I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, March 2, 2023

774 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $223.47/cwt +19.00 vs last sale · ≈ $967/hd at 433 lb · 58 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $204.93/cwt +0.77 vs last sale · ≈ $978/hd at 477 lb · 45 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $178.23/cwt -5.29 vs last sale · ≈ $1,131/hd at 635 lb · 31 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	774	641	730
Feeder cattle	685	570	601
Slaughter cattle	64	56	77
Replacement cattle	25	15	52

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 2.00-7.00 higher, except 400-500 lb weights, sold 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-7.00, mostly 4.00 lower. Several long weaned cattle sold with a Premium. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 higher, Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	324	15	225.00–260.00	$242.80	$787	-1.29
350–395	366	8	220.00–260.00	$240.55	$880	+14.94
400–448	430	17	210.00–245.00	$225.05	$968	-10.94
450–498	473	16	212.50–239.00	$232.45	$1,099	+3.27
505–520	509	14	214.00–240.00	$229.30	$1,167	+14.76
575	575	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,193	-1.09
635 value added	635	23	193.00	$193.00	$1,226	—
765	765	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,148	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323 value added	323	25	250.00	$250.00	$808	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–345	343	2	190.00–200.00	$194.96	$669	-5.86
395	395	1	215.00	$215.00	$849	+7.53
400–445	423	6	192.50–207.50	$202.95	$858	-4.10
495	495	1	195.00	$195.00	$965	-1.07
520–540	530	2	172.50–202.50	$187.22	$992	-13.57
560	560	2	182.50	$182.50	$1,022	—
630–645	638	2	160.00–162.50	$161.24	$1,029	—
665–680	670	3	152.50–172.50	$159.12	$1,066	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412–430	418	3	152.50–187.50	$164.50	$688	+0.91
450–490	473	4	122.00–170.00	$152.13	$720	-19.12
525	525	1	110.00	$110.00	$578	—
625–645	635	3	125.00–155.00	$144.01	$914	-37.21
735	735	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,029	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–640	620	2	90.00–92.50	$91.29	$566	—

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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	329	23	205.00–237.50	$223.78	$736	+1.36
355–395	379	10	202.50–225.00	$209.44	$794	-3.96
391 value added	391	15	250.00	$250.00	$978	—
400–448	429	28	195.00–215.00	$205.75	$883	+1.28
436 value added	436	30	240.00	$240.00	$1,046	—
450–485	469	21	185.00–207.50	$199.14	$934	-5.02
484 value added	484	24	210.00	$210.00	$1,016	—
500–542	518	14	175.00–197.50	$183.12	$949	-10.17
560–585	581	15	175.00–185.00	$180.57	$1,049	-3.18
625–634 value added	629	12	180.00–183.50	$182.03	$1,145	—
600–649	638	19	167.50–182.50	$175.83	$1,122	-7.69
650 value added	650	5	176.00	$176.00	$1,144	—
650–690	670	2	162.50	$162.50	$1,089	-13.68
720	720	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,116	+5.00
735 value added	735	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,268	+2.50
750	750	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,181	-2.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300 value added	300	13	233.00	$233.00	$699	—
380 value added	380	29	227.00	$227.00	$863	—
427	427	3	187.00	$187.00	$798	—
607	607	5	164.00	$164.00	$995	—
635	635	2	156.00	$156.00	$991	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–330	321	4	155.00–165.00	$158.78	$510	-8.78
350–360	355	2	150.00–165.00	$157.61	$560	-7.70
410–428	422	3	145.00–167.00	$159.88	$675	+3.93
460–495	476	4	142.50–162.50	$152.34	$725	-2.46
505–535	520	3	112.50–140.00	$123.97	$645	-6.17
560	560	1	127.50	$127.50	$714	-23.13
640–645	643	2	95.00–130.00	$112.57	$724	-11.52
655	655	1	135.00	$135.00	$884	—
715–735	725	2	102.50–112.50	$107.43	$779	—
780–785	783	2	121.00–125.00	$122.99	$963	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	190.00	$190.00	$712	+1.83
400–445	424	5	162.50–192.50	$177.15	$751	-2.65
475–495	484	5	165.00–192.50	$176.43	$854	+1.50
510–545	528	5	160.00–172.50	$167.05	$882	-8.71
700–720	710	2	130.00–135.00	$132.54	$941	—
735	735	1	117.50	$117.50	$864	—
790	790	2	130.00–140.00	$135.00	$1,066	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–540	529	13	197.50–220.00	$209.20	$1,107	-3.05
565 thin fleshed	565	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,215	—
550–590	575	4	175.00–207.50	$192.70	$1,108	-15.01
600–640	625	4	177.50–205.00	$185.37	$1,159	+11.84
650–670	660	5	167.50–175.00	$170.49	$1,125	+10.32
700–740	720	2	150.00–155.00	$152.43	$1,097	-0.78
760	760	2	141.00–152.50	$146.75	$1,115	+8.69
810	810	1	121.00	$121.00	$980	-17.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	187.50	$187.50	$994	+22.50
550	550	1	172.50	$172.50	$949	—
620–640	630	2	135.00–162.50	$148.53	$936	—
680	680	1	145.00	$145.00	$986	+18.00
775	775	1	127.50	$127.50	$988	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	145.00	$145.00	$761	—
570	570	1	122.00	$122.00	$695	-3.00
765	765	1	117.50	$117.50	$899	—
985	985	1	90.00	$90.00	$886	—
1050	1050	1	71.00	$71.00	$746	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790	790	80-85%	1	42.00	$42.00	$332	-10.95
805	805	80-85%	1	57.00	$57.00	$459	-16.52
845	845	80-85%	1	71.00	$71.00	$600	-2.52
870–1075	961	80-85%	7	41.00–83.00	$71.59	$688	—
955–1065	1022	80-85%	5	85.00–89.00	$86.87	$888	+10.65
1005–1230	1092	80-85%	3	93.00–96.00	$94.13	$1,028	—
1405	1405	80-85%	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,405	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–790	750	85-90%	3	70.00–76.00	$72.11	$541	—
800	800	85-90%	1	51.00	$51.00	$408	—
840	840	85-90%	1	61.00	$61.00	$512	+2.00
840	840	85-90%	1	85.00	$85.00	$714	+26.00
855–1035	893	85-90%	5	47.00–71.00	$56.97	$509	—
1075	1075	85-90%	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,021	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1515	1418	75-80%	4	97.00–100.00	$97.98	$1,389	—
1265–1490	1420	75-80%	4	94.00–95.00	$94.22	$1,338	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1530	1301	8	84.00–108.00	$96.20	$1,252	—
1490–1780	1660	4	118.00–120.50	$118.82	$1,972	—
1710–1785	1748	2	112.00–117.00	$114.45	$2,001	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–815	813	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	82.50–90.00	$86.26	$701

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–855	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,150.00–1,225.00	$1,186.83
1020	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00
970–1400	1201	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	985.00–1,300.00	$1,229.20
1230	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,120.00	$1,120.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1035–1065	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	83.00–89.00	$86.04	$903
1005–1515	1318	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	85.00–97.00	$92.86	$1,224

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
945	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675	675	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	750.00	$750.00
925	925	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00

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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
1060–1325	1193	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	790.00–1,475.00	$1,170.56	+370.56
1270	1270	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	910.00	$910.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	52.50	$52.50	$294	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	50.00	$50.00	$295	—

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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.