Slaughter/Replacement Cattle Sales Report for 02/18/2026 - Final

Auction

	This Week	Last Reported
Total Receipts	611	742
Replacement Cattle	232 (38.0%)	208 (28.0%)
Slaughter Cattle	379 (62.0%)	534 (72.0%)

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Supply was moderate with very good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

COWS - Lean 85-90% (Per Cwt / Actual Wt)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Dressing 3 980-1110 1048 85.00-90.00 88.32 Very Low 13 757-1110 902 105.00-130.00 120.71 Low 28 890-1167 1040 134.00-155.00 146.10 Average 18 885-1185 1049 156.00-171.00 161.50 High

COWS - Breaker 75-80% (Per Cwt / Actual Wt)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Dressing 1 1560-1560 1560 150.00-150.00 150.00 Low 11 1327-1615 1471 157.00-167.00 162.13 Average 59 1305-1875 1434 165.00-184.00 173.60 High

COWS - Boner 80-85% (Per Cwt / Actual Wt)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Dressing 41 1055-1380 1214 167.50-185.00 175.36 High 38 1062-1380 1197 151.00-170.00 162.92 Average 8 1115-1295 1234 127.50-145.00 139.00 Low

BULLS - (Per Cwt / Actual Wt)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Dressing 26 1142-2340 1661 186.00-204.00 196.31 Average 7 1300-2085 1806 206.00-221.00 214.12 High 1 1775-1775 1775 178.00-178.00 178.00 Low

Replacement Cattle

STOCK COWS - Medium and Large 2 (Per Cwt / Actual Wt)
Age Stage Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs) Open 4 1127-1162 1145 190.00-205.00 197.39 Young (2-4 yrs) Open 7 1035-1345 1200 180.00-210.00 195.89

STOCK COWS - Medium and Large 1-2 (Per Cwt / Actual Wt)
Age Stage Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Young (2-4 yrs) Open 7 1025-1225 1139 220.00-290.00 257.18 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs) Open 3 1020-1150 1097 220.00-265.00 241.52 (<2 yrs) Open 3 1133-1133 1133 255.00-255.00 255.00

STOCK COWS - Medium 2 (Per Cwt / Actual Wt)
Age Stage Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs) Open 5 881-930 891 190.00-210.00 205.82

STOCK COWS - Medium 1-2 (Per Cwt / Actual Wt)
Age Stage Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs) Open 3 851-851 851 240.00-240.00 240.00 Young (2-4 yrs) Open 21 820-921 896 240.00-320.00 293.05

COW-CALF PAIRS - Medium and Large 1-2 (Per Unit / Estimate Wt)

Age Stage Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Middle Aged (5-8 yrs) 2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 2 1100-1100 1100 4,700.00-4,700.00 4,700.00 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs) Open 7 1150-1200 1193 3,400.00-4,600.00 3,914.29 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs) 1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 1150-1150 1150 4,600.00-4,600.00 4,600.00 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs) Open 3 1200-1200 1200 4,150.00-4,150.00 4,150.00 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs) Open 5 1050-1150 1125 2,300.00-3,100.00 2,760.00

BRED HEIFERS - Medium and Large 1-2 (Per Unit / Actual Wt)
Age Stage Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Young (2-4 yrs) 2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 5 1050-1050 1050 4,250.00-4,250.00 4,250.00

BRED HEIFERS - Medium 1-2 (Per Unit / Actual Wt)
Age Stage Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price (<2 yrs) 1st Stage (1-3 mo) 3 850-900 867 2,400.00-2,750.00 2,628.85 (<2 yrs) 2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 2 900-900 900 2,800.00-2,800.00 2,800.00 Young (2-4 yrs) 2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 1 950-950 950 3,600.00-3,600.00 3,600.00

BRED COWS - Medium and Large 1-2 (Per Unit / Actual Wt)

Age Stage Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs) 1st Stage (1-3 mo) 5 1165-1225 1193 2,700.00-3,100.00 2,951.76 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs) 1st Stage (1-3 mo) 13 1100-1175 1140 2,200.00-2,700.00 2,390.56 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs) 2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 13 1000-1300 1146 2,100.00-3,000.00 2,654.70 Young (2-4 yrs) 1st Stage (1-3 mo) 3 1050-1100 1083 2,800.00-3,250.00 3,104.62 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs) 2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 34 1000-1645 1193 2,600.00-3,500.00 3,245.62 Aged (>8 yrs) 2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 19 1050-1325 1168 2,100.00-3,400.00 2,745.83 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs) 1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 1125-1125 1125 2,850.00-2,850.00 2,850.00 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs) 2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 7 1225-1250 1239 3,000.00-3,200.00 3,084.73 Aged (>8 yrs) 1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 1150-1150 1150 2,200.00-2,200.00 2,200.00

BRED COWS - Medium and Large 1 (Per Unit / Actual Wt)
Age Stage Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs) 2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 33 1150-1475 1202 3,550.00-3,900.00 3,614.87 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs) 1st Stage (1-3 mo) 15 1050-1225 1163 3,250.00-3,450.00 3,374.36

BRED COWS - Medium 1-2 (Per Unit / Actual Wt)
Age Stage Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs) 2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 5 800-975 900 2,300.00-3,300.00 2,554.44 Young (2-4 yrs) 1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 950-950 950 2,600.00-2,600.00 2,600.00