I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, June 16, 2022

415 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $162.02/cwt -0.88 vs last sale · ≈ $774/hd at 478 lb · 23 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $156.74/cwt +2.32 vs last sale · ≈ $815/hd at 520 lb · 21 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $175.51/cwt -16.30 vs last sale · ≈ $746/hd at 425 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	415	650	508
Feeder cattle	333	528	412
Slaughter cattle	53	78	58
Replacement cattle	29	44	38

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 8.00-17.00, mostly 13.00 lower; 500-600 lb weights sold 4.00 higher, over 600 lbs not tested. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-10.00, mostly 6.00 lower. Feeder supply was mostly average to plain in quality. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 6.00-10.00 higher.

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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	320	5	185.00–207.50	$192.94	$617	-4.34
350–390	368	9	180.00–200.50	$188.50	$694	+6.95
400–445	425	18	170.00–188.00	$175.51	$746	-13.16
460–495	480	12	172.50–185.00	$178.53	$857	-3.70
515–540	530	4	170.00–182.50	$177.56	$941	-0.39
530–540 value added	539	7	185.00–187.50	$185.35	$999	—
670 value added	670	2	164.00	$164.00	$1,099	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	318	6	165.00–177.00	$169.60	$539	+6.82
365–385	376	5	170.00–173.00	$172.12	$647	+3.83
430–445	437	6	160.00–167.50	$164.76	$720	+8.30
450–495	477	13	140.00–168.00	$161.43	$770	-1.35
640	640	1	136.00	$136.00	$870	—
755	755	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,065	—
860	860	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,135	+20.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–330	328	2	110.00	$110.00	$361	+15.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	80.00	$80.00	$272	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–325	313	6	157.50–167.50	$162.94	$510	+5.01
355–382	371	7	150.00–165.00	$156.35	$580	-8.77
400–445	429	14	161.00–177.00	$166.82	$716	+9.43
455–496	478	23	153.00–172.50	$162.02	$774	-0.88
500–545	519	18	145.00–161.00	$153.36	$796	-1.06
527 fancy	527	3	177.00	$177.00	$933	—
550 value added	550	1	169.00	$169.00	$930	—
550–580	567	8	138.00–154.00	$146.38	$830	-5.26
610–632	625	3	137.00–143.00	$138.95	$868	-15.00
685	685	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,021	-5.00
745	745	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,021	—
780	780	1	128.00	$128.00	$998	—
788 value added	788	2	134.00	$134.00	$1,056	—
820	820	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,017	+9.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–390	367	5	135.00–149.00	$143.69	$527	-10.84
400–430	415	7	130.00–157.00	$142.57	$592	+0.60
465–490	478	2	125.00–145.00	$135.26	$647	+1.42
505–540	523	6	121.00–144.00	$135.35	$708	+0.52
550–565	558	5	126.00–139.00	$132.56	$740	-4.42

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
522 value added	522	3	150.00	$150.00	$783	—
527	527	8	137.50	$137.50	$725	—
648	648	2	128.00	$128.00	$829	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	330	2	122.50–130.00	$126.19	$416	+8.48
510–535	523	2	80.00–117.00	$98.94	$517	-6.06
580–595	588	2	80.00–113.00	$96.29	$566	—
635	635	1	109.00	$109.00	$692	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	85.00	$85.00	$276	—
355–395	374	5	61.00–90.00	$77.12	$288	—
480	480	1	60.00	$60.00	$288	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–545	528	6	155.00–172.50	$163.53	$863	-3.64
555–585	566	12	147.50–168.00	$158.15	$895	—
600–645	625	12	133.00–156.00	$143.56	$897	-5.81
650–655	653	2	132.50–147.00	$139.78	$913	-1.22
705–735	723	5	131.00–138.00	$135.98	$983	—
790	790	1	120.00	$120.00	$948	—
850	850	1	109.00	$109.00	$926	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	147.00	$147.00	$757	—
520	520	1	90.00	$90.00	$468	—
565	565	2	120.00–144.00	$132.00	$746	—
780	780	1	124.00	$124.00	$967	—
975	975	1	92.50	$92.50	$902	—

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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	51.00	$51.00	$393	+6.34
830	830	80-85%	1	60.00	$60.00	$498	—
860–1085	941	80-85%	9	53.00–70.00	$61.97	$583	-10.18
950–1370	1101	80-85%	9	72.00–79.00	$76.45	$842	-1.75
1060–1400	1215	80-85%	4	80.00–87.00	$83.46	$1,014	—
1270	1270	80-85%	1	93.50	$93.50	$1,187	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1465	1325	75-80%	3	89.00–92.00	$90.27	$1,196	—
1230–1715	1440	75-80%	5	85.00–88.50	$86.80	$1,250	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870	870	85-90%	1	65.00	$65.00	$566	—
980–1150	1058	85-90%	3	76.00–79.00	$77.42	$819	—
1125	1125	85-90%	1	85.00	$85.00	$956	+2.27
1200	1200	85-90%	1	88.00	$88.00	$1,056	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355–1880	1641	6	101.00–109.00	$106.03	$1,740	—
1480–1790	1697	5	110.00–117.00	$113.86	$1,932	—
1840	1840	1	121.50	$121.50	$2,236	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–965	857	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	70.00–100.00	$78.55	$673
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	64.00	$64.00	$554

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
655	655	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	51.00	$51.00	$334

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	76.00	$76.00	$745
880–1370	1112	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	54.00–76.00	$66.94	$744
1035–1310	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	64.00–89.00	$77.94	$916
1115–1375	1245	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	76.00–77.00	$76.55	$953

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985–1080	1033	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–800.00	$752.30
985–1095	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	850.00–990.00	$923.70

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670–890	780	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	430.00–560.00	$504.17

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
650	650	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	56.00	$56.00	$364

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1130	1130	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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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
1400	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00	—

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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
830 thin fleshed	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	—
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,160.00	$1,160.00	—

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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.