I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, July 16, 2026

496 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest I-40 Livestock report →

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $425.51/cwt -31.19 vs last sale · ≈ $2,442/hd at 574 lb · 26 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $398.74/cwt -11.47 vs last sale · ≈ $2,060/hd at 517 lb · 21 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $396.20/cwt -12.14 vs last sale · ≈ $2,262/hd at 571 lb · 20 head

Ozark, AR 5-weight steers sold at $421/cwt, in line with the state average—$2/cwt below the AR average ($423) and $21/cwt under Southeast Direct Cattle Report ($442). The class is down $35 from its late-June peak of $459. What this means — computed from this report and its neighbors

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	496	536	375
Feeder cattle	400	469	320
Slaughter cattle	61	47	24
Replacement cattle	35	20	31

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 14.00-22.00, mostly 18.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 20.00 lower, 400-600 lbs sold 5.00-9.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 10.00 higher. Feeder supply was mostly Fleshy, unweaned, average in quality. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00-4.00 lower.

▼ Feeder heifers: Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 20.00 lower
→ Feeder steers: Feeder steers sold 14.00-22.00
▼ Slaughter bulls: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00-4.00 lower
▼ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00-4.00 lower

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–344	339	11	530.00–545.00	$540.96	$1,834	-27.42
350–395	368	9	505.00–560.00	$526.47	$1,937	-15.28
400–440	419	12	480.00–505.00	$492.46	$2,063	-30.61
470–490	480	2	475.00–510.00	$492.14	$2,362	+42.30
500–540	524	15	425.00–455.00	$444.29	$2,328	-13.80
550–592	574	26	395.00–460.00	$425.51	$2,442	-31.19
601–625	613	16	390.00–420.00	$405.19	$2,484	+12.90
625	625	1	355.00	$355.00	$2,219	-64.26
670	670	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,211	-40.00
660–685	675	3	340.00–370.00	$358.22	$2,418	-11.78
728	728	3	345.00	$345.00	$2,512	-16.64

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	340	3	490.00–505.00	$498.31	$1,694	—
355–395	377	7	425.00–500.00	$466.66	$1,759	-53.34
415–445	437	6	425.00–465.00	$447.22	$1,954	-2.88
450–490	472	11	400.00–465.00	$435.77	$2,057	+25.77
500–520	506	4	375.00–425.00	$396.31	$2,005	-17.09
550–580	562	3	375.00–385.00	$378.29	$2,126	-26.01
605	605	2	370.00–372.50	$371.25	$2,246	—
680	680	2	310.00–330.00	$320.00	$2,176	—
700–705	703	2	322.50–335.00	$328.77	$2,311	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	500.00	$500.00	$1,950	—
407	407	3	465.00	$465.00	$1,893	-25.00
581	581	9	392.00	$392.00	$2,278	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–395	382	3	470.00–475.00	$471.64	$1,802	-22.08
412–440	431	10	440.00–480.00	$465.55	$2,007	+4.64
450–465	458	2	435.00–442.50	$438.81	$2,010	-6.55
465–490	478	2	400.00–405.00	$402.57	$1,924	-42.79
510	510	1	382.50	$382.50	$1,951	+7.50
500–545	516	19	375.00–411.00	$399.26	$2,060	+24.26
535 value added	535	1	405.00	$405.00	$2,167	—
565 value added	565	1	382.50	$382.50	$2,161	-30.00
561–595	567	6	365.00–370.00	$369.13	$2,093	-12.29
600–635	606	9	340.00–373.00	$364.64	$2,210	-1.23
720	720	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,268	-25.83
785	785	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,355	—
920	920	2	292.50	$292.50	$2,691	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	330	2	425.00–455.00	$439.77	$1,451	—
380	380	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,615	—
400–435	422	3	405.00–435.00	$417.89	$1,763	-8.94
450–495	471	5	395.00–435.00	$412.17	$1,941	-0.21
520–535	528	2	340.00–380.00	$359.72	$1,899	-8.11
555	555	2	330.00–365.00	$347.50	$1,929	—
605–630	618	2	315.00–345.00	$329.70	$2,038	—
680–695	687	3	280.00–320.00	$303.42	$2,084	—
715	715	1	307.50	$307.50	$2,199	-12.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473–494	486	8	375.00–430.00	$395.07	$1,920	—
542	542	2	380.00	$380.00	$2,060	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,518	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–435	423	2	450.00–460.00	$454.85	$1,924	-40.15
455–490	470	14	430.00–470.00	$448.40	$2,107	+13.40
500–545	528	8	380.00–435.00	$409.29	$2,161	-19.73
557–590	571	20	370.00–425.00	$396.20	$2,262	-17.56
600–640	629	14	345.00–395.00	$364.99	$2,296	-52.51
655–670	659	5	342.50–365.00	$350.95	$2,313	-18.56
700–745	716	6	317.50–335.00	$326.59	$2,338	-15.91
775	775	1	312.50	$312.50	$2,422	-27.50
860	860	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,494	—
900	900	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,475	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	1	335.00	$335.00	$2,312	—
790	790	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,410	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1125	989	80-85%	6	145.00–155.00	$149.47	$1,478	+1.32
980–1290	1142	80-85%	7	160.00–171.00	$166.29	$1,899	—
995–1355	1200	80-85%	17	172.00–179.00	$175.99	$2,112	-4.28
925–1415	1249	80-85%	4	181.00–185.00	$182.59	$2,281	+2.32

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–920	895	85-90%	2	150.00–152.00	$151.03	$1,352	+13.03
900–1010	955	85-90%	2	165.00–169.00	$167.12	$1,596	-1.55
1090	1090	85-90%	1	184.00	$184.00	$2,006	—
1160	1160	85-90%	1	195.00	$195.00	$2,262	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1260	1248	75-80%	2	179.00–180.00	$179.49	$2,240	—
1325–1335	1330	75-80%	2	185.00–186.00	$185.50	$2,467	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1085	1053	3	195.00–200.00	$198.43	$2,089	—
1455–1725	1590	2	203.00–208.00	$205.71	$3,271	-3.81
1635–1920	1778	2	215.00–216.00	$215.46	$3,831	—

↑ Back to top

Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–1180	947	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	210.00–315.00	$266.88	$2,527
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	210.00	$210.00	$2,121

↑ Back to top

Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–970	938	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,250.00–2,950.00	$2,587.87
870–1145	1039	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	2,150.00–2,950.00	$2,548.32
1165–1225	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,550.00–3,400.00	$2,964.33

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1020	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,836
1085–1130	1108	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	178.00–201.00	$189.73	$2,102
1115	1115	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	174.00	$174.00	$1,940
1215	1215	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	186.00	$186.00	$2,260

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
660	660	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00
730	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00
750	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00

↑ Back to top

Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–990	888	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	3,550.00–4,000.00	$3,797.07
945–960	953	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	3,750.00–4,050.00	$3,933.04

↑ Back to top

Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1065	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,500.00	$3,500.00	+900.00
1180–1440	1310	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,500.00–4,300.00	$3,939.69	—

↑ Back to top

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.