I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, May 5, 2022

418 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $193.62/cwt +4.03 vs last sale · ≈ $805/hd at 416 lb · 18 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $169.73/cwt +1.42 vs last sale · ≈ $903/hd at 532 lb · 15 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $164.88/cwt +2.95 vs last sale · ≈ $928/hd at 563 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	418	657	738
Feeder cattle	286	525	589
Slaughter cattle	65	75	79
Replacement cattle	67	57	70

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 1.00-5.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-8.00, mostly 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	379	5	190.00–203.00	$198.18	$751	+0.89
410 thin fleshed	410	3	190.00	$190.00	$779	—
405–425 value added	415	2	210.00–212.50	$211.22	$877	—
403–440	417	13	185.00–209.00	$191.75	$800	+2.16
450–485	469	8	180.00–195.00	$190.27	$892	+5.60
505–545	518	3	183.00–189.00	$185.10	$959	+5.41
552	552	7	184.00	$184.00	$1,016	+1.02
645	645	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,045	-7.66
650	650	1	163.00	$163.00	$1,060	-0.74
755–782	775	4	150.00–157.00	$151.71	$1,176	+2.72
902	902	2	128.00	$128.00	$1,155	—
925	925	1	107.50	$107.50	$994	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	319	7	165.00–187.00	$177.20	$565	+1.78
355–387	377	6	183.00–187.50	$186.68	$704	+21.68
400–445	419	9	166.00–181.00	$171.65	$719	-0.80
450–497	481	11	155.00–177.00	$168.63	$811	+1.38
510–530	520	2	165.00–175.00	$169.90	$883	+13.99
780–790	785	2	104.00–120.00	$111.95	$879	—
845	845	1	95.00	$95.00	$803	—
985	985	1	86.00	$86.00	$847	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	428	2	122.50–155.00	$139.42	$597	+0.02
490	490	2	115.00–121.00	$118.00	$578	-23.74
550	550	1	128.00	$128.00	$704	+36.77
660	660	1	63.00	$63.00	$416	—
945	945	1	91.00	$91.00	$860	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770	770	1	57.00	$57.00	$439	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	329	7	165.00–185.00	$172.70	$568	-4.80
360–395	379	7	170.00–185.00	$178.98	$678	+1.28
405 value added	405	1	182.50	$182.50	$739	—
405–443	426	7	157.00–175.00	$162.78	$693	-3.12
450–490	468	7	154.00–169.00	$162.62	$761	+1.02
500–525	511	7	140.00–155.00	$149.36	$763	-2.58
528 value added	528	4	160.00	$160.00	$845	—
550–585	561	4	140.00–148.00	$144.54	$811	-6.14
612 value added	612	2	156.00	$156.00	$955	—
600–640	627	3	137.00–149.00	$144.49	$906	-10.62
655	655	1	140.00	$140.00	$917	-5.79
709 value added	709	4	140.00	$140.00	$993	—
745	745	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,006	-3.88
755–770	763	3	130.00–138.00	$134.98	$1,030	+2.98
805–810	808	2	121.00–123.00	$122.00	$986	—
910–920	915	2	101.00–103.00	$102.01	$933	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	135.00	$135.00	$452	-10.59
355–395	380	7	137.00–163.00	$155.22	$590	+3.56
405–445	433	6	140.00–155.00	$148.59	$643	-4.05
465–495	478	4	131.00–147.50	$140.62	$672	-7.88
500–530	519	4	133.00–139.00	$134.95	$700	-1.87
555–575	565	2	132.50–140.00	$136.18	$769	-0.41
635	635	1	129.00	$129.00	$819	-8.66
755–775	765	2	115.00–121.00	$117.96	$902	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	2	60.00–87.00	$73.50	$327	—
465	465	1	95.00	$95.00	$442	-12.62
545	545	1	120.00	$120.00	$654	±0.00
555–575	565	2	63.00–110.00	$86.92	$491	-19.52
760–780	770	2	86.00–95.00	$90.56	$697	-5.44

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	2	125.00	$125.00	$769	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–547	532	15	152.00–181.00	$169.73	$903	+3.95
550–590	563	14	154.00–172.50	$164.88	$928	+2.95
630–645	633	5	146.00–154.00	$152.37	$965	-4.92
650–680	660	3	142.00–147.00	$144.63	$955	-4.85
705–740	723	2	138.00–140.00	$138.98	$1,005	-0.95
795	795	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,026	—
810	810	5	122.00	$122.00	$988	±0.00
985	985	1	92.00	$92.00	$906	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
542 thin fleshed	542	—	—	6	169.00	$169.00	$916	—
1755	1755	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	100.50	$100.50	$1,764	-14.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	148.00	$148.00	$866	—
745	745	1	123.00	$123.00	$916	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670–695	683	2	61.00–101.00	$81.37	$556	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	80-85%	1	63.00	$63.00	$532	+9.00
845	845	80-85%	1	41.00	$41.00	$346	-13.00
860–965	933	80-85%	8	51.00–61.00	$57.32	$535	—
920–1130	1091	80-85%	9	63.00–70.00	$67.09	$732	—
985–1315	1144	80-85%	8	71.00–74.50	$73.07	$836	-1.77
1210–1310	1246	80-85%	7	76.00–80.50	$76.99	$959	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1455	1238	75-80%	6	75.00–78.00	$76.38	$946	—
1220–1415	1298	75-80%	4	73.00–74.00	$73.51	$954	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–770	765	85-90%	2	57.00–57.50	$57.25	$438	+6.25
835	835	85-90%	1	49.00	$49.00	$409	—
910	910	85-90%	1	68.00	$68.00	$619	—
1100	1100	85-90%	1	77.50	$77.50	$852	—
1015–1280	1148	85-90%	2	74.00–75.50	$74.84	$859	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–965	933	2	59.00–79.00	$68.65	$641	—
1150–1640	1459	4	75.00–99.00	$93.89	$1,370	—
1715	1715	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,869	—
1700–2045	1823	3	100.00	$100.00	$1,823	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–780	775	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	57.00–57.50	$57.25	$444
590–970	872	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	63.00–91.00	$83.50	$728
635–1145	892	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	49.00–75.50	$67.70	$604

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770 thin fleshed	770	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	465.00	$465.00
870–1035	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	725.00–850.00	$771.62
955–1245	1067	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	725.00–975.00	$812.05
910–1240	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	775.00–1,000.00	$889.66

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
915–965	940	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	52.00–54.00	$52.97	$498
925–1015	978	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	74.00–79.00	$76.33	$747
935–1280	1158	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	61.00–80.00	$74.41	$862
1270	1270	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	74.50	$74.50	$946

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
610	610	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
610–990	720	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	535.00–975.00	$713.78

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
600	600	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	81.00	$81.00	$486

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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
850 thin fleshed	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	475.00	$475.00	—
845–1210	1045	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	875.00–1,000.00	$903.95	-228.37

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–495	480	2	55.00–67.50	$61.45	$295	—

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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
750–815 thin fleshed	792	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	800.00–860.00	$836.00	—

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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.