I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, November 4, 2021

904 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $160.70/cwt +0.55 vs last sale · ≈ $680/hd at 423 lb · 42 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $154.94/cwt +0.50 vs last sale · ≈ $722/hd at 466 lb · 38 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $135.90/cwt -1.55 vs last sale · ≈ $576/hd at 424 lb · 35 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	904	511	1,166
Feeder cattle	795	437	861
Slaughter cattle	73	41	225
Replacement cattle	36	33	80

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold up to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	329	7	160.00–180.00	$168.79	$555	+0.44
350–395	386	17	160.00–175.00	$166.98	$645	+6.38
400–448	423	42	150.00–175.00	$160.70	$680	+0.55
450–495	466	38	147.00–168.00	$154.94	$722	+0.50
500–540	518	23	140.00–162.50	$150.25	$778	-4.49
560–595	578	9	144.00–157.50	$145.57	$841	-11.10
600–645	615	4	133.00–146.00	$138.72	$853	-14.22
670–690	680	3	140.00–144.00	$141.68	$963	—
700–735	718	2	135.00–136.00	$135.49	$973	-13.51
733 value added	733	21	141.00	$141.00	$1,034	—
800	800	2	124.00–125.00	$124.50	$996	-4.50
955	955	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,146	+17.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	329	13	125.00–157.50	$142.73	$470	+3.34
350–398	377	15	120.00–157.50	$146.81	$553	+2.23
400–445	427	11	120.00–150.00	$134.50	$574	-10.50
450–499	481	33	120.00–142.00	$135.31	$651	+3.28
500–548	524	8	121.00–136.00	$129.62	$679	+0.77
552–590	563	6	124.00–130.00	$127.96	$720	-6.53
600–630	615	2	125.00–131.00	$128.07	$788	+11.41
650–655	653	2	128.00–130.00	$129.00	$842	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–320	315	2	83.00–121.00	$102.30	$322	—
355–390	375	4	90.00–116.00	$101.19	$379	-16.31
405–445	423	17	77.00–110.00	$100.96	$427	+4.52
450–490	473	3	105.00–119.00	$111.42	$527	+22.53
515–545	527	3	70.00–110.00	$86.33	$455	—
550–592	576	5	101.00–119.00	$114.30	$658	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
526 value added	526	4	135.00	$135.00	$710	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–342	332	30	140.00–167.50	$153.27	$509	+2.32
350–397	381	12	144.00–162.50	$148.74	$567	+5.76
400–445	424	35	131.00–147.00	$135.90	$576	-1.55
453–490	464	33	130.00–139.00	$135.27	$628	+0.89
470	470	1	125.00	$125.00	$588	-9.38
512–548	523	27	126.00–141.00	$134.53	$704	+2.54
555–595	571	11	126.00–142.00	$134.63	$769	+3.00
610–642	635	6	127.00–142.00	$137.28	$872	+4.30
651–690	656	9	133.00–141.00	$139.88	$918	+1.88
700	700	1	116.00	$116.00	$812	-18.00
710–738	732	5	120.00–131.00	$122.13	$894	-11.87
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
300–345	318	5	122.50–135.00	$130.56	$415	-3.27
363–397	384	13	125.00–139.00	$133.53	$513	+13.53
400–445	430	19	115.00–135.00	$124.58	$536	+1.48
450–490	472	9	119.00–128.00	$121.24	$572	-3.91
500–535	515	6	118.00–125.00	$120.71	$622	-1.26
590	590	1	124.00	$124.00	$732	+4.00
605–615	610	2	114.00–115.00	$114.50	$698	—
700–720	710	2	92.00–112.00	$101.86	$723	-11.14
795	795	2	106.00	$106.00	$843	-5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	327	6	60.00–110.00	$80.61	$264	+15.61
350–395	369	6	57.50–119.00	$91.98	$339	-22.05
400–440	421	8	80.00–115.00	$100.68	$424	-0.66
455–485	474	6	80.00–110.00	$94.95	$450	-3.42
510–540	525	2	60.00–83.00	$71.17	$374	-16.45
585	585	1	110.00	$110.00	$644	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	49.00	$49.00	$196	—

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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	520	22	127.00–147.50	$137.32	$714	-5.98
550–595	574	23	120.00–132.00	$126.83	$728	-9.07
600	600	1	115.00	$115.00	$690	-23.21
600–645	608	18	115.00–135.00	$128.08	$779	-10.13
650	650	1	110.00	$110.00	$715	-13.59
650–680	663	11	107.00–137.00	$121.43	$805	-2.16
700–740	721	4	110.00–118.00	$113.53	$819	—
760–765	763	2	110.00–115.00	$112.51	$858	+22.51

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	2	124.00–135.00	$129.50	$693	+7.50
555–595	568	8	115.00–125.00	$117.22	$666	+2.22
600–625	613	2	106.00–111.00	$108.45	$665	-5.89
665–685	678	5	90.00–115.00	$108.74	$737	—
705–740	723	2	100.00–110.00	$104.88	$758	—
770	770	1	96.00	$96.00	$739	—
850	850	1	80.00	$80.00	$680	—
935	935	1	75.00	$75.00	$701	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	82.00	$82.00	$443	—
595	595	1	90.00	$90.00	$536	—
610	610	1	100.00	$100.00	$610	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780	780	80-85%	3	26.00	$26.00	$203	—
855–1105	953	80-85%	13	21.00–51.00	$41.58	$396	—
1010–1280	1146	80-85%	8	59.00–62.00	$59.61	$683	—
1170	1170	80-85%	1	56.00	$56.00	$655	-4.71
1110–1330	1233	80-85%	6	64.00–69.00	$66.84	$824	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815	815	85-90%	1	42.00	$42.00	$342	—
855–1050	938	85-90%	3	60.00–65.00	$62.36	$585	—
925–1155	1068	85-90%	4	69.00–72.00	$69.99	$747	+33.36

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1580–1770	1669	75-80%	4	67.00–70.50	$68.91	$1,150	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355	1355	1	81.00	$81.00	$1,098	—
1540–1645	1593	2	89.00–91.00	$89.97	$1,433	—
1550–1960	1797	3	90.00–93.00	$91.67	$1,647	—

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Stock Cows

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
550–665	603	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	20.00–50.00	$36.44	$220

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	68.00	$68.00	$609
925–1080	1003	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	71.00–95.00	$82.07	$823

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1095	948	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	585.00–1,000.00	$824.80
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
865–1230	1048	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	500.00–725.00	$632.10
980–1315	1141	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	775.00–1,125.00	$973.53

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870	870	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	58.00	$58.00	$505
1115	1115	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	59.00	$59.00	$658
1085–1280	1183	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	50.00–68.00	$60.73	$718
1275	1275	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	65.00	$65.00	$829
1455	1455	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	63.00	$63.00	$917

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
480	480	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	225.00	$225.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730	730	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	74.00	$74.00	$540
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	74.00	$74.00	$614

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1135	1135	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00

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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
855	855	(<2 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.