I-40 Livestock Market Report

Ozark, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, February 12, 2026

451 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $478.38/cwt -3.59 vs last sale · ≈ $2,033/hd at 425 lb · 20 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $507.81/cwt +14.78 vs last sale · ≈ $2,636/hd at 519 lb · 19 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $415.67/cwt -9.23 vs last sale · ≈ $2,141/hd at 515 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	451	427	270
Feeder cattle	366	347	182
Slaughter cattle	56	50	76
Replacement cattle	29	30	12

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 26.00-45.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 14.00-28.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mixed with 300-400 lbs 5.00 lower, 400-500 lbs 7.00 higher, 500-600 lbs steady, over 600 lbs 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold unevenly steady, Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	319	13	575.00–650.00	$609.21	$1,943	+5.42
360–395	376	7	570.00–635.00	$601.84	$2,263	+46.36
400 value added	400	1	600.00	$600.00	$2,400	—
400–440	419	16	530.00–595.00	$563.95	$2,363	+42.41
455–485	470	4	510.00–550.00	$533.20	$2,506	+18.27
502–543	519	19	470.00–532.50	$507.81	$2,636	+14.78
560	560	1	472.50	$472.50	$2,646	+9.99
605–620	613	6	415.00–445.00	$433.34	$2,656	+23.34
610–615 value added	613	3	447.50–455.00	$449.99	$2,758	+23.99
665–695	680	2	380.00–420.00	$399.56	$2,717	+19.56
700 value added	700	2	370.00–392.50	$381.25	$2,669	—
835	835	1	322.50	$322.50	$2,693	—
860	860	1	322.50	$322.50	$2,774	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–325	318	4	460.00–550.00	$506.73	$1,611	+0.12
380	380	1	540.00	$540.00	$2,052	+31.28
425–445	433	4	430.00–495.00	$470.91	$2,039	-7.88
450–495	473	4	440.00–495.00	$466.47	$2,206	-5.24
520–530	525	2	435.00–455.00	$445.10	$2,337	+40.75

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	2	482.50	$482.50	$2,220	+5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,481	+63.42

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180	1180	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,947	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	323	9	515.00–570.00	$535.92	$1,731	+3.83
350–395	370	5	485.00–535.00	$508.39	$1,881	-12.71
410–445	425	20	462.50–500.00	$478.38	$2,033	-3.59
460–470	468	4	442.50–460.00	$449.32	$2,103	+16.98
475	475	1	435.00	$435.00	$2,066	+2.66
500–545	515	15	405.00–430.00	$415.93	$2,142	-8.97
515	515	1	395.00	$395.00	$2,034	-29.90
515 value added	515	1	432.50	$432.50	$2,227	—
550–585	568	7	382.50–395.00	$388.88	$2,209	-11.96
602–605 value added	604	6	398.00–400.00	$398.66	$2,408	—
610–645	622	5	367.50–390.00	$374.57	$2,330	-2.90
655	655	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,424	±0.00
660–668 value added	663	7	382.00–387.50	$384.49	$2,549	—
700	700	2	335.00–348.00	$341.50	$2,390	-17.46
700 value added	700	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,590	—
765–790 value added	784	4	340.00–350.00	$342.44	$2,685	—
795	795	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,464	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	333	2	430.00–450.00	$440.23	$1,466	-29.77
385–395	390	4	430.00–500.00	$470.22	$1,834	+19.64
400–445	420	8	425.00–457.50	$443.63	$1,863	+3.81
455–495	472	12	390.00–455.00	$423.00	$1,997	+40.06
525	525	1	377.50	$377.50	$1,982	-5.39
575	575	1	380.00	$380.00	$2,185	—
610–620	617	5	315.00–360.00	$339.98	$2,098	—
670	670	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,010	—
725	725	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,211	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458	458	3	445.00	$445.00	$2,038	+42.50
540	540	2	390.00	$390.00	$2,106	—
582	582	2	375.00	$375.00	$2,182	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,037	-80.00
370	370	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,517	—
400–440	420	2	200.00–325.00	$259.52	$1,090	-120.48
498	498	2	355.00	$355.00	$1,768	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	3	467.50	$467.50	$2,034	—
475–495	486	4	450.00–505.00	$473.97	$2,303	-4.14
532	532	2	422.50	$422.50	$2,248	-14.70
550–595	571	10	407.50–455.00	$427.20	$2,439	+14.93
605–648	639	6	372.50–390.00	$375.68	$2,401	-6.87
660–690	674	4	360.00–367.50	$365.65	$2,464	-4.35
700–740	729	7	345.00–362.50	$351.64	$2,563	—
765–780	775	3	325.00–340.00	$329.94	$2,557	—
810–830	820	2	325.00–327.50	$326.23	$2,675	+13.73
925	925	1	265.00	$265.00	$2,451	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435–440	438	2	430.00	$430.00	$1,883	—
460–490	478	3	430.00–470.00	$448.33	$2,143	—
500	500	1	480.00	$480.00	$2,400	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–940	918	80-85%	4	150.00–156.00	$152.72	$1,402	—
870–1170	989	80-85%	11	120.00–149.00	$138.39	$1,369	—
950–1220	1088	80-85%	6	160.00–165.00	$161.75	$1,760	+5.68
1295	1295	80-85%	1	179.00	$179.00	$2,318	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1605	1410	75-80%	2	165.00–166.00	$165.57	$2,335	-2.08
1420–1565	1500	75-80%	4	168.00–171.00	$169.03	$2,535	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945	945	85-90%	1	156.00	$156.00	$1,474	—
950	950	85-90%	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,330	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1685	1477	3	182.00–191.00	$186.08	$2,748	—
1545–2075	1800	3	161.00–169.00	$164.40	$2,959	—
1585–2095	1875	3	194.00–200.00	$196.82	$3,690	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1130	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	207.50	$207.50	$2,345

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690 thin fleshed	690	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00
815–1035	928	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,500.00–2,500.00	$1,862.50
940 thin fleshed	940	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00
950–1085	1021	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,650.00–2,450.00	$2,034.82
1045	1045	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1065–1185	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,400.00–2,500.00	$2,447.33
1280	1280	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785 thin fleshed	785	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,044
840 thin fleshed	840	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,168
925	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,388
930–1190	1091	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	134.00–156.00	$146.50	$1,598
1295	1295	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,981

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
630	630	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00
860	860	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
655	655	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00

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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
1280–1420	1350	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,700.00–3,150.00	$2,936.67	—

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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.