I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, May 4, 2023

667 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $226.84/cwt -1.83 vs last sale · ≈ $955/hd at 421 lb · 31 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $248.68/cwt -14.15 vs last sale · ≈ $1,039/hd at 418 lb · 28 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $239.75/cwt -12.22 vs last sale · ≈ $1,132/hd at 472 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	667	438	418
Feeder cattle	518	349	286
Slaughter cattle	106	61	65
Replacement cattle	43	28	67

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 1.00 higher, 400-500 lb weights sold 10.00 lower, 500-600 lb weights sold 10.00 higher, over 600 lbs not well tested. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 4.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold 2.00-8.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 lower. Supply was mostly average to plain in quality.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320 value added	320	1	282.50	$282.50	$904	—
310–345	328	6	237.50–272.50	$251.80	$826	-13.05
350 value added	350	2	280.00	$280.00	$980	—
352–390	369	18	225.00–255.00	$244.70	$903	-16.62
400–440	418	28	237.50–272.50	$248.68	$1,039	-14.15
454–495	472	28	227.50–252.50	$239.75	$1,132	-12.22
502 value added	502	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,280	—
510–545	525	16	205.00–249.00	$240.02	$1,260	+10.67
550–592	565	23	215.00–247.00	$230.19	$1,301	+9.36
610–630	618	3	205.00–220.00	$210.78	$1,303	+15.78
685–690	688	2	210.00–217.50	$213.74	$1,471	—
725–745	735	2	187.50–195.00	$191.30	$1,406	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	323	4	210.00–230.00	$221.22	$715	+18.42
375–385	380	2	202.50	$202.50	$770	-18.76
400–425	413	2	195.00–235.00	$215.61	$890	-4.40
470–490	480	2	187.50–197.50	$192.40	$924	-20.23
540	540	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,080	+30.00
585–592	590	3	188.00–190.00	$188.66	$1,113	—
800	800	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,360	—
945	945	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,351	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	323	2	177.50–192.50	$184.83	$597	—
350–390	366	6	160.00–185.00	$177.47	$650	-2.53
435	435	1	172.50	$172.50	$750	—
465–470	468	2	155.00	$155.00	$725	—
530	530	1	165.00	$165.00	$874	+7.50
600	600	1	140.00	$140.00	$840	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735	735	1	65.00	$65.00	$478	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320 value added	320	1	245.00	$245.00	$784	—
300–345	326	10	205.00–237.50	$231.28	$754	+12.79
350–395	377	19	205.00–237.50	$224.56	$847	-4.20
380–385 value added	382	3	239.00–240.00	$239.34	$914	—
400–445	421	31	207.50–237.50	$226.84	$955	-1.83
450–495	476	25	210.00–235.00	$218.37	$1,039	-11.35
500–538	521	14	202.50–225.00	$215.50	$1,123	+1.36
540	540	2	186.00	$186.00	$1,004	-28.14
560–595	572	14	190.00–202.50	$197.16	$1,128	-4.41
620–625	623	2	200.00–210.00	$205.02	$1,277	—
725–748	740	13	163.00–173.00	$170.80	$1,264	+20.14
985	985	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,231	—
1045	1045	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,327	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–325	323	2	197.50–200.00	$198.74	$642	—
365–385	375	3	180.00–200.00	$191.71	$719	+6.71
400–442	424	5	187.50–196.00	$192.80	$817	-6.97
455–495	479	7	187.50–207.50	$194.67	$932	+7.17
510	510	1	190.00	$190.00	$969	—
575	575	2	163.00	$163.00	$937	—
570–595	584	4	172.50–187.50	$182.59	$1,066	—
610–615	613	3	180.00–185.00	$182.50	$1,119	+2.50
715	715	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,037	+10.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–385	378	2	157.50–172.50	$164.85	$623	-5.29
405–445	421	5	155.00–182.50	$172.55	$726	+4.13
455–495	469	6	160.00–175.00	$168.81	$792	-1.58
510–540	525	2	140.00–152.50	$146.07	$767	-6.57
558	558	5	157.00	$157.00	$876	—
605–640	625	3	157.50–167.50	$163.43	$1,021	+16.73

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412	412	3	205.00	$205.00	$845	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–485	471	16	212.50–240.00	$231.42	$1,090	-8.34
500–540	520	14	215.00–240.00	$234.27	$1,218	+5.62
560	560	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,078	-20.32
580–590	583	3	205.00–217.50	$209.97	$1,224	-2.85
605–640	621	5	195.00–207.50	$201.35	$1,250	+5.72
720	720	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,116	-16.28
780	780	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,443	+32.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–495	483	2	195.00–205.00	$200.13	$967	-13.57
500–545	523	4	197.50–210.00	$204.38	$1,069	+30.61
735	735	1	117.50	$117.50	$864	—
860	860	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,032	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	145.00	$145.00	$747	-5.00
585	585	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,068	+37.50
625	625	2	117.50	$117.50	$734	—
775	775	1	100.00	$100.00	$775	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	87.50	$87.50	$486	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710	710	80-85%	1	50.00	$50.00	$355	—
780–820	800	80-85%	2	72.00–74.00	$72.98	$584	+1.98
795–845	820	80-85%	4	66.00–67.50	$66.73	$547	-4.27
865–1000	906	80-85%	4	65.00–74.00	$69.15	$626	-11.60
890–1015	942	80-85%	7	77.00–81.00	$78.96	$744	-1.79
990–1180	1072	80-85%	12	84.00–90.00	$88.00	$943	—
1135–1230	1156	80-85%	6	91.00–93.50	$92.18	$1,066	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1630	1311	75-80%	5	88.00–90.00	$89.26	$1,170	-9.46
1175–1520	1338	75-80%	5	92.00–94.00	$93.03	$1,245	-5.69

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880	880	85-90%	1	73.00	$73.00	$642	—
915	915	85-90%	1	89.00	$89.00	$814	+6.28
920	920	85-90%	1	77.00	$77.00	$708	-5.72
1205	1205	85-90%	1	92.00	$92.00	$1,109	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1735	1254	15	85.00–100.00	$93.48	$1,172	—
1230–1770	1534	8	101.00–111.50	$106.34	$1,631	—
1810	1810	1	113.00	$113.00	$2,045	+3.00

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810	810	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	80.00	$80.00	$648
865	865	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,254

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
555	555	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	425.00	$425.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795	795	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	67.50	$67.50	$537
905–1180	1043	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	89.00–90.00	$89.57	$934
1115–1365	1222	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	89.00–95.00	$92.04	$1,125
1230–1270	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	92.00–93.00	$92.49	$1,156

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850 thin fleshed	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
815–940	870	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	950.00–1,050.00	$1,002.39
1005	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1185	1185	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00
1310	1310	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
590 thin fleshed	590	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
700 thin fleshed	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
700	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
830	830	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 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
740 thin fleshed	740	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00	—
1020	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—
1140–1390	1302	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,275.00–1,550.00	$1,451.92	+176.92
1295–1325	1310	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,460.00–1,500.00	$1,480.23	+205.23

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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
670–680	675	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–975.00	$912.96	—
855–1150	1003	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00–1,400.00	$1,229.43	—

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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.