Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $402.54/cwt on 30 head, down $3.83 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 31 comparable sales and sits +7.72 against this barn's trailing median of $394.81.

Average price

$402.54

▼ 3.83 vs prior sale

30 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,157

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$29.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.57

vs AR average

−21.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	407.86	2,164	24
Medium and Large 1-2	561	382.50	2,146	4thin
Medium and Large 2	550	378.75	2,083	2thin

One grade step is worth $29.11/cwt here — about $80 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.06, low $325.67, median $394.81 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale30 hd

402.54

—

AR average9 barns · 571 hd

408.11

−5.57

National average187 barns · 18,214 hd

423.95

−21.41

This barn, trailing median31 sales

394.81

+7.72

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,717	182.43	3,133	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,470	167.88	2,468	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,017	149.21	1,517	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	948	148.00	1,402	2thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,280	$2,550	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	980	$2,165	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	981	$1,815	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	878	$1,769	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,045	$1,650	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	655	$1,050	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,350	$2,937	2thin

Every lot, as filed

95 lots · USDA AMS · I-40 Livestock - Ozark, AR

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	663	384.49/cwt	382.00–387.50	2,549	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	784	342.44/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,685	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	515	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,227	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	533.20/cwt	510.00–550.00	2,506	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	433.34/cwt	415.00–445.00	2,656	6
Steers	Small and Medium 3	1150–1200	1,180	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,947	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	415.93/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,142	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	341.50/cwt	335.00–348.00	2,391	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	700	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	604	398.66/cwt	398.00–400.00	2,408	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,106	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,183	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	339.98/cwt	315.00–360.00	2,098	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	374.57/cwt	367.50–390.00	2,330	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	388.88/cwt	382.50–395.00	2,209	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	535.92/cwt	515.00–570.00	1,731	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,010	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	498	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,768	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	440.23/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,038	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,982	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,052	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	506.73/cwt	460.00–550.00	1,611	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	445.10/cwt	435.00–455.00	2,337	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	466.47/cwt	440.00–495.00	2,206	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	470.91/cwt	430.00–495.00	2,039	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,481	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	609.21/cwt	575.00–650.00	1,943	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	601.84/cwt	570.00–635.00	2,263	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	507.81/cwt	470.00–532.50	2,636	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,220	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,646	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	400	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	613	449.99/cwt	447.50–455.00	2,758	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	700	381.25/cwt	370.00–392.50	2,669	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	563.95/cwt	530.00–595.00	2,363	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	399.56/cwt	380.00–420.00	2,717	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,774	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	427.20/cwt	407.50–455.00	2,439	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	351.64/cwt	345.00–362.50	2,563	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	473.97/cwt	450.00–505.00	2,303	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	329.94/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,557	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,034	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	326.23/cwt	325.00–327.50	2,675	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,318	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,330	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,474	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	169.03/cwt	168.00–171.00	2,535	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	165.57/cwt	165.00–166.00	2,335	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	918	152.72/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,402	4
Bulls	—	—	1,477	186.08/cwt	182.00–191.00	2,748	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,088	161.75/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,760	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	989	138.39/cwt	120.00–149.00	1,369	11
Bulls	—	—	1,800	164.40/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,959	3
Bulls	—	—	1,875	196.82/cwt	194.00–200.00	3,690	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	2,936.67/head	2,700.00–3,150.00	2,937	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,021	2,034.82/head	1,650.00–2,450.00	2,035	4
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	860	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	630	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,091	146.50/cwt	134.00–156.00	1,598	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	2,345	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	1,862.50/head	1,500.00–2,500.00	1,863	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	2,447.33/head	2,400.00–2,500.00	2,447	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,981	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,388	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,211	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,517	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	259.52/cwt	200.00–325.00	1,090	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	423.00/cwt	390.00–455.00	1,997	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,037	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	443.63/cwt	425.00–457.50	1,863	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,185	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	475	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,066	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	448.33/cwt	430.00–470.00	2,143	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	515	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,034	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	478.38/cwt	462.50–500.00	2,033	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	449.32/cwt	442.50–460.00	2,103	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	508.39/cwt	485.00–535.00	1,881	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	470.22/cwt	430.00–500.00	1,834	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,451	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	375.68/cwt	372.50–390.00	2,401	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,248	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	365.65/cwt	360.00–367.50	2,464	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,883	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	690	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	940	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	840	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,168	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	785	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,044	1

