I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, May 19, 2022

796 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $173.14/cwt -8.49 vs last sale · ≈ $910/hd at 525 lb · 43 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $153.19/cwt +1.48 vs last sale · ≈ $859/hd at 560 lb · 40 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $191.84/cwt +0.63 vs last sale · ≈ $841/hd at 438 lb · 39 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	796	620	522
Feeder cattle	666	508	406
Slaughter cattle	80	72	65
Replacement cattle	50	40	51

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 1.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold 7.00-10.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 3.00-4.00 lower. Several Long Weaned or Value Added cattle sold with a Premium. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00-4.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–335	327	7	185.00–202.50	$191.49	$626	-1.77
360–398	381	12	185.00–197.50	$192.24	$732	+0.12
410 value added	410	1	199.00	$199.00	$816	—
400–449	439	38	172.50–198.00	$191.65	$841	+0.44
460 value added	460	1	195.00	$195.00	$897	+3.00
450–498	480	29	170.00–185.00	$177.50	$852	-2.89
500 value added	500	4	181.00	$181.00	$905	—
505–545	528	39	160.00–178.00	$172.33	$910	-9.30
550–595	568	16	161.00–174.00	$169.67	$964	-8.87
560–580 value added	568	3	177.00–181.00	$179.33	$1,019	—
615–625 value added	620	2	171.00–172.50	$171.74	$1,065	—
608–645	627	14	157.00–167.50	$160.39	$1,006	-10.77
650–695	665	6	146.00–159.00	$153.05	$1,018	-15.95
675–685 value added	679	8	153.00–157.50	$155.19	$1,054	—
715–745 value added	730	3	155.00–158.00	$157.00	$1,146	—
772 value added	772	3	157.50	$157.50	$1,216	—
760–798	793	9	149.00–153.00	$149.82	$1,188	—
860 value added	860	2	128.00–143.00	$135.50	$1,165	—
945	945	5	127.00–133.00	$128.20	$1,211	-9.80
1070 value added	1070	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,252	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	333	10	165.00–182.50	$173.19	$577	+3.17
365 thin fleshed	365	2	185.00	$185.00	$675	—
355–375	367	3	159.00–182.50	$167.76	$616	-0.52
400–435	416	5	159.00–170.00	$164.75	$685	-1.53
400–445 thin fleshed	425	5	173.00–185.00	$179.09	$761	—
450–495	476	10	153.00–170.00	$164.67	$784	+7.65
505 thin fleshed	505	2	168.00	$168.00	$848	—
528–535	531	5	142.00–155.00	$149.33	$793	-15.67
552–577	567	8	147.00–159.00	$153.56	$871	-0.37
617–630	621	6	140.00–149.00	$145.96	$906	—
650–685	673	3	130.00–142.50	$136.65	$920	—
780	780	1	120.00	$120.00	$936	—
820	820	1	115.00	$115.00	$943	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	333	2	112.50–141.00	$126.43	$421	-11.07
350–355	353	2	130.00–155.00	$142.59	$503	-12.41
415	415	1	125.00	$125.00	$519	—
470–490	480	3	62.50–137.00	$111.00	$533	+21.00
860	860	1	96.00	$96.00	$826	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	70.00	$70.00	$248	—

