I-40 Livestock Market Report, Ozark, AR

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, January 11, 2024

662 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $300.15/cwt +29.94 vs last sale · ≈ $1,258/hd at 419 lb · 30 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $279.58/cwt +12.24 vs last sale · ≈ $1,275/hd at 456 lb · 26 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $237.77/cwt +3.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,257/hd at 528 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	662	552	1,183
Feeder cattle	480	446	937
Slaughter cattle	71	71	126
Replacement cattle	111	35	120

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 8.00-15.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold 9.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-6.00, mostly 4.00 higher. Advertised Bred heifers brought up to 2700.00 per head. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower, on a light test, Slaughter bulls sold steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	332	9	300.00–332.50	$316.14	$1,050	+21.14
350–395	370	18	300.00–320.00	$313.28	$1,159	+10.61
400–445	419	30	275.00–317.50	$300.15	$1,258	+29.94
450 value added	450	12	297.00	$297.00	$1,336	—
450–495	461	14	252.50–275.00	$264.64	$1,220	+0.19
510–545	524	9	240.00–260.00	$253.70	$1,329	+1.20
560–595	575	16	237.00–252.50	$243.45	$1,400	+3.54
605–628	621	21	230.00–247.50	$235.22	$1,461	-4.78
665–690	678	2	222.50–235.00	$228.63	$1,550	-1.98
680	680	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,496	-10.61
705–740	724	8	195.00–225.00	$213.46	$1,545	-16.54
790	790	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,639	-9.86
808 value added	808	3	207.00	$207.00	$1,673	—
865	865	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,579	—
960–968 value added	964	4	183.00–188.00	$185.51	$1,788	—
1105 value added	1105	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,602	—
1345 value added	1345	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,816	—
1480	1480	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,702	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	311	4	250.00–270.00	$262.33	$816	-8.47
360–380	368	3	245.00–280.00	$265.16	$976	+3.27
400–440	418	6	260.00–270.00	$266.73	$1,115	+23.21
475	475	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,045	+10.00
520–530	525	2	220.00–237.50	$228.83	$1,201	+27.61
560	560	2	207.50–250.00	$228.75	$1,281	—
650	650	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,462	—
865	865	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,579	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	287.50	$287.50	$963	—
430	430	3	238.00	$238.00	$1,023	—
492 value added	492	2	261.00	$261.00	$1,284	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–325	318	2	165.00–235.00	$200.83	$639	+15.83
465	465	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,011	+33.05
515	515	1	145.00	$145.00	$747	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	326	7	240.00–265.00	$254.05	$828	-2.27
360–390	380	18	237.50–259.00	$252.15	$958	+14.46
415–439	429	20	232.50–245.00	$240.65	$1,032	+4.53
450–495	468	11	225.00–252.50	$234.50	$1,097	-2.86
495	495	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,040	-27.36
510–545	523	18	210.00–227.50	$220.33	$1,152	+0.39
550–595	569	7	202.50–225.00	$219.18	$1,247	+7.10
610–642	626	11	200.00–220.00	$210.53	$1,318	+3.76
700–715	706	5	182.50–190.00	$185.52	$1,310	-10.69
715 value added	715	5	193.00	$193.00	$1,380	—
750–760	757	3	175.00–180.00	$178.35	$1,350	—
915	915	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,418	—
965	965	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,520	—
1048	1048	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,467	—
1150	1150	2	142.50	$142.50	$1,639	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	205.00	$205.00	$666	-15.27
390	390	1	197.50	$197.50	$770	-15.89
415–425	420	2	215.00–220.00	$217.53	$914	+4.58
465–498	487	6	215.00–222.50	$219.06	$1,067	+4.18
580	580	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,102	-0.85
625	625	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,188	+5.00
655	655	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,261	+8.76

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–487	473	9	220.00–230.00	$223.83	$1,059	+11.83

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	195.00	$195.00	$702	+33.63
465–495	480	4	170.00–205.00	$183.95	$883	+11.96
525	525	1	175.00	$175.00	$919	-10.67
560	560	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,036	+32.33

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461–495	474	8	250.00–276.00	$263.93	$1,251	+12.72
500–549	528	24	227.50–255.00	$238.51	$1,259	+3.94
540	540	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,188	-14.57
570–580	573	4	220.00–232.50	$225.61	$1,293	+8.49
600–615	609	5	210.00–240.00	$224.98	$1,370	+14.65
655–682	672	8	190.00–215.00	$197.04	$1,324	—
775	775	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,472	-11.14
825	825	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,402	—
895	895	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,432	—
940	940	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,269	-15.04

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
594	594	4	207.00	$207.00	$1,230	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1670–1875	1773	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,825.00–2,150.00	$1,996.90	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,211	—
990	990	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,089	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–815	783	80-85%	2	74.00–77.00	$75.56	$592	—
850	850	80-85%	1	70.00	$70.00	$595	—
860	860	80-85%	2	65.00	$65.00	$559	—
945–1300	1039	80-85%	13	82.00–89.00	$86.58	$900	—
915–1160	1048	80-85%	6	74.00–81.00	$76.60	$803	—
1050	1050	80-85%	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,040	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1255	1228	75-80%	4	97.00–101.00	$100.03	$1,228	—
1280–1485	1383	75-80%	2	102.00–103.00	$102.46	$1,417	—
1465	1465	75-80%	1	92.00	$92.00	$1,348	-4.56

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885	885	85-90%	1	82.00	$82.00	$726	—
940	940	85-90%	1	80.00	$80.00	$752	-18.00

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1820–1875	1847	3	111.00	$111.00	$2,050	—
2015	2015	1	101.00	$101.00	$2,035	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
660–795	728	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	93.00–95.00	$94.09	$685

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760	760	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
825–1165	975	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	850.00–1,100.00	$997.52
1060–1120	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,225.00–1,600.00	$1,362.81

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–995	873	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	74.00–84.00	$79.70	$696
1055	1055	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,213
1135–1185	1160	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	89.00–97.00	$93.09	$1,080

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790–900	845	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	600.00	$600.00
875	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00
745–905	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,125.00–1,225.00	$1,170.15
735–1075	964	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,100.00–2,225.00	$1,896.35
910–1045	984	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,600.00–1,950.00	$1,727.16
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00
810–1252	1098	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	68	1,225.00–2,700.00	$2,472.66

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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
735–1315	958	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,075.00–1,410.00	$1,242.57	—
1065–1425	1168	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,150.00–1,650.00	$1,441.46	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
810	810	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	575.00	$575.00	—

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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
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—

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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.