I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, March 10, 2022

702 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $181.48/cwt -14.68 vs last sale · ≈ $780/hd at 430 lb · 41 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $153.21/cwt -19.94 vs last sale · ≈ $720/hd at 470 lb · 27 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $175.52/cwt -10.73 vs last sale · ≈ $818/hd at 466 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	702	730	798
Feeder cattle	545	601	700
Slaughter cattle	92	77	73
Replacement cattle	65	52	25

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 6.00 lower, over 400 lbs sold 13.00-15.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 5.00 lower, over 400 bs sold 5.00-21.00, mostly 15.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 higher, Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–345	327	14	180.00–205.00	$188.96	$618	-6.38
350–390	375	20	180.00–197.50	$187.53	$703	-4.41
426 value added	426	4	195.00	$195.00	$831	—
400–449	430	37	160.00–191.00	$180.02	$774	-16.14
450–483	466	27	160.00–187.50	$175.52	$818	-10.73
505–535	523	17	164.00–185.00	$171.37	$896	-15.14
550–570	558	5	157.00–175.00	$165.23	$922	-11.14
605–630	618	2	147.00–155.00	$151.08	$934	-16.92
650–656	655	5	148.00–154.00	$149.19	$977	-13.88
660	660	1	139.00	$139.00	$917	-24.07
702–740	711	6	140.00–144.00	$141.16	$1,004	-7.24
750–793	779	5	144.00–151.00	$145.54	$1,134	+8.54
870	870	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,131	+6.00
925	925	1	107.00	$107.00	$990	-12.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	324	7	150.00–170.00	$160.53	$520	-3.93
350–380	366	6	150.00–172.50	$165.71	$606	+3.47
465–475	472	5	137.00–157.00	$148.21	$700	-16.03
500–540	527	6	140.00–160.00	$152.16	$802	-6.84
573–580	574	7	145.00–147.00	$145.29	$834	-15.82
680–690	685	2	131.00–135.00	$132.99	$911	-7.01
720	720	1	138.00	$138.00	$994	—
825	825	1	117.00	$117.00	$965	—
980	980	1	100.00	$100.00	$980	—
1085	1085	1	90.00	$90.00	$976	—
1115	1115	1	78.00	$78.00	$870	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–335	329	4	103.00–135.00	$122.23	$402	-22.45
355–395	379	5	85.00–140.00	$116.58	$442	-35.42
425–435	430	2	80.00–120.00	$100.23	$431	—
520	520	1	98.00	$98.00	$510	-17.00
685	685	1	114.00	$114.00	$781	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
666 value added	666	9	147.00	$147.00	$979	—

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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	325	11	160.00–170.00	$163.16	$530	-7.89
350–395	375	21	153.00–172.00	$160.87	$603	-3.10
400–446	429	14	146.00–162.00	$155.09	$665	-19.28
450–495	470	27	145.00–160.00	$153.21	$720	-19.94
500–525 value added	510	3	151.00–155.00	$152.97	$780	—
502–542	521	19	136.00–152.00	$143.05	$745	-24.95
550	550	1	122.00	$122.00	$671	-36.16
550–597	581	13	133.00–151.00	$141.49	$822	-16.67
610–625	618	2	120.00	$120.00	$742	-29.95
605–635	628	5	140.00–148.00	$145.24	$912	-4.71
610–633 value added	631	10	140.00–144.00	$143.61	$906	—
655–685	663	7	131.00–137.00	$135.70	$900	-13.08
695 value added	695	1	138.00	$138.00	$959	—
700–740	723	3	130.00–133.00	$132.03	$955	—
775 value added	775	2	137.00	$137.00	$1,062	—
765–790	777	3	125.00–129.00	$127.33	$989	-9.67
820	820	3	108.00	$108.00	$886	-22.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	324	6	133.00–155.00	$141.26	$458	+2.45
375–395	386	7	125.00–145.00	$134.83	$520	-15.31
415–445	424	4	130.00–140.00	$136.87	$580	-14.53
480–482	481	5	133.00–144.00	$139.41	$671	-7.13
505–545	526	5	120.00–140.00	$131.54	$692	-12.52
560	560	1	120.00	$120.00	$672	-16.68
615–640	628	2	115.00–130.00	$122.35	$768	-1.25
665–680	673	2	120.00–124.00	$121.98	$821	—
700	700	1	125.00	$125.00	$875	-2.46

