Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, supply on feeders was light as many producers were in the hay fields this week, and it is getting to that time of year when supply on feeders is becoming harder to come by. On a light test, feeder steers and heifers sold $15.00-$20.00 higher. With the feeder board showing positive gains this week, demand was strong. Slaughter cattle also saw strong demand, selling $15.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $444.16/cwt on 30 head, up $15.53 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 26 comparable sales and sits −0.93 against this barn's trailing median of $445.09.

Average price

$444.16

▲ 15.53 vs prior sale

30 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,390

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$111

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

$10.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.26

vs AR average

−14.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	449.51	2,449	14thin
Medium and Large 2	532	439.47	2,338	16thin

One grade step is worth $10.04/cwt here — about $111 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

26 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $478.83, low $392.00, median $445.09 across 26 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 sale30 hd

444.16

—

AR average9 barns · 542 hd

435.89

+8.26

National average161 barns · 9,107 hd

459.05

−14.89

This barn, trailing median26 sales

445.09

−0.93

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	—	Average	1,691	213.78	3,615	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,398	182.97	2,558	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,178	180.66	2,129	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,039	164.73	1,712	17

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)	1,260	$3,550	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,080	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,010	$215	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,200	$3,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	700	$2,450	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$3,650	1thin

Every lot, as filed

91 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 2	400–450	400	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,940	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,126	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	471.81/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,958	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	534.48/cwt	525.00–550.00	1,726	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	400.67/cwt	385.00–430.00	2,472	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	469	475.60/cwt	472.50–480.00	2,231	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	700–750	715	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,503	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,966	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	422.58/cwt	402.50–435.00	2,426	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	344.93/cwt	342.50–347.50	2,311	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,556	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	523.03/cwt	500.00–555.00	2,212	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,473	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	495.84/cwt	475.00–515.00	2,330	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	476	417.11/cwt	410.00–428.00	1,985	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	545.07/cwt	540.00–550.00	1,935	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	281.28/cwt	275.00–287.50	2,546	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	432.04/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,273	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	439.06/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,520	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	446.89/cwt	435.00–462.50	2,315	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	425	483.04/cwt	475.00–500.00	2,053	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	513.28/cwt	480.00–530.00	2,187	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	474.22/cwt	460.00–500.00	2,262	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	618.19/cwt	580.00–645.00	2,034	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,552	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	700	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,345	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	640	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,144	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	590	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,230	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	404.78/cwt	385.00–420.00	2,267	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	535	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,247	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	700	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	575	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	507	413.94/cwt	410.00–415.00	2,099	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	418	497.19/cwt	490.00–505.00	2,078	2
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	644	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,497	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	877	154.26/cwt	148.00–159.00	1,353	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	176.68/cwt	170.00–185.00	2,090	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	167.37/cwt	163.00–169.00	1,746	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,122	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,164	193.40/cwt	191.00–195.00	2,251	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	173.35/cwt	170.00–182.00	1,943	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,112	191.98/cwt	179.00–212.50	2,135	5
Bulls	—	—	1,970	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	4,492	1
Bulls	—	—	1,598	209.04/cwt	207.00–211.00	3,340	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,813	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,387	181.46/cwt	179.00–186.00	2,517	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	319	558.47/cwt	545.00–575.00	1,782	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	438.92/cwt	426.00–448.00	2,317	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,010	215.00/head	215.00–215.00	215	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	2,081	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,440	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	3,024	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	372.45/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,123	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	530.05/cwt	510.00–540.00	2,030	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	417.85/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,985	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	456.22/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,204	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	427	466.56/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,992	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	421	519.12/cwt	510.00–530.00	2,185	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	444.34/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,106	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	383	509.98/cwt	505.00–515.00	1,953	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	514.89/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,689	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	400.96/cwt	385.00–415.00	2,081	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	502.96/cwt	495.00–505.00	2,122	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	515	472.26/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,432	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	358.20/cwt	343.00–365.00	2,418	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	463.65/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,720	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	384.90/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,436	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	438.89/cwt	410.00–455.00	1,887	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	385	554.94/cwt	550.00–560.00	2,137	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	318	622.81/cwt	575.00–645.00	1,981	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	385	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	418.35/cwt	407.50–427.50	2,184	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	395.37/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,297	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	535.69/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,746	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,349	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	1,742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	515	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,215	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	473	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,188	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	460	454.98/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,093	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	321.69/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,187	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	360.08/cwt	342.50–372.50	2,243	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	457.35/cwt	451.00–470.00	2,392	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	561.14/cwt	545.00–595.00	2,160	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	443.59/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,080	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	572.48/cwt	570.00–575.00	1,649	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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