Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder cattle supply was moderate, with offerings consisting largely of plainer-quality cattle. Demand was lighter, particularly for calves carrying excess flesh and heavier hair coats as summer conditions approach. Feeder steers sold $5.00 to $10.00 lower, while feeder heifers sold steady to $5.00 lower. Slaughter cattle sold $5.00 to $10.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $401.69/cwt on 50 head, up $23.99 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 18 of 28 comparable sales and sits +4.95 against this barn's trailing median of $396.74.

Average price

$401.69

▲ 23.99 vs prior sale

50 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,236

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$8.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.86

vs AR average

−3.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	560	403.53	2,259	39
Medium and Large 1	545	395.16	2,155	11thin

One grade step is worth $8.36/cwt here — about $104 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale50 hd

401.69

—

AR average9 barns · 311 hd

391.83

+9.86

National average170 barns · 11,904 hd

404.76

−3.07

This barn, trailing median28 sales

396.74

+4.95

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	—	High	1,723	214.43	3,694	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,122	170.64	1,914	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,455	169.00	2,459	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	962	158.19	1,521	11

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,045	$2,800	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,105	$2,600	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	920	$2,568	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,225	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	725	$1,800	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	715	$1,700	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	720	$1,500	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,238	$3,975	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	933	$2,967	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,000	$2,700	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	900	$3,550	1thin

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 1Fleshy	450–500	469	400.09/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,876	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	347.45/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,373	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	305	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	570	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,109	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	615	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,060	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	443	464.97/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,060	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	557.48/cwt	555.00–560.00	1,968	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	491.70/cwt	475.00–520.00	1,829	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	525	407.36/cwt	402.50–412.50	2,139	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,567	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	630	377.50/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,378	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	436.61/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,847	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	379.19/cwt	367.50–385.00	2,283	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	434.12/cwt	430.00–442.50	2,266	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	425.31/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,020	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	497.54/cwt	485.00–505.00	2,090	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	532.52/cwt	530.00–535.00	1,667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	405.95/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,078	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	427.73/cwt	415.00–442.50	2,648	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	528.20/cwt	515.00–560.00	1,981	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,234	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	327.16/cwt	327.00–327.50	2,872	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	453.99/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,957	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,844	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	386.17/cwt	382.50–400.00	2,213	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	573	395.02/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,263	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	457.70/cwt	447.50–475.00	2,115	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	427	421.46/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,800	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	459.97/cwt	445.00–470.00	2,360	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	474	440.78/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,089	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	900	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	2
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	520	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,158	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	370	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	375	455.09/cwt	440.00–465.00	1,707	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,238	3,974.95/head	3,300.00–4,600.00	3,975	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,000	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,093	223.89/cwt	207.50–235.00	2,447	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	430	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,935	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	725	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	720	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	715	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	840	2,326.49/head	2,200.00–2,450.00	2,326	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,280	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	161.54/cwt	160.00–163.00	1,858	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,035	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,863	1
Bulls	—	—	1,734	223.31/cwt	221.00–229.00	3,872	6
Bulls	—	—	1,816	209.79/cwt	204.00–216.00	3,810	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,354	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	964	157.52/cwt	152.50–164.00	1,518	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	890	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,758	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,289	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	907	171.82/cwt	168.00–179.00	1,558	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,459	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,126	171.90/cwt	169.00–175.00	1,936	7
Bulls	—	—	1,095	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,070	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	540	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,444	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	429	495.94/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,128	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	2,220	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	227.63/cwt	225.00–230.00	2,401	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	380	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,805	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	336.73/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,290	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	431.52/cwt	400.00–470.00	1,838	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	355	527.50/cwt	525.00–530.00	1,873	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	500	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	595	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,225	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	402	451.28/cwt	410.00–455.00	1,814	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	337.40/cwt	327.50–347.50	2,439	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	435.57/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,017	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	395.38/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,862	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	516.34/cwt	495.00–540.00	1,750	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	400	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,940	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	297.50/cwt	282.50–312.50	2,306	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	416.77/cwt	400.00–445.00	2,213	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	378.96/cwt	355.00–402.50	2,103	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	418.94/cwt	405.00–427.50	2,149	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	313	560.08/cwt	550.00–570.00	1,753	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	560	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,436	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	484.20/cwt	450.00–515.00	1,777	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,227	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	430.15/cwt	405.00–440.00	2,060	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,328	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,329	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	542	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,358	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	413.91/cwt	385.00–435.00	2,330	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	352.48/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,185	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	462	430.91/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,991	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	504.77/cwt	490.00–535.00	1,858	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	453.61/cwt	425.00–495.00	1,710	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	335.19/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,068	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	593	332.49/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,972	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	516.61/cwt	490.00–545.00	1,720	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	419.95/cwt	405.00–427.50	2,759	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	488.29/cwt	475.00–500.00	2,070	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	385.70/cwt	365.00–400.00	2,006	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	333.35/cwt	322.50–340.00	2,233	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	300	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	476	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,099	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	350.54/cwt	342.00–357.50	2,731	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	467.07/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,223	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	665	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,261	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	483.45/cwt	435.00–520.00	1,586	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	363.71/cwt	357.50–377.50	2,611	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	593.83/cwt	570.00–620.00	1,900	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	446.93/cwt	440.00–465.00	2,561	5

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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