I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, September 15, 2022

652 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $155.19/cwt -17.11 vs last sale · ≈ $656/hd at 423 lb · 26 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $159.44/cwt -3.47 vs last sale · ≈ $922/hd at 578 lb · 25 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $142.23/cwt -12.04 vs last sale · ≈ $681/hd at 479 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	652	579	1,196
Feeder cattle	519	526	947
Slaughter cattle	102	45	154
Replacement cattle	31	8	95

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 3.00-12.00, mostly 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 6.00-16.00, mostly 11.00 lower, over 600 lb weights not well tested. 400-500 lb steers and heifers sold with the full decline. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 lower, Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	325	3	180.00–190.00	$186.26	$605	-1.55
355–395	381	13	180.00–185.00	$182.77	$696	-4.21
405–445	424	20	180.00–212.50	$183.72	$779	-9.60
459–495	468	16	175.00–185.00	$178.28	$834	-15.40
502–542	518	15	177.00–195.00	$182.44	$945	-5.13
555–594	583	10	172.50–189.00	$174.99	$1,020	-2.43
585	585	1	160.00	$160.00	$936	-17.42
615–635	627	3	167.00–184.00	$176.58	$1,107	+0.56
655	655	2	164.00	$164.00	$1,074	—
710–715	713	2	162.00–172.00	$167.02	$1,191	+1.02
755	755	1	169.00	$169.00	$1,276	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–337	331	8	150.00–170.00	$167.66	$555	+10.87
350–395	373	12	152.50–179.00	$171.08	$638	+8.76
400–445	425	12	157.00–177.00	$167.09	$710	+3.82
455–495	473	17	148.00–170.00	$163.48	$773	+2.79
515–545	530	2	145.00–170.00	$157.15	$833	-17.85
555	555	1	140.00	$140.00	$777	-6.95
605	605	1	151.00	$151.00	$914	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468–470	469	9	167.00–172.50	$170.67	$800	+3.67
541	541	7	167.00	$167.00	$903	—
603	603	3	160.00	$160.00	$965	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–340	333	4	130.00–140.00	$134.98	$449	+14.98
370–375	373	2	120.00–153.00	$136.61	$510	+13.40
400	400	1	135.00	$135.00	$540	+10.00
460	460	1	139.00	$139.00	$639	+5.20
520	520	1	130.00	$130.00	$676	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	327	17	155.00–175.00	$167.31	$547	-1.80
350–395	380	17	152.50–165.00	$159.25	$605	-13.08
400–445	423	26	150.00–163.00	$155.19	$656	-16.67
450–495	484	14	152.50–167.50	$157.49	$762	-13.71
510 value added	510	1	182.50	$182.50	$931	—
500–545	524	7	151.00–170.00	$157.03	$823	-3.35
555–580	568	9	143.00–154.00	$146.41	$832	-7.93
600–640	628	6	151.00–169.00	$159.72	$1,003	+12.10
705–740	723	2	120.00–127.00	$123.58	$893	-23.32
790	790	1	120.00	$120.00	$948	-23.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	313	6	135.00–150.00	$143.62	$450	-2.26
350–385	365	7	130.00–147.00	$141.06	$515	-2.14
405–440	427	8	135.00–147.00	$142.17	$607	-7.85
450–499	479	21	130.00–149.00	$142.23	$681	-12.04
505–540	525	10	130.00–149.00	$141.46	$743	-3.95
560–590	578	4	132.00–141.00	$136.02	$786	-2.98
600–645	624	4	137.00–142.50	$140.31	$876	+9.16
655	655	2	137.00	$137.00	$897	+6.01

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461	461	8	151.00	$151.00	$696	—
505	505	6	149.00	$149.00	$752	+1.00
555	555	2	140.00	$140.00	$777	—
608	608	2	138.00	$138.00	$839	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	130.00	$130.00	$442	+8.71
405–445	425	2	80.00–120.00	$100.94	$429	-2.06
495	495	2	80.00–120.00	$100.00	$495	—
805	805	1	80.00	$80.00	$644	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	85.00	$85.00	$255	—

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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	518	19	150.00–179.00	$166.03	$860	+0.61
550–590	578	25	150.00–170.00	$159.44	$922	-3.47
605–635	621	16	145.00–167.00	$152.94	$950	-9.80
665–680	676	4	139.00–152.50	$146.84	$993	+4.33
702–715	709	4	142.00–151.00	$148.22	$1,051	+9.09
790	790	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,035	+6.00
855	855	2	131.00	$131.00	$1,120	—
1035	1035	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,035	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–540	525	3	125.00–149.00	$136.77	$718	+1.21
570	570	2	120.00–143.00	$131.50	$750	—
660	660	1	127.00	$127.00	$838	—
860	860	1	90.00	$90.00	$774	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615–635	625	2	60.00–80.00	$69.84	$436	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715	715	80-85%	1	40.00	$40.00	$286	+6.00
840	840	80-85%	1	30.00	$30.00	$252	-27.49
860–1125	988	80-85%	6	50.00–64.00	$59.68	$590	-4.52
985–1155	1076	80-85%	7	66.00–70.00	$68.31	$735	—
1010–1290	1138	80-85%	14	73.00–77.50	$75.26	$856	—
1055–1530	1220	80-85%	8	78.00–83.00	$80.57	$983	-9.47

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1400	1315	75-80%	5	80.50–82.00	$81.03	$1,066	—
1330	1330	75-80%	1	77.00	$77.00	$1,024	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890	890	85-90%	1	52.00	$52.00	$463	—
990	990	85-90%	1	80.00	$80.00	$792	+2.74
1000–1010	1005	85-90%	2	67.50–73.00	$70.26	$706	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875	875	1	60.00	$60.00	$525	—
1285	1285	1	88.00	$88.00	$1,131	—
1300–1795	1603	3	99.00–104.00	$101.16	$1,622	—
1540–1855	1698	2	106.50–111.00	$108.54	$1,843	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–850	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	80.00–99.00	$88.84	$706
875	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	75.00	$75.00	$656

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1035	1035	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	73.00	$73.00	$756
985–1315	1134	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	68.00–83.00	$77.25	$876
1170	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	73.00	$73.00	$854
1055–1530	1209	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	79.50–83.00	$81.02	$980
965–1430	1238	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	73.00–79.00	$76.40	$946

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	715.00	$715.00
1180	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
1105–1270	1188	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,125.00–1,175.00	$1,148.26

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	1	47.00	$47.00	$266	—
665	665	1	45.00	$45.00	$299	—

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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.