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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	324	11	150.00–170.00	$164.98	$535	+0.37
350–392	380	19	152.50–165.00	$160.40	$610	-8.09
400–440	417	16	149.00–165.00	$156.28	$652	-4.62
450 value added	450	3	163.00	$163.00	$734	—
450–490	470	32	147.00–162.50	$156.23	$734	-1.75
510–545	527	14	143.00–153.00	$149.88	$790	-3.17
528–545 value added	533	12	156.00–160.00	$157.09	$837	—
550–551 value added	551	21	157.50–159.00	$157.71	$869	—
555–595	571	19	140.00–156.00	$148.20	$846	-3.51
605–645	613	11	135.00–146.00	$143.73	$881	-2.62
618–624 value added	622	9	149.00–152.00	$151.01	$939	—
660–665 value added	664	5	143.00–147.50	$143.89	$955	—
657–690	670	18	132.00–142.00	$138.09	$925	-4.31
725	725	1	129.00	$129.00	$935	-6.84
755 value added	755	1	130.00	$130.00	$982	—
830	830	1	110.00	$110.00	$913	-14.00
855	855	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,052	+3.00
912	912	2	112.00	$112.00	$1,021	-8.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–325	323	2	147.50–155.00	$151.22	$488	—
350–390	367	3	130.00–141.00	$133.60	$490	-16.76
435–445	439	5	130.00–149.00	$140.77	$618	-1.43
450–495	465	12	135.00–153.00	$144.03	$670	+2.98
483 thin fleshed	483	3	155.00	$155.00	$749	—
505–520	511	4	122.50–139.00	$131.27	$671	+3.45
590	590	3	125.00–129.00	$126.67	$747	-2.90
600	600	1	126.00	$126.00	$756	-6.81
650–670	660	2	121.00–137.00	$128.88	$851	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	125.00	$125.00	$406	+31.97
355	355	1	100.00	$100.00	$355	-15.00
430–440	435	2	80.00–107.00	$93.34	$406	-20.11
460–475	467	3	125.00–127.50	$126.51	$591	+24.22
560	560	1	70.00	$70.00	$392	+2.53

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–543	530	24	152.50–172.50	$162.79	$863	-2.82
555–585	576	13	140.00–161.00	$151.29	$871	-8.58
605–640	627	8	137.00–157.00	$143.29	$898	-8.41
653 thin fleshed	653	3	159.00	$159.00	$1,038	—
665–685	672	5	132.50–139.00	$137.48	$924	-6.23
710–730	718	4	131.00–137.50	$133.64	$960	-5.61
770	770	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,001	+6.04
815	815	1	118.00	$118.00	$962	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820	820	1	100.00	$100.00	$820	—
885	885	1	94.00	$94.00	$832	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	80-85%	2	41.00	$41.00	$285	—
830	830	80-85%	2	46.00	$46.00	$382	+1.00
890–1015	941	80-85%	14	48.00–61.00	$53.68	$505	—
1005–1215	1122	80-85%	3	72.00–76.00	$73.66	$826	—
1075–1300	1165	80-85%	5	66.00–67.00	$66.45	$774	-3.21
1080–1730	1313	80-85%	13	68.00–74.50	$70.80	$930	-4.97

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–845	778	85-90%	7	41.00–50.00	$46.09	$359	—
780	780	85-90%	1	38.00	$38.00	$296	—
880–910	895	85-90%	2	59.00–64.00	$61.46	$550	—
870–945	911	85-90%	4	52.00–55.50	$53.87	$491	—
965	965	85-90%	1	72.50	$72.50	$700	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1665	1363	75-80%	6	75.00–81.00	$77.66	$1,059	—
1200–1600	1400	75-80%	6	71.00–74.00	$73.48	$1,029	-2.70

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1435	1241	6	41.00–93.00	$79.68	$989	—
1315–1655	1458	6	96.00–101.00	$97.41	$1,420	—
1725–1950	1838	2	103.50–105.00	$104.30	$1,917	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
645–970	853	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	82.00–100.00	$91.77	$783
945	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	54.00	$54.00	$510

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895	895	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	54.00	$54.00	$483
995–1135	1065	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	65.00–74.00	$69.20	$737
880–1440	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	64.00–80.00	$73.69	$822
950–1665	1242	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	54.00–81.00	$72.18	$896

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
925	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
790–1460	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	600.00–1,100.00	$949.24

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
675 thin fleshed	675	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	63.00	$63.00	$425
895	895	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	69.00	$69.00	$618

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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
1080	1080	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
1020–1375	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	975.00–1,200.00	$1,111.13	-149.54

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	65.00	$65.00	$237	—

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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.