I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, August 31, 2023

771 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $266.12/cwt +29.35 vs last sale · ≈ $990/hd at 372 lb · 29 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $278.47/cwt +31.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,178/hd at 423 lb · 29 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $246.61/cwt +9.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,422/hd at 577 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	771	273	765
Feeder cattle	639	206	623
Slaughter cattle	95	48	119
Replacement cattle	37	19	23

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 20.00-25.00 higher, with instances of up to 30.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 20.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold 8.00-12.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 lower, Slaughter bulls sold steady against last weeks very light test.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	329	4	310.00–335.00	$321.14	$1,057	—
350–398	373	17	290.00–332.50	$315.65	$1,177	+34.30
400–442	423	29	265.00–302.50	$278.47	$1,178	+31.60
450–495	464	16	260.00–285.00	$275.71	$1,279	+17.38
510–540	530	5	262.50–267.50	$264.00	$1,399	-2.15
550–570	553	17	263.00–278.00	$274.96	$1,521	+32.46
555	555	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,360	+2.50
608–645	626	12	250.00–265.00	$256.40	$1,605	+11.40
680	680	2	245.00–247.50	$246.25	$1,674	—
719 fancy	719	16	245.00	$245.00	$1,762	—
725	725	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,541	—
765	765	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,683	—
800–825	808	3	217.00–217.50	$217.17	$1,755	—
1115	1115	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,617	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	2	245.00–277.50	$261.25	$849	+19.49
375–395	385	2	267.50–275.00	$271.15	$1,044	+36.11
400–440	416	9	230.00–257.50	$239.03	$994	+6.57
455–495	484	9	230.00–255.00	$240.98	$1,166	+15.08
500	500	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,125	—
570–595	584	4	235.00–255.00	$245.17	$1,432	—
600–632	621	4	237.50–247.50	$244.75	$1,520	+22.25
690	690	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,380	—
765–795	780	2	180.00–200.00	$189.81	$1,481	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	324	5	165.00–225.00	$198.09	$642	+18.09
350–395	376	8	90.00–225.00	$195.66	$736	+26.90
400–440	420	2	200.00–210.00	$205.24	$862	-3.50
450–480	465	3	170.00–215.00	$198.39	$923	-1.61
625	625	1	135.00	$135.00	$844	—
685	685	2	115.00–210.00	$162.50	$1,113	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820	820	5	206.00	$206.00	$1,689	—
930	930	5	195.00	$195.00	$1,814	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	319	6	265.00–277.50	$274.13	$874	+15.15
350–395	372	29	252.50–279.00	$266.12	$990	+29.35
405–438	429	16	247.50–267.50	$261.44	$1,122	+17.93
450–488	470	14	245.00–260.00	$248.61	$1,168	+0.83
500–540	521	16	237.50–257.00	$249.18	$1,298	+18.02
555–570	564	5	251.00–254.00	$252.18	$1,422	+13.88
550–595	580	19	235.00–249.00	$245.14	$1,422	+35.14
608	608	7	248.00	$248.00	$1,508	+48.00
605–630	616	4	232.50–247.00	$239.19	$1,473	+39.19
630	630	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,402	+22.50
670–680	673	3	230.00–245.00	$236.66	$1,593	+36.66
700–735	718	2	217.50–222.50	$220.06	$1,580	+15.06
750	750	1	226.00	$226.00	$1,695	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–320	310	4	105.00–227.50	$189.00	$586	-6.00
350–390	372	8	100.00–210.00	$183.65	$683	-1.35
412–445	421	9	110.00–210.00	$186.46	$785	+26.46
455–495	471	4	172.50–220.00	$196.86	$927	+28.28
505–530	518	2	185.00–205.00	$194.76	$1,009	+21.50
550–585	573	4	190.00–211.00	$205.53	$1,178	+49.06

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–320	315	2	240.00–242.50	$241.23	$760	—
350–395	375	3	210.00–245.00	$230.07	$863	+1.77
400–425	412	3	242.50–245.00	$243.33	$1,003	+22.83
460–495	484	7	232.50–242.50	$237.55	$1,150	+15.35
525–545	534	5	220.00–235.00	$227.47	$1,215	+13.32
555–580	571	5	217.50–232.50	$225.58	$1,288	+24.74
615–630	623	2	220.00–227.50	$223.70	$1,394	+83.70
690	690	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,311	—
745	745	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,266	+10.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	2	231.00	$231.00	$1,150	—
500	500	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,150	—
568	568	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,335	—
640	640	3	216.00	$216.00	$1,382	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,025	—
455–490	473	2	242.50–275.00	$258.15	$1,221	+15.80
500–545	520	17	230.00–262.50	$251.89	$1,310	+4.04
550–599	573	23	232.50–253.00	$242.84	$1,391	+0.33
608 fancy	608	12	243.00	$243.00	$1,477	—
600–635	618	9	222.50–235.00	$228.91	$1,415	+17.44
660–670	665	2	220.00–230.00	$224.96	$1,496	—
710	710	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,456	+20.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452–495	472	6	212.50–222.50	$215.87	$1,019	+19.62
510–545	526	7	200.00–230.00	$210.95	$1,110	-1.51
560–585	574	5	205.00–227.50	$219.87	$1,262	+10.49
605–645	625	7	205.00–222.50	$211.72	$1,323	+26.72
655–660	658	3	197.50–202.50	$200.83	$1,321	+20.83
700–725	713	2	180.00–182.50	$181.23	$1,292	—
770	770	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,328	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
561	561	7	229.00	$229.00	$1,285	+11.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–465	458	2	180.00–185.00	$182.54	$836	—
500	500	1	190.00	$190.00	$950	—
630	630	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,166	—
755	755	1	100.00	$100.00	$755	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815	815	80-85%	1	79.00	$79.00	$644	-11.00
865–875	872	80-85%	3	82.00–88.00	$86.02	$750	+19.13
870–1270	1014	80-85%	10	93.00–101.00	$97.43	$988	—
1015–1175	1113	80-85%	19	102.00–110.00	$105.55	$1,175	—
1105–1425	1237	80-85%	8	111.00–114.00	$112.25	$1,389	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1400	1298	75-80%	4	113.00–114.00	$113.24	$1,470	—
1280–1325	1303	75-80%	2	111.00	$111.00	$1,446	—
1385–1470	1428	75-80%	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,714	+2.21

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795	795	85-90%	1	87.00	$87.00	$692	—
940	940	85-90%	1	94.00	$94.00	$884	—
980–1095	1020	85-90%	5	101.00–106.00	$103.04	$1,051	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1445	1445	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,503	—
1615–1810	1702	3	125.00–129.00	$127.05	$2,162	—
1365–1875	1708	5	130.00–136.00	$132.07	$2,256	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1125	1125	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,519

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
960	960	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	99.00	$99.00	$950
1015	1015	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,116
990–1315	1143	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	97.00–114.00	$108.93	$1,245
1045–1470	1244	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	102.00–120.00	$110.85	$1,379

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–1105	988	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,000.00–1,250.00	$1,076.11
1030–1185	1108	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,250.00–1,500.00	$1,383.75
1220	1220	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,360.00	$1,360.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–900	788	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,050.00–1,100.00	$1,071.43
960	960	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
625	625	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,047

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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
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
1245	1245	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00–1,550.00	$1,525.00	—

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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
640–795	718	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,150.00	$1,127.70	—

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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.