I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, December 16, 2021

772 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $150.64/cwt +1.10 vs last sale · ≈ $643/hd at 427 lb · 48 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $147.85/cwt +1.02 vs last sale · ≈ $693/hd at 469 lb · 32 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $175.03/cwt +4.50 vs last sale · ≈ $651/hd at 372 lb · 31 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	772	1,291	508
Feeder cattle	640	1,291	410
Slaughter cattle	88	—	69
Replacement cattle	44	—	29

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher, except 450-550 lb steers sold 12.00 with instances of 20.00 higher. Several long weaned cattle sold with a Premium. No trend for Slaughter cows or 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
300–345	322	11	165.00–195.00	$174.95	$563	+5.01
352 value added	352	3	210.00	$210.00	$739	—
350–395	374	28	165.00–180.00	$171.28	$641	+0.75
400–445	417	17	160.00–170.00	$165.36	$690	+4.25
440 value added	440	1	182.50	$182.50	$803	-10.50
455–478	469	13	165.00–207.50	$188.59	$884	+21.38
500–520	509	10	190.00–205.00	$199.77	$1,017	+41.09
552 value added	552	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,049	+19.50
568–595	583	10	154.00–169.00	$165.28	$964	+6.36
600–645 value added	623	2	164.00–167.50	$165.69	$1,032	-1.31
615–645	630	3	150.00–160.00	$155.08	$977	-2.05
655–675 value added	668	6	155.50–159.00	$156.64	$1,046	-7.98
710 value added	710	4	149.50	$149.50	$1,061	-17.33
775 value added	775	3	146.00	$146.00	$1,132	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	317	9	147.00–165.00	$157.02	$498	+11.40
360–395	383	23	135.00–157.50	$148.42	$568	-6.20
400–445	422	15	140.00–162.50	$150.63	$636	+5.21
455–495	478	12	132.50–160.00	$150.31	$718	+3.62
500–515	507	3	125.00–160.00	$140.02	$710	—
552–570	558	3	132.00–140.00	$137.28	$766	-0.75
665	665	1	135.00	$135.00	$898	+2.00
820	820	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,025	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	135.00	$135.00	$432	+11.69
365–385	375	4	101.00–125.00	$114.46	$429	+5.89
400–445	418	4	100.00–127.50	$116.95	$489	-2.38
465–475	470	3	110.00–119.00	$114.65	$539	-8.56
500–530	518	3	80.00–110.00	$96.98	$502	+4.48

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–347	316	19	140.00–152.50	$148.60	$470	+1.43
360–392	373	9	140.00–154.00	$147.61	$551	-1.15
400–448	427	48	145.00–155.00	$150.64	$643	+7.35
450–490	469	32	140.00–153.00	$147.85	$693	+1.46
505–548	526	26	131.00–151.00	$145.02	$763	+1.23
550–595	578	16	130.00–148.00	$139.81	$808	+10.04
602–645	621	13	133.00–147.50	$140.67	$874	+9.69
650–675	663	9	130.00–147.50	$140.09	$929	-8.66
700–720	712	3	137.50–140.00	$138.83	$988	—
730 value added	730	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,051	—
795	795	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,034	—
835 value added	835	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,086	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	318	4	125.00–130.00	$127.95	$407	+5.56
350–392	379	6	129.00–139.00	$133.96	$508	+2.23
410–440	428	10	124.00–140.00	$130.74	$560	-2.69
450–495	468	10	120.00–137.00	$130.36	$610	+0.03
525–545	535	2	120.00–125.00	$122.55	$656	-4.75
620	620	1	116.00	$116.00	$719	+6.92
670	670	1	121.00	$121.00	$811	+5.96
780	780	1	110.00	$110.00	$858	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333 thin fleshed	333	5	150.00	$150.00	$500	—
466	466	8	136.00	$136.00	$634	+1.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	327	3	103.00–115.00	$108.49	$355	-3.89
355–375	365	3	107.50–116.00	$111.09	$405	+1.09
425–440	433	2	55.00–101.00	$77.60	$336	-25.03
475–480	478	2	115.00	$115.00	$550	+12.49
505–530	518	2	90.00–111.00	$100.25	$519	-5.90
570	570	1	100.00	$100.00	$570	+9.91

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–545	521	18	137.00–158.50	$150.50	$784	+5.45
565–590	578	18	135.00–152.50	$141.36	$817	-1.52
605–645	621	8	133.00–149.00	$140.50	$873	+4.19
655–665	662	6	132.00–145.00	$138.72	$918	+1.92
700–740	711	10	120.00–135.00	$131.13	$932	+2.46
770	770	1	127.50	$127.50	$982	+5.20
850	850	1	115.00	$115.00	$978	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	2	120.00–130.00	$125.00	$631	+7.00
625	625	1	125.00	$125.00	$781	+17.16
680	680	2	112.50–127.00	$119.75	$814	—
790	790	1	110.00	$110.00	$869	-4.65
815	815	1	100.00	$100.00	$815	+2.66
890	890	1	80.00	$80.00	$712	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1170	931	80-85%	5	21.00–45.00	$27.97	$260	—
1115–1330	1187	80-85%	3	54.00–54.50	$54.19	$643	—
1315–1440	1374	80-85%	6	61.00–65.00	$62.68	$861	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1355	1333	75-80%	4	61.50–63.00	$62.26	$830	—
1810	1810	75-80%	1	59.00	$59.00	$1,068	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245	1245	85-90%	1	54.00	$54.00	$672	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1705	1340	5	54.00–75.00	$65.79	$882	—
1155–1995	1581	6	50.00–85.00	$78.44	$1,240	—
1950–1970	1960	2	88.00–92.50	$90.26	$1,769	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
848	848	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	50.00	$50.00	$424
675–985	855	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	104.00–120.00	$108.92	$931
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	69.00	$69.00	$704

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
952–1032	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	950.00–1,065.00	$1,012.30
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1105–1125	1112	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	650.00–725.00	$699.70
1250–1340	1295	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,125.00–1,150.00	$1,137.07
1330	1330	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1315–1355	1335	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	63.00	$63.00	$841

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
980	980	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00

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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
920–1400	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	725.00–915.00	$839.66	—
1370–1660	1515	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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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.