Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 8.00-15.00 lower, 500-600 lbs sold 13.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 12.00-25.00 higher, over 600 lbs not well tested. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher, Slaughter bulls sold 5.00-7.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $500.42/cwt on 27 head, down $0.08 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 28 comparable sales and sits +47.78 against this barn's trailing median of $452.64.

Average price

$500.42

▼ 0.08 vs prior sale

27 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,614

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,817

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 3

$352.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+28.07

vs AR average

+13.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	522.35	2,709	24
Medium and Large 2	550	410.00	2,255	1thin
Medium and Large 3	580	395.00	2,291	1thin
Small and Medium 3	525	170.00	893	1thin

One grade step is worth $352.35/cwt here — about $1,817 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $500.50, low $385.40, median $452.64 across 28 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 sale27 hd

500.42

—

AR average8 barns · 226 hd

472.35

+28.07

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

+13.07

This barn, trailing median28 sales

452.64

+47.78

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	1,710	197.03	3,370	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,290	162.00	2,090	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	903	159.00	1,435	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,044	147.56	1,540	26

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,050	$2,750	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,085	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,025	$2,318	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,030	$2,314	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,275	$2,100	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	960	$2,000	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,215	$3,000	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,185	$1,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	770	$1,700	1thin

Every lot, as filed

90 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
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,291	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	560.28/cwt	555.00–565.00	1,782	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,784	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	504.06/cwt	485.00–507.50	2,470	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	503.32/cwt	500.00–510.00	2,074	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	545	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,344	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	400	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	478	541.00/cwt	541.00–541.00	2,586	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,787	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	506.08/cwt	500.00–508.00	2,682	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	521	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,305	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	535	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	330	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,815	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	250–300	255	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,594	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	331	567.50/cwt	567.50–567.50	1,878	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	494	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,342	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	533.73/cwt	510.00–560.00	1,745	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	426.88/cwt	395.00–435.00	2,416	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	495.23/cwt	450.00–520.00	2,105	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	460.49/cwt	442.50–490.00	2,197	12
Steers	Small and Medium 3	500–550	525	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	893	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	541.53/cwt	525.00–550.00	2,079	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	606.12/cwt	580.00–625.00	1,927	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	591.31/cwt	570.00–615.00	2,235	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,714	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,513	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,255	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	743	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,838	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	625	448.39/cwt	448.00–452.00	2,802	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	513	528.00/cwt	528.00–528.00	2,709	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	545.73/cwt	527.50–580.00	2,609	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	545.75/cwt	520.00–570.00	2,325	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	381.26/cwt	377.50–385.00	2,680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	643	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,803	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	325	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,983	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	411	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,384	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	816	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,978	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	437.08/cwt	420.00–490.00	2,456	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	499.56/cwt	475.00–515.00	2,408	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	473.88/cwt	460.00–482.50	2,564	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	685	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,466	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	528	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,653	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	155.96/cwt	151.00–159.00	1,708	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,309	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,566	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,290	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,090	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,465	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,666	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,162	164.25/cwt	160.00–168.00	1,909	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	964	130.04/cwt	116.00–145.00	1,254	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	830	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,096	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	820	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,214	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	845	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,293	1
Bulls	—	—	1,816	195.75/cwt	191.00–200.00	3,555	4
Bulls	—	—	1,223	175.88/cwt	168.00–183.00	2,151	2
Bulls	—	—	1,848	208.88/cwt	207.00–213.00	3,860	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,496	1
Bred Heifers	Large 3	—	1,185	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,316	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	2,317.56/head	1,650.00–2,800.00	2,318	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,292	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	152.11/cwt	130.00–168.00	1,810	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	2,313.59/head	2,000.00–2,475.00	2,314	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 3	—	770	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,399	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,215	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,886	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,070	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	424.47/cwt	422.00–442.50	2,687	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,100	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,516	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,304	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	406	509.00/cwt	509.00–509.00	2,067	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	591	386.44/cwt	385.00–387.00	2,284	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	426.79/cwt	417.50–430.00	2,305	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	650–700	660	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,343	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	518.03/cwt	490.00–530.00	1,891	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,257	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	407.57/cwt	370.00–460.00	1,912	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,958	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	389.62/cwt	370.00–410.00	2,026	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	479.10/cwt	465.00–495.00	1,768	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	353.32/cwt	352.50–355.00	2,350	3

