Name: Hope Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough receipts to establish a market trend.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $326.40/cwt on 16 head, down $17.80 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −73.37 against this barn's trailing median of $399.76.

Average price

$326.40

▼ 17.80 vs prior sale

16 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,782

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$20.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−30.79

vs AR average

−64.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	332.75	1,817	11thin
Medium and Large 2	545	312.42	1,704	5thin

One grade step is worth $20.34/cwt here — about $114 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $481.97, low $323.28, median $399.76 across 31 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

326.40

—

AR average6 barns · 150 hd

357.19

−30.79

National average134 barns · 6,067 hd

390.59

−64.19

This barn, trailing median31 sales

399.76

−73.37

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	1,280	179.00	2,291	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,178	158.92	1,872	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,233	145.76	1,797	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,270	127.00	1,613	1thin

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,125	$2,050	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,163	$1,925	3thin

Every lot, as filed

49 lots · USDA AMS · Hope Livestock Auction - Hope, 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	450–500	455	331.07/cwt	315.00–339.00	1,506	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	429.85/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,440	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,694	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,640	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	317.58/cwt	307.00–336.00	1,807	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,163	1,925.25/head	1,850.00–2,050.00	1,925	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	349.53/cwt	339.00–359.00	1,479	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,634	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	305.42/cwt	300.00–311.00	2,031	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	262.83/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,511	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	282.48/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,751	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,353	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,654	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	316.27/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,686	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,528	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,270	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,613	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,178	158.92/cwt	158.00–160.00	1,872	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,555	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	146.85/cwt	143.00–150.00	1,828	8
Bulls	—	—	1,280	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,291	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	319.39/cwt	300.00–333.00	1,696	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	424.91/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,211	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	520	375.65/cwt	375.00–377.00	1,953	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,302	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	313.89/cwt	308.00–319.00	2,100	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	319.30/cwt	316.00–323.00	1,996	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	272.89/cwt	260.00–280.00	2,388	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,009	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	323.78/cwt	317.00–337.00	1,858	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	288.77/cwt	270.00–300.00	2,238	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	300.73/cwt	292.00–310.00	2,192	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	316.11/cwt	307.00–321.00	1,963	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	340.23/cwt	331.00–357.00	1,779	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	388.24/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,829	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,831	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	295.52/cwt	291.00–300.00	1,841	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	400–450	430	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	340.04/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,418	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,823	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,328	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,804	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	352.80/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,662	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	420.03/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,546	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.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Hope Livestock Auction - Hope, AR

Thu Sep 10, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 220Last week 392Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 61Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 14Year ago 0

Not enough receipts to establish a market trend.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	420.00	420.00
2	350–400	368	415.00–425.00	420.03
2	400–450	423	339.00–359.00	349.53
4	450–500	455	315.00–339.00	331.07
5	500–550	531	300.00–333.00	319.39
7	550–600	569	307.00–336.00	317.58
3	600–650	625	316.00–323.00	319.30
2	650–700	665	300.00–311.00	305.42
1	700–750	700	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	385.00	385.00
1	400–450	415	326.00	326.00
1	450–500	485	337.00	337.00
1	550–600	550	328.00	328.00
2	600–650	620	280.00–285.00	282.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	420.00	420.00
3	500–550	520	375.00–377.00	375.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	420.00–430.00	424.91
2	300–350	335	420.00–440.00	429.85
1	350–400	350	420.00	420.00
1	400–450	400	450.00	450.00
7	450–500	471	370.00–410.00	388.24
6	500–550	523	331.00–357.00	340.23
5	550–600	574	317.00–337.00	323.78
14	600–650	621	307.00–321.00	316.11
9	650–700	669	308.00–319.00	313.89
5	700–750	729	292.00–310.00	300.73
3	750–800	775	270.00–300.00	288.77
3	850–900	875	260.00–280.00	272.89
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	400.00	400.00
3	400–450	417	335.00–350.00	340.04
9	450–500	471	335.00–365.00	352.80
4	500–550	533	315.00–320.00	316.27
1	550–600	595	297.00	297.00
1	600–650	630	285.00	285.00
1	650–700	675	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	315.00	315.00
2	550–600	575	250.00–275.00	262.83
1	600–650	605	271.00	271.00
1	650–700	675	251.00	251.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	315.00	315.00
1	550–600	560	327.00	327.00
2	600–650	623	291.00–300.00	295.52

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,125	2,050.00	2,050.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,163	1,850.00–2,050.00	1,925.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	127.00	127.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,178	158.00–160.00	158.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	137.00	137.00
8	—	1,245	143.00–150.00	146.85
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	179.00	179.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Hope Livestock Auction - Hope, AR

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle