I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, September 8, 2022

579 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $171.71/cwt +3.23 vs last sale · ≈ $804/hd at 468 lb · 29 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $193.32/cwt +8.72 vs last sale · ≈ $812/hd at 420 lb · 26 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $193.68/cwt -6.61 vs last sale · ≈ $912/hd at 471 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	579	765	967
Feeder cattle	526	623	777
Slaughter cattle	45	119	115
Replacement cattle	8	23	75

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 1.00-7.00 higher, over 600 lbs, not well tested. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 3.00 lower, 400-600 lb weights sold 2.00-3.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold 3.00 lower on a light test. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 higher, Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	323	8	180.00–200.00	$187.81	$607	+3.46
350–395	381	20	180.00–207.00	$186.98	$712	-1.29
406–445	420	26	181.00–214.00	$193.32	$812	+8.72
450–495	471	26	180.00–212.50	$193.68	$912	+15.80
500–545	531	14	180.00–190.00	$187.57	$996	+12.38
550–569	563	14	172.50–187.00	$177.42	$999	+1.17
578 value added	578	12	191.00	$191.00	$1,104	+1.00
610–635	623	2	175.00–177.00	$176.02	$1,097	+1.01
635	635	1	156.00	$156.00	$991	-19.01
672 value added	672	6	176.00	$176.00	$1,183	—
705	705	1	166.00	$166.00	$1,170	—
810 value added	810	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,207	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	333	5	140.00–171.00	$156.79	$522	-7.77
350–390	378	11	140.00–172.50	$162.32	$614	-4.41
400–445	420	9	140.00–177.50	$163.27	$686	-2.83
455–495	476	10	140.00–179.00	$160.69	$765	+1.96
540	540	1	175.00	$175.00	$945	+22.01
570–595	583	2	137.50–156.00	$146.95	$857	+1.95

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	5	172.50	$172.50	$661	—
487	487	7	167.00	$167.00	$813	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	120.00	$120.00	$396	-8.48
360–390	375	5	110.00–135.00	$123.21	$462	-7.29
415–440	428	2	125.00	$125.00	$535	-4.28
450–490	468	4	130.00–135.00	$133.80	$626	+6.82

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–420	413	2	61.00–80.00	$70.33	$290	—

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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	316	18	161.00–185.00	$169.11	$534	-4.44
350–395	374	22	162.50–185.00	$172.33	$645	+1.17
400–440	417	20	162.50–179.00	$171.86	$717	-0.22
420 value added	420	1	181.00	$181.00	$760	—
450 value added	450	1	186.00	$186.00	$837	—
450–490	469	28	162.50–180.00	$171.20	$803	+2.72
501–540	518	25	151.00–173.00	$160.38	$831	+5.95
560–595	572	9	148.00–160.00	$154.34	$883	-0.44
580–590	585	3	130.00–147.50	$140.79	$824	-13.99
605–645	627	7	140.00–155.00	$147.62	$926	-1.84
655	655	1	142.00	$142.00	$930	-9.77
715–745	730	2	142.00–152.00	$146.90	$1,072	-7.13
760	760	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,087	—
945	945	1	108.00	$108.00	$1,021	—
1000	1000	1	94.00	$94.00	$940	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	328	3	137.50–150.00	$145.88	$478	-7.12
370–395	383	5	130.00–159.00	$143.20	$548	+2.32
400–440	420	8	140.00–157.00	$150.02	$630	+4.92
455–490	467	7	150.00–155.00	$154.27	$720	+7.36
500–535	511	5	140.00–149.00	$145.41	$743	+10.04
585	585	1	139.00	$139.00	$813	+4.21
600–640	629	4	127.00–138.00	$131.15	$825	—
665–695	684	5	125.00–137.00	$130.99	$896	-1.17
710–725	718	2	121.00–124.00	$122.48	$879	+2.48
760	760	1	124.00	$124.00	$942	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–315	308	2	113.00–130.00	$121.29	$374	+13.00
370–380	375	2	117.00–123.00	$120.04	$450	—
420	420	1	103.00	$103.00	$433	-7.00
500–515	508	2	100.00–120.00	$109.85	$558	—
580	580	1	100.00	$100.00	$580	-6.00
620–630	625	2	97.00–99.00	$98.01	$613	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538	538	3	148.00	$148.00	$796	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	50.00	$50.00	$200	—

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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	520	22	151.00–175.00	$165.42	$860	-4.12
555–595	579	16	154.00–175.00	$162.91	$943	+1.00
600–645	617	7	157.00–173.00	$162.74	$1,004	-9.20
665–685	675	2	142.00–143.00	$142.51	$962	-6.68
700–738	720	5	133.00–145.00	$139.13	$1,002	+9.13
760	760	1	125.00	$125.00	$950	-11.00
820	820	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,017	-11.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–505	503	2	123.00–148.00	$135.56	$682	+0.15
640	640	1	125.00	$125.00	$800	-12.94

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720	720	1	100.00	$100.00	$720	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745	745	80-85%	1	34.00	$34.00	$253	—
835–840	838	80-85%	2	55.00–60.00	$57.49	$482	-0.51
915–955	935	80-85%	4	75.00–78.00	$76.53	$716	—
930–1040	968	80-85%	6	40.00–73.00	$64.20	$621	—
1095–1330	1178	80-85%	8	79.00–86.00	$81.20	$957	—
1205–1250	1228	80-85%	2	88.00–92.00	$90.04	$1,106	+7.11

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–835	777	85-90%	3	32.00–39.00	$36.00	$280	-9.00
855–1060	918	85-90%	4	59.00–72.00	$66.34	$609	—
965–980	973	85-90%	2	76.50–78.00	$77.26	$752	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1585	1285	75-80%	4	80.00–83.00	$81.65	$1,049	—
1615	1615	75-80%	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,276	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965	965	1	58.00	$58.00	$560	—
1120	1120	1	80.00	$80.00	$896	—
1440–1720	1575	4	90.00–102.00	$95.36	$1,502	—
1655–1885	1770	2	107.00–109.50	$108.17	$1,915	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	66.00	$66.00	$502
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	80.00	$80.00	$648
885	885	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	65.00	$65.00	$575
980–1095	1037	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	73.00–80.00	$77.04	$799

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920–1060	990	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	95.00–102.00	$98.25	$973

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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.