How this sale compares

Arkansas weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Arkansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

I-40 Livestock - Ozark, AR

Thu Feb 12, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 366Last week 347Year ago 182

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 50Year ago 76

Replacement CattleReceipts 29Last week 30Year ago 12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	432.50	432.50
6	600–650	604	398.00–400.00	398.66
7	650–700	663	382.00–387.50	384.49
1	700–750	700	370.00	370.00
4	750–800	784	340.00–350.00	342.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	323	515.00–570.00	535.92
5	350–400	370	485.00–535.00	508.39
20	400–450	425	462.50–500.00	478.38
4	450–500	468	442.50–460.00	449.32
15	500–550	515	405.00–430.00	415.93
7	550–600	568	382.50–395.00	388.88
5	600–650	622	367.50–390.00	374.57
1	650–700	655	370.00	370.00
2	700–750	700	335.00–348.00	341.50
1	750–800	795	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	458	445.00	445.00
2	500–550	540	390.00	390.00
2	550–600	582	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	430.00–450.00	440.23
4	350–400	390	430.00–500.00	470.22
8	400–450	420	425.00–457.50	443.63
12	450–500	472	390.00–455.00	423.00
1	500–550	525	377.50	377.50
1	550–600	575	380.00	380.00
5	600–650	617	315.00–360.00	339.98
1	650–700	670	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	725	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	305.00	305.00
1	350–400	370	410.00	410.00
2	400–450	420	200.00–325.00	259.52
2	450–500	498	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	435.00	435.00
1	500–550	515	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	319	575.00–650.00	609.21
7	350–400	376	570.00–635.00	601.84
16	400–450	419	530.00–595.00	563.95
4	450–500	470	510.00–550.00	533.20
19	500–550	519	470.00–532.50	507.81
1	550–600	560	472.50	472.50
6	600–650	613	415.00–445.00	433.34
2	650–700	680	380.00–420.00	399.56
1	800–850	835	322.50	322.50
1	850–900	860	322.50	322.50
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1150–1200	1,180	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	318	460.00–550.00	506.73
1	350–400	380	540.00	540.00
4	400–450	433	430.00–495.00	470.91
4	450–500	473	440.00–495.00	466.47
2	500–550	525	435.00–455.00	445.10
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	482.50	482.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	600.00	600.00
3	600–650	613	447.50–455.00	449.99
2	700–750	700	370.00–392.50	381.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	467.50	467.50
4	450–500	486	450.00–505.00	473.97
2	500–550	532	422.50	422.50
10	550–600	571	407.50–455.00	427.20
6	600–650	639	372.50–390.00	375.68
4	650–700	674	360.00–367.50	365.65
7	700–750	729	345.00–362.50	351.64
3	750–800	775	325.00–340.00	329.94
2	800–850	820	325.00–327.50	326.23
1	900–950	925	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	430.00	430.00
3	450–500	478	430.00–470.00	448.33
1	500–550	500	480.00	480.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	179.00	179.00
4	—	918	150.00–156.00	152.72
6	—	1,088	160.00–165.00	161.75
11	—	989	120.00–149.00	138.39
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	140.00	140.00
1	—	945	156.00	156.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,500	168.00–171.00	169.03
2	—	1,410	165.00–166.00	165.57
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,477	182.00–191.00	186.08
3	—	1,800	161.00–169.00	164.40
3	—	1,875	194.00–200.00	196.82

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,045	1,650.00	1,650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,021	1,650.00–2,450.00	2,034.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,280	2,550.00	2,550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,091	134.00–156.00	146.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	928	1,500.00–2,500.00	1,862.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,125	2,400.00–2,500.00	2,447.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,295	153.00	153.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	925	150.00	150.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	860	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	630	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	690	1,600.00	1,600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	940	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	840	139.00	139.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	785	133.00	133.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,350	2,700.00–3,150.00	2,936.67
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,130	207.50	207.50
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	655	1,050.00	1,050.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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