I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, January 19, 2023

635 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $204.71/cwt +0.33 vs last sale · ≈ $760/hd at 371 lb · 34 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $191.02/cwt -10.59 vs last sale · ≈ $816/hd at 427 lb · 29 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $177.94/cwt -0.87 vs last sale · ≈ $937/hd at 527 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	635	1,057	377
Feeder cattle	464	937	334
Slaughter cattle	111	—	27
Replacement cattle	60	120	16

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 1.00-8.00, mostly 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 4.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold 7.00-9.00 lower. Quality of offering not as attractive as last week. Some long weaned cattle sold with a Premium. No trend for Slaughter cows or bulls, not reported last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300 value added	300	1	237.50	$237.50	$712	—
300–330	319	5	190.00–225.00	$207.23	$661	-6.96
357 value added	357	3	217.50	$217.50	$776	—
350–385	372	30	185.00–212.50	$204.42	$760	+0.04
385	385	1	175.00	$175.00	$674	-29.38
400–445	427	29	184.00–202.50	$191.02	$816	-6.73
455–495	472	10	180.00–197.50	$187.58	$885	-9.42
508–545	521	6	170.00–188.00	$177.78	$926	-15.19
521 value added	521	10	189.00	$189.00	$985	—
560 value added	560	2	189.00	$189.00	$1,058	-2.24
560–590	582	15	179.00–188.00	$184.54	$1,074	+2.92
610–630	622	5	175.00–187.50	$179.73	$1,118	+5.40
665–670	668	2	167.50–170.00	$168.75	$1,127	—
675 value added	675	4	177.00	$177.00	$1,195	-5.14
705 value added	705	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,181	—
710–745	728	2	140.00–145.00	$142.44	$1,037	—
902–920	908	3	130.00–131.00	$130.34	$1,183	—
1056	1056	5	114.00	$114.00	$1,204	—
1105	1105	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,216	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	2	155.00	$155.00	$539	-17.13
365	365	1	172.50	$172.50	$630	-0.50
400–445	419	6	145.00–172.50	$160.14	$671	-18.84
450–485	471	8	147.50–177.50	$166.19	$783	-9.12
720	720	1	127.00	$127.00	$914	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	140.00	$140.00	$420	±0.00
435	435	1	132.50	$132.50	$576	-16.74
450–470	460	2	85.00–130.00	$107.01	$492	-24.36
570	570	1	127.50	$127.50	$727	-7.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	3	183.00	$183.00	$864	+4.57

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	313	15	190.00–240.00	$207.83	$651	+9.26
355–360 value added	358	2	200.00–202.50	$201.26	$721	+9.79
355–395	374	23	175.00–198.00	$188.34	$704	-2.45
405–442	422	20	175.00–185.00	$179.28	$757	-5.14
422 value added	422	3	187.00	$187.00	$789	-9.13
450–495	476	14	170.00–188.00	$179.86	$856	+0.48
500–545 value added	517	3	185.00–187.50	$185.81	$961	-0.30
500–544	528	25	170.00–182.00	$177.00	$935	+0.52
555–590	573	13	162.50–168.00	$167.29	$959	-6.54
627–645	634	5	160.00–170.00	$162.54	$1,031	-8.44
645	645	1	152.50	$152.50	$984	-18.48
670	670	1	132.00	$132.00	$884	-36.81
680–685	683	2	165.00–171.00	$167.99	$1,147	-0.82
700–705	703	2	140.00–165.00	$152.46	$1,072	-10.54
750	750	1	130.00	$130.00	$975	—
780	780	1	125.00	$125.00	$975	—
800	800	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,000	-6.54
855	855	1	122.50	$122.50	$1,047	+2.50
951	951	8	122.00	$122.00	$1,160	—
1025	1025	1	97.00	$97.00	$994	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	322	6	155.00–177.50	$164.25	$529	+6.12
350–395	375	7	140.00–187.50	$158.26	$593	-4.42
410–445	424	9	147.50–165.00	$154.03	$653	-12.44
468–480	473	4	157.50–169.00	$165.10	$781	+3.33
545	545	1	155.00	$155.00	$845	+1.76
550–585	570	3	142.50–155.00	$148.38	$846	-2.57
625–640	633	2	135.00–145.00	$139.94	$886	+9.94
635	635	1	110.00	$110.00	$698	-20.00
735–745	740	2	110.00–124.00	$117.05	$866	-10.37
760	760	1	110.00	$110.00	$836	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435–445	440	2	120.00–135.00	$127.59	$561	—
470–485	478	2	115.00–135.00	$125.16	$598	+4.38
530	530	1	125.00	$125.00	$662	-4.51

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	65.00	$65.00	$302	—
625	625	2	52.50	$52.50	$328	—

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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	522	9	175.00–192.50	$185.26	$967	-8.68
558–585	562	13	167.00–182.50	$170.55	$958	-9.88
600–635	623	3	142.50–167.50	$157.31	$980	-15.42
670–695	683	6	135.00–155.00	$145.42	$993	-10.16
725–745	738	3	146.00–147.50	$146.49	$1,081	-2.74
770	770	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,093	+9.50
935	935	1	105.00	$105.00	$982	—
960	960	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,056	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–570	563	2	127.50–155.00	$141.07	$794	-20.89

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	105.00	$105.00	$530	-27.50
695	695	1	112.50	$112.50	$782	+16.94

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1470	1470	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,573	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805	805	80-85%	3	30.00	$30.00	$242	—
840–845	843	80-85%	2	55.00–56.00	$55.50	$468	—
905–1080	977	80-85%	8	58.00–64.00	$61.01	$596	—
855–1270	1003	80-85%	7	30.00–55.00	$45.52	$457	—
985–1240	1118	80-85%	14	66.00–70.00	$67.75	$757	—
1150–1315	1245	80-85%	3	73.00–75.00	$73.70	$918	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1445	1383	75-80%	2	77.00–82.00	$79.61	$1,101	—
1380–1555	1482	75-80%	3	69.00–73.00	$71.64	$1,062	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920	920	85-90%	3	27.00	$27.00	$248	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1960	1496	7	57.00–91.00	$76.28	$1,141	—
1475–1745	1613	3	95.00–102.00	$99.51	$1,605	—
1570–2000	1829	5	104.00–110.00	$105.87	$1,936	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
695–900	798	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	74.00–90.00	$80.97	$646
755–980	843	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	50.00–91.00	$72.57	$612
1185	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	67.00	$67.00	$794

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–1030	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00–770.00	$759.04

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845–1045	945	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	55.00–71.00	$63.85	$603
815–1125	991	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	40.00–78.00	$62.05	$615
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	70.00	$70.00	$770
1005–1240	1123	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	46.00–70.00	$59.26	$665
985–1555	1216	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	66.00–81.00	$73.49	$894

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
940–1185	1032	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	950.00–1,225.00	$1,096.93
1005–1180	1093	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	825.00–910.00	$870.90
910–1470	1169	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	750.00–1,225.00	$1,115.51

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
825	825	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
980	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00

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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
920	920	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
1045	1045	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—
1000–1200	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	825.00–850.00	$838.64	—
1050–1485	1222	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,100.00–1,700.00	$1,472.89	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1045	1045	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,385.00	$1,385.00	—

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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.