I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, March 23, 2023

644 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $202.57/cwt -1.80 vs last sale · ≈ $1,284/hd at 634 lb · 29 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $223.51/cwt -7.23 vs last sale · ≈ $948/hd at 424 lb · 27 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $211.57/cwt -15.24 vs last sale · ≈ $998/hd at 472 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	644	735	470
Feeder cattle	519	651	348
Slaughter cattle	87	56	66
Replacement cattle	38	28	56

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 8.00-13.00, mostly 10.00 lower, over 600 lbs not well tested. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 2.00 lower, 400-600 lb weights sold 7.00-8.00 higher, over 600 lbs not well tested. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 higher, Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311–345	325	11	215.00–247.50	$229.83	$747	-13.29
350–398	378	19	215.00–237.50	$225.64	$853	-14.42
400–445	424	27	206.00–237.50	$223.51	$948	-2.54
460	460	1	180.00	$180.00	$828	-46.81
455–497	472	24	200.00–225.00	$212.89	$1,005	-13.92
505–540	514	11	200.00–221.00	$215.02	$1,105	-8.76
575	575	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,193	-13.92
600–610	605	3	175.00–195.00	$185.87	$1,125	-19.44
637 value added	637	26	204.50	$204.50	$1,303	—
650	650	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,170	-0.61
850	850	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,232	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–325	311	6	192.50–210.00	$201.51	$627	—
385	385	1	200.00	$200.00	$770	-9.16
415–420	417	3	185.00–205.00	$196.68	$820	-4.15
455–495	474	7	182.50–197.50	$189.52	$898	+6.69
525–545	535	2	180.00–192.50	$186.37	$997	+13.87
580–595	588	3	160.00–165.00	$163.31	$960	-15.42

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	2	203.00	$203.00	$1,011	-10.00
676 value added	676	5	175.00	$175.00	$1,183	—
800 value added	800	9	161.00	$161.00	$1,288	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	172.50	$172.50	$561	-7.50
420–440	430	2	165.00–175.00	$169.88	$730	+9.88
450–490	478	4	152.50–180.00	$171.05	$818	+28.03
520	520	1	175.00	$175.00	$910	+12.50
610	610	1	125.00	$125.00	$762	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
602	602	2	67.50	$67.50	$406	—
688	688	4	79.00	$79.00	$544	—
745	745	1	80.00	$80.00	$596	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–340	328	7	205.00–225.00	$215.80	$708	-4.73
355–395	377	17	195.00–214.00	$207.73	$783	-1.76
418 value added	418	4	239.00	$239.00	$999	—
405–447	422	20	197.00–220.00	$203.12	$857	+0.90
450–495	470	12	205.00–222.00	$213.39	$1,003	+14.39
500–540	515	16	195.00–212.00	$206.42	$1,063	+15.93
554–580	557	9	172.50–178.00	$177.03	$986	-13.85
600–625	613	2	165.00–172.50	$168.67	$1,034	-8.96
710 value added	710	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,065	—
896	896	5	130.00	$130.00	$1,165	+13.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	319	5	185.00–192.50	$188.50	$601	+1.00
345 thin fleshed	345	1	215.00	$215.00	$742	—
385–395	392	3	170.00–195.00	$185.76	$728	+5.65
405–445	429	12	162.50–190.00	$180.93	$776	-0.59
460–495	473	11	182.50–197.50	$190.69	$902	+7.77
500–545	532	7	162.50–185.00	$173.86	$925	+6.76
550–554	552	10	155.00	$155.00	$856	-10.97
675	675	1	138.00	$138.00	$932	-17.86

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	170.00–172.50	$171.25	$582	+36.25
385	385	1	165.00	$165.00	$635	+17.27
405–440	424	5	130.00–162.50	$148.13	$628	-0.44
465–490	478	2	140.00–162.50	$151.54	$724	—
500–530	515	3	100.00–140.00	$123.43	$636	-19.07
550–590	563	3	120.00–150.00	$138.71	$781	—
625–630	628	2	117.50–121.00	$119.26	$749	+11.76

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	4	197.00	$197.00	$831	—
523	523	3	177.00	$177.00	$926	—
805	805	2	125.00	$125.00	$1,006	—

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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	517	17	190.00–217.50	$206.65	$1,068	-7.58
550–585	568	11	177.50–197.50	$184.21	$1,046	-18.42
605–645	627	6	167.50–182.50	$174.06	$1,091	+7.26
660–680	670	2	160.00–170.00	$164.93	$1,105	-0.01
750	750	5	144.00	$144.00	$1,080	—
820	820	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,181	+19.00
825 fancy	825	1	154.00	$154.00	$1,270	—
855	855	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,248	—
950	950	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,244	—
1060	1060	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,166	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–548	534	5	172.50–189.00	$183.14	$978	-3.87
580–585	583	2	162.50–171.00	$166.77	$972	+19.27
600–630	615	2	147.50–160.00	$153.60	$945	—
670	670	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,022	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115	1115	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,238	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1955	1955	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,375.00	$2,375.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1025	973	80-85%	3	91.00–96.00	$93.26	$907	+19.63
980	980	80-85%	1	87.00	$87.00	$853	+13.37
1135–1200	1184	80-85%	4	97.00–99.00	$98.27	$1,164	-4.08
985–1430	1202	80-85%	9	103.00–110.00	$106.25	$1,277	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1235	1168	75-80%	4	101.00–105.00	$103.44	$1,208	—
1350–1510	1421	75-80%	5	107.50–112.00	$109.19	$1,552	—
1690	1690	75-80%	1	97.00	$97.00	$1,639	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985	985	85-90%	1	94.00	$94.00	$926	—
1045–1070	1058	85-90%	2	98.00–100.00	$99.01	$1,048	—
1090–1200	1152	85-90%	6	102.50–111.00	$104.10	$1,199	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1745	1324	8	101.00–112.00	$107.74	$1,426	+2.34
1255–1970	1663	4	116.00–121.00	$119.28	$1,984	—
1680–1745	1713	2	125.00–128.00	$126.53	$2,167	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775–875	829	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	102.50–130.00	$117.33	$973

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
660	660	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	880.00	$880.00
690	690	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
965–995	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,050.00	$1,025.38
995–1035	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,190.00–1,200.00	$1,195.10
975–1080	1028	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,200.00–1,275.00	$1,239.42

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	104.00	$104.00	$936
1160	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,148
1150–1230	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	99.00–105.00	$101.90	$1,213
1430	1430	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,530

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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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
1125	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	-52.55
1050–1225	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,000.00–1,675.00	$1,350.77	-1.78
985–1270	1166	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,100.00–1,600.00	$1,318.32	—
1135–1345	1240	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,225.00–1,375.00	$1,306.35	—

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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.