I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, August 17, 2023

742 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $238.87/cwt -2.21 vs last sale · ≈ $1,250/hd at 523 lb · 35 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $271.25/cwt +3.78 vs last sale · ≈ $1,402/hd at 517 lb · 30 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $267.64/cwt -6.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,266/hd at 473 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	742	824	894
Feeder cattle	629	789	813
Slaughter cattle	77	—	61
Replacement cattle	36	35	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 4.00-7.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold steady. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 2.00-14.00, mostly 7.00 higher, over 600 lbs not well tested. No trend for Slaughter cows and bulls, not reported last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	328	6	280.00–335.00	$312.05	$1,024	+3.21
360–395	377	10	280.00–300.00	$284.22	$1,072	-16.71
400–445	428	23	270.00–305.00	$277.64	$1,188	+5.21
450–495	473	28	265.00–282.50	$267.64	$1,266	-11.03
500–548	517	30	255.00–277.50	$271.25	$1,402	+3.78
555–590	571	17	260.00–275.00	$262.21	$1,497	-1.80
630–640	635	2	240.00–255.00	$247.44	$1,571	-6.23
650–658	655	11	250.00–256.50	$253.20	$1,658	+4.01
702	702	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,685	-12.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	323	3	242.50–275.00	$260.77	$842	+16.63
350–395	373	28	237.50–277.50	$263.08	$981	+6.89
400–445	425	15	230.00–267.50	$255.48	$1,086	+10.06
450–485	470	13	220.00–260.00	$247.91	$1,165	+80.45
500–535	513	5	222.50–240.00	$231.61	$1,188	-22.79
620	620	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,488	+25.00
675	675	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,502	-6.89
975	975	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,462	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
494	494	9	254.00	$254.00	$1,255	—
705 unweaned	705	5	220.00	$220.00	$1,551	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	185.00	$185.00	$583	-12.10
355	355	1	232.50	$232.50	$825	+17.14
405	405	1	180.00	$180.00	$729	-20.53
450–495	479	5	130.00–205.00	$173.78	$832	—
500–515	508	2	195.00	$195.00	$991	-15.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	326	6	262.50–277.50	$269.96	$880	+23.67
355–380	368	9	255.00–282.50	$267.96	$986	+3.80
405–445	427	23	250.00–270.00	$263.73	$1,126	+7.00
450–495	470	13	250.00–270.00	$258.80	$1,216	+5.14
500–539	523	34	235.00–252.50	$239.57	$1,253	-3.18
540	540	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,161	-27.75
560–578	576	15	230.00–247.50	$242.59	$1,397	+20.64
595	595	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,250	-11.95
600–645	620	3	225.00–227.50	$226.67	$1,405	-8.35
688	688	2	237.50	$237.50	$1,634	—
708–725	712	4	200.00–202.50	$200.64	$1,429	—
730–735	733	2	232.50	$232.50	$1,704	—
755–795	770	3	225.00–232.50	$229.23	$1,765	—
800	800	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,760	—
825–840	833	2	202.50–207.50	$204.98	$1,707	—
875–885	880	2	175.00–197.50	$186.19	$1,638	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	327	3	232.50–245.00	$240.15	$785	-1.60
350–395	372	6	220.00–252.50	$231.15	$860	-2.98
400–445	417	24	222.50–247.50	$233.08	$972	-1.65
450–493	479	16	220.00–247.50	$236.31	$1,132	+5.08
515–545	531	6	220.00–232.50	$226.68	$1,204	+0.73
550–590	569	8	195.00–230.00	$219.54	$1,249	+1.33
625–640	633	2	220.00–222.50	$221.26	$1,401	+13.75
725	725	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,251	+10.00
760	760	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,273	—
780	780	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,326	—
910	910	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,183	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	327	3	210.00	$210.00	$687	+2.44
360–395	380	6	160.00–215.00	$196.24	$746	-12.22
405–445	424	5	170.00–225.00	$194.53	$825	-16.24
450–460	453	3	210.00–215.00	$213.31	$966	+14.79
510	510	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,046	-13.62
550–590	567	3	200.00–212.50	$204.04	$1,157	-13.46
600–645	625	3	187.50–190.00	$189.16	$1,182	—
655	655	2	170.00–180.00	$175.00	$1,146	+5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
528	528	3	232.50	$232.50	$1,228	+1.50
612	612	6	218.00	$218.00	$1,334	-4.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	438	4	250.00–272.50	$261.69	$1,146	-6.98
450–495	475	6	245.00–267.50	$255.19	$1,212	-3.04
500–548	523	25	235.00–267.50	$248.44	$1,299	-8.41
550–595	578	23	225.00–250.00	$238.79	$1,380	-11.21
605–640	616	10	230.00–254.00	$236.98	$1,460	+8.50
640	640	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,408	-8.48
655–690	675	4	215.00–225.00	$219.39	$1,481	—
745	745	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,360	-18.34
840	840	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,596	—
900	900	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,440	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–490	480	3	220.00–227.50	$222.55	$1,068	-7.45
505–515	510	2	195.00–200.00	$197.48	$1,007	-37.50
610	610	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,388	+25.00
650–685	668	2	167.50–177.50	$172.63	$1,153	-12.37
920	920	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,104	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950	950	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,496	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–1240	1047	80-85%	14	100.00–110.00	$105.07	$1,100	—
985–1365	1067	80-85%	5	94.00–101.00	$98.84	$1,055	—
1230–1260	1245	80-85%	4	113.00–118.00	$115.53	$1,438	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1055	914	85-90%	7	94.00–100.00	$98.59	$901	—
990–1045	1018	85-90%	2	106.00–110.00	$108.05	$1,100	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1425	1301	75-80%	4	110.00–112.00	$111.01	$1,444	—
1195–1485	1333	75-80%	5	113.00–120.00	$115.51	$1,540	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1465	1188	6	88.00–110.00	$103.64	$1,231	—
1575–1715	1667	5	126.00–131.00	$127.62	$2,127	—
1735–1870	1803	2	132.00–136.00	$133.93	$2,415	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
535 thin fleshed	535	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	132.50	$132.50	$709
630–1120	766	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	110.00–202.50	$156.60	$1,200
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	127.50	$127.50	$1,122

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885	885	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
990–1115	1033	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,275.00–1,850.00	$1,521.94
1085	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
955–1335	1194	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,250.00–1,850.00	$1,653.61

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
955–1485	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	103.00–113.00	$109.09	$1,331
1220	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,342

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00

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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
845–1365	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,275.00–2,000.00	$1,722.79	—
1155	1155	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1345	1345	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

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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
700	700	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
730–990	858	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	1,150.00–1,375.00	$1,244.10	—
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—

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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.