Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, on a moderate supply of feeders, overall demand remained strong, with feeder steers and heifers selling steady to $8.00 higher. There were several standout drafts of 7-weight heifers marked fancy that sold on strong demand. Offerings of replacement cattle this week were mostly in thin-flesh condition. On a strong test, slaughter cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $400.50/cwt on 39 head, down $1.56 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 28 comparable sales and sits +3.76 against this barn's trailing median of $396.74.

Average price

$400.50

▼ 1.56 vs prior sale

39 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,196

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$12.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.68

vs AR average

−21.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	405.65	2,225	23
Medium and Large 2	548	393.10	2,154	16thin

One grade step is worth $12.56/cwt here — about $71 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 sale39 hd

400.50

—

AR average8 barns · 252 hd

409.18

−8.68

National average167 barns · 11,519 hd

422.17

−21.67

This barn, trailing median28 sales

396.74

+3.76

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	1,587	211.65	3,359	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,514	176.51	2,672	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,274	173.23	2,208	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,013	159.39	1,614	29

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)	1,170	$3,643	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,047	$2,969	21
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,199	$2,962	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	952	$2,759	15
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,074	$2,633	12
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	901	$2,600	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,057	$2,542	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,007	$2,429	11
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,065	$2,300	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	920	$3,650	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	903	$2,754	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	989	$3,528	21
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,000	$3,050	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	990	$2,626	5

Every lot, as filed

131 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	318	622.01/cwt	610.00–635.00	1,978	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	568	427.53/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,428	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	480	524.05/cwt	520.00–535.00	2,515	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	435	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,284	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	519.89/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,695	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	390	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	338.12/cwt	337.50–340.00	2,282	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	250–300	299	612.50/cwt	612.50–612.50	1,831	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	465	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,151	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	383	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,107	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	337.18/cwt	335.00–337.50	2,613	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	423	487.37/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,062	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	380.25/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,209	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	509.77/cwt	480.00–522.50	2,202	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,356	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	539.15/cwt	515.00–565.00	2,043	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	464.92/cwt	440.00–515.00	1,985	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	338.56/cwt	327.50–344.00	2,434	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	314.69/cwt	307.50–321.00	2,606	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	359.41/cwt	353.00–372.50	2,476	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	450.31/cwt	430.00–485.00	2,143	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	385	489.84/cwt	487.50–495.00	1,886	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	379.49/cwt	377.50–380.00	2,383	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	422.47/cwt	400.00–437.50	2,222	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	405.94/cwt	390.00–417.50	2,091	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	428.46/cwt	395.00–442.50	2,005	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	574	374.22/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,148	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	530	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,120	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	393.91/cwt	387.50–415.00	2,285	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	427	468.34/cwt	467.50–470.00	2,000	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	487.76/cwt	460.00–545.00	1,800	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	459.28/cwt	450.00–468.00	2,595	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	335	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	561.84/cwt	540.00–580.00	2,393	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	300–350	320	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	431.52/cwt	415.00–440.00	2,395	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	520	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,340	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	397.12/cwt	385.00–415.00	2,454	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	460	492.50/cwt	490.00–495.00	2,266	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	668.25/cwt	640.00–695.00	2,118	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	598.54/cwt	560.00–620.00	2,197	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	502.48/cwt	477.50–520.00	2,608	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	420.00/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,772	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	315	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	2,079	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	529.67/cwt	520.00–560.00	2,484	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	537.84/cwt	502.50–555.00	2,022	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	590.96/cwt	565.00–625.00	1,974	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	506.16/cwt	475.00–519.00	2,166	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	620	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,852	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	481.90/cwt	470.00–487.50	2,323	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	700–750	715	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,771	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	375	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,231	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	517	479.09/cwt	472.50–510.00	2,477	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	300	715.00/cwt	715.00–715.00	2,145	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	365	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,336	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	444.90/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,336	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	650	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	399.65/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,278	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	420	547.56/cwt	545.00–550.00	2,300	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	320	695.00/cwt	695.00–695.00	2,224	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	360	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,124	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	318	639.45/cwt	630.00–650.00	2,033	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	580	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,074	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	172.61/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,761	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	163.90/cwt	158.00–167.00	1,962	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	174.01/cwt	171.00–179.00	2,311	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	143.08/cwt	138.00–147.00	1,223	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	164.45/cwt	159.00–169.00	1,720	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	154.03/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,594	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	175.35/cwt	173.00–178.00	2,548	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,695	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,051	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	184.87/cwt	183.00–188.00	2,274	4
Bulls	—	—	1,310	198.18/cwt	196.00–202.00	2,596	3
Bulls	—	—	1,900	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	4,332	2
Bulls	—	—	1,690	215.50/cwt	213.00–218.00	3,642	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,157	3,122.54/head	2,200.00–3,450.00	3,123	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,520	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,675	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	2,325.90/head	2,300.00–2,350.00	2,326	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	985	2,451.70/head	2,300.00–2,550.00	2,452	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,067	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,033	2,539.72/head	2,400.00–2,650.00	2,540	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	3,642.63/head	3,350.00–3,900.00	3,643	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,298	2,933.53/head	2,500.00–3,250.00	2,934	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,037	3,663.77/head	2,500.00–4,250.00	3,664	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	867	2,719.38/head	2,600.00–2,800.00	2,719	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,018	219.99/cwt	215.00–225.00	2,239	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	875	218.97/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,916	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	915	220.31/cwt	180.00–295.00	2,016	12
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	2,753.74/head	2,600.00–2,900.00	2,754	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,074	2,632.99/head	2,500.00–2,700.00	2,633	12
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,078	2,954.29/head	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,954	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	215.98/cwt	187.50–245.00	2,311	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	933	2,728.94/head	2,625.00–2,800.00	2,729	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	354.96/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,247	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	480	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,872	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	710	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,201	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	567.76/cwt	550.00–600.00	1,794	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	427.36/cwt	422.50–440.00	2,436	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	533.54/cwt	515.00–550.00	1,974	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	827	347.64/cwt	335.00–356.00	2,875	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	726	405.06/cwt	394.00–417.50	2,941	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	775	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	3,178	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	366.59/cwt	360.00–372.50	2,610	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	522.92/cwt	500.00–540.00	2,479	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,373	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,467	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	443.31/cwt	417.50–455.00	2,252	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	503.29/cwt	475.00–525.00	2,119	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	548.53/cwt	535.00–570.00	2,337	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	497.74/cwt	465.00–520.00	2,588	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	594.09/cwt	565.00–615.00	1,889	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	374.72/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,316	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	385.04/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,522	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	453.94/cwt	435.00–465.00	2,124	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Full	350–400	380	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,824	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	438	516.30/cwt	507.50–525.00	2,261	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	580	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	515	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,215	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	568.92/cwt	560.00–580.00	2,156	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	945	3,403.85/head	3,000.00–3,500.00	3,404	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,000	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	988	2,645.57/head	2,000.00–3,150.00	2,646	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	901	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	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.

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