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	120.00	$120.00	$402	-4.02
350–385	368	2	80.00–107.00	$94.14	$346	-2.86
400–449	430	9	110.00–120.00	$114.48	$492	-5.52
475	475	1	105.00	$105.00	$499	-20.00
500–545	518	3	81.00–118.00	$104.30	$540	-13.09
565–580	573	2	100.00–118.00	$108.88	$624	—
725	725	1	102.00	$102.00	$740	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432	432	6	144.00	$144.00	$622	—
450	450	5	136.00	$136.00	$612	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520–540	530	4	152.50–162.50	$158.27	$839	-9.61
550–590	570	7	137.00–155.00	$148.82	$848	-9.69
590	590	1	128.00	$128.00	$755	-30.51
600–645	625	11	135.00–149.00	$141.12	$882	-12.28
625	625	1	130.00	$130.00	$812	-23.40
650–680	667	3	132.00–137.00	$134.71	$899	-16.56
705–740	713	6	128.00–136.00	$132.98	$948	-4.52
920	920	1	90.00	$90.00	$828	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	115.00	$115.00	$690	-8.16
690	690	1	120.00	$120.00	$828	—
795	795	1	86.00	$86.00	$684	—
875	875	1	80.00	$80.00	$700	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	1	102.00	$102.00	$638	—
650	650	1	70.00	$70.00	$455	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1920	1920	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	118.00	$118.00	$2,266	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–1020	925	80-85%	8	48.00–65.00	$56.76	$525	—
960–1145	1016	80-85%	16	75.00–79.50	$77.21	$784	+13.04
1185	1185	80-85%	1	91.00	$91.00	$1,078	+10.98
1105–1410	1264	80-85%	8	81.00–85.00	$83.24	$1,052	-7.77

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1270	1232	75-80%	3	86.00–91.00	$87.95	$1,084	—
1300	1300	75-80%	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,027	—
1245–1640	1446	75-80%	4	80.00–84.00	$82.59	$1,194	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780	780	85-90%	1	48.00	$48.00	$374	—
875–1045	960	85-90%	2	60.00–62.00	$61.09	$586	—
1070	1070	85-90%	1	75.00	$75.00	$802	—
1150–1175	1163	85-90%	2	81.00–82.00	$81.49	$948	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1455	1294	8	65.00–102.00	$86.73	$1,122	—
1515–1890	1668	10	104.00–110.00	$107.50	$1,793	—
1735–2180	1926	5	111.50–115.00	$113.62	$2,188	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–835	797	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	90.00–117.00	$103.36	$824
910	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	93.00	$93.00	$846

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–855	778	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	700.00–875.00	$796.22
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1005	1005	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
890–1500	1229	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	950.00–1,300.00	$1,165.65
1130–1505	1318	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	950.00–1,250.00	$1,121.35
1385	1385	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1000–1135	1056	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	65.00–85.00	$77.42	$818
1115	1115	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	76.00	$76.00	$847
1145	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	78.00	$78.00	$893
695–1640	1181	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	59.00–84.00	$78.36	$925
1380–1410	1395	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	85.00	$85.00	$1,186
1430	1430	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	83.00	$83.00	$1,187

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
850–855	853	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00–800.00	$749.85
830–935	883	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	850.00–925.00	$889.73
1205	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
820	820	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	88.00	$88.00	$722
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	104.00	$104.00	$946

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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
1220	1220	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
890–1575	1352	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	850.00–1,400.00	$1,271.79	—
1450	1450	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	65.00	$65.00	$260	—

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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
980–990	985	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	950.00–1,025.00	$987.69	—
1145	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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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.