I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, August 11, 2022

679 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $166.14/cwt +0.95 vs last sale · ≈ $530/hd at 319 lb · 31 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $157.60/cwt -1.75 vs last sale · ≈ $884/hd at 561 lb · 28 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $167.63/cwt +6.52 vs last sale · ≈ $714/hd at 426 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	679	518	429
Feeder cattle	546	404	354
Slaughter cattle	90	75	44
Replacement cattle	43	39	31

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 9.00 lower, over 400 lbs sold 1.00-10.00, mostly 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady except 400-500 lb weights sold 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 higher, Slaughter bulls sold steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	332	13	180.00–197.50	$185.09	$614	-21.88
350–395	376	13	180.00–192.50	$185.42	$697	+1.39
400–445	424	25	175.00–200.00	$180.78	$767	+5.78
455–490	468	8	175.00–203.00	$191.77	$897	+15.31
475	475	1	157.50	$157.50	$748	-18.96
500–532	515	14	175.00–196.00	$190.42	$981	+10.98
555–595	573	16	173.00–195.00	$184.21	$1,056	-0.79
605–640	618	3	171.00–186.00	$177.54	$1,097	-2.79
670–672	672	4	177.00–185.00	$179.00	$1,203	+4.00
730	730	1	156.00	$156.00	$1,139	-1.00
750–765	758	4	151.00–164.00	$158.24	$1,199	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	328	11	152.50–177.00	$166.94	$548	+0.58
350–395	372	9	160.00–179.00	$170.29	$633	+1.80
400–445	421	21	145.00–172.50	$161.42	$680	+1.40
450–497	477	17	140.00–170.00	$157.24	$750	+1.10
500–545	528	12	150.00–179.00	$160.79	$849	+0.20
565–575	570	3	155.00–165.00	$159.03	$906	+5.27
600–620	610	2	140.00–160.00	$150.16	$916	+7.16
670–695	681	4	157.00–165.00	$161.37	$1,099	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	3	165.00	$165.00	$685	—
460–465	463	4	167.50–170.00	$168.76	$781	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–330	320	2	89.00–140.00	$115.30	$369	-14.98
390	390	1	133.00	$133.00	$519	—
440	440	1	135.00	$135.00	$594	+6.07
455–485	468	3	130.00–140.00	$135.72	$635	+9.90

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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	319	31	157.50–180.00	$166.14	$530	+0.95
350–395	379	19	155.00–175.00	$161.04	$610	-1.75
400–440	426	26	157.00–174.00	$167.63	$714	+6.52
450–480	465	17	160.00–177.50	$167.53	$779	+3.03
500–545	519	15	151.00–167.00	$155.91	$809	+2.24
550–585	561	28	150.00–162.00	$157.60	$884	-1.75
610–640	627	11	151.00–162.00	$156.54	$982	-5.40
650–680	665	2	153.00–154.00	$153.49	$1,021	—
700	700	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,001	-7.00
782	782	6	169.00	$169.00	$1,322	+21.00
830	830	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,054	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	325	5	135.00–155.00	$145.36	$472	+2.90
365–375	370	3	135.00–149.00	$143.61	$531	-2.17
400–440	418	7	130.00–152.50	$144.03	$602	+2.11
450–495	473	5	130.00–153.00	$140.87	$666	+1.38
530	530	1	140.00	$140.00	$742	+4.86
555–580	568	4	131.00–142.00	$136.99	$778	+0.12
600–625	613	3	130.00–135.00	$132.69	$813	-2.65
695	695	1	137.00	$137.00	$952	—
730	730	1	131.00	$131.00	$956	—
765–785	775	2	126.00–146.00	$136.13	$1,055	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	120.00	$120.00	$468	-2.58
435	435	1	125.00	$125.00	$544	+19.67
485	485	2	121.00–128.00	$124.50	$604	+19.26
565	565	1	120.00	$120.00	$678	—
640	640	1	110.00	$110.00	$704	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–540	516	21	155.00–172.50	$164.92	$851	+7.08
550–590	555	16	163.00–170.00	$163.96	$910	+11.18
600–630	617	6	149.00–166.00	$157.03	$969	+9.39
650–685	668	2	138.00–152.00	$144.82	$967	-2.57
700–735	715	4	127.50–137.50	$132.29	$946	-10.54
800	800	1	124.00	$124.00	$992	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540–545	544	4	125.00–148.00	$141.24	$768	+4.27
570–590	580	3	120.00–149.00	$134.91	$782	-1.09
625	625	1	133.00	$133.00	$831	+4.00
695	695	1	130.00	$130.00	$904	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–830	794	80-85%	4	35.00–42.00	$37.34	$296	—
790–810	800	80-85%	2	64.00	$64.00	$512	—
865–1000	937	80-85%	9	70.00–75.00	$73.50	$689	+7.29
895–995	945	80-85%	4	60.00–68.00	$65.66	$620	-0.55
865–1275	1066	80-85%	13	76.00–80.00	$78.41	$836	—
1035–1200	1096	80-85%	7	82.00–87.50	$83.97	$920	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040	1040	75-80%	1	76.00	$76.00	$790	—
1145–1385	1274	75-80%	5	82.00–86.00	$84.09	$1,071	—
1380–1415	1398	75-80%	2	88.50–93.00	$90.78	$1,269	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785	785	85-90%	1	36.00	$36.00	$283	—
860–965	913	85-90%	2	74.00	$74.00	$676	+4.00
930	930	85-90%	1	54.00	$54.00	$502	-6.77
890–1105	998	85-90%	2	79.00–81.00	$80.11	$799	—
1140	1140	85-90%	1	85.00	$85.00	$969	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1500	1304	7	79.00–83.00	$81.31	$1,060	—
1505	1505	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,565	—
1520–1675	1598	2	90.00–101.00	$95.77	$1,530	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–810	763	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	71.00–89.00	$79.48	$606
735–875	802	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	64.00–78.00	$71.39	$573
795–970	876	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	80.00	$80.00	$701

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695	695	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
780–970	877	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	700.00–865.00	$794.63
820–950	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	825.00–875.00	$851.84
995	995	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1085–1230	1158	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	850.00–1,075.00	$969.55

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
885–1000	943	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	75.00–76.00	$75.47	$712
970	970	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	74.00	$74.00	$718
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	87.50	$87.50	$1,050
1125–1415	1280	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	81.00–84.50	$83.11	$1,064

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
865	865	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	735.00	$735.00

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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.