Name: Hope Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600lbs traded unevenly steady while feeder steers over 600lbs traded 5.00-10.00 higher. Not enough comparable receipts to establish a market trend for feeder heifers. Slaughter cattle sold steady to 5.00 lower. Link to video sale;https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3628.pdf

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $358.83/cwt on 45 head, down $1.15 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 30 comparable sales and sits −41.75 against this barn's trailing median of $400.58.

Average price

$358.83

▼ 1.15 vs prior sale

45 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,968

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$10.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.54

vs AR average

−46.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	362.03	2,001	31
Medium and Large 2	539	351.74	1,896	14thin

One grade step is worth $10.28/cwt here — about $105 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

30 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $481.97, low $323.28, median $400.58 across 30 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 sale45 hd

358.83

—

AR average8 barns · 425 hd

386.37

−27.54

National average172 barns · 11,871 hd

405.75

−46.92

This barn, trailing median30 sales

400.58

−41.75

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	1,765	176.94	3,123	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,372	145.51	1,996	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,245	135.91	1,692	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,047	125.07	1,310	6thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	975	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,135	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,060	$2,100	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,170	$1,930	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,215	$1,900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	945	$1,900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

68 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
Bulls	—	—	1,780	190.54/cwt	189.00–194.00	3,392	3
Bulls	—	—	1,743	156.54/cwt	155.00–158.00	2,728	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,339	143.87/cwt	141.00–147.00	1,926	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,532	156.03/cwt	155.00–157.00	2,390	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	136.73/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,698	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	2,016	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	378.17/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,804	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,466	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,081	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,692	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	384.88/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,459	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,211	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	429.06/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,600	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	1,929.70/head	1,650.00–2,200.00	1,930	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,344	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	327.84/cwt	309.00–339.00	2,023	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,126	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	412.30/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,925	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	450–500	495	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	359.85/cwt	348.00–367.00	1,875	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,355	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	454.88/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,401	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	355.35/cwt	339.00–375.00	1,699	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	413.78/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,717	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	437.50/cwt	415.00–460.00	1,203	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	419.51/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,569	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,154	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	410.60/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,741	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	339.37/cwt	328.00–349.00	1,609	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,255	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,657	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	129.00/cwt	127.00–131.00	1,520	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	129.54/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,464	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	122.83/cwt	116.00–126.00	1,236	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	325.89/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,301	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	443.21/cwt	425.00–465.00	1,848	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,843	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,993	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	331.48/cwt	328.00–337.00	1,936	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	370.31/cwt	353.00–391.00	1,578	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,304	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,323	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	346.85/cwt	330.00–359.00	2,161	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,118	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	323.41/cwt	319.00–329.00	2,513	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	475.69/cwt	450.00–495.00	1,751	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	351.32/cwt	341.00–365.00	2,013	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	381.50/cwt	369.00–410.00	1,969	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	308.36/cwt	297.00–326.00	2,103	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	288.00/cwt	285.00–291.00	2,146	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	318.31/cwt	310.00–324.00	1,954	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	326.98/cwt	311.00–339.00	1,857	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	334.86/cwt	329.00–350.00	1,741	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	300.11/cwt	290.00–310.00	2,611	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	523.80/cwt	500.00–545.00	1,671	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,301	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	345.58/cwt	341.00–351.00	2,322	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,375	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	500	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,075	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	560	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,464	1

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 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 632Last week 422Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 96Last week 83Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 89Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,780	189.00–194.00	190.54
2	—	1,743	155.00–158.00	156.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,339	141.00–147.00	143.87
3	—	1,532	155.00–157.00	156.03
1	—	1,255	132.00	132.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,242	133.00–140.00	136.73
1	—	1,400	144.00	144.00
2	—	1,178	127.00–131.00	129.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,130	129.00–130.00	129.54
4	—	1,006	116.00–126.00	122.83

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	480.00	480.00
1	300–350	340	445.00	445.00
2	350–400	373	410.00–450.00	429.06
7	400–450	424	390.00–425.00	410.60
9	450–500	477	360.00–395.00	378.17
10	500–550	521	348.00–367.00	359.85
4	550–600	584	328.00–337.00	331.48
5	600–650	617	309.00–339.00	327.84
1	650–700	670	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	275	500.00	500.00
4	300–350	319	500.00–545.00	523.80
5	350–400	368	450.00–495.00	475.69
11	400–450	417	425.00–465.00	443.21
16	450–500	467	400.00–440.00	412.30
11	500–550	516	369.00–410.00	381.50
20	550–600	573	341.00–365.00	351.32
10	600–650	623	330.00–359.00	346.85
3	650–700	672	341.00–351.00	345.58
9	700–750	706	320.00–335.00	325.89
5	750–800	777	319.00–329.00	323.41
1	800–850	800	316.00	316.00
2	850–900	870	290.00–310.00	300.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	425.00	425.00
4	350–400	379	370.00–395.00	384.88
10	400–450	426	353.00–391.00	370.31
8	450–500	474	328.00–349.00	339.37
1	500–550	505	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	585	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	500.00	500.00
1	500–550	500	415.00	415.00
1	550–600	560	440.00	440.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	415.00–460.00	437.50
2	300–350	308	440.00–470.00	454.88
12	350–400	374	400.00–440.00	419.51
4	400–450	415	405.00–425.00	413.78
6	450–500	478	339.00–375.00	355.35
12	500–550	520	329.00–350.00	334.86
13	550–600	568	311.00–339.00	326.98
8	600–650	614	310.00–324.00	318.31
3	650–700	682	297.00–326.00	308.36
1	700–750	730	295.00	295.00
1	750–800	780	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	645	309.00	309.00
1	650–700	650	327.00	327.00
1	700–750	730	285.00	285.00
1	800–850	815	289.00	289.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	665	300.00	300.00
2	700–750	745	285.00–291.00	288.00
1	800–850	815	285.00	285.00
1	850–900	850	271.00	271.00

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)	2	—	1,170	1,650.00–2,200.00	1,929.70
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,135	2,200.00	2,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,060	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	975	2,700.00	2,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,215	1,900.00	1,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	945	1,900.00	1,900.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Hope Livestock Auction Inc.

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle