I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 6, 2022

790 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 steers $134.91/cwt -1.09 vs last sale · ≈ $649/hd at 481 lb · 36 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 bulls $138.81/cwt -1.08 vs last sale · ≈ $870/hd at 627 lb · 33 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $147.06/cwt +5.25 vs last sale · ≈ $774/hd at 527 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	790	982	660
Feeder cattle	678	940	402
Slaughter cattle	96	—	143
Replacement cattle	16	42	115

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 2.00 lower, over 400 lb weights sold 1.00-5.00, mostly 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 8.00-9.00 lower, 500-600 lb weights sold 1.00 higher, over 600 lbs not well tested. No trend for Slaughter cows or bulls, not reported last week; but lower undertones denoted.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	334	12	160.00–180.00	$164.20	$548	-4.20
355–395	369	12	160.00–180.00	$168.88	$623	+2.24
400–445	416	26	155.00–177.00	$162.31	$675	+2.14
450–495	464	24	150.00–172.50	$159.45	$740	+2.57
505–545	535	6	155.00–163.00	$159.48	$853	-0.81
555–590	573	8	150.00–169.00	$164.33	$942	+11.84
590	590	1	142.50	$142.50	$841	-9.99
605–645	630	5	140.00–155.00	$151.52	$955	-3.01
655–693	678	6	150.00–155.00	$153.37	$1,040	+17.35
965	965	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,283	—
1175	1175	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,058	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–346	333	14	130.00–150.00	$136.57	$455	-8.36
355–395	377	11	130.00–159.00	$143.16	$540	-1.18
420–436	431	18	130.00–154.00	$149.95	$646	+10.62
450–496	481	36	120.00–147.00	$134.91	$649	-1.09
505–525	513	3	130.00–145.00	$136.61	$701	-0.89
580	580	1	141.00	$141.00	$818	+9.48

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	75.00	$75.00	$244	—
385	385	1	110.00	$110.00	$424	-9.34
440	440	2	90.00–124.00	$107.00	$471	-0.84
455–495	468	3	100.00–112.50	$104.05	$487	-9.22
605	605	1	110.00	$110.00	$666	—
680	680	1	80.00	$80.00	$544	-32.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	75.00	$75.00	$240	—
350–365	357	3	45.00–63.00	$56.09	$200	—
520–525	523	2	70.00–80.00	$74.98	$392	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309–345	321	16	145.00–153.00	$150.18	$482	-5.54
355–395	376	13	142.50–150.00	$145.38	$547	-7.78
405–440	428	30	137.00–147.50	$140.67	$602	+5.67
451–495	469	21	135.00–150.00	$144.28	$677	-5.60
515 fancy	515	1	163.00	$163.00	$839	—
500–545	527	31	139.00–152.00	$146.55	$772	+3.89
550–590	569	20	137.00–150.00	$142.43	$810	+0.44
600–635	623	6	134.00–145.00	$141.86	$884	-10.57
625	625	1	120.00	$120.00	$750	-32.43
700–740	725	6	120.00–133.00	$123.11	$893	-6.34
775–795	785	2	107.00–120.00	$113.58	$892	-8.92
810	810	1	107.00	$107.00	$867	+1.99
933	933	3	127.00	$127.00	$1,185	—
960–995	978	2	89.00–100.00	$94.40	$923	—
1130	1130	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,186	—
1250	1250	1	97.50	$97.50	$1,219	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	327	5	132.50–137.50	$134.96	$441	-7.05
375	375	3	120.00–137.50	$130.83	$491	-8.91
410–440	417	5	125.00–131.00	$129.23	$539	-8.99
450–495	464	8	120.00–136.00	$131.36	$610	-5.68
515–530	523	4	120.00–130.00	$125.28	$655	-3.33
575–583	581	4	129.00–131.00	$130.51	$758	+4.53
600–615	607	3	120.00–127.00	$122.37	$743	-4.44
670–695	683	2	110.00–129.00	$119.33	$815	-1.63
770	770	1	120.00	$120.00	$924	+19.37
800–805	803	2	80.00–90.00	$85.02	$683	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	330	2	110.00–115.00	$112.58	$372	+14.23
355–370	363	2	80.00–119.00	$99.90	$363	-3.02
430–445	440	3	70.00–115.00	$98.20	$432	—
505–530	518	2	80.00	$80.00	$414	-22.43
565–585	575	2	100.00–110.00	$105.09	$604	-2.46
625	625	2	87.00–110.00	$98.50	$616	+18.50
675	675	1	90.00	$90.00	$608	-25.00
765	765	1	83.00	$83.00	$635	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	3	144.00	$144.00	$552	+7.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	325	2	73.00–87.00	$79.68	$259	—
485	485	1	80.00	$80.00	$388	—

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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	527	30	133.00–153.00	$141.01	$743	-6.49
555–595	571	21	132.00–150.50	$143.23	$818	+2.21
600–645	627	33	130.00–145.00	$138.81	$870	-1.08
655–695	671	8	124.00–143.00	$131.78	$884	-1.84
705–715	708	3	128.00–135.00	$131.68	$932	+1.32
775–785	782	3	119.00–125.00	$122.17	$955	-2.84
805–845	825	2	110.00–119.00	$114.61	$946	—
928	928	2	87.00	$87.00	$807	—
995	995	1	83.00	$83.00	$826	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–525	518	4	127.00–130.00	$128.99	$668	+1.36
570–590	579	6	113.00–130.00	$125.83	$729	-0.75
600–635	622	3	119.00–123.00	$120.68	$751	+14.65
690–695	693	2	111.00–120.00	$115.52	$801	—
700	700	1	112.00	$112.00	$784	—
755	755	1	97.00	$97.00	$732	-8.00
840	840	1	80.00	$80.00	$672	-12.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575–595	585	3	90.00–101.00	$97.06	$568	—
620	620	1	100.00	$100.00	$620	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1515	1515	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	108.00	$108.00	$1,636	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–785	743	80-85%	2	25.00–30.00	$27.64	$205	—
805	805	80-85%	1	39.00	$39.00	$314	—
985–1035	1010	80-85%	4	48.00–52.00	$50.54	$510	—
950–1390	1184	80-85%	19	59.00–64.00	$61.78	$731	—
1195	1195	80-85%	4	58.00	$58.00	$693	—
1245–1535	1326	80-85%	8	65.00–68.00	$66.48	$882	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1625	1355	75-80%	5	65.00–69.00	$67.01	$908	—
1115–1975	1492	75-80%	8	63.50–64.50	$63.99	$955	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1055	1033	85-90%	3	64.00–64.50	$64.16	$663	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1605	1385	8	70.00–88.50	$81.91	$1,134	—
1420–1780	1635	5	90.00–99.00	$95.42	$1,560	—
1510–2090	1788	5	102.00–105.00	$103.29	$1,847	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–745	728	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	70.00–83.00	$76.66	$558

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1315	1315	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	63.00	$63.00	$828
1350	1350	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	64.00	$64.00	$864
1395	1395	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	64.00	$64.00	$893
1530–1640	1585	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	63.50–64.00	$63.74	$1,010

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1385–1390	1388	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,033.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	69.00	$69.00	$569

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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
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	885.00	$885.00	—

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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.