I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, December 15, 2022

662 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $188.09/cwt +5.71 vs last sale · ≈ $903/hd at 480 lb · 36 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $167.31/cwt +4.52 vs last sale · ≈ $868/hd at 519 lb · 30 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $160.38/cwt +0.33 vs last sale · ≈ $906/hd at 565 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	662	967	772
Feeder cattle	561	752	640
Slaughter cattle	71	170	88
Replacement cattle	30	45	44

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 3.00-7.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 2.00-5.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold 2.00 lower. Long weaned or Value Added cattle sold with a Premium. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	328	6	182.50–209.00	$195.12	$640	+1.61
350–395	375	16	180.00–225.00	$190.81	$716	+5.44
400–445	426	15	179.00–215.00	$196.47	$837	+19.31
455–498	480	36	175.00–212.50	$188.09	$903	+5.71
500–545	531	19	175.00–202.50	$181.25	$962	-0.70
550–590	558	7	166.00–187.50	$177.10	$988	-2.38
611–641	631	15	160.00–165.00	$161.75	$1,021	-13.33
635 value added	635	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,159	—
655	655	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,163	+10.12
655 value added	655	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,179	+5.51
720 value added	720	2	167.00	$167.00	$1,202	-1.49
718–730	722	3	154.00–155.00	$154.34	$1,114	+11.84
768 value added	768	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,190	-12.00
810–835 value added	823	2	147.50–149.00	$148.24	$1,220	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	320	3	150.00–165.00	$159.48	$510	+1.62
365–395	383	10	145.00–177.00	$167.48	$641	+4.90
415–445	430	8	145.00–177.50	$167.30	$719	+6.88
450–495	466	14	142.50–172.50	$165.22	$770	+0.60
500–545	523	5	148.00–170.00	$160.28	$838	—
555–595	575	2	162.50–170.00	$166.12	$955	+11.12
615–640	623	4	130.00–147.00	$139.78	$871	-15.22
705–730	715	4	140.00–147.50	$142.16	$1,016	—
810–835	823	2	130.00–137.00	$133.45	$1,098	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–385	365	3	120.00–133.00	$126.67	$462	-8.33
450–470	457	3	130.00–155.00	$138.58	$633	—
510	510	1	139.00	$139.00	$709	—
590	590	1	130.00	$130.00	$767	—
625	625	1	113.00	$113.00	$706	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	80.00	$80.00	$336	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–320	303	10	165.00–180.00	$167.33	$507	+3.80
360–395	380	7	170.00–200.00	$187.27	$712	+6.82
400–440	420	22	170.00–200.00	$182.07	$765	+5.27
452 value added	452	2	190.00	$190.00	$859	+7.00
450–495	462	10	167.50–185.00	$175.24	$810	+6.13
475	475	1	151.00	$151.00	$717	-18.11
500–548	519	30	152.50–186.00	$167.31	$868	+5.05
550–595	565	23	142.50–165.00	$159.92	$904	-0.13
570 value added	570	1	171.00	$171.00	$975	—
615–635	622	3	140.00–155.00	$150.05	$933	-8.83
625–640 value added	630	4	157.00–168.00	$163.22	$1,028	—
665 value added	665	1	162.50	$162.50	$1,081	—
683	683	3	161.00	$161.00	$1,100	+4.49
685	685	1	141.00	$141.00	$966	-15.51
715	715	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,008	+11.00
725	725	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,095	+21.00
750–770	760	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,140	—
805	805	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,167	+35.00
995	995	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,194	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	316	5	132.50–160.00	$147.02	$465	+5.79
350–395	375	8	135.00–160.00	$147.89	$555	-2.28
405–445	428	10	130.00–165.00	$150.95	$646	+2.08
455–480	469	4	140.00–167.50	$147.46	$692	+0.12
510–545	525	4	132.50–150.00	$142.97	$751	+12.97
575	575	1	145.00	$145.00	$834	±0.00
615	615	1	130.00	$130.00	$800	-6.00
655–695	682	3	120.00–130.00	$124.56	$849	-17.93

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	2	150.00	$150.00	$668	-1.00
452–488	466	13	150.00–169.00	$158.51	$739	+5.51
522	522	2	140.00	$140.00	$731	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	120.00	$120.00	$498	—
500–540	520	2	125.00–130.00	$127.60	$664	—
630–640	635	2	80.00–100.00	$90.08	$572	-14.92
655–685	670	2	110.00–120.00	$115.11	$771	—
745	745	1	90.00	$90.00	$670	—
755–765	760	2	80.00–100.00	$90.07	$685	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	50.00	$50.00	$262	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–545	529	19	160.00–185.00	$169.38	$896	+6.60
535	535	1	157.50	$157.50	$843	-5.28
550–595	574	9	155.00–172.50	$165.88	$952	+10.28
602–630	606	14	140.00–175.00	$154.29	$935	+6.57
650–695	676	11	131.00–159.00	$140.85	$952	-1.73
710	710	1	139.00	$139.00	$987	-3.43
750–765	758	2	139.00–140.00	$139.50	$1,057	+5.75
810	810	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,102	—
870	870	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,114	+11.00
1065	1065	1	86.00	$86.00	$916	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–530	520	2	145.00	$145.00	$754	+5.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840	840	80-85%	1	28.00	$28.00	$235	—
845	845	80-85%	2	54.00	$54.00	$456	—
885–1080	956	80-85%	9	43.00–59.00	$52.98	$506	—
890–1115	1035	80-85%	5	61.00–65.00	$62.62	$648	—
1040–1315	1159	80-85%	6	66.00–70.00	$68.43	$793	—
1275	1275	80-85%	1	73.50	$73.50	$937	+4.96

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1410	1278	75-80%	4	76.50–83.00	$78.54	$1,004	—
1130–1645	1354	75-80%	7	72.00–75.00	$73.11	$990	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875	875	85-90%	1	70.00	$70.00	$612	—
980	980	85-90%	1	63.00	$63.00	$617	—
1150–1190	1170	85-90%	2	76.00–76.50	$76.25	$892	+1.25

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1470	1222	5	53.00–81.00	$64.51	$788	—
1935–1990	1963	2	101.50–108.00	$104.70	$2,055	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705	705	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	120.00	$120.00	$846
790	790	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	66.00	$66.00	$521
1255	1255	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,117

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745 thin fleshed	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	660.00	$660.00
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1005–1205	1127	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	800.00–900.00	$843.08
1130–1195	1163	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	900.00–1,000.00	$948.60
935–1550	1233	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	775.00–1,050.00	$936.44

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900–1040	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	48.00–68.00	$58.72	$570
1185	1185	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	67.00	$67.00	$794

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765	765	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	71.00	$71.00	$543

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	850.00	$850.00

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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
815 thin fleshed	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
1155–1205	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–950.00	$925.53	—

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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.