Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, losses on the feeder cattle board and much-needed rainfall across the region likely contributed to lighter feeder supply this week. On a very light test, feeder steers sold $20.00-$25.00 lower, while feeder heifers sold $15.00-$20.00 lower. Slaughter cattle traded steady to $5.00 lower. Replacement bulls included some quality offerings and sold with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $377.69/cwt on 16 head, down $19.09 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 28 comparable sales and sits −19.04 against this barn's trailing median of $396.74.

Average price

$377.69

▼ 19.09 vs prior sale

16 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,063

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

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

$31.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.15

vs AR average

−29.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	399.51	2,230	5thin
Medium and Large 2	541	367.78	1,989	11thin

One grade step is worth $31.73/cwt here — about $241 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 sale16 hd

377.69

—

AR average8 barns · 294 hd

398.85

−21.15

National average128 barns · 4,974 hd

407.44

−29.75

This barn, trailing median28 sales

396.74

−19.04

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	1,529	219.93	3,364	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,435	177.55	2,547	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,236	174.52	2,156	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,023	164.43	1,683	14

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,175	$2,892	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	720	$1,875	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	970	$2,600	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,513	$5,207	3thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,215	$4,974	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	850	$3,850	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	850	$3,050	2thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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 1	650–700	677	349.17/cwt	340.00–357.50	2,364	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	450.93/cwt	445.00–460.00	2,173	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,009	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	523	421.70/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,205	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	482.32/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,002	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,516	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	519.76/cwt	500.00–540.00	2,173	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	523.28/cwt	500.00–545.00	1,962	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	309.74/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,400	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	590.16/cwt	570.00–600.00	1,889	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	353.75/cwt	350.00–357.50	2,459	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	403.25/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,924	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	456.00/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,933	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	375.02/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,205	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	442	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,077	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	375	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,819	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,445	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,394	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	538.39/cwt	535.00–545.00	2,008	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	850	3,850.00/head	3,850.00–3,850.00	3,850	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	450.77/cwt	440.00–465.00	2,083	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	580	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,074	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	505	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,172	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	483	432.51/cwt	430.00–435.00	2,089	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	625	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	720	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	520	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,600	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	229.71/cwt	205.00–255.00	2,332	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,369	4,560.04/head	3,300.00–5,600.00	4,560	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,800	6,500.00/head	6,500.00–6,500.00	6,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	600	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bulls	—	—	1,213	209.20/cwt	206.00–214.00	2,538	5
Bulls	—	—	1,698	223.00/cwt	218.00–228.00	3,787	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	169.60/cwt	165.00–174.00	1,813	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	183.58/cwt	182.00–185.00	2,566	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	175.83/cwt	172.00–179.00	2,541	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,038	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,937	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,118	241.09/cwt	235.00–247.00	2,695	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	542.21/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,768	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	600	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	395.47/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,859	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,013	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	411.69/cwt	392.50–425.00	1,931	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	371.01/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,300	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	454.84/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,338	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	395.79/cwt	375.00–415.00	2,236	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,658	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	404.76/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,125	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	453.13/cwt	440.00–475.00	1,754	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	700–750	700	333.75/cwt	330.00–337.50	2,336	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	418	489.97/cwt	485.00–495.00	2,048	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	423.56/cwt	400.00–447.50	1,978	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	454.65/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,964	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,862	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	327	533.16/cwt	525.00–550.00	1,743	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,354	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	433.39/cwt	415.00–445.00	1,820	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	363.84/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,059	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	420	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,974	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	340.16/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,092	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,242	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	371.06/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,930	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	314.71/cwt	300.00–330.00	2,140	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,331	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,144	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	3,038	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	2,891.81/head	2,800.00–3,000.00	2,892	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,470	192.29/cwt	187.00–198.00	2,827	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	489.98/cwt	475.00–500.00	1,666	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	142.52/cwt	142.00–143.00	1,311	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	898	160.46/cwt	159.00–162.00	1,441	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,425	1
Bulls	—	—	1,595	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	3,924	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	175.91/cwt	173.00–179.00	2,153	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	4,974.49/head	4,600.00–5,300.00	4,974	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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