Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-06-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, with the hot weather and the upcoming Holiday weekend, feeders were in light supply. Demand was stronger for lightweight calves carrying extra condition. Market trends were not well established because of the limited receipts. Slaughter cattle were also in light supply, with insufficient numbers to establish a market trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $417.72/cwt on 29 head, up $21.10 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 28 comparable sales and sits +20.98 against this barn's trailing median of $396.74.

Average price

$417.72

▲ 21.10 vs prior sale

29 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,270

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$42.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.82

vs AR average

−3.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	432.39	2,339	19thin
Medium and Large 2	548	389.83	2,136	10thin

One grade step is worth $42.56/cwt here — about $203 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale29 hd

417.72

—

AR average6 barns · 153 hd

403.89

+13.82

National average35 barns · 2,897 hd

421.17

−3.45

This barn, trailing median28 sales

396.74

+20.98

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	1,644	218.21	3,587	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,440	195.00	2,808	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,150	182.33	2,097	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,005	164.27	1,651	7thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	888	$3,300	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	815	$2,806	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,180	$2,800	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,120	$5,100	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 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	315	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,859	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	540.00/cwt	500.00–580.00	1,836	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	488	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	2,425	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,274	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,362	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	309	627.53/cwt	610.00–650.00	1,939	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	353.77/cwt	347.50–360.00	2,912	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	417.69/cwt	375.00–470.00	1,971	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	479.79/cwt	460.00–502.50	2,490	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	531.87/cwt	515.00–540.00	1,909	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	442.31/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,680	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	309	569.86/cwt	565.00–580.00	1,761	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,844	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	429.64/cwt	410.00–455.00	2,062	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	452.14/cwt	447.50–465.00	2,595	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	528.23/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,139	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,173	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	560.02/cwt	550.00–575.00	2,100	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	439.87/cwt	430.00–452.50	2,349	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	374.96/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,861	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	428.29/cwt	415.00–450.00	2,364	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	595	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,484	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	287	600.23/cwt	580.00–610.00	1,723	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	635	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,286	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	1,898	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,486	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,909	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	484.95/cwt	480.00–490.00	2,245	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,430	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	435	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	438.01/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,076	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,370	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	405	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,025	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	395	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,054	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	335	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,893	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	888	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,969	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	573	386.20/cwt	382.50–390.00	2,213	2
Bulls	—	—	1,685	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	3,876	1
Bulls	—	—	1,693	217.35/cwt	216.00–219.00	3,680	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,760	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,808	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,577	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,102	176.77/cwt	173.00–184.00	1,948	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,943	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,574	1
Bulls	—	—	1,455	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	3,041	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,550	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	156.47/cwt	154.00–159.00	1,618	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,967	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	377	576.81/cwt	570.00–580.00	2,175	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	610	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,501	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	5,100.00/head	5,100.00–5,100.00	5,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	2,806.44/head	2,650.00–2,950.00	2,806	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	288.91/cwt	255.00–335.00	2,355	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	491.99/cwt	475.00–510.00	2,130	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	708	376.25/cwt	375.00–377.50	2,664	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	417.35/cwt	400.00–435.00	2,441	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	540.00/cwt	530.00–550.00	1,944	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	346.18/cwt	342.50–350.00	2,683	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	428	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,290	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	315	691.88/cwt	660.00–700.00	2,179	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,241	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,135	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	411.99/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,953	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	719	329.93/cwt	315.00–340.00	2,372	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	305	575.74/cwt	560.00–620.00	1,756	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	536.58/cwt	525.00–555.00	1,744	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	409.57/cwt	400.00–417.50	2,318	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	475.16/cwt	455.00–500.00	1,787	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	427.71/cwt	405.00–440.00	1,796	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	378.11/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,341	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,835	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	336.70/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,279	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	915	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,837	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	434.06/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,257	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	361.09/cwt	350.00–390.00	2,268	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	416.93/cwt	370.00–440.00	2,193	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	404.12/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,105	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	472.18/cwt	440.00–500.00	1,997	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,902	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	375.54/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,159	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,244	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,414	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,639	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	389	491.80/cwt	460.00–520.00	1,913	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,130	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	353	517.52/cwt	515.00–520.00	1,827	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	250–300	295	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,918	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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