Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 7, 2026

650 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $517.55/cwt -3.33 vs last sale · ≈ $2,439/hd at 471 lb · 26 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $497.98/cwt +11.75 vs last sale · ≈ $2,633/hd at 529 lb · 18 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $383.98/cwt -14.99 vs last sale · ≈ $2,204/hd at 574 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	650	667	367
Feeder cattle	546	515	303
Slaughter cattle	50	70	40
Replacement cattle	54	82	24

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the previous week, feeder cattle offerings were of similar overall quality, with a higher proportion of plain-type cattle and condition noted. Demand for feeder cattle was good; however, weakness in the CME feeder cattle market, which closed $3.125 lower, resulted in feeder steers and bulls trading steady to $2.00 lower, while feeder heifers traded steady to $5.00 lower. Demand for slaughter cattle was strong, with prices $5.00 to $10.00 higher.

▼ Feeder bulls: resulted in feeder steers and bulls trading steady to $2.00 lower
→ Feeder cattle: feeder cattle offerings were of similar overall quality
▼ Feeder heifers: while feeder heifers traded steady to $5.00 lower
▼ Feeder steers: resulted in feeder steers and bulls trading steady to $2.00 lower
→ Slaughter cattle: Demand for slaughter cattle was strong

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275 thin fleshed	275	1	740.00	$740.00	$2,035	-65.00
270–295	283	2	695.00–700.00	$697.39	$1,974	—
303–333	320	6	645.00–670.00	$656.48	$2,101	-17.22
365 thin fleshed	365	1	660.00	$660.00	$2,409	—
350–395	378	7	580.00–640.00	$596.53	$2,255	-38.79
390	390	1	545.00	$545.00	$2,126	-90.32
405–435	423	11	550.00–600.00	$569.02	$2,407	-0.72
453 thin fleshed	453	2	585.00	$585.00	$2,650	—
460–495	467	10	480.00–500.00	$488.21	$2,280	-32.67
450–495	477	14	515.00–565.00	$528.87	$2,523	+7.99
505–545	527	16	480.00–525.00	$503.04	$2,651	+16.81
543	543	2	457.50	$457.50	$2,484	-28.73
550–595	570	11	430.00–485.00	$459.67	$2,620	-6.64
600–643	626	6	415.00–450.00	$427.02	$2,673	+37.12
640	640	1	402.50	$402.50	$2,576	-34.53
655–667	665	6	424.00–427.50	$424.57	$2,823	+16.20
720	720	1	372.50	$372.50	$2,682	-3.53
855	855	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,907	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	335	3	500.00–585.00	$534.15	$1,789	-15.85
340 thin fleshed	340	1	655.00	$655.00	$2,227	+8.66
355–380	366	4	520.00–565.00	$543.48	$1,989	+8.11
365–375 thin fleshed	368	3	550.00–590.00	$576.79	$2,123	+17.06
400–435	416	5	470.00–500.00	$477.86	$1,988	-24.55
435 thin fleshed	435	1	560.00	$560.00	$2,436	—
455–470 thin fleshed	463	2	507.50–540.00	$523.49	$2,424	+18.54
450–495	466	13	430.00–485.00	$471.47	$2,197	+1.70
500–545	531	7	435.00–470.00	$457.04	$2,427	+8.55
555 thin fleshed	555	1	455.00	$455.00	$2,525	—
555–570	563	2	400.00–437.50	$419.00	$2,359	-7.64
620–645	627	7	375.00–407.50	$400.95	$2,514	+15.87
655–690	673	2	330.00–365.00	$347.04	$2,336	—
700–705	703	2	360.00–362.50	$361.25	$2,540	—
835	835	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,505	—
