I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, April 14, 2022

522 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $179.10/cwt -1.90 vs last sale · ≈ $1,085/hd at 606 lb · 29 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $169.36/cwt -0.37 vs last sale · ≈ $799/hd at 472 lb · 24 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $199.42/cwt +1.22 vs last sale · ≈ $852/hd at 427 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	522	983	850
Feeder cattle	421	683	716
Slaughter cattle	63	218	76
Replacement cattle	38	82	58

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 4.00 higher, 400-600 lb weights sold 1.00-2.00 lower, over 600 lbs not well tested. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold from 2.00 lower to 1.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold 4.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher, Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	313	8	190.00–217.00	$198.49	$621	+5.16
315 value added	315	1	222.50	$222.50	$701	—
365–390	380	8	197.50–215.00	$208.71	$793	+2.72
390 value added	390	1	220.00	$220.00	$858	—
410–448	427	23	189.00–212.50	$199.42	$852	+1.22
455–495	472	18	185.00–207.50	$193.55	$914	-3.24
500–525	513	15	180.00–197.50	$186.68	$958	-2.81
550–570	559	6	171.00–191.00	$184.21	$1,030	-1.51
565 value added	565	2	196.00	$196.00	$1,107	—
600–628	606	29	170.00–185.00	$179.10	$1,085	-1.90
1085	1085	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,085	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	326	6	145.00–180.00	$170.98	$557	-1.61
365–395	378	14	160.00–189.00	$171.40	$648	-2.50
400–440	416	6	140.00–185.00	$171.60	$714	-0.79
455–495	481	19	157.00–187.50	$172.03	$827	+7.34
520–540	530	2	172.50–175.00	$173.73	$921	+15.32
555–580	568	3	153.00–165.00	$157.75	$896	-13.25
635	635	2	150.00–155.00	$152.50	$968	+2.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
344	344	4	130.00	$130.00	$447	-25.04
400–430	415	3	107.00–120.00	$115.67	$480	-0.08
460–495	478	2	107.00–119.00	$112.78	$539	+1.78

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	4	163.00	$163.00	$541	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	324	19	157.50–185.00	$168.00	$544	-2.37
350–397	383	12	170.00–181.00	$173.79	$666	+4.40
400–445	430	18	161.00–180.00	$171.65	$738	-3.15
450–495	472	24	156.00–175.00	$169.36	$799	-0.88
510	510	1	190.00	$190.00	$969	-10.00
510–530	518	6	150.00–171.00	$162.10	$840	+1.12
550–590	571	16	148.00–159.00	$157.51	$899	-32.49
575	575	1	144.00	$144.00	$828	-46.00
605–620	609	4	139.00–149.00	$142.23	$866	+1.25
655	655	1	148.00	$148.00	$969	+12.37
725–730	728	2	138.00–145.00	$141.49	$1,030	—
765	765	1	124.00	$124.00	$949	—
830–835	833	2	114.00–119.00	$116.49	$970	—
940	940	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,062	+1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	315	3	150.00	$150.00	$472	-0.44
355–395	371	10	136.00–167.50	$151.13	$561	+2.31
400–440	420	8	130.00–160.00	$148.44	$623	-4.68
450–475	463	3	140.00–157.50	$149.08	$690	+5.25
540–545	543	2	145.00–149.00	$146.99	$798	+3.98
550–595	574	4	135.00–149.00	$142.00	$815	+11.95
640	640	1	132.00	$132.00	$845	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	6	140.00	$140.00	$477	—
374	374	9	140.00	$140.00	$524	-17.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	100.00–113.00	$106.50	$362	-13.46
368–385	373	4	122.50–130.00	$128.06	$478	+0.67
420–425	423	2	100.00–120.00	$110.06	$466	+8.38
460–480	472	3	80.00–135.00	$114.60	$541	—
555	555	1	88.00	$88.00	$488	-29.00
735	735	1	108.00	$108.00	$794	—
775	775	1	95.00	$95.00	$736	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	95.00	$95.00	$404	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–530	520	7	158.00–173.00	$167.39	$870	+6.33
550–575	563	4	156.00–182.00	$172.51	$971	-1.43
600–635	617	3	144.00–169.00	$157.26	$970	+6.46
735	735	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,000	-7.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	149.00	$149.00	$797	+13.02
555–585	570	2	135.00–140.00	$137.57	$784	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260	1260	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	94.00	$94.00	$1,184	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740	740	1	101.00	$101.00	$747	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1035	931	80-85%	5	47.50–60.00	$52.61	$490	—
1010–1070	1040	80-85%	2	70.00–76.00	$73.09	$760	—
1100–1315	1180	80-85%	5	78.00–81.50	$79.56	$939	+2.80
1120–1450	1265	80-85%	4	83.00–88.00	$84.77	$1,072	+1.99

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820	820	85-90%	2	58.00	$58.00	$476	—
1050	1050	85-90%	1	74.00	$74.00	$777	—
1005–1235	1118	85-90%	4	78.00–82.00	$80.29	$898	—
1380	1380	85-90%	1	84.00	$84.00	$1,159	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220	1220	75-80%	1	80.00	$80.00	$976	-6.65
1315–1715	1420	75-80%	7	83.00–86.50	$84.71	$1,203	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–945	923	2	73.00–81.00	$77.10	$712	—
1030–1670	1311	9	77.00–101.00	$88.69	$1,163	—
1545–2040	1793	6	102.00–110.50	$106.32	$1,906	—
1725–1985	1855	2	115.00–116.00	$115.54	$2,143	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
655	655	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	78.00	$78.00	$511

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1050–1400	1173	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	74.00–84.50	$78.78	$924
940–1445	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	70.00–85.00	$80.56	$963
1235–1385	1333	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	82.00–85.00	$83.73	$1,116

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745–1280	1062	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	700.00–1,185.00	$1,006.42
1355	1355	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	930.00	$930.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670 thin fleshed	670	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
690–895	773	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	650.00–925.00	$785.83

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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
1045–1085	1069	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	975.00–1,030.00	$1,007.46	—
1140	1140	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	-50.00
1355	1355	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
1705	1705	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—

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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.