I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, April 21, 2022

320 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $175.29/cwt +5.93 vs last sale · ≈ $808/hd at 461 lb · 16 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $173.35/cwt -0.44 vs last sale · ≈ $643/hd at 371 lb · 14 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $191.54/cwt -2.01 vs last sale · ≈ $916/hd at 478 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	320	522	1,088
Feeder cattle	261	421	957
Slaughter cattle	43	63	63
Replacement cattle	16	38	68

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower, over 600 lbs not well tested. Feeder heifers sold 1.00-3.00 higher, except 500-600 lb weights sold 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 higher. Light run due to muddy, wet conditions in area.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	192.50	$192.50	$616	-5.99
350–395	383	8	190.00–215.00	$208.73	$799	+0.02
400–435	415	11	190.00–212.50	$202.52	$840	+3.10
460–492	478	12	185.00–198.00	$191.54	$916	-2.01
505	505	1	150.00	$150.00	$758	-36.68
505–515	509	5	181.00–191.00	$184.03	$937	-2.65
553–595	571	7	165.00–188.00	$177.98	$1,016	-6.23
585	585	1	165.00	$165.00	$965	-19.21
660	660	1	150.00	$150.00	$990	—
805	805	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,095	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	310	5	150.00–180.00	$168.26	$522	-2.72
350–370	360	4	140.00–185.00	$168.99	$608	-2.41
410–425	416	4	167.00–189.00	$179.07	$745	+7.47
453–490	471	8	145.00–180.00	$171.35	$807	-0.68
505–535	520	2	140.00–157.50	$149.00	$775	-24.73
550	550	1	168.00	$168.00	$924	+10.25
675	675	1	145.00	$145.00	$979	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	323	2	142.50–151.00	$146.98	$475	+16.98
355–365	360	2	120.00–140.00	$129.86	$467	—
460–470	465	2	105.00–110.00	$107.47	$500	-5.31
510–540	525	2	111.00–120.00	$115.37	$606	—
570	570	1	60.00	$60.00	$342	—
605	605	1	60.00	$60.00	$363	—
655	655	1	129.00	$129.00	$845	—
840	840	1	85.00	$85.00	$714	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775	775	1	50.00	$50.00	$388	—
815	815	1	50.00	$50.00	$408	—
870	870	1	59.00	$59.00	$513	—
1005	1005	1	57.00	$57.00	$573	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	319	9	165.00–197.50	$176.55	$563	+8.55
350–384	371	14	167.00–190.00	$173.35	$643	-0.44
420–445	435	3	164.00–172.50	$167.24	$727	-4.41
452–475	461	16	168.00–180.00	$175.29	$808	+5.93
505–548	527	10	157.00–167.50	$164.85	$869	+2.75
540	540	1	131.00	$131.00	$707	-31.10
555–565	560	2	132.50–135.00	$133.76	$749	-23.75
550–585	576	4	142.00–157.00	$150.66	$868	+6.66
600–625	610	4	145.00–159.00	$151.53	$924	+9.30
655–670	663	2	143.00–147.50	$145.22	$963	-2.78
995	995	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,144	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	323	9	145.00–162.50	$154.18	$498	+4.18
350–390	367	8	143.00–163.00	$157.82	$579	+6.69
400–440	417	5	140.00–157.50	$150.25	$627	+1.81
482–495	487	6	140.00–163.00	$151.85	$740	+2.77
505–545	520	3	130.00–146.00	$140.09	$728	-6.90
570	570	1	127.00	$127.00	$724	-15.00
630	630	1	139.00	$139.00	$876	+7.00
650	650	1	124.00	$124.00	$806	—
845	845	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,006	—
895	895	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,020	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–325	315	2	120.00–130.00	$125.16	$394	+18.66
355–375	365	3	100.00–125.00	$113.94	$416	-14.12
430–445	438	2	100.00–117.50	$108.90	$477	-1.16
470–475	473	3	67.00–127.50	$98.16	$464	-16.44
510–530	520	2	110.00–116.00	$113.06	$588	—
560–570	565	3	105.00–110.00	$108.35	$612	+20.35
610	610	1	110.00	$110.00	$671	—
650–675	660	3	86.00–110.00	$100.16	$661	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	2	160.00	$160.00	$688	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680	680	1	53.00	$53.00	$360	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–535	517	3	180.00–185.00	$183.37	$948	+15.98
540	540	1	157.00	$157.00	$848	-10.39
585–590	588	2	161.00–171.00	$165.98	$976	-6.53
610–630	616	4	148.00–160.00	$153.21	$944	-4.05
660–690	674	4	148.00–150.00	$148.74	$1,003	—
715–745	730	2	132.00–143.00	$137.61	$1,005	+1.61

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	120.00	$120.00	$660	-17.57

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770	770	80-85%	1	49.00	$49.00	$377	—
950–1080	1017	80-85%	3	69.00–71.50	$70.46	$717	-2.63
860–1190	1061	80-85%	7	60.00–67.00	$64.46	$684	—
885–1225	1130	80-85%	4	77.00–80.00	$78.35	$885	—
1010–1320	1183	80-85%	6	81.00–84.00	$81.90	$969	+2.34

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790	790	85-90%	1	46.00	$46.00	$363	—
855	855	85-90%	2	70.00	$70.00	$598	—
975	975	85-90%	1	67.00	$67.00	$653	—
975	975	85-90%	1	80.00	$80.00	$780	—
1010–1150	1072	85-90%	3	81.00–83.00	$82.21	$881	+8.21

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060	1060	75-80%	1	81.00	$81.00	$859	—
1300–1470	1385	75-80%	2	74.00–75.00	$74.53	$1,032	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1350	1178	6	74.00–85.00	$80.50	$948	—
1515	1515	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,682	—
1500–1675	1588	2	106.00–108.50	$107.32	$1,704	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805–910	858	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	97.00–105.00	$101.24	$869

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
995–1280	1126	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	700.00–1,100.00	$905.47

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1130	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	77.00	$77.00	$870
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	74.00	$74.00	$962

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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
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—
1130	1130	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	+25.00
1090–1325	1210	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,025.00–1,300.00	$1,106.43	—

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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.