I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, December 18, 2025

325 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $421.85/cwt +37.85 vs last sale · ≈ $2,003/hd at 475 lb · 20 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $371.47/cwt +4.64 vs last sale · ≈ $1,958/hd at 527 lb · 16 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $418.18/cwt +24.66 vs last sale · ≈ $1,967/hd at 470 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	325	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	335	4	530.00–595.00	$559.87	$1,876	-17.53
355–390	371	6	525.00–575.00	$556.30	$2,064	+10.21
410–447	429	12	465.00–525.00	$486.52	$2,087	-1.43
460–495	480	14	425.00–475.00	$446.44	$2,143	-13.61
500–535	516	9	415.00–445.00	$426.81	$2,202	+2.21
555–585	572	3	362.50–370.00	$365.77	$2,092	-31.65
627	627	10	377.50–387.50	$380.50	$2,386	+25.50
660–665	661	4	372.50	$372.50	$2,462	+8.78
760	760	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,432	—
835	835	1	327.00	$327.00	$2,730	—
995	995	1	265.00	$265.00	$2,637	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	515.00	$515.00	$1,545	+44.53
365–395	380	6	450.00–515.00	$485.15	$1,844	+15.28
405–433	426	4	450.00–452.50	$451.91	$1,925	+19.94
455–480	468	3	405.00–432.50	$417.62	$1,954	-8.27
775	775	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,325	+30.00
810	810	1	265.00	$265.00	$2,146	—
880	880	1	265.00	$265.00	$2,332	-7.47

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
454–490	466	6	415.00–417.50	$416.62	$1,941	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–475	465	3	200.00–245.00	$227.99	$1,060	-107.01

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,403	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	326	4	480.00–540.00	$521.82	$1,701	+44.19
355–395	368	8	470.00–530.00	$505.64	$1,861	+45.53
405–420	414	4	435.00–475.00	$452.46	$1,873	+34.11
455 value added	455	2	437.50	$437.50	$1,991	—
460–485	473	12	402.50–430.00	$414.96	$1,963	+21.44
515	515	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,777	-21.83
505–540	528	15	355.00–390.00	$373.23	$1,971	+6.40
550–580	563	12	340.00–370.00	$353.94	$1,993	+4.41
605–610	608	2	340.00–345.00	$342.51	$2,082	-6.30
635 value added	635	1	357.50	$357.50	$2,270	—
660	660	1	322.50	$322.50	$2,128	-16.89
650–695	684	5	329.00–340.00	$334.73	$2,290	-4.66
708 value added	708	3	334.00	$334.00	$2,365	—
770	770	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,348	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	2	402.50	$402.50	$1,900	—
475 value added	475	18	424.00	$424.00	$2,014	+40.00
538	538	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,695	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	323	2	420.00–455.00	$438.72	$1,417	—
365–385	377	3	360.00–445.00	$410.82	$1,549	-18.62
420–435	428	2	375.00–400.00	$387.72	$1,659	+2.72
455–485	468	3	345.00–395.00	$376.09	$1,760	+3.72
500–515	508	2	330.00–340.00	$334.93	$1,701	+1.13
595	595	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,934	+35.00
605	605	1	322.50	$322.50	$1,951	—
665–695	683	4	300.00–315.00	$306.32	$2,092	-8.68
765	765	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,218	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–330	325	2	300.00–330.00	$314.77	$1,023	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,219	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468–470	469	4	400.00–420.00	$414.98	$1,946	-3.21
515–545	532	6	370.00–405.00	$381.27	$2,028	-27.75
550–595	564	11	340.00–382.50	$367.38	$2,072	-3.95
600–630	613	5	330.00–342.50	$338.43	$2,075	-22.81
650–692	673	7	320.00–337.50	$329.24	$2,216	-1.48
675	675	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,991	-35.72
725–740	733	2	310.00–315.00	$312.53	$2,291	-4.50
755	755	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,265	-10.00
810–830	820	3	290.00–300.00	$296.67	$2,433	+5.91
955	955	1	232.50	$232.50	$2,220	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,798	—
580	580	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,943	+15.00
645	645	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,064	—
1055	1055	1	205.00	$205.00	$2,163	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1105	985	80-85%	6	129.00–137.00	$133.21	$1,312	—
900–1400	1073	80-85%	9	141.00–148.00	$144.58	$1,551	—
1085	1085	80-85%	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,682	—
1185–1235	1210	80-85%	2	158.00–163.00	$160.55	$1,943	-1.42

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300	1300	75-80%	1	158.00	$158.00	$2,054	—
1310–1400	1345	75-80%	4	147.00–151.00	$149.96	$2,017	—
1420	1420	75-80%	1	156.00	$156.00	$2,215	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860	860	85-90%	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,161	—
1025	1025	85-90%	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,486	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1620–1770	1708	3	175.00–184.00	$178.52	$3,049	-13.68
1455–2340	1898	2	155.00–172.00	$165.48	$3,141	—
1685–2160	1923	2	185.00	$185.00	$3,558	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,522
910–955	933	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	212.50–235.00	$223.48	$2,085
1100–1410	1255	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	161.00–168.00	$164.93	$2,070

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
665	665	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	128.00	$128.00	$851

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1235	1060	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,350.00–2,100.00	$1,786.03
910–1155	1072	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,000.00–2,550.00	$2,296.66
1095	1095	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00
865–1310	1097	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,650.00–2,750.00	$2,407.55
970–1395	1183	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,850.00–3,050.00	$2,967.97

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1135	1135	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	206.00	$206.00	$2,338
1160	1160	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	166.00	$166.00	$1,926
1310	1310	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,978

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,850.00	$2,850.00
905	905	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00
1075	1075	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735	735	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,801

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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
985	985	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—
1035	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00	—
960–1170	1039	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,350.00–2,900.00	$2,603.42	—

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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
755	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00	—
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00	—

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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.