I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 27, 2022

753 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $153.61/cwt +9.45 vs last sale · ≈ $740/hd at 482 lb · 44 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $151.41/cwt +1.32 vs last sale · ≈ $791/hd at 523 lb · 27 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $168.71/cwt +1.75 vs last sale · ≈ $722/hd at 428 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	753	634	511
Feeder cattle	506	451	437
Slaughter cattle	201	149	41
Replacement cattle	46	34	33

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 4.00-8.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 10.00, mostly 6.00 higher. Feeder supply was mostly average to plain unweaned calves. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 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
315–340	328	5	160.00–190.00	$176.20	$578	+10.45
355–390	370	6	160.00–175.00	$167.20	$619	-3.53
402–447	428	27	160.00–177.00	$168.71	$722	+1.75
450–490	472	15	160.00–174.00	$165.38	$781	-3.69
500–535	519	12	152.50–171.00	$160.22	$832	+2.74
555–585	572	8	151.00–170.00	$157.51	$901	—
610–640	629	8	149.00–167.50	$154.22	$970	+4.22
665–680	672	3	140.00–148.00	$144.64	$972	-5.35
705	705	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,058	+12.00
760–785	777	3	147.00–151.00	$148.30	$1,152	-7.70

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–342	331	5	140.00–150.00	$143.47	$475	+6.60
350–395	372	5	130.00–153.00	$138.82	$516	-7.53
400–445	419	17	130.00–159.00	$141.97	$595	-1.82
450–490	477	14	130.00–152.50	$143.89	$686	-2.94
500–535	517	10	135.00–155.00	$144.50	$747	+6.26
555–590	574	6	132.00–141.00	$137.77	$791	-3.23
650–670	657	3	129.00–137.50	$134.11	$881	+12.11
705	705	1	129.00	$129.00	$909	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	4	155.00	$155.00	$716	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–495	480	3	100.00–125.00	$112.61	$541	-14.34
605	605	1	96.00	$96.00	$581	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	51.00	$51.00	$286	-8.00
680	680	1	57.50	$57.50	$391	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	326	7	140.00–157.50	$151.43	$494	+2.66
365–395	373	5	140.00–155.00	$145.65	$543	-4.05
400–445	422	17	142.50–151.00	$145.97	$616	-0.63
450–495	482	44	142.50–160.00	$153.61	$740	+9.45
500–545	519	22	142.50–156.00	$149.44	$776	+15.27
550–590	569	12	137.00–150.00	$146.04	$831	+14.22
615–620	617	5	144.00–155.00	$147.69	$911	+7.28
650–685	671	10	140.00–152.00	$146.06	$980	+9.03
710–720	715	3	132.50–142.50	$138.36	$989	+11.36
755–790	773	2	125.00–145.00	$134.77	$1,042	+19.54
840	840	1	101.00	$101.00	$848	-4.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–348	331	12	125.00–145.00	$134.16	$444	-0.38
360–390	370	7	130.00–137.50	$133.88	$495	+13.88
400–430	417	5	130.00–140.00	$136.60	$570	+3.10
450–485	466	5	121.00–137.50	$127.86	$596	-4.24
505–540	527	6	120.00–131.00	$125.66	$662	-0.18
560–585	572	3	130.00–134.00	$131.33	$751	—
600–640	614	5	130.00–139.00	$135.06	$829	+10.09
655–685	670	2	127.00–129.00	$127.98	$857	+13.04
765	765	1	120.00	$120.00	$918	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	110.00	$110.00	$358	—
425	425	1	111.00	$111.00	$472	—
470–495	483	2	95.00–110.00	$102.69	$496	-2.43
520–535	528	2	110.00	$110.00	$581	+20.00
550	550	1	110.00	$110.00	$605	+15.00
620–630	625	2	110.00–113.00	$111.49	$697	+21.49
660	660	1	110.00	$110.00	$726	—

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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	522	26	135.00–164.00	$152.62	$797	+2.53
540	540	1	120.00	$120.00	$648	-30.09
550–595	572	9	131.00–157.50	$146.29	$837	+5.49
550–595	573	2	120.00–125.00	$122.60	$702	-18.20
600–645	619	8	131.00–148.00	$141.62	$877	+5.06
670–680	675	2	127.50–140.00	$133.80	$903	-1.58
700–740	720	2	135.00	$135.00	$972	+0.59
770–780	773	3	131.00–134.00	$132.34	$1,023	+8.81

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–540	525	2	125.00–127.50	$126.21	$663	—
550–555	553	2	121.00–130.00	$125.48	$694	+2.51
620	620	1	122.50	$122.50	$760	+3.50
1025	1025	1	80.00	$80.00	$820	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1905	1905	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,981	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	1	100.00	$100.00	$655	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825	825	80-85%	1	23.00	$23.00	$190	-30.00
900–1055	986	80-85%	12	40.00–48.00	$44.36	$437	—
890–1060	990	80-85%	9	54.00–58.00	$56.39	$558	—
995–1140	1078	80-85%	23	58.50–64.00	$61.64	$664	—
915–1300	1144	80-85%	8	64.50–70.00	$68.60	$785	+7.65

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800	800	85-90%	1	45.00	$45.00	$360	—
945	945	85-90%	1	45.00	$45.00	$425	—
900–1165	1077	85-90%	3	71.00	$71.00	$765	+18.00
1090	1090	85-90%	2	65.00	$65.00	$708	+12.00

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165	1165	75-80%	1	63.00	$63.00	$734	—
1265	1265	75-80%	2	66.00	$66.00	$835	—
1360	1360	75-80%	4	73.00	$73.00	$993	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1595	1415	4	70.00–86.00	$80.00	$1,132	+7.16
1515–1745	1664	4	89.00–94.00	$91.44	$1,522	+0.11
1615–1745	1675	3	95.00–99.50	$97.14	$1,627	+5.81

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755	755	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	50.00	$50.00	$378
745–990	854	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	53.00–84.00	$69.42	$593
760–1030	895	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	85.00–120.00	$105.14	$941

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–1040	891	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	50.00–66.00	$59.25	$528
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	62.00	$62.00	$595
970	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	75.00	$75.00	$728
1035–1060	1048	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	48.00–54.00	$51.04	$535
915–1265	1083	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	48.00–66.00	$58.01	$628
1010–1200	1118	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	63.00–67.00	$64.92	$726
935–1295	1144	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	44.00–63.00	$57.45	$657

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
885	885	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1170	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705	705	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
775	775	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

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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
1220	1220	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,185.00	$1,185.00	—
1090–1370	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00–1,085.00	$936.57	—

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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.