I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 31, 2024

601 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $264.20/cwt +9.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,152/hd at 436 lb · 45 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $290.53/cwt +31.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,463/hd at 503 lb · 45 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $244.91/cwt +11.95 vs last sale · ≈ $1,297/hd at 530 lb · 31 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	601	758	533
Feeder cattle	468	640	411
Slaughter cattle	100	78	90
Replacement cattle	33	40	32

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 13.00 lower, over 400 lbs sold 8.00-20.00, mostly 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 4.00-10.00, mostly 7.00 higher. Feeder supply included a large string of Reputation, Fancy unweaned cattle who sold with a Premium. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower, on a light test, Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady.

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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	317	7	305.00–340.00	$325.47	$1,032	-6.72
370–385	379	6	290.00–315.00	$300.35	$1,138	-15.40
400–435	414	9	277.50–295.00	$290.57	$1,203	-1.90
426 fancy	426	9	306.00	$306.00	$1,304	—
460–485	471	9	270.00–287.50	$279.90	$1,318	+4.50
500 fancy	500	31	297.00	$297.00	$1,485	—
500–545	511	14	257.50–285.00	$276.19	$1,411	+17.41
550–555	553	3	250.00–269.00	$262.20	$1,450	+10.41
576 value added	576	22	273.00	$273.00	$1,572	—
595	595	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,458	-6.79
600	600	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,395	-19.15
629–630	629	22	255.00–260.00	$259.09	$1,630	+7.44
865	865	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,946	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,045	—
461 thin fleshed	461	4	277.50	$277.50	$1,279	—
495	495	4	267.50	$267.50	$1,324	—
644 value added	644	19	257.50	$257.50	$1,658	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–390	372	3	235.00–255.00	$246.37	$916	-27.77
415	415	1	240.00	$240.00	$996	-26.49
455–495	477	3	245.00–267.50	$256.77	$1,225	+4.59
545	545	2	240.00–245.00	$242.50	$1,322	-1.24
580	580	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,348	—
635	635	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,556	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	225.00	$225.00	$922	+10.06
450	450	1	220.00	$220.00	$990	-10.00
515	515	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,133	+10.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–320	315	2	265.00–282.50	$273.61	$862	+13.13
365–375	370	2	265.00–272.50	$268.80	$995	-4.87
400–443	436	44	250.00–270.00	$264.75	$1,154	+24.75
440	440	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,056	±0.00
450–485	472	5	242.50–265.00	$252.27	$1,191	+9.07
515	515	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,082	+3.94
505–535	525	5	225.00–232.50	$226.44	$1,189	-1.05
531 fancy	531	25	250.00	$250.00	$1,328	+7.00
555–595	579	10	228.00–235.00	$230.83	$1,337	+18.87
602–645	626	25	221.00–235.00	$228.45	$1,430	+5.95
655	655	2	222.50–230.00	$226.25	$1,482	+7.44
700	700	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,312	-30.00
705–745	724	4	212.50–228.00	$219.54	$1,589	+2.04
760	760	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,710	—
810	810	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,539	—
940	940	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,551	—
980	980	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,911	—
1070	1070	2	164.00–165.00	$164.50	$1,760	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–385	375	2	240.00–245.00	$242.43	$909	-0.80
410–430	422	3	225.00–245.00	$235.12	$992	+4.06
428 thin fleshed	428	2	247.50	$247.50	$1,059	—
465 thin fleshed	465	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,139	—
455–495	476	4	220.00–242.50	$229.99	$1,095	-0.92
515–530	523	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,124	+2.62
550–595	580	4	210.00–225.00	$215.08	$1,247	+11.75
600–645	623	2	185.00–210.00	$197.05	$1,228	-5.55
662	662	3	207.00	$207.00	$1,370	+22.00
855	855	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,496	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,000	—
448	448	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,098	+4.00
455	455	2	231.00	$231.00	$1,051	-3.92
519 thin fleshed	519	5	249.00	$249.00	$1,292	—
525	525	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,181	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	200.00	$200.00	$680	-10.00
370–395	383	2	215.00–217.50	$216.21	$828	+6.38
665–680	673	2	115.00–145.00	$129.83	$874	-30.17

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–545	527	9	240.00–267.50	$256.72	$1,353	+9.95
532 fancy	532	10	270.00	$270.00	$1,436	—
561–595	571	10	240.00–272.50	$258.59	$1,477	+19.74
600–625	610	12	225.00–250.00	$236.40	$1,442	+10.51
650–698	677	12	217.50–236.00	$230.98	$1,564	+5.98
715–740	728	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,602	—
773–790	780	5	214.00–219.00	$216.03	$1,685	+8.53
805	805	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,771	—
862 fancy	862	4	231.00	$231.00	$1,991	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–515	513	2	205.00–237.50	$221.17	$1,135	+4.96
560–595	584	4	225.00–235.00	$230.63	$1,347	—
680–690	685	2	207.50–215.00	$211.28	$1,447	—
890	890	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,602	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,082	—
800	800	1	92.50	$92.50	$740	—
935	935	1	90.00	$90.00	$842	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1685	1685	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	3,225.00	$3,225.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1250	1026	80-85%	11	74.00–100.00	$93.45	$959	—
1165	1165	80-85%	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,398	—
1205–1505	1274	80-85%	24	110.00–116.00	$113.42	$1,445	—
1190–1370	1322	80-85%	11	105.00–109.00	$107.29	$1,418	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405	1405	75-80%	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,714	+6.00
1370–1455	1413	75-80%	2	106.00–111.00	$108.58	$1,534	-7.42
1345–1490	1431	75-80%	8	112.00–118.00	$115.06	$1,647	-0.94

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125	1125	85-90%	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,271	—
1140	1140	85-90%	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,243	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	1	107.50	$107.50	$908	—
1580	1580	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,896	-3.89
1730–1835	1783	2	139.00–144.00	$141.43	$2,522	—
2020–2030	2025	2	146.00–147.00	$146.50	$2,967	+4.02

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,200

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	680.00	$680.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1280–1480	1330	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	111.00–116.00	$114.08	$1,517
1345	1345	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,412
1405	1405	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,714
1320–1490	1417	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	114.00–122.00	$117.16	$1,660

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1425	1220	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,500.00–1,800.00	$1,702.66
1285–1425	1355	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,750.00–1,800.00	$1,773.71

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715	715	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
780	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
780–1000	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	925.00–1,050.00	$995.22

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
880	880	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	101.00	$101.00	$889

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1130	1130	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00
1150	1150	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,775.00	$1,775.00
1160–1175	1168	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,650.00–1,700.00	$1,675.16

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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
1590	1590	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,225.00	$2,225.00	—
1445–1935	1638	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,000.00–2,425.00	$2,201.66	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
865	865	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
630	630	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—

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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.