I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, January 4, 2024

552 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $236.12/cwt +1.33 vs last sale · ≈ $1,011/hd at 428 lb · 27 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $249.20/cwt +28.81 vs last sale · ≈ $1,579/hd at 634 lb · 25 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $267.34/cwt +17.27 vs last sale · ≈ $1,272/hd at 476 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	552	615	1,179
Feeder cattle	446	498	910
Slaughter cattle	71	88	194
Replacement cattle	35	29	75

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trend established for any class due to Auction being closed last two weeks for Holidays; however definite higher undertones were denoted for both feeder and slaughter classes.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330 value added	330	1	322.50	$322.50	$1,064	—
325–340	332	3	280.00–305.00	$295.00	$979	-16.12
350–395	375	16	280.00–317.50	$302.67	$1,135	-2.83
400–445	422	21	257.00–285.00	$270.21	$1,140	+0.59
450–485	472	18	252.50–275.00	$264.45	$1,248	+18.11
487 value added	487	6	276.00	$276.00	$1,344	+11.00
500	500	1	252.50	$252.50	$1,262	—
550–585	574	5	235.00–247.50	$239.91	$1,377	+22.41
595	595	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,264	-5.00
615–645	630	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,512	+30.12
634 value added	634	23	250.00	$250.00	$1,585	+25.41
650–675	663	4	230.00–232.50	$230.61	$1,529	—
721 value added	721	11	230.00	$230.00	$1,658	—
745	745	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,714	+27.50
765–795	780	2	210.00–225.00	$217.36	$1,695	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–330	323	3	265.00–275.00	$270.80	$875	+15.34
350–390	371	4	250.00–275.00	$261.89	$972	—
400–425	412	3	230.00–250.00	$243.52	$1,003	+8.58
475	475	1	210.00	$210.00	$998	-3.45
530–535	533	2	195.00–207.50	$201.22	$1,073	-10.01

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	185.00	$185.00	$629	-3.61
390	390	1	220.00	$220.00	$858	+19.00
405–425	416	4	167.50–192.50	$181.12	$753	-11.38
455–480	463	3	172.50–200.00	$184.45	$854	+34.45
665	665	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,197	—
1180	1180	1	96.00	$96.00	$1,133	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–345	323	8	250.00–262.50	$256.32	$828	+21.16
355 value added	355	1	255.00	$255.00	$905	—
365–395	380	10	230.00–246.00	$237.69	$903	-0.66
400–445	428	27	230.00–245.00	$236.12	$1,011	+0.34
455–496	483	21	222.50–243.00	$237.36	$1,146	+19.86
510–540	525	4	215.00–225.00	$219.94	$1,155	+2.61
550–565	557	6	207.50–217.50	$212.08	$1,181	-1.59
610–645	630	3	200.00–210.00	$206.77	$1,303	-5.40
660–670	666	7	202.50–210.00	$205.35	$1,368	-10.76
700–710	705	2	190.00–202.50	$196.21	$1,383	+21.21
795	795	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,510	-7.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	328	2	215.00–225.00	$220.27	$722	+15.90
355–395	376	6	205.00–220.00	$213.39	$802	-9.11
405–430	414	5	205.00–220.00	$212.95	$882	+0.45
465–485	477	3	200.00–227.50	$214.88	$1,025	+6.66
525–538	535	5	197.50–205.00	$203.03	$1,086	+16.60
560–565	562	3	180.00–197.50	$190.85	$1,073	+5.85
600	600	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,110	—
660–670	663	4	180.00–185.00	$183.74	$1,218	—
770	770	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,116	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	337	3	170.00–200.00	$187.78	$633	+19.29
355–395	370	4	145.00–170.00	$161.37	$597	+8.87
400–415	405	3	170.00–197.50	$186.74	$756	+7.13
450–480	459	4	150.00–190.00	$171.99	$789	-4.28
500–520	514	4	170.00–195.00	$185.67	$954	—
560–590	572	3	132.50–165.00	$152.67	$873	-12.33

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	2	212.00	$212.00	$1,056	—
571	571	8	215.00	$215.00	$1,228	+20.00
740	740	3	160.00	$160.00	$1,184	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480–490	485	2	247.50–255.00	$251.21	$1,218	+6.21
500–548	519	11	225.00–250.00	$234.57	$1,217	+5.89
555–590	573	2	205.00–230.00	$217.12	$1,244	-3.00
600–641	632	9	200.00–220.00	$210.33	$1,329	+2.58
765–780	773	2	190.00–212.50	$201.14	$1,555	+24.87
850	850	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,700	+22.50
905–920	913	2	145.00–155.00	$150.04	$1,370	-4.96

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,092	—
500–530	515	2	200.00–205.00	$202.57	$1,043	—
610	610	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,128	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680	680	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,258	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	162.50	$162.50	$902	+37.50
640	640	1	162.50	$162.50	$1,040	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1315	1089	80-85%	6	86.00–92.00	$89.12	$971	+5.05
1045–1335	1113	80-85%	9	75.00–84.00	$80.33	$894	—
1135–1300	1208	80-85%	9	94.00–101.00	$96.32	$1,164	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390–1445	1418	75-80%	2	89.00–90.00	$89.49	$1,269	-1.87
1205–1780	1451	75-80%	7	93.00–98.00	$96.56	$1,401	—
1415–1565	1493	75-80%	4	99.00–104.00	$100.19	$1,496	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765–835	810	85-90%	3	61.00–72.00	$67.59	$547	—
830	830	85-90%	1	83.00	$83.00	$689	—
905	905	85-90%	1	98.00	$98.00	$887	—
895–1085	988	85-90%	4	77.00–85.00	$82.16	$812	—
1060	1060	85-90%	2	63.00	$63.00	$668	—
1090	1090	85-90%	1	71.00	$71.00	$774	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1410–1610	1515	3	96.00–106.00	$101.22	$1,533	—
1115–2360	1631	7	108.00–114.00	$111.32	$1,816	—
1455–1945	1753	3	118.00–122.00	$119.83	$2,101	+21.86

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
675	675	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	140.00	$140.00	$945
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,154

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–940	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,250.00–1,275.00	$1,262.37
965	965	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
805–1335	1052	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	825.00–1,600.00	$1,275.91
970–1395	1183	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
980–1450	1215	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	104.00–112.00	$107.23	$1,303
1225	1225	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	94.00–98.00	$96.00	$1,176
1445	1445	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,286
1430–1480	1455	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	95.00–96.00	$95.49	$1,389

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
760–820	790	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,100.00–1,475.00	$1,294.62
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00
880	880	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00

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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
1045	1045	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—
1150–1350	1284	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,575.00–2,150.00	$1,782.69	—
1335	1335	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

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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
940 thin fleshed	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

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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.