	$604	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	70.00	$70.00	$228	-6.76
385	385	1	82.50	$82.50	$318	+32.50

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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	515	22	130.00–149.00	$143.30	$738	+7.51
525	525	1	115.00	$115.00	$604	-20.79
550–590	581	15	123.00–143.00	$135.90	$790	+6.45
610–630	622	5	133.00–144.00	$138.21	$860	+16.02
650–685	668	2	120.00–127.00	$123.59	$826	+0.23
795	795	1	90.00	$90.00	$716	—
880	880	1	100.00	$100.00	$880	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	122.00	$122.00	$653	—
565	565	1	115.00	$115.00	$650	—
605–645	627	3	112.00–116.00	$114.34	$717	+4.34
965	965	1	70.00	$70.00	$676	-10.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1560	1345	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	83.50–87.00	$85.83	$1,154	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	61.00	$61.00	$336	—
745	745	1	50.00	$50.00	$372	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1160	1009	80-85%	8	30.00–45.00	$38.14	$385	—
1030–1135	1080	80-85%	4	54.50–56.00	$55.13	$595	—
1105	1105	80-85%	1	48.00	$48.00	$530	—
1165–1235	1188	80-85%	3	59.00–63.00	$60.71	$721	+7.22

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1125	1065	75-80%	2	50.50–52.00	$51.29	$546	—
1335	1335	75-80%	1	57.00	$57.00	$761	—
1240–1455	1379	75-80%	7	59.50–61.00	$60.15	$829	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045	1045	85-90%	1	53.00	$53.00	$554	—
945–1165	1055	85-90%	2	30.00–42.00	$36.63	$386	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295	1295	1	56.00	$56.00	$725	—
1505	1505	1	84.00	$84.00	$1,264	—
1420–1625	1547	3	87.00–91.00	$88.40	$1,368	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
640	640	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	75.00	$75.00	$480
945	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	50.00	$50.00	$472

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–1440	997	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	44.00–65.00	$54.10	$539
1105	1105	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	48.00	$48.00	$530
1135	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	64.50	$64.50	$732
1175–1240	1208	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	60.00	$60.00	$725
1145–1525	1335	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	54.00–63.00	$57.86	$772

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
925–1410	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	500.00–890.00	$815.89
1105–1215	1167	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	650.00–750.00	$683.71

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810	810	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	32.00	$32.00	$259

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1250	1080	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	825.00–1,135.00	$1,004.40

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
630	630	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	350.00	$350.00

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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
970	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	775.00	$775.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	41.00	$41.00	$240	—

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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.