I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, May 25, 2023

532 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $239.66/cwt +2.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,025/hd at 428 lb · 25 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $233.12/cwt +13.64 vs last sale · ≈ $1,096/hd at 470 lb · 24 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $222.76/cwt +18.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,185/hd at 532 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	532	581	509
Feeder cattle	428	393	368
Slaughter cattle	78	143	75
Replacement cattle	26	45	66

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 4.00-9.00 lower, except 500-600 lb weights sold 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 6.00-15.00, mostly 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	315	5	225.00–245.00	$236.02	$743	-10.27
355–390	371	10	222.50–257.50	$239.92	$890	-4.74
400 value added	400	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,080	—
405–445	429	24	220.00–252.50	$238.40	$1,023	+1.23
450–490	472	14	220.00–247.50	$234.90	$1,109	-7.95
500–548	529	13	225.00–255.00	$239.73	$1,268	+10.49
550–576	568	12	210.00–237.50	$231.08	$1,313	+3.47
600–635	622	8	210.00–240.00	$215.43	$1,340	-4.32
682 unweaned	682	6	204.00	$204.00	$1,391	—
712 value added	712	2	212.00	$212.00	$1,509	—
745	745	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,322	-22.76
1100	1100	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,540	+2.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–335	323	2	180.00–215.00	$196.82	$636	-18.18
355–390	375	7	202.50–220.00	$211.73	$794	-3.27
405–435	418	5	195.00–215.00	$206.93	$865	+9.28
485–490	488	2	180.00–195.00	$187.54	$915	-13.45
505–515	510	2	205.00–217.50	$211.31	$1,078	—
600–640	621	4	185.00–207.50	$195.64	$1,215	+8.14
660	660	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,320	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–320	315	2	170.00	$170.00	$536	—
360	360	1	155.00	$155.00	$558	—
485	485	1	167.50	$167.50	$812	—
565–590	577	3	155.00–175.00	$167.50	$966	+32.50
605	605	1	162.50	$162.50	$983	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	3	230.00	$230.00	$851	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	1	75.00	$75.00	$454	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	319	5	205.00–225.00	$212.15	$677	+8.44
355–395	373	8	200.00–232.50	$221.97	$828	+3.82
405–445	424	10	207.50–236.00	$220.99	$937	-0.49
450–488	470	24	207.50–245.00	$233.12	$1,096	+13.64
500–545	532	24	203.00–235.00	$222.76	$1,185	+18.50
550–585	565	13	190.00–225.00	$205.37	$1,160	-1.23
600–635	614	14	190.00–212.50	$199.29	$1,224	+7.83
670	670	3	198.00–202.50	$199.50	$1,337	+22.00
1075	1075	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,344	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	167.50	$167.50	$578	+7.50
370–390	380	2	155.00–160.00	$157.57	$599	-14.93
425–445	430	4	150.00–175.00	$162.41	$698	—
490	490	1	150.00	$150.00	$735	+5.53
525–535	532	3	110.00–130.00	$123.29	$656	—
555–595	569	6	142.50–170.00	$157.51	$896	—
600–605	602	3	140.00–150.00	$145.01	$873	—
660	660	1	125.00	$125.00	$825	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	324	4	165.00–200.00	$187.53	$608	+15.03
370–375	373	2	190.00–195.00	$192.52	$718	—
415–435	428	4	182.50–210.00	$193.81	$830	+13.81
470	470	1	192.50	$192.50	$905	+8.42
515	515	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,030	+13.37
550–570	560	3	180.00–192.50	$185.91	$1,041	+10.91
630	630	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,071	±0.00
650–660	655	2	175.00–187.50	$181.20	$1,187	+41.20

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	3	200.00	$200.00	$640	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–495	476	11	212.50–237.50	$227.04	$1,081	+6.11
505–535	519	12	212.50–240.00	$226.82	$1,177	+7.71
550–590	574	4	212.50–217.50	$213.77	$1,227	-1.22
600–610	605	3	195.00–217.50	$205.02	$1,240	-16.76
650	650	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,105	-42.50
650–690	670	2	190.00–192.50	$191.21	$1,281	-21.29
705–735	725	3	175.00–185.00	$178.24	$1,292	—
755–760	758	2	162.50–172.50	$167.52	$1,270	—
800	800	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,200	—
880 fancy	880	4	182.00	$182.00	$1,602	—
1045	1045	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,223	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–530	515	3	170.00–205.00	$188.87	$973	+1.43
560–590	574	11	170.00–205.00	$184.34	$1,058	-8.16
600–610	605	2	170.00–180.00	$174.96	$1,059	—
785	785	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,178	—
825	825	1	110.00	$110.00	$908	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
528	528	4	196.00	$196.00	$1,035	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	150.00	$150.00	$825	—
635	635	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,111	—
685	685	1	130.00	$130.00	$890	—
700	700	1	135.00	$135.00	$945	+32.50

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805	805	80-85%	1	76.00	$76.00	$612	—
855–1010	913	80-85%	9	73.00–89.00	$84.91	$775	—
880–1205	1007	80-85%	7	92.00–97.00	$94.72	$954	—
1030–1090	1070	80-85%	5	98.00–102.00	$99.60	$1,066	—
1145–1400	1213	80-85%	6	105.00–108.00	$106.09	$1,287	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745	745	85-90%	1	60.00	$60.00	$447	—
800	800	85-90%	1	90.00	$90.00	$720	—
875–1040	938	85-90%	3	78.00–89.00	$82.38	$773	—
990–1060	1008	85-90%	6	98.00–101.00	$99.35	$1,001	—
1090	1090	85-90%	1	91.00	$91.00	$992	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1195	1153	75-80%	3	99.00–105.00	$102.64	$1,183	—
1105–1445	1339	75-80%	5	106.00–115.00	$109.43	$1,465	+11.76

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1510	1210	8	90.00–109.00	$101.21	$1,225	—
1405–1900	1710	8	110.00–117.00	$113.08	$1,934	—
1905–1945	1932	3	119.00–120.00	$119.33	$2,305	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1000–1050	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	100.00–120.00	$110.24	$1,130

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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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
930	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
910–970	932	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	785.00–930.00	$840.21
820–1260	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	950.00–1,375.00	$1,226.27
1220	1220	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1030–1105	1064	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	91.00–105.00	$99.31	$1,057
1065–1390	1228	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	85.00–107.00	$97.46	$1,197

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755–830	799	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	700.00–750.00	$728.18
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855	855	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	80.00	$80.00	$684

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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
1015–1065	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00–1,150.00	$1,101.20	—
1155	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

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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.