I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, March 3, 2022

730 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $186.25/cwt +1.78 vs last sale · ≈ $875/hd at 470 lb · 55 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $173.15/cwt +4.39 vs last sale · ≈ $829/hd at 479 lb · 41 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $191.94/cwt +0.15 vs last sale · ≈ $716/hd at 373 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	730	388	1,077
Feeder cattle	601	333	955
Slaughter cattle	77	28	74
Replacement cattle	52	27	48

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers sold steady to 16.00, mostly 6.00 higher, with full advance on 500-600 lb weights. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-9.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 higher, Slaughter bulls sold up to 8.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–348	332	14	180.00–225.00	$195.34	$649	-2.17
350–395	373	33	180.00–203.00	$191.94	$716	+0.15
400–445	421	29	180.00–217.00	$196.16	$826	+8.03
450–495	470	55	180.00–206.00	$186.25	$875	+1.78
500–542	522	24	172.00–197.00	$186.51	$974	+13.79
550–591	568	19	160.00–188.50	$176.37	$1,002	+16.87
600–640 value added	620	2	169.00–171.00	$169.97	$1,054	-1.03
645	645	1	168.00	$168.00	$1,084	+2.49
650–685	669	7	157.00–169.00	$163.07	$1,091	+3.73
707–742	726	10	144.00–156.00	$148.40	$1,077	—
750	750	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,028	—
842 value added	842	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,221	—
852 value added	852	2	136.00	$136.00	$1,159	—
895	895	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,110	—
930	930	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,107	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	326	8	149.00–175.00	$164.46	$536	—
355–395	379	11	145.00–172.50	$162.24	$615	+7.24
405–445	423	20	135.00–175.00	$167.25	$707	+14.81
455–495	482	14	134.00–178.00	$164.24	$792	-3.25
520	520	1	159.00	$159.00	$827	+10.26
550–570	560	2	155.00–167.00	$161.11	$902	+11.09
600	600	1	153.00	$153.00	$918	+5.48
670	670	1	140.00	$140.00	$938	-2.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	325	4	139.00–150.00	$144.68	$470	+9.68
380	380	1	152.00	$152.00	$578	—
490	490	2	112.50–120.00	$116.25	$570	—
540	540	1	115.00	$115.00	$621	—
580	580	1	100.00	$100.00	$580	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	3	165.00	$165.00	$723	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	332	7	160.00–185.00	$171.05	$568	+5.72
350–399	375	21	155.00–175.00	$163.97	$615	+1.44
402–445	424	22	160.00–183.00	$174.37	$739	+7.70
450–495	479	41	162.50–181.00	$173.15	$829	+4.39
500–545	518	15	150.00–178.00	$168.00	$870	+3.65
555–595	574	11	152.50–171.00	$158.16	$908	-1.62
605–635	623	10	140.00–157.50	$149.95	$934	+4.84
658–695	669	22	140.00–153.00	$148.78	$995	+12.78
705 value added	705	2	140.00	$140.00	$987	—
774	774	4	137.00	$137.00	$1,060	-1.77
825	825	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,072	+7.99
895	895	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,190	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–345	343	2	130.00–147.50	$138.81	$476	+9.31
375–395	389	5	143.00–155.00	$150.14	$584	+5.14
400–445	412	11	130.00–157.50	$151.40	$624	+7.61
460–490	470	5	142.50–156.00	$146.54	$689	+8.64
500–545	525	9	132.50–157.50	$144.06	$756	+11.01
555–590	572	7	120.00–149.00	$136.68	$782	—
600–630	613	5	120.00–129.00	$123.60	$758	—
705–745	725	2	126.00–129.00	$127.46	$924	—
780	780	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,006	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–315	310	2	123.00–125.00	$124.02	$384	—
360	360	1	97.00	$97.00	$349	—
405	405	1	120.00	$120.00	$486	+5.00
455	455	1	125.00	$125.00	$569	+42.00
500–545	523	2	115.00–120.00	$117.39	$614	+8.39
620	620	1	100.00	$100.00	$620	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	2	137.50	$137.50	$846	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502 thin fleshed	502	2	183.00	$183.00	$919	—
500–530	519	5	160.00–175.00	$167.88	$871	-0.12
550–585	568	9	150.00–165.00	$158.51	$900	-0.88
610–645	632	10	140.00–160.00	$153.40	$969	—
650–670	662	3	146.00–158.00	$151.27	$1,001	+20.27
720	720	2	134.00–141.00	$137.50	$990	-0.50
770–790	780	2	126.00–130.00	$128.03	$999	-6.97
840	840	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,134	+6.00
950	950	1	102.00	$102.00	$969	-9.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	149.00	$149.00	$752	—
600–615	608	2	110.00–136.00	$123.16	$749	—
1025	1025	1	85.00	$85.00	$871	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1080–1555	1318	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,550.00–1,875.00	$1,741.79	—
1770	1770	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	100.00	$100.00	$500	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830	830	80-85%	1	43.00	$43.00	$357	-21.00
840	840	80-85%	1	50.00	$50.00	$420	-14.00
855–1155	1000	80-85%	10	37.00–69.00	$64.17	$642	-5.83
1055–1310	1175	80-85%	11	76.00–85.00	$80.02	$940	—
1145–1380	1263	80-85%	2	88.00–93.50	$91.01	$1,149	—
1265	1265	80-85%	3	73.00	$73.00	$923	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1450	1287	75-80%	5	83.50–87.00	$84.85	$1,092	—
1355–1470	1401	75-80%	4	89.00–93.00	$90.55	$1,269	—
1305–1730	1518	75-80%	2	78.50–81.00	$79.93	$1,213	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940	940	85-90%	1	71.00	$71.00	$667	—
1040	1040	85-90%	1	77.00	$77.00	$801	—
1085–1145	1115	85-90%	2	83.00–84.00	$83.51	$931	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1870	1624	8	75.00–101.00	$93.83	$1,524	—
1535–2050	1834	7	107.00–114.50	$110.57	$2,028	—
2025–2255	2140	2	118.00–121.00	$119.58	$2,559	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730	730	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	102.50	$102.50	$748
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	87.00	$87.00	$648

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1155	1025	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	600.00–925.00	$722.07
1140–1300	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,100.00–1,300.00	$1,211.30
810–1465	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	825.00–1,400.00	$1,197.69

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1145	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	84.00	$84.00	$962
1450	1450	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	86.00	$86.00	$1,247
1730	1730	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	81.00	$81.00	$1,401

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040–1280	1129	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,400.00–1,800.00	$1,568.64
1155	1155	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1020–1250	1158	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,250.00–1,500.00	$1,368.14

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–945	870	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	102.50–107.00	$104.56	$910

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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
1430	1430	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1150–1700	1435	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,275.00–1,525.00	$1,429.36	—
1585	1585	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1720	1720	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—
1730	1730	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

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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.