I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, July 18, 2024

625 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $275.33/cwt +2.03 vs last sale · ≈ $1,308/hd at 475 lb · 31 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $307.07/cwt -2.13 vs last sale · ≈ $1,477/hd at 481 lb · 31 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $334.29/cwt +19.99 vs last sale · ≈ $1,411/hd at 422 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	625	826	515
Feeder cattle	536	701	386
Slaughter cattle	58	104	73
Replacement cattle	31	21	56

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 9.00 lower, over 400 lbs sold 1.00-13.00, mostly 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 8.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold 3.00-12.00, mostly 7.00 lower. Feeder supply consisted mostly unweaned, average in quality calves. Slaughter cows sold steady, On a light test, Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–341	339	9	412.50–415.00	$412.77	$1,399	+19.69
375–395	386	8	332.50–372.50	$356.00	$1,374	-38.14
405–440	422	27	305.00–342.50	$334.29	$1,411	+19.99
450–495	481	31	290.00–330.00	$307.07	$1,477	+5.85
515 value added	515	3	296.00	$296.00	$1,524	—
515–549	532	16	280.00–295.00	$288.58	$1,535	+3.23
545	545	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,390	-30.35
550–589	582	17	272.50–291.00	$280.16	$1,631	+12.31
605–645	626	20	260.00–270.00	$268.67	$1,682	+6.07
705–725	720	5	242.50–245.00	$244.51	$1,760	-2.93

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	330	4	300.00–342.50	$324.83	$1,072	+31.92
350–395	377	12	272.50–327.50	$311.63	$1,175	+4.20
410–445	432	3	272.50–285.00	$280.75	$1,213	+7.36
460–475	468	2	275.00–285.00	$280.08	$1,311	+10.76
525	525	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,444	+18.23
575–580	578	2	250.00–252.50	$251.24	$1,452	+5.19
620	620	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,395	—
660	660	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,600	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
606	606	11	260.00	$260.00	$1,576	—
678	678	3	248.00	$248.00	$1,681	—
838	838	2	231.00	$231.00	$1,936	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	210.00	$210.00	$724	+60.00
360	360	1	270.00	$270.00	$972	+20.00
490	490	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,225	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	175.00	$175.00	$682	+30.00
690	690	1	100.00	$100.00	$690	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	332	5	300.00–320.00	$308.27	$1,023	+6.34
360–395	373	24	292.50–310.00	$301.22	$1,124	+11.31
410–425 value added	418	2	295.00–305.00	$299.91	$1,254	—
405–440	425	12	272.00–287.50	$277.41	$1,179	-7.88
435	435	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,077	-37.79
450–482	475	31	270.00–287.50	$275.33	$1,308	+2.03
500–540	520	6	250.00–265.00	$255.74	$1,330	-5.32
525	525	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,181	-36.06
580	580	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,334	-22.42
550–595	583	25	232.50–255.00	$245.50	$1,431	-6.92
600–615	611	4	210.00–230.00	$224.46	$1,371	-17.68
605–635	628	13	233.00–244.00	$240.18	$1,508	-1.96
658 value added	658	8	239.00	$239.00	$1,573	—
660–670	665	2	227.50	$227.50	$1,513	-15.00
676	676	5	231.00	$231.00	$1,562	-11.50
700	700	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,662	—
710	710	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,598	-7.00
860	860	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,591	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–340	338	2	272.50–295.00	$283.83	$959	+18.83
385–395	391	4	267.50–287.50	$281.90	$1,102	+13.06
435–440	437	3	255.00–270.00	$264.96	$1,158	+3.75
450–490	475	15	240.00–267.50	$250.83	$1,191	+5.26
500–535	519	4	237.50–245.00	$241.30	$1,252	+10.03
592	592	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,273	-17.46
1090	1090	1	147.50	$147.50	$1,608	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,270	-23.00
511–530	517	8	245.00–247.50	$246.12	$1,272	—
583–595	592	13	237.00–239.00	$238.55	$1,412	+11.87

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	200.00	$200.00	$730	—
425	425	1	220.00	$220.00	$935	-10.00
470	470	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,034	+12.50

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	200.00	$200.00	$680	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413–447	430	7	290.00–304.00	$301.33	$1,296	-11.17
450–495	477	6	282.50–307.50	$291.06	$1,388	+6.57
500–540	520	6	260.00–290.00	$270.10	$1,405	-6.72
555–595	576	9	245.00–265.00	$254.76	$1,467	-4.58
605–635	617	3	240.00–262.50	$252.30	$1,557	+2.74
685	685	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,627	-6.40
720–740	725	4	229.00–230.00	$229.26	$1,662	-8.61
770	770	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,732	-1.27

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530–540	535	2	255.00–257.50	$256.24	$1,371	+7.03
555	555	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,360	+1.29
715	715	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,358	—
785	785	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,452	—
875	875	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,794	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	190.00	$190.00	$969	+99.95

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795	795	80-85%	1	125.00	$125.00	$994	—
800	800	80-85%	2	105.00	$105.00	$840	—
850–1045	949	80-85%	4	110.00–116.00	$113.90	$1,081	—
885–1285	995	80-85%	4	120.00–125.00	$122.07	$1,215	—
950–1300	1102	80-85%	13	126.00–132.00	$129.61	$1,428	—
1155–1290	1211	80-85%	4	134.00–138.00	$135.20	$1,637	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770	770	85-90%	1	101.00	$101.00	$778	—
870–1010	940	85-90%	2	100.00–106.00	$102.78	$966	—
985–990	988	85-90%	2	123.00–124.00	$123.50	$1,220	+0.95
960–1080	1020	85-90%	2	127.00–129.00	$127.94	$1,305	—
1045	1045	85-90%	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,411	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1315	1250	75-80%	4	134.00–137.00	$135.70	$1,696	—
1370–1485	1437	75-80%	3	130.00–133.00	$131.99	$1,897	—
1665	1665	75-80%	1	127.00	$127.00	$2,115	±0.00

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1360	1230	2	90.00–137.00	$115.98	$1,427	—
1395–1820	1608	2	145.00–146.00	$145.57	$2,341	+3.82

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
885	885	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,372
1000–1160	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	127.00–131.00	$129.15	$1,395

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–1030	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,750.00–1,950.00	$1,842.39
995–1170	1059	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,520.00–1,800.00	$1,639.92
1110–1130	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,800.00–1,900.00	$1,849.55

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
725–825	775	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00–750.00	$726.61

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1030–1070	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	143.00–146.00	$144.53	$1,518

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–880	843	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,600.00–1,625.00	$1,611.94
885	885	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,350.00	$1,350.00
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
515	515	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00
695	695	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	600.00–650.00	$625.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895–960	928	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00–1,060.00	$1,028.95	—
930	930	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1270	1270	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,975.00	$1,975.00	—
1310	1310	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—

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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.