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Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC

Name: Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Searcy, Arkansas · Tue, Jul 28

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2052

← Jul 14Jul 28Aug 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

185 head

▼ 213 vs last sale 398▼ 120 vs year ago 305 · −39.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 52 vs last sale 62▼ 37 vs year ago 47 · −78.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

17 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 25▼ 23 vs year ago 40 · −57.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

With temperatures reaching the triple digits today, supply and demand for feeder cattle were light. Significant losses in the feeder cattle futures market over the past two weeks negatively impacted both buyer demand and producer offerings as well. Slaughter cattle were lightly tested, but demand was good. No market trends were established due to the absence of a reported sale last week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $347.22/cwt on 8 head, down $42.15 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 30 comparable sales and sits −42.41 against this barn's trailing median of $389.63.

Average price

$347.22

▼ 42.15 vs prior sale

8 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,879

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$21.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.31

vs AR average

−13.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	360.83	1,955	3thin
Medium and Large 2	541	339.06	1,834	5thin

One grade step is worth $21.78/cwt here — about $120 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

347.22

—

AR average7 barns · 161 hd

360.53

−13.31

National average152 barns · 4,754 hd

360.52

−13.30

This barn, trailing median30 sales

389.63

−42.41

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.53, low $325.96, median $389.63 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,132	201.66	2,283	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,200	182.34	2,188	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,126	179.99	2,027	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	980	178.00	1,744	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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,180	$4,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	975	$4,050	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,350	$3,614	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	867	$2,492	3thin

Every lot

65 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,723	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	483.53/cwt	450.00–515.00	1,523	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,970	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	414.59/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,754	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	462.14/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,959	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	453.68/cwt	447.50–460.00	2,064	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	479	415.25/cwt	387.50–427.50	1,989	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,874	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	404.99/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,130	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,008	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	374.99/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,186	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,170	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,331	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,334	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,530	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	497.40/cwt	495.00–500.00	1,607	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	455.69/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,481	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	357	491.25/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,754	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	490.78/cwt	475.00–515.00	1,811	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,736	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,760	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	433.24/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,807	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	405.17/cwt	390.00–417.50	1,754	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	391.65/cwt	385.00–397.50	1,821	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	370.97/cwt	357.50–387.50	1,747	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	480	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,088	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,009	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	357.61/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,870	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,788	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	553	326.69/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,807	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,058	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	333.39/cwt	330.00–337.00	2,067	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	673	298.72/cwt	290.00–307.50	2,010	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,226	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,274	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,288	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	778	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,762	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	300	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,665	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	315	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,811	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	331	509.11/cwt	500.00–535.00	1,685	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	475.96/cwt	450.00–495.00	1,761	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	431.48/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,640	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	442.45/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,827	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	426.70/cwt	417.50–432.50	1,796	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	409.75/cwt	400.00–432.50	1,909	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	374.45/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,790	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	510	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,785	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	353.29/cwt	350.00–357.50	1,812	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	370.96/cwt	361.00–385.00	1,925	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,843	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	359.95/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,037	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	658	316.83/cwt	300.00–330.00	2,085	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	800	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,240	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,132	201.66/cwt	200.00–204.00	2,283	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	980	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,744	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,025	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,743	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,160	183.32/cwt	183.00–184.00	2,127	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,200	182.34/cwt	180.00–185.00	2,188	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 1-2	750	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 1-2	800	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	1,050	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	975	4,050.00/head	4,050.00–4,050.00	4,050	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,180	4,200.00/head	4,200.00–4,200.00	4,200	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,325	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	3,048	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,350	3,613.89/head	3,400.00–3,675.00	3,614	4

This sale against other markets

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 →

Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC - Searcy, AR

Tue Jul 28, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 185Last week 398Year ago 305

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 62Year ago 47

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 25Year ago 40

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	500.00–535.00	509.11
4	350–400	380	425.00–445.00	431.48
6	400–450	421	417.50–432.50	426.70
6	450–500	478	360.00–385.00	374.45
3	500–550	513	350.00–357.50	353.29
1	550–600	550	335.00	335.00
4	650–700	658	300.00–330.00	316.83
1	800–850	800	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	555.00	555.00
6	350–400	370	450.00–495.00	475.96
2	400–450	413	440.00–445.00	442.45
4	450–500	466	400.00–432.50	409.75
4	500–550	519	361.00–385.00	370.96
5	550–600	566	350.00–375.00	359.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	575.00	575.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	495.00–500.00	497.40
4	350–400	369	475.00–515.00	490.78
6	400–450	417	420.00–450.00	433.24
6	450–500	465	385.00–397.50	391.65
1	500–550	515	390.00	390.00
1	550–600	560	367.50	367.50
2	600–650	620	330.00–337.00	333.39
1	650–700	685	325.00	325.00
1	700–750	705	322.50	322.50
1	750–800	750	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	510.00	510.00
6	350–400	357	480.00–500.00	491.25
1	400–450	400	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	435.00	435.00
2	750–800	778	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	440.00–470.00	455.69
2	350–400	390	445.00	445.00
6	400–450	433	390.00–417.50	405.17
10	450–500	471	357.50–387.50	370.97
2	500–550	523	350.00–365.00	357.61
3	550–600	553	320.00–340.00	326.69
2	650–700	673	290.00–307.50	298.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	565.00	565.00
1	350–400	390	505.00	505.00
4	400–450	424	450.00–475.00	462.14
2	450–500	455	447.50–460.00	453.68
4	500–550	526	400.00–420.00	404.99
3	550–600	583	370.00–380.00	374.99
1	600–650	630	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	450.00–515.00	483.53
2	400–450	423	405.00–425.00	414.59
11	450–500	479	387.50–427.50	415.25
1	500–550	510	367.50	367.50
1	550–600	550	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	620	350.00	350.00
1	700–750	735	317.50	317.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	1,975.00	1,975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	2,950.00	2,950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	2,550.00	2,550.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,180	4,200.00	4,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	975	4,050.00	4,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,350	3,400.00–3,675.00	3,613.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,325	230.00	230.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	170.00	170.00
3	—	1,160	183.00–184.00	183.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,200	180.00–185.00	182.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,132	200.00–204.00	201.66

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.