I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, May 12, 2022

620 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest I-40 Livestock report →

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $153.05/cwt -0.18 vs last sale · ≈ $797/hd at 521 lb · 40 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $183.66/cwt -6.61 vs last sale · ≈ $868/hd at 473 lb · 39 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $165.76/cwt +0.52 vs last sale · ≈ $707/hd at 426 lb · 29 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	620	418	539
Feeder cattle	508	286	436
Slaughter cattle	72	65	63
Replacement cattle	40	67	40

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 6.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 3.00-9.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher, Slaughter bulls sold steady.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	338	6	185.00–197.00	$193.26	$653	—
350–395	372	12	180.00–205.00	$192.12	$715	-6.06
400–445	419	23	182.50–210.00	$191.21	$801	-0.54
450–495	470	28	172.50–188.00	$180.39	$848	-9.88
480 value added	480	11	192.00	$192.00	$922	—
510–535	529	14	167.50–190.00	$181.63	$961	-3.47
552–568	562	5	175.00–184.00	$178.54	$1,003	-5.46
600–625	617	11	170.00–179.00	$171.16	$1,056	+9.16
650	650	1	169.00	$169.00	$1,098	+6.00
810–845	828	2	138.00–147.00	$142.60	$1,181	—
915	915	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,263	+30.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–335	323	7	157.00–183.00	$170.02	$549	-7.18
350–385	373	10	152.50–180.00	$168.28	$628	-18.40
405–445	431	14	145.00–175.00	$166.28	$717	-5.37
460–495	475	7	135.00–172.50	$157.02	$746	-11.61
510	510	1	165.00	$165.00	$842	-4.90
565–580	573	2	149.00–159.00	$153.93	$882	—
935	935	1	117.50	$117.50	$1,099	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
254	254	5	179.00	$179.00	$455	—
425	425	2	170.00	$170.00	$722	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	137.50	$137.50	$440	—
380	380	1	155.00	$155.00	$589	—
495	495	1	90.00	$90.00	$446	-28.00
665	665	1	70.00	$70.00	$466	+7.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
682	682	2	51.00	$51.00	$348	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–342	319	15	150.00–175.00	$164.61	$525	-8.09
355–395	369	18	155.00–177.50	$168.49	$622	-10.49
400–435	417	19	151.00–167.50	$160.90	$671	-1.88
444 value added	444	10	175.00	$175.00	$777	—
455–497	475	20	147.00–165.00	$157.98	$750	-4.64
500–548	521	40	143.00–160.00	$153.05	$797	+3.69
550–575	559	8	143.00–159.00	$151.71	$848	+7.17
600–640	623	10	140.00–155.00	$146.35	$912	+1.86
650–690	660	7	137.00–149.00	$142.40	$940	+2.40
700–720	707	6	134.00–139.00	$135.84	$960	—
755–780	768	2	128.00–134.00	$131.05	$1,006	-3.93
845	845	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,048	—
875	875	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,050	—
940	940	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,128	+17.99

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–395	380	2	147.50–153.00	$150.36	$571	-4.86
410–445	426	5	135.00–148.00	$142.20	$606	-6.39
450–495	474	8	133.00–149.00	$141.05	$669	+0.43
512–540	518	5	121.00–138.00	$127.82	$662	-7.13
570–585	578	2	124.00–135.00	$129.57	$749	-6.61
600–645	626	9	129.00–138.00	$132.81	$831	+3.81
705	705	1	120.00	$120.00	$846	—
765	765	1	129.00	$129.00	$987	+11.04

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	332	3	70.00–131.00	$93.03	$309	—
360	360	1	115.00	$115.00	$414	—
410–430	422	7	89.00–125.00	$113.45	$479	+39.95
480–490	484	5	85.00–117.50	$102.29	$495	+7.29
520	520	1	110.00	$110.00	$572	-10.00
550–555	553	2	60.00–75.00	$67.47	$373	-19.45
610	610	1	60.00	$60.00	$366	—
650–695	681	4	50.00–118.00	$94.38	$643	—
755	755	1	100.00	$100.00	$755	+9.44
800	800	1	80.00	$80.00	$640	—
915	915	1	80.00	$80.00	$732	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452–495	474	4	143.00–148.00	$145.39	$689	—
688	688	4	134.00–137.00	$135.50	$932	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–545	523	3	157.50–175.00	$165.61	$866	-4.12
550–598	573	19	151.00–170.00	$159.87	$916	-5.01
600–645	628	9	145.00–157.00	$151.70	$953	-0.67
680–695	686	4	133.00–159.00	$143.71	$986	-0.92
700–735	722	3	136.00–145.00	$139.25	$1,005	+0.27
760–792	781	3	122.50–127.00	$123.96	$968	-5.04
885	885	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,168	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
552–590	565	3	139.00–149.00	$142.48	$805	-5.52
625	625	1	125.00	$125.00	$781	—
675	675	1	130.00	$130.00	$878	—
725–730	727	3	112.00–128.00	$121.98	$887	-1.02

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805	805	80-85%	1	45.00	$45.00	$362	—
885–1095	992	80-85%	16	39.00–65.00	$57.54	$571	—
1000–1300	1163	80-85%	8	68.00–72.00	$69.66	$810	—
1140–1410	1315	80-85%	7	74.00–77.50	$75.77	$996	—
1395	1395	80-85%	1	83.50	$83.50	$1,165	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1665	1419	75-80%	7	74.00–79.50	$76.18	$1,081	—
1455–1570	1501	75-80%	4	70.00–73.50	$71.86	$1,079	—
1600	1600	75-80%	1	60.00	$60.00	$960	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820	820	85-90%	1	47.00	$47.00	$385	-2.00
980–1040	1010	85-90%	2	67.00–69.00	$67.97	$686	—
990–1260	1125	85-90%	2	73.00–75.00	$74.12	$834	-0.72

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1430	1290	4	45.00–90.00	$73.38	$947	—
1450–1630	1530	3	94.00–103.50	$100.50	$1,538	—
1765–1970	1868	2	106.00–106.50	$106.26	$1,985	—

↑ Back to top

Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735–755	747	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	70.00–90.00	$81.75	$611

↑ Back to top

Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
885–1045	965	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	56.00–60.00	$58.17	$561
960–1080	1018	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	74.00–80.00	$76.35	$777
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	57.00	$57.00	$598
775–1280	1108	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	63.00–79.50	$73.88	$819
1325	1325	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	78.00	$78.00	$1,034
1120–1570	1327	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	70.00–81.00	$73.63	$977

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965–1375	1218	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	875.00–1,100.00	$966.32

↑ Back to top

Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820 thin fleshed	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00

↑ Back to top

Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975–1360	1179	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	915.00–1,375.00	$1,260.67	—

↑ Back to top

Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
795	795	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—

↑ Back to top

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.