Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Supply of feeder cattle was light this week, consisting mostly of plainer-quality offerings. No trends were available due to the absence of a reported sale last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $396.78/cwt on 18 head, down $29.75 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 28 comparable sales and sits +0.04 against this barn's trailing median of $396.74.

Average price

$396.78

▼ 29.75 vs prior sale

18 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,116

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$20.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.48

vs AR average

−21.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	408.39	2,208	8thin
Medium and Large 2	527	387.49	2,043	10thin

One grade step is worth $20.89/cwt here — about $165 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 sale18 hd

396.78

—

AR average7 barns · 318 hd

403.25

−6.48

National average175 barns · 12,602 hd

418.26

−21.48

This barn, trailing median28 sales

396.74

+0.04

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	1,617	221.18	3,577	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,516	187.20	2,838	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,257	182.06	2,289	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	997	161.51	1,611	25

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)	1,180	$4,050	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,073	$4,050	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,158	$3,700	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,163	$3,101	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,378	$3,000	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,093	$2,524	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	845	$2,400	3thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	770	$2,400	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,205	$6,100	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	983	$4,403	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,171	$4,163	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,200	$3,300	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,133	$3,200	3thin

Every lot, as filed

109 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,542	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	412.93/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,168	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	604.48/cwt	590.00–625.00	1,959	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	522.78/cwt	500.00–545.00	2,211	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,310	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,365	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	422	478.48/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,019	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	445	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,203	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,692	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	353.78/cwt	350.00–357.50	2,406	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	455	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,161	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	550.91/cwt	530.00–565.00	1,774	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	378.45/cwt	372.50–387.50	2,384	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	342.53/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,442	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	488.79/cwt	485.00–490.00	2,341	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,652	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	433.77/cwt	432.50–435.00	2,646	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	400.81/cwt	400.00–402.50	2,273	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,660	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	486.04/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,041	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,028	271.03/cwt	255.00–275.00	2,786	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,069	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	443.07/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,517	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	357.51/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,793	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	361.48/cwt	350.00–377.50	2,563	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	402.50/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,435	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	535	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,301	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	470	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,880	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	983	4,403.39/head	4,200.00–4,500.00	4,403	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	2,309	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	645	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,322	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	4,850.00/head	4,850.00–4,850.00	4,850	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	3,887.93/head	3,650.00–3,950.00	3,888	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	479.71/cwt	465.00–500.00	2,485	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,821	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	206.05/cwt	200.00–215.00	2,339	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	705	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,186	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,163	3,101.29/head	2,650.00–3,350.00	3,101	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	206.20/cwt	169.00–252.50	2,083	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	178.49/cwt	178.00–179.00	2,187	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	173.66/cwt	170.00–179.00	1,874	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,003	1
Bulls	—	—	1,488	205.55/cwt	204.00–207.00	3,059	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	830	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,170	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	866	154.00/cwt	151.00–155.00	1,334	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	3,202	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,493	182.26/cwt	179.00–187.00	2,721	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	186.62/cwt	181.00–194.00	2,409	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	161.63/cwt	157.00–168.00	1,649	16
Bulls	—	—	1,755	234.74/cwt	230.00–240.00	4,120	2
Bulls	—	—	1,631	223.65/cwt	218.00–229.00	3,648	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	4,050.00/head	4,050.00–4,050.00	4,050	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,093	2,524.37/head	2,500.00–2,550.00	2,524	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,073	4,050.00/head	4,050.00–4,050.00	4,050	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	175.53/cwt	168.00–182.50	1,799	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	6,100.00/head	6,100.00–6,100.00	6,100	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,378	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	529.22/cwt	500.00–545.00	1,990	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	435.02/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,288	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	369	558.73/cwt	550.00–570.00	2,062	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	394.29/cwt	372.50–417.50	2,468	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	371.11/cwt	355.00–387.50	2,152	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	510.73/cwt	480.00–535.00	2,186	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	582.64/cwt	550.00–615.00	1,876	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	477	420.62/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,006	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	391.59/cwt	375.00–402.50	2,013	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	460.12/cwt	445.00–470.00	1,979	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	895	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	309.85/cwt	305.00–315.00	2,395	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	423.75/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,420	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	505	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	368.41/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,280	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	499.26/cwt	470.00–525.00	1,802	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	404.78/cwt	392.50–410.00	1,951	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,536	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	459.58/cwt	425.00–472.50	2,169	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	577.54/cwt	575.00–580.00	1,935	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,657	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	526.58/cwt	495.00–545.00	2,006	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,193	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,266	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	396.64/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,301	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,228	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	497.31/cwt	480.00–525.00	2,312	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	404.58/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,144	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	388.78/cwt	385.00–392.50	2,449	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	491.09/cwt	460.00–510.00	2,063	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,020	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	520.56/cwt	500.00–527.50	1,671	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,012	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	358	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,059	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	455.70/cwt	430.00–470.00	2,160	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	545	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,240	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	480	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,920	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	513.57/cwt	512.50–517.50	1,936	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,467	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	540.73/cwt	540.00–545.00	2,190	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,967	2

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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