I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, May 11, 2023

590 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $235.64/cwt -4.11 vs last sale · ≈ $1,086/hd at 461 lb · 22 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $214.17/cwt -4.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,024/hd at 478 lb · 21 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $220.71/cwt -5.87 vs last sale · ≈ $839/hd at 380 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	590	667	620
Feeder cattle	413	518	508
Slaughter cattle	91	106	72
Replacement cattle	86	43	40

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 9.00-15.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-11.00, mostly 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	330	3	235.00–242.50	$239.15	$789	-12.65
355–395	375	13	225.00–245.00	$236.74	$888	-7.96
400–440	422	9	220.00–245.00	$235.96	$996	-12.72
450–495	461	22	220.00–245.00	$235.64	$1,086	-4.11
515–518	517	4	230.00–239.00	$235.14	$1,216	-4.88
562 value added	562	3	244.00	$244.00	$1,371	—
555–595	573	3	217.50–240.00	$229.73	$1,316	-0.46
625–642	639	8	205.00–212.00	$208.88	$1,335	-1.90

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	205.00	$205.00	$697	-16.22
360–395	375	5	185.00–220.00	$200.19	$751	-2.31
405–435	423	3	188.00–217.50	$206.60	$874	-9.01
455–495	473	7	190.00–217.50	$201.54	$953	+9.14
495	495	1	187.50	$187.50	$928	-4.90
520	520	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,014	-5.00
560	560	1	150.00	$150.00	$840	-38.66
570–580	575	2	170.00–205.00	$187.65	$1,079	-1.01

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	170.00	$170.00	$536	-14.83
385–390	388	3	155.00–185.00	$168.35	$653	-9.12
405–420	413	2	162.50–180.00	$171.09	$707	-1.41
470–475	473	2	140.00–162.50	$151.19	$715	-3.81
515–525	520	2	167.50–172.50	$170.02	$884	+5.02

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	55.00	$55.00	$270	—
605–635	619	6	55.00–90.00	$71.80	$444	—
710	710	1	85.00	$85.00	$604	+20.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–325	315	2	210.00–215.00	$212.42	$669	-18.86
355–395	380	18	205.00–230.00	$220.71	$839	-3.85
400–445	414	7	210.00–227.50	$218.61	$905	-8.23
450–498	478	21	197.50–225.00	$214.17	$1,024	-4.20
505–510	507	3	210.00–214.00	$212.66	$1,078	-2.84
515–530	523	2	182.50–185.00	$183.77	$961	-31.73
565–590	583	6	185.00–202.50	$195.98	$1,143	-1.18
617	617	3	198.00	$198.00	$1,222	-7.02
600–645	623	2	175.00–197.50	$185.84	$1,158	-19.18
665	665	1	162.50	$162.50	$1,081	—
672–688	680	4	177.50–179.00	$178.26	$1,212	—
700–735	720	3	150.00–177.50	$164.87	$1,187	-5.93
730	730	1	178.00	$178.00	$1,299	+7.20
758	758	2	171.00	$171.00	$1,296	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–320	315	2	172.50–175.00	$173.77	$547	—
350–395	373	4	130.00–165.00	$147.23	$549	-17.62
400–420	413	3	120.00–165.00	$148.95	$615	-23.60
450–470	458	3	127.50–155.00	$146.00	$669	-22.81
505–540	532	9	130.00–150.00	$134.32	$715	-11.75
550–590	569	5	135.00–157.50	$143.11	$814	-13.89
630	630	2	120.00–140.00	$130.00	$819	-33.43

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	313	2	200.00–205.00	$202.60	$634	+3.86
350–385	361	4	175.00–200.00	$184.95	$668	-6.76
425–445	435	2	180.00–195.00	$187.67	$816	-5.13
450–495	470	4	187.50–195.00	$190.11	$894	-4.56
505–530	517	3	175.00–190.00	$181.60	$939	-8.40
565–595	578	3	180.00–187.50	$183.27	$1,059	+20.27
600	600	1	160.00	$160.00	$960	-22.50
690	690	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,052	—
760	760	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,064	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	4	203.00	$203.00	$873	-2.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	87.50	$87.50	$376	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–438	427	3	217.50–220.00	$219.21	$936	—
458–495	476	5	210.00–230.00	$223.46	$1,064	-7.96
525–540	533	9	204.00–216.00	$208.99	$1,114	-25.28
550–595	578	8	197.50–220.00	$206.86	$1,196	-3.11
615–628	623	8	188.00–197.50	$193.58	$1,206	-7.77
680–683	682	4	170.00–181.00	$178.26	$1,216	—
700–740	710	8	175.00–184.00	$182.34	$1,295	+27.34
760	760	1	162.50	$162.50	$1,235	-22.50
918	918	2	133.00	$133.00	$1,221	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	187.50	$187.50	$862	-12.63
525	525	1	167.50	$167.50	$879	-36.88
525–530	527	3	182.50–210.00	$191.64	$1,010	-12.74
565	565	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,059	—
635–645	640	2	135.00–175.00	$154.84	$991	—
770	770	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,020	—
940	940	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,137	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715	715	80-85%	1	60.00	$60.00	$429	+10.00
785–840	815	80-85%	3	65.00–73.00	$68.26	$556	+1.53
870–975	910	80-85%	4	65.00–79.00	$74.64	$679	+5.49
890–1305	1068	80-85%	8	81.00–85.00	$82.49	$881	-5.51
1005–1200	1089	80-85%	17	87.00–93.00	$89.45	$974	+1.45
1170–1275	1223	80-85%	2	94.00–95.00	$94.52	$1,156	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850	850	85-90%	1	72.00	$72.00	$612	-1.00
935	935	85-90%	1	80.00	$80.00	$748	+3.00
960–1015	988	85-90%	2	94.00	$94.00	$929	—
995–1055	1015	85-90%	3	87.00–90.00	$87.98	$893	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1415	1264	75-80%	5	94.00–98.00	$95.57	$1,208	—
1440–1615	1528	75-80%	2	88.00–89.00	$88.47	$1,352	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–955	940	2	84.00–85.00	$84.49	$794	—
1210–1365	1280	3	87.00–98.00	$93.82	$1,201	+0.34
1660–1890	1753	4	110.50–113.00	$111.38	$1,952	—
1535–1995	1839	4	104.00–109.00	$107.44	$1,976	-5.56

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–825	818	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	79.00–81.00	$80.01	$654
730–940	870	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	125.00–135.00	$132.20	$1,150

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
945	945	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	82.00	$82.00	$775
785–1170	984	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	73.00–98.00	$88.09	$867
890–1240	1062	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	85.00–94.00	$89.17	$947
1275–1440	1340	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	81.00–95.00	$88.31	$1,183

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–1210	998	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	925.00–1,100.00	$1,031.14
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
880–1350	1123	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	800.00–1,350.00	$1,068.26

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665	665	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
685	685	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	55.00	$55.00	$377

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780–875	828	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	85.00–90.00	$87.36	$723

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1335	1123	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,475.00	$1,282.46

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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
895	895	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	-250.00
1080	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
875–1680	1270	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	36	1,100.00–1,850.00	$1,472.89	—
1360–1430	1404	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,400.00–1,750.00	$1,578.89	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835–945	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
522	522	3	87.00	$87.00	$454	—

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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
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—
1080	1080	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—
1045–1175	1099	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,250.00–1,550.00	$1,476.62	—

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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.