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 →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 594Last week 366Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 56Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 29Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	555.00–565.00	560.28
4	350–400	384	525.00–550.00	541.53
3	400–450	412	500.00–510.00	503.32
13	450–500	490	485.00–507.50	504.06
1	550–600	550	410.00	410.00
1	650–700	670	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	318	580.00–625.00	606.12
13	350–400	378	570.00–615.00	591.31
10	400–450	426	520.00–570.00	545.75
5	450–500	478	527.50–580.00	545.73
4	500–550	530	500.00–508.00	506.08
1	550–600	580	480.00	480.00
1	600–650	605	420.00	420.00
3	650–700	670	405.00	405.00
2	700–750	703	377.50–385.00	381.26
1	750–800	785	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	600.00	600.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	325	610.00	610.00
9	400–450	411	580.00	580.00
15	450–500	478	541.00	541.00
11	600–650	643	436.00	436.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	513	528.00	528.00
30	600–650	625	448.00–452.00	448.39
20	700–750	743	382.00	382.00
8	800–850	816	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	255	625.00	625.00
8	300–350	331	567.50	567.50
22	400–450	406	509.00	509.00
10	450–500	494	474.00	474.00
12	500–550	545	430.00	430.00
7	550–600	591	385.00–387.00	386.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	521	442.50	442.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	550.00	550.00
1	500–550	535	472.50	472.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	327	510.00–560.00	533.73
11	350–400	365	490.00–530.00	518.03
32	400–450	425	450.00–520.00	495.23
12	450–500	477	442.50–490.00	460.49
10	500–550	540	417.50–430.00	426.79
5	550–600	566	395.00–435.00	426.88
3	650–700	665	352.50–355.00	353.32
1	700–750	720	320.00	320.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	252.50	252.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	660	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	369	465.00–495.00	479.10
3	400–450	445	440.00	440.00
4	450–500	469	370.00–460.00	407.57
2	500–550	520	370.00–410.00	389.62
1	600–650	610	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	525.00	525.00
10	450–500	482	475.00–515.00	499.56
7	500–550	541	460.00–482.50	473.88
12	550–600	562	420.00–490.00	437.08
8	600–650	633	422.00–442.50	424.47
1	650–700	670	370.00	370.00
1	1200–1250	1,215	237.50	237.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	685	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	528	502.50	502.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	450.00	450.00
1	550–600	585	410.00	410.00
1	700–750	740	340.00	340.00
1	850–900	860	290.00	290.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,095	151.00–159.00	155.96
1	—	1,465	182.00	182.00
6	—	1,162	160.00–168.00	164.25
10	—	964	116.00–145.00	130.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	154.00	154.00
1	—	955	164.00	164.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,290	162.00	162.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	132.00	132.00
1	—	820	148.00	148.00
1	—	845	153.00	153.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,816	191.00–200.00	195.75
2	—	1,223	168.00–183.00	175.88
4	—	1,848	207.00–213.00	208.88

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	310.00	310.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	240.00	240.00
Bred Heifers — Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,185	1,200.00	1,200.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,215	3,000.00	3,000.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	785	295.00	295.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	2,000.00	2,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,025	1,650.00–2,800.00	2,317.56
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,190	130.00–168.00	152.11
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	2,750.00	2,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,030	2,000.00–2,475.00	2,313.59
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,275	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,085	2,500.00	2,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	770	1,700.00	1,700.00

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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