I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, February 5, 2026

427 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $432.34/cwt +32.96 vs last sale · ≈ $2,045/hd at 473 lb · 28 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $493.03/cwt +53.03 vs last sale · ≈ $2,574/hd at 522 lb · 21 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $424.90/cwt +48.16 vs last sale · ≈ $2,222/hd at 523 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	427	312	502
Feeder cattle	347	—	386
Slaughter cattle	50	—	82
Replacement cattle	30	—	34

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago : Feeder steers and heifers sold 25.00-40.00, instances of 50.00 higher. Sunshine and better weather have buyers filling orders. Slaughter cows sold 10.00 higher, Slaughter bulls not well tested.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–335	322	9	565.00–655.00	$603.79	$1,944	+72.82
350–395	374	14	540.00–625.00	$555.48	$2,077	+56.06
400–445	420	15	495.00–565.00	$521.54	$2,190	+40.47
450–490	471	9	475.00–555.00	$514.93	$2,425	+51.25
478 value added	478	2	560.00	$560.00	$2,677	+55.00
500–540	522	21	455.00–520.00	$493.03	$2,574	—
550–585	558	8	445.00–470.00	$462.51	$2,581	+97.51
563 value added	563	8	474.00	$474.00	$2,669	+79.00
615	615	1	410.00	$410.00	$2,522	+38.73
630 value added	630	2	426.00	$426.00	$2,684	+37.66
665 value added	665	1	385.00	$385.00	$2,560	+20.00
690	690	1	380.00	$380.00	$2,622	+20.00
705–725	718	3	355.00–360.00	$356.68	$2,561	+11.68
775	775	1	355.00	$355.00	$2,751	—
781 value added	781	4	354.00	$354.00	$2,765	-2.00
855–872 value added	864	6	335.00–339.00	$336.98	$2,912	-5.69

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	323	5	480.00–525.00	$506.61	$1,636	—
365–398	385	4	500.00–515.00	$508.72	$1,959	+61.25
405–420	414	4	470.00–495.00	$478.79	$1,982	+46.36
455–490	478	3	460.00–485.00	$471.71	$2,255	+74.37
500–545	523	2	390.00–420.00	$404.35	$2,115	+9.35
570–595	585	5	360.00–417.50	$404.51	$2,366	+70.11
750–760	755	2	287.50–340.00	$313.92	$2,370	—
865	865	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,595	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	6	480.00	$480.00	$1,886	—
470	470	2	477.50	$477.50	$2,244	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–345	343	2	345.00–445.00	$394.64	$1,354	—
365–395	380	2	270.00–350.00	$311.58	$1,184	+11.58
930	930	1	237.50	$237.50	$2,209	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815	815	1	162.50	$162.50	$1,324	—
990	990	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,658	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	338	3	510.00–550.00	$532.09	$1,798	+62.32
360–375	368	8	507.50–575.00	$521.10	$1,918	+83.18
400–440	419	14	430.00–525.00	$481.97	$2,019	+70.54
455–495	473	28	405.00–462.50	$432.34	$2,045	+32.96
500–545	523	17	400.00–510.00	$424.90	$2,222	+49.74
550–590	571	16	387.50–420.00	$400.84	$2,289	+51.86
605–645	623	7	367.50–385.00	$377.47	$2,352	+35.85
675	675	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,498	+28.38
685	685	2	355.00	$355.00	$2,432	+13.38
715–730	723	2	355.00–363.00	$358.96	$2,595	—
736 value added	736	4	360.00	$360.00	$2,650	+20.00
750–765	758	2	345.00–355.00	$350.05	$2,653	+26.05
878 value added	878	2	317.00	$317.00	$2,783	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,410	+57.62
360–390	380	10	320.00–494.00	$450.58	$1,712	+43.18
400–445	412	6	420.00–465.00	$439.82	$1,812	+55.58
450–490	477	6	365.00–410.00	$382.94	$1,827	+4.08
505	505	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,818	—
500–545	519	4	367.50–395.00	$382.89	$1,987	—
790	790	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,054	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	3	467.50	$467.50	$1,487	—
472	472	2	402.50	$402.50	$1,900	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,232	—
410	410	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,558	—
450	450	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,665	—
520	520	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,664	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–495	475	3	460.00–495.00	$478.11	$2,271	+48.11
500–548	535	7	402.50–455.00	$437.20	$2,339	+38.75
560–588	577	6	385.00–427.50	$412.27	$2,379	+38.19
605–630	618	2	380.00–385.00	$382.55	$2,364	+21.10
670	670	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,479	—
800	800	1	312.50	$312.50	$2,500	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	360.00	$360.00	$2,322	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,650	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1245	1039	80-85%	7	136.00–142.00	$139.37	$1,448	+19.81
900–1215	1065	80-85%	9	162.00–168.00	$164.46	$1,751	—
905–1485	1077	80-85%	12	153.00–159.00	$156.07	$1,681	—
1055–1385	1226	80-85%	7	169.00–174.00	$171.45	$2,102	+17.31

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1395	1328	75-80%	2	174.00–181.00	$177.68	$2,360	—
1185–1615	1415	75-80%	4	165.00–170.00	$167.65	$2,372	+3.67
1510–1585	1548	75-80%	2	157.00–162.00	$159.44	$2,468	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125	1125	85-90%	1	176.00	$176.00	$1,980	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1550–1745	1648	2	182.00–185.00	$183.41	$3,023	—
1640–1795	1718	2	162.00–175.00	$168.21	$2,890	—
1910–1950	1930	2	202.00–205.00	$203.52	$3,928	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
880	880	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,408
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,946

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00
980	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00
960–1075	1018	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,750.00–1,950.00	$1,820.38
980–1190	1055	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,600.00–2,300.00	$1,894.63
990–1385	1224	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	2,000.00–2,400.00	$2,270.87

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
980	980	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,813
1060	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	192.00	$192.00	$2,035
1110	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	212.00	$212.00	$2,353
1110–1485	1280	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	155.00–175.00	$167.81	$2,148

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–895	893	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,400.00–2,600.00	$2,500.28

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1005	1005	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	210.00	$210.00	$2,110

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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
850–910	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,200.00–2,250.00	$2,224.15	—

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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.