I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, November 18, 2021

806 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $146.32/cwt -9.60 vs last sale · ≈ $756/hd at 517 lb · 46 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $152.51/cwt -5.90 vs last sale · ≈ $657/hd at 431 lb · 42 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $148.02/cwt +3.63 vs last sale · ≈ $705/hd at 476 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	806	1,262	1,100
Feeder cattle	630	1,262	908
Slaughter cattle	124	—	111
Replacement cattle	52	—	81

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 13.00, mostly 7.00 higher, with full advance on 600-700 lb cattle. No trend on Slaughter cows and bulls, not reported last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	316	8	165.00–177.50	$170.45	$539	+4.18
355–385	372	7	170.00–180.00	$175.11	$651	+12.95
404–445	431	42	142.50–167.50	$152.51	$657	-2.98
450–495	468	22	142.00–160.00	$152.29	$713	+1.86
480 thin fleshed	480	1	167.00	$167.00	$802	—
500–541	516	44	140.00–163.00	$145.45	$751	+1.67
525–540 value added	533	2	164.00–167.00	$165.52	$882	+3.93
550–595	587	6	147.00–153.00	$151.52	$889	+5.73
595 value added	595	1	162.00	$162.00	$964	-0.29
600	600	2	148.00–155.00	$151.50	$909	+18.71
615–625 value added	622	3	155.00–157.00	$155.66	$968	+2.54
650 value added	650	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,020	+8.72
685	685	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,034	+14.89
720	720	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,051	+10.49
810	810	2	142.00	$142.00	$1,150	+12.66
900	900	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,116	—
1020	1020	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,030	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	323	12	125.00–157.50	$144.08	$465	+7.43
350–395	378	15	130.00–155.00	$143.45	$542	+0.64
400–440	418	9	122.50–147.00	$133.44	$558	+0.72
450–498	474	20	121.00–142.50	$134.95	$640	+0.40
510–540	525	2	120.00–137.00	$128.26	$673	-2.79
565–575	570	2	122.50–124.00	$123.24	$702	-1.46

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–322	321	3	103.00–110.00	$105.32	$338	—
360–398	380	7	90.00–125.00	$104.63	$398	-21.20
435–440	438	4	117.00–120.00	$119.25	$522	+10.89
555	555	1	70.00	$70.00	$388	—
660	660	1	113.00	$113.00	$746	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	5	152.50	$152.50	$470	—
386	386	4	155.00	$155.00	$598	—
430	430	2	149.00	$149.00	$641	—

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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	319	18	130.00–157.50	$141.98	$453	-0.02
350–395	372	23	130.00–160.00	$145.10	$540	+5.35
415–445	431	16	140.00–157.50	$150.83	$650	+12.57
438 value added	438	2	161.00	$161.00	$705	+10.61
450–495	476	30	137.00–161.00	$149.89	$713	+12.84
470–485	478	2	120.00	$120.00	$574	-17.05
512–548	527	20	135.00–151.00	$143.48	$756	+12.83
550–595	571	11	138.00–150.00	$143.62	$820	+16.33
600–615	608	2	130.00–138.00	$133.95	$814	+5.99
661 value added	661	7	145.00	$145.00	$958	+1.00
680–695	688	2	133.00–135.00	$133.99	$922	+3.74
700–710	705	2	121.00–127.00	$124.02	$874	-0.32
765	765	1	117.00	$117.00	$895	-11.00
840	840	1	110.00	$110.00	$924	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	338	2	120.00–125.00	$122.44	$414	-1.85
350–395	377	10	120.00–137.50	$126.80	$478	+5.50
400	400	1	110.00	$110.00	$440	-11.76
400–435	422	11	122.00–136.00	$130.46	$551	+8.70
450–495	470	4	125.00–137.00	$130.53	$613	+11.05
520–545	534	4	120.00–130.00	$126.19	$674	+5.04
550–578	564	4	125.00–128.00	$126.54	$714	+9.65

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	110.00	$110.00	$380	-2.62
365	365	1	95.00	$95.00	$347	-12.16
400	400	1	115.00	$115.00	$460	+8.73
460–490	475	4	70.00–117.00	$91.86	$436	-12.11
565	565	1	104.00	$104.00	$588	+14.26
620	620	1	80.00	$80.00	$496	-21.39

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–546	527	14	132.00–150.00	$142.24	$750	+11.52
550–595	565	24	132.00–148.00	$139.65	$789	+7.03
605–645	621	8	130.00–144.00	$137.20	$852	+13.43
655–695	674	9	127.00–140.00	$134.11	$904	+14.69
700–715	707	3	127.00–133.00	$130.01	$919	+11.98
750–785	755	9	115.00–135.00	$129.61	$979	+10.61
830–835	833	2	109.00–120.00	$114.48	$954	+6.48
875	875	1	100.00	$100.00	$875	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–540	523	4	119.00–128.00	$121.43	$635	+1.43
560–570	565	2	128.00	$128.00	$723	+4.00
610–648	643	13	107.00–127.00	$125.15	$805	+29.40
685–695	690	3	105.00–124.00	$117.71	$812	—
700	700	1	108.00	$108.00	$756	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–535	518	2	67.00–109.00	$87.29	$452	—
590	590	1	102.00	$102.00	$602	+22.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1195	1015	80-85%	4	41.00–44.00	$41.88	$425	—
1005–1090	1053	80-85%	7	25.00–37.50	$32.53	$343	—
1205	1205	80-85%	1	55.00	$55.00	$663	—
1160–1495	1269	80-85%	5	47.00–50.00	$48.26	$612	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1450	1305	75-80%	3	52.00–55.50	$53.62	$700	—
1385–1500	1443	75-80%	2	49.00–50.00	$49.48	$714	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1730	1487	10	47.50–77.00	$68.85	$1,024	—
1575–1960	1693	6	85.50–90.50	$88.17	$1,493	—
1875	1875	1	81.00	$81.00	$1,519	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	60.00	$60.00	$501
905–1295	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	33.00–66.00	$52.43	$577

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785 thin fleshed	785	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	350.00	$350.00
995	995	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	560.00	$560.00
895–1300	1058	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	650.00–1,075.00	$844.78
1000–1250	1127	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	600.00–925.00	$751.63

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
930–1025	978	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	52.00–66.00	$58.66	$574
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	41.00	$41.00	$430
1065	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	43.00	$43.00	$458
875–1310	1072	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	30.00–55.00	$45.10	$483
975–1235	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	54.50–65.00	$59.13	$653

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–920	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	600.00–850.00	$732.95
835–900	868	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	675.00–700.00	$687.97

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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
1185–1215	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	700.00–800.00	$750.63	—
1260–1480	1370	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–925.00	$884.49	—

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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.