Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder cattle receipts were higher. Several offerings of pre-vaccinated cattle sold on good demand. Light-weaned and unweaned feeder steers and heifers sold on lighter demand, $15.00 to $25.00 lower. Slaughter cattle sold $10.00 to $15.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $363.09/cwt on 66 head, down $18.71 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 27 comparable sales and sits −81.07 against this barn's trailing median of $444.16.

Average price

$363.09

▼ 18.71 vs prior sale

66 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,020

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$35.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.07

vs AR average

−8.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	379.77	2,079	31
Medium and Large 1-2	587	352.79	2,071	16thin
Medium and Large 2	545	344.56	1,879	19thin

One grade step is worth $35.21/cwt here — about $199 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

27 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $478.83, low $350.71, median $444.16 across 27 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 sale66 hd

363.09

—

AR average8 barns · 223 hd

359.02

+4.07

National average157 barns · 5,984 hd

371.39

−8.30

This barn, trailing median27 sales

444.16

−81.07

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	1,533	185.43	2,842	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,464	159.01	2,327	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,300	157.49	2,047	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	996	138.86	1,383	18

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,210	$2,975	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,228	$2,893	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,175	$2,800	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	830	$2,550	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,049	$2,394	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$3,700	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$3,367	3thin

Every lot, as filed

122 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	300–350	325	446.42/cwt	430.00–465.00	1,451	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,449	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	485	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,734	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	369.35/cwt	350.00–373.00	1,725	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	427.98/cwt	412.50–445.00	1,575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	406.21/cwt	392.50–430.00	1,523	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	376.15/cwt	362.50–385.00	2,016	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	349.66/cwt	342.50–352.50	1,836	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	320.96/cwt	310.00–332.50	2,487	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,067	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	367.98/cwt	362.50–372.50	2,035	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	324.83/cwt	315.00–333.00	2,004	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	306.80/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,068	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	354.98/cwt	340.00–377.50	1,849	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	379.84/cwt	367.50–400.00	1,649	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	337.41/cwt	332.50–340.00	2,251	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	378	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,644	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,376	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	346.49/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,134	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,205	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,862	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	633	346.18/cwt	345.00–352.50	2,191	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	529	388.66/cwt	385.00–392.50	2,056	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	355.48/cwt	352.00–362.50	1,589	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	379.92/cwt	365.00–405.00	1,797	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,080	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,592	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	410.30/cwt	400.00–427.50	1,777	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	610	374.79/cwt	350.00–382.50	2,286	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	303.25/cwt	303.00–304.00	2,244	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	430	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	330.10/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,931	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,156	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	342.59/cwt	330.00–348.00	1,925	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	367.83/cwt	352.50–380.00	1,758	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	386.78/cwt	372.50–405.00	1,679	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	475	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,651	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	525	319.80/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,679	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	620	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,015	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	294.94/cwt	282.50–317.50	2,177	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	321.87/cwt	320.00–327.50	2,131	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,277	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	426.59/cwt	405.00–450.00	1,583	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	590	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,947	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	574	325.06/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,866	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	280.74/cwt	280.00–281.00	2,305	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	565	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	455	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,047	2,408.28/head	2,200.00–2,800.00	2,408	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,055	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	515	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	830	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,215	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,968	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,588	157.51/cwt	157.00–158.00	2,501	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	161.56/cwt	160.00–164.00	2,104	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	124.09/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,319	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	152.01/cwt	148.00–160.00	1,464	4
Bulls	—	—	1,636	190.49/cwt	185.00–197.00	3,116	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	900	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	153.41/cwt	149.00–158.00	1,990	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	141.90/cwt	132.00–154.00	1,442	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	680	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	802	1
Bulls	—	—	810	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,215	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	363	414.97/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,506	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,129	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,495	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,766	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	2,974.69/head	2,950.00–3,000.00	2,975	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,737	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,228	2,892.87/head	2,800.00–3,000.00	2,893	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	405	387.53/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,569	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	450	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	340.43/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,614	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	335.10/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,749	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	370.57/cwt	357.50–375.00	1,771	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	352.14/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,810	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	650–700	660	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,112	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	500	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,838	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	344.72/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,624	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	312.50/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,931	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	293.71/cwt	282.50–305.00	1,947	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	324.21/cwt	317.50–330.00	2,043	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	383.33/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,618	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	505	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,768	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,639	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,938	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	381.35/cwt	355.00–400.00	1,468	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	585	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,492	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	353.07/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,508	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,186	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	393	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,651	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	333.13/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,925	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	396.80/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,460	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	394.94/cwt	372.50–405.00	1,418	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	385.64/cwt	370.00–415.00	1,273	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	609	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,046	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	558	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,897	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,870	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	300.57/cwt	291.00–310.00	1,984	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	328.92/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,717	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	372.53/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,587	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	724	340.06/cwt	337.50–340.25	2,462	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	664	353.39/cwt	342.50–357.50	2,347	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	515	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,957	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	314.68/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,803	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	355	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,527	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	445	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	770	345.03/cwt	342.50–347.50	2,657	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	566	387.15/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,191	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	324.48/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,365	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,437	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	352.79/cwt	352.50–353.00	2,071	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,098	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	650	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,438	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	585	355.91/cwt	355.00–367.50	2,082	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	324.01/cwt	320.00–326.00	1,999	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	405	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,681	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	716	347.42/cwt	340.00–357.50	2,488	4

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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