I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, August 4, 2022

518 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 steers $156.14/cwt -6.01 vs last sale · ≈ $734/hd at 470 lb · 22 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $157.84/cwt -4.59 vs last sale · ≈ $814/hd at 516 lb · 19 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 steers $168.49/cwt +8.69 vs last sale · ≈ $639/hd at 379 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	518	569	1,023
Feeder cattle	404	452	896
Slaughter cattle	75	92	77
Replacement cattle	39	25	50

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 11.00 higher, 400-500 lb weights sold 2.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold 4.00-12.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold steady to 1.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 6.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 12.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	340	4	155.00–170.00	$166.36	$566	+16.08
350–395	379	18	151.00–177.50	$168.49	$639	+8.69
400–445	417	11	150.00–169.00	$160.02	$667	+0.55
450–490	470	22	140.00–170.00	$156.14	$734	-6.01
510–545	529	18	138.00–170.00	$160.59	$850	+10.29
550–580	560	4	137.00–169.00	$153.76	$861	—
605	605	1	143.00	$143.00	$865	+2.54
715–728	724	3	120.00–140.00	$126.59	$917	—
750–780	763	4	125.00–140.00	$132.32	$1,010	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	318	5	200.00–210.00	$206.97	$658	+20.20
365–395	380	9	177.50–195.00	$184.03	$699	-0.30
410–440	430	13	170.00–177.50	$175.00	$752	-5.76
460–494	483	12	173.50–197.50	$176.46	$852	+1.32
500–530	513	7	173.00–195.00	$179.44	$921	+0.98
590	590	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,092	+6.61
600–630	626	7	179.00–185.00	$180.33	$1,129	+20.33
670	670	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,172	+17.00
720	720	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,130	—
825	825	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,147	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
872	872	12	138.00	$138.00	$1,203	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–335	328	2	121.00–140.00	$130.28	$427	—
350	350	1	130.00	$130.00	$455	—
405–445	425	2	125.00–132.50	$128.93	$548	+17.25
465–475	470	2	119.00–132.50	$125.82	$591	+19.82

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	2	40.00–45.00	$42.50	$242	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	313	7	151.00–175.00	$165.19	$517	+1.80
350–395	381	12	155.00–175.00	$162.79	$620	-0.20
405–445	424	10	151.00–169.00	$161.11	$683	-5.00
455–490	474	15	157.00–177.50	$164.50	$780	+1.11
500–545	524	13	140.00–166.00	$153.67	$805	-0.61
530–545	538	2	130.00–138.00	$134.06	$721	-20.22
550–595	569	8	150.00–169.00	$159.35	$907	+26.85
600–645	625	9	153.00–166.00	$161.94	$1,012	+7.01
630	630	1	130.00	$130.00	$819	-24.93
710	710	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,065	+20.51
775	775	1	148.00	$148.00	$1,147	+9.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	330	2	140.00–145.00	$142.46	$470	+4.96
360–390	373	4	140.00–149.00	$145.78	$544	+9.47
400–440	419	6	130.00–150.00	$141.92	$595	-2.11
450–480	464	10	130.00–155.00	$139.49	$647	-4.74
500–535	515	5	124.00–149.00	$135.14	$696	-6.92
550–570	558	3	124.00–147.00	$136.87	$764	+0.14
625–635	630	3	134.00–137.00	$135.34	$853	+8.89

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	130.00	$130.00	$390	—
370–395	383	2	120.00–125.00	$122.58	$469	+6.77
400–445	430	4	80.00–119.00	$105.33	$453	+5.33
450–490	470	2	87.00–122.00	$105.24	$495	-2.26
525	525	1	121.00	$121.00	$635	+8.40

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	80.00	$80.00	$276	—

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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	516	19	140.00–167.00	$157.84	$814	-4.59
550–595	569	16	142.00–168.00	$152.78	$869	-1.13
600–640	625	8	137.00–155.00	$147.64	$923	-11.77
650–680	660	5	139.00–155.00	$147.39	$973	+4.73
705–735	715	5	139.00–148.00	$142.83	$1,021	+2.65
790	790	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,130	+4.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525–540	533	2	135.00–139.00	$136.97	$730	-3.17
595	595	1	136.00	$136.00	$809	-0.70
625	625	1	129.00	$129.00	$806	-3.49
745	745	1	127.00	$127.00	$946	+3.00
825–845	835	2	100.00–106.00	$103.04	$860	—
865	865	1	110.00	$110.00	$952	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900	900	1	72.00	$72.00	$648	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–945	881	80-85%	4	60.00–63.00	$60.80	$536	—
855–955	933	80-85%	6	64.00–69.00	$66.21	$618	—
925–1305	1023	80-85%	10	70.00–75.00	$73.08	$748	+28.23
1090–1345	1170	80-85%	13	77.00–81.50	$79.19	$927	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1555	1362	75-80%	3	76.00–79.00	$77.22	$1,052	—
1250–1740	1444	75-80%	11	81.00–86.00	$84.08	$1,214	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920	920	85-90%	1	70.00	$70.00	$644	—
860–1005	933	85-90%	3	58.00–64.00	$60.77	$567	—
970–1080	1025	85-90%	2	82.00–85.00	$83.42	$855	—
1070	1070	85-90%	1	76.00	$76.00	$813	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1865	1546	8	95.00–97.00	$96.21	$1,487	—
1120–2075	1560	6	69.00–92.50	$87.70	$1,368	—
1550–1905	1656	7	102.50–110.00	$105.77	$1,752	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775–995	855	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	70.00–90.00	$82.13	$702
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	95.00	$95.00	$850

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735	735	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	60.00	$60.00	$441
805–885	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	71.00–76.00	$73.62	$622
845–1335	981	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	60.00–81.00	$72.24	$709
950–1310	1130	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	65.00–77.00	$71.96	$813
1070–1250	1160	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	73.00–83.50	$76.06	$882
1100–1595	1387	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	70.00–85.00	$80.66	$1,119

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970–1130	1045	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	875.00–1,000.00	$939.47
970–1275	1123	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	775.00–1,100.00	$959.58

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	87.00	$87.00	$709
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	60.00	$60.00	$516
685–1070	878	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	80.00–88.00	$84.88	$745

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1130	1130	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	47.00	$47.00	$291	—

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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.