Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There will be a pre-vac sale the first week in February on 2-3-26. The sale starts at 11 a.m.

Compared to last week, with the upcoming winter weather forecasted and some plainer offerings on feeders this week, demand was held back, especially on light-weight calves. Feeder steers and heifers across the board were trading $10.00-$15.00 lower. Slaughter cattle held steady with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $366.54/cwt on 44 head, down $17.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −30.19 against this barn's trailing median of $396.74.

Average price

$366.54

▼ 17.17 vs prior sale

44 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,009

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$22.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.61

vs AR average

−44.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	377.67	2,066	22
Medium and Large 2	549	355.42	1,951	22

One grade step is worth $22.24/cwt here — about $114 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

28 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.53, low $366.54, median $396.74 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 sale44 hd

366.54

—

AR average7 barns · 280 hd

382.15

−15.61

National average175 barns · 20,266 hd

410.87

−44.33

This barn, trailing median28 sales

396.74

−30.19

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	—	Low	1,580	174.47	2,757	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,217	159.12	1,937	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,498	154.67	2,317	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,036	134.96	1,398	19

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,175	$3,650	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,193	$2,848	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,204	$2,813	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	885	$2,775	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,020	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,260	$2,423	3thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,040	$4,100	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	887	$3,744	5
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	860	$3,125	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	995	$2,650	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,703	$4,192	2thin

Every lot, as filed

113 lots · USDA AMS · Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC - Searcy, 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 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	480	392.45/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,884	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,075	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	413.70/cwt	410.00–417.50	2,515	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	488	437.46/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,135	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	580	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,233	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	370	487.67/cwt	475.00–500.00	1,804	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	426.04/cwt	417.50–435.00	2,433	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	445	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,047	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,118	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	360.91/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,725	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	330	465.00/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,535	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	310	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,643	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	568	361.26/cwt	360.00–362.50	2,052	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	430	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	415.50/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,346	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	410.56/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,531	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	318.08/cwt	310.00–332.50	1,982	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	346.71/cwt	337.50–355.00	1,990	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,121	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	358.01/cwt	345.00–367.50	1,869	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,602	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	386.40/cwt	360.00–415.00	1,604	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,108	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	473.29/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,524	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	457.33/cwt	430.00–482.50	1,953	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	444.34/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,364	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	387.16/cwt	370.00–405.00	2,257	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	760	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	740	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,572	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,911	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,467	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	480.32/cwt	450.00–515.00	2,282	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	552.26/cwt	520.00–580.00	2,065	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	355.83/cwt	350.00–362.50	2,687	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	561.64/cwt	540.00–580.00	1,831	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	453.62/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,647	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	514.77/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,699	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	349.70/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,343	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	355.36/cwt	348.00–367.50	2,221	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	499.03/cwt	480.00–530.00	2,121	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	348.77/cwt	347.50–350.00	2,825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	500	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	419.60/cwt	395.00–440.00	1,939	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	412.02/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,134	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	360	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	464.61/cwt	445.00–480.00	2,007	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	392.44/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,402	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	324.00/cwt	310.00–337.50	2,193	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	407.40/cwt	385.00–425.00	1,951	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	385	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,060	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	305	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,739	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	490	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,083	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	390	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,950	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,047	133.53/cwt	125.00–139.00	1,398	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	145.49/cwt	140.00–157.00	1,548	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	119.40/cwt	115.00–122.00	1,152	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	154.67/cwt	154.00–155.00	2,317	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,956	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	163.42/cwt	160.00–167.00	2,017	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	156.99/cwt	152.00–159.00	1,863	8
Bulls	—	—	1,308	161.54/cwt	155.00–168.00	2,113	2
Bulls	—	—	1,615	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	3,117	1
Bulls	—	—	1,835	178.13/cwt	175.00–181.00	3,269	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	2,423.08/head	2,000.00–2,900.00	2,423	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,056	210.21/cwt	172.00–282.50	2,220	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	4,100.00/head	4,100.00–4,100.00	4,100	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	3,125.00/head	3,125.00–3,125.00	3,125	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	887	3,744.07/head	3,600.00–3,825.00	3,744	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,094	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	2,775.00/head	2,775.00–2,775.00	2,775	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,193	2,848.01/head	2,750.00–3,000.00	2,848	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,204	2,813.16/head	2,650.00–3,050.00	2,813	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,703	4,192.07/head	4,000.00–4,400.00	4,192	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	371.26/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,309	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,145	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	350.60/cwt	337.50–360.00	2,012	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	475.51/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,807	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	344.88/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,121	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	370.19/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,092	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	427.90/cwt	400.00–447.50	2,033	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	281.46/cwt	271.00–292.50	2,316	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	390.45/cwt	372.50–415.00	2,058	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	360	456.30/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,643	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	457.35/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,962	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	525	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,929	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	478	397.41/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,900	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	660	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,046	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	467.37/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,729	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	339.80/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,117	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	417.45/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,171	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	590	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	550	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	415	418.73/cwt	415.00–422.20	1,738	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	505	406.16/cwt	397.50–415.00	2,051	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	499.25/cwt	490.00–515.00	2,137	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	430	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,032	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	467.76/cwt	405.00–515.00	1,511	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	393.54/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,050	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	278	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,404	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	431.23/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,850	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	412.86/cwt	385.00–435.00	2,329	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	578	372.42/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,153	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	551.77/cwt	530.00–585.00	1,810	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	471.77/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,246	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,093	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	547.88/cwt	525.00–575.00	2,033	13

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.

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