I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, March 16, 2023

735 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $217.50/cwt ≈ $1,277/hd at 587 lb · 79 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $194.25/cwt ≈ $1,061/hd at 546 lb · 57 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $199.35/cwt +0.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,061/hd at 532 lb · 46 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	735	404	830
Feeder cattle	651	340	626
Slaughter cattle	56	47	155
Replacement cattle	28	17	49

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mixed, 300-400 lb weights and 500-600 lb weights sold 1.00-5.00 higher, 400-500 lb weights and over 600 lb weights sold 4.00-8.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 2.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold 3.00-11.00, mostly 6.00 lower. Several groups of 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
303–345	326	11	227.50–255.00	$243.12	$793	+5.30
350–395	373	16	227.50–250.00	$240.06	$895	-0.92
400–447	429	13	210.00–235.00	$226.05	$970	-9.85
429 thin fleshed	429	4	246.00	$246.00	$1,055	—
450–498	476	18	217.50–235.00	$226.81	$1,080	+3.34
500–545	525	8	210.00–237.50	$223.78	$1,175	+1.87
550–585	566	7	202.50–232.50	$221.42	$1,253	+5.06
608–640	621	10	195.00–220.00	$205.31	$1,275	-8.39
640	640	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,248	-18.70
670–685	681	4	180.00–182.50	$180.61	$1,230	-1.51
690 value added	690	4	185.00	$185.00	$1,276	—
700–730	721	5	170.00–185.00	$173.31	$1,250	+0.31

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
489	489	4	213.00	$213.00	$1,042	—
587 value added	587	79	217.50	$217.50	$1,277	—
715 value added	715	3	177.00	$177.00	$1,266	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–385	368	3	207.50–210.00	$209.16	$770	-0.84
445	445	3	197.50–207.50	$200.83	$894	+10.82
455–475	468	3	177.00–195.00	$182.83	$856	-3.65
525	525	1	172.50	$172.50	$906	—
555–570	563	2	177.50–180.00	$178.73	$1,006	—
650	650	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,121	—
700	700	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,278	—
820–840	830	2	149.00–151.00	$150.01	$1,245	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	180.00	$180.00	$549	+27.74
355–370	365	3	165.00–185.00	$178.52	$652	+10.92
430	430	1	160.00	$160.00	$688	-15.00
465–490	478	2	122.50–162.50	$143.02	$684	—
515	515	1	162.50	$162.50	$837	±0.00

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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	328	7	200.00–230.00	$220.53	$723	—
357–395	377	10	199.00–217.50	$209.49	$790	+0.51
400–448	422	14	195.00–217.50	$202.22	$853	-12.24
450–498	469	7	197.50–205.00	$199.00	$933	+16.50
473 value added	473	3	211.00	$211.00	$998	-9.00
505–531 value added	523	20	210.00–213.00	$210.87	$1,103	—
510–545	539	26	182.50–195.00	$190.49	$1,027	-8.66
552–592	567	13	182.50–197.00	$190.88	$1,082	+2.11
605–634	630	10	172.50–182.00	$177.63	$1,119	-3.05
637 value added	637	8	185.00	$185.00	$1,178	-4.00
655–690	673	2	165.00–175.00	$169.87	$1,143	-3.34
715	715	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,072	+5.00
715	715	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,251	+30.00
800	800	2	120.00	$120.00	$960	—
875	875	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,024	-14.00
950	950	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,197	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	4	187.00	$187.00	$669	—
372 thin fleshed	372	3	197.50	$197.50	$735	—
546 value added	546	57	194.25	$194.25	$1,061	—
592	592	3	178.50	$178.50	$1,057	—
646	646	4	155.00	$155.00	$1,001	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	187.50	$187.50	$619	+18.60
355–390	380	5	160.00–195.00	$180.11	$684	-2.39
423 thin fleshed	423	3	186.00	$186.00	$787	—
400–442	426	6	167.50–189.00	$181.52	$773	-3.40
470–495	477	11	175.00–187.50	$182.92	$873	+12.84
525–540	533	6	162.50–172.50	$167.10	$891	-12.26
555–595	582	3	157.50–173.00	$165.97	$966	+5.25
600–630	615	3	135.00–155.00	$146.71	$902	+1.98
650–670	655	4	151.00–170.00	$155.86	$1,021	+11.36

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	135.00	$135.00	$466	-15.00
375–385	380	2	130.00–165.00	$147.73	$561	+12.90
420–445	433	2	142.50–155.00	$148.57	$643	—
540	540	1	142.50	$142.50	$770	+10.00
615	615	1	107.50	$107.50	$661	-23.31
660	660	1	125.00	$125.00	$825	—
765	765	1	110.00	$110.00	$842	+5.00

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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	528	13	200.00–227.50	$214.23	$1,131	-7.95
565–585	574	5	190.00–217.50	$202.63	$1,163	+10.13
605–620	610	3	162.50–169.00	$166.80	$1,017	-35.04
672–685	676	3	155.00–170.00	$164.94	$1,115	-2.89
720	720	1	147.50	$147.50	$1,062	-5.03
810	810	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,012	-12.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–535	523	5	180.00–195.00	$187.01	$978	—
595	595	1	147.50	$147.50	$878	-37.56
805	805	1	115.00	$115.00	$926	-12.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	177.50	$177.50	$932	—
560	560	1	120.00	$120.00	$672	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785	785	80-85%	1	41.00	$41.00	$322	—
835	835	80-85%	1	85.00	$85.00	$710	+24.00
930–1105	976	80-85%	5	68.00–78.00	$73.63	$719	—
960–1185	1041	80-85%	4	91.00–94.00	$92.31	$961	+6.57
850–1680	1128	80-85%	6	80.00–89.00	$85.10	$960	—
1105–1210	1158	80-85%	2	100.00–104.50	$102.35	$1,185	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–925	866	85-90%	4	61.00–79.00	$70.62	$612	—
890–1000	933	85-90%	3	85.00–89.00	$87.34	$815	+3.34

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070	1070	75-80%	1	88.00	$88.00	$942	—
1185–1385	1285	75-80%	2	100.00–101.00	$100.46	$1,291	+7.03
1215–1375	1307	75-80%	3	93.50–98.00	$95.91	$1,254	-3.48

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1480	1319	5	96.00–111.00	$105.40	$1,390	—
1265–1760	1540	4	113.00–119.00	$116.50	$1,794	—
1865–2045	1955	2	120.00–124.00	$122.09	$2,387	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–755	720	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	109.00–115.00	$111.29	$801
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	105.00	$105.00	$814

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1205	1023	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,075.00–1,400.00	$1,209.69
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,435.00	$1,435.00
1090	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	91.00	$91.00	$851
970	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	78.00	$78.00	$757
1060–1330	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	91.00–96.50	$94.06	$1,124

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	335.00	$335.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
775	775	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 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
840 thin fleshed	840	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	560.00	$560.00	—
950–1290	1101	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,300.00–1,400.00	$1,352.55	—
1400	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–375	373	2	62.50–72.50	$67.47	$252	—
455	455	1	65.00	$65.00	$296	—

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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
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
980	980	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,380.00	$1,380.00	—

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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.