965	965	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,509	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	590.00–600.00	$595.00	$1,666	-10.00
300 thin fleshed	300	1	600.00	$600.00	$1,800	—
300–325	312	3	530.00–560.00	$547.06	$1,707	-7.06
345	345	1	465.00	$465.00	$1,604	-89.12
360–395	383	10	520.00–540.00	$525.11	$2,011	+50.11
405–430	418	15	470.00–500.00	$487.18	$2,036	-16.04
450–495	471	16	420.00–465.00	$444.11	$2,092	-13.48
520–545	532	9	400.00–425.00	$414.84	$2,207	+0.01
550–595	574	17	370.00–395.00	$383.98	$2,204	-17.89
615–635	626	4	360.00–385.00	$371.12	$2,323	-7.25
650	650	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,112	-38.35
650–690	666	5	355.00–375.00	$366.03	$2,438	+2.68
725 fancy	725	1	380.00	$380.00	$2,755	—
730	730	1	337.50	$337.50	$2,464	-7.50
795	795	1	337.50	$337.50	$2,683	+3.54
805–830	814	4	310.00–335.00	$327.57	$2,666	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	318	5	475.00–520.00	$493.15	$1,568	+3.22
365–395	381	5	430.00–485.00	$467.36	$1,781	+13.07
380–393 thin fleshed	389	3	510.00–515.00	$511.63	$1,990	-14.86
400–440	426	4	400.00–422.50	$414.13	$1,764	-13.21
430–440 thin fleshed	435	2	470.00–475.00	$472.47	$2,055	-2.65
450–490	471	11	400.00–430.00	$418.43	$1,971	+3.15
500–545	517	9	370.00–402.50	$386.94	$2,000	-7.84
550–590	573	4	360.00–375.00	$365.58	$2,095	+0.73
600–645	623	2	342.50–365.00	$354.16	$2,206	+1.66
650–667	662	5	325.00–352.50	$335.88	$2,224	+12.95
710–720 thin fleshed	715	2	322.50–330.00	$326.28	$2,333	—
715–745	730	3	310.00–315.00	$313.33	$2,287	-1.60
785–795	790	2	265.00–300.00	$282.39	$2,231	-37.61
815	815	1	277.50	$277.50	$2,262	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	323	4	620.00–645.00	$631.32	$2,039	-12.97
355–395	372	9	565.00–610.00	$588.45	$2,189	+6.85
390 thin fleshed	390	1	640.00	$640.00	$2,496	—
405 thin fleshed	405	1	600.00	$600.00	$2,430	—
400–433	419	12	540.00–560.00	$553.45	$2,319	+6.19
450–495	464	11	500.00–555.00	$510.34	$2,368	+18.14
490–495	494	4	436.00–460.00	$441.95	$2,183	-30.50
515	515	1	430.00	$430.00	$2,214	-53.62
500–540	522	10	455.00–510.00	$480.49	$2,508	-3.13
560–575	566	6	425.00–455.00	$438.73	$2,483	+15.95
560–575	568	2	385.00–405.00	$394.87	$2,243	-27.91
600–635	615	3	390.00–425.00	$405.01	$2,491	-0.83
650–675	663	2	370.00–387.50	$378.58	$2,510	—
700–715	707	3	360.00–375.00	$369.20	$2,610	+44.20

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	328	3	525.00–570.00	$554.09	$1,817	+16.42
340 thin fleshed	340	1	590.00	$590.00	$2,006	—
375–395 thin fleshed	385	2	560.00–580.00	$569.74	$2,193	—
395	395	2	500.00–525.00	$512.50	$2,024	+28.44
400–440	419	6	450.00–515.00	$474.50	$1,988	+27.00
415–440 thin fleshed	425	3	520.00–575.00	$542.84	$2,307	-27.16
460–485	477	5	427.50–455.00	$443.69	$2,116	+2.81
465–490 thin fleshed	477	3	480.00–495.00	$489.29	$2,334	—
505–540	519	4	420.00–440.00	$431.14	$2,238	+18.70
525 thin fleshed	525	2	462.50–465.00	$463.75	$2,435	+3.75
575–595	588	5	375.00–417.50	$394.26	$2,318	-2.45
600–645	628	8	345.00–380.00	$366.58	$2,302	-16.53
670–695	683	2	340.00–350.00	$345.09	$2,357	-14.91
720–725	723	2	320.00–350.00	$335.05	$2,422	-9.95
780	780	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,418	—
930–945	938	2	250.00–280.00	$264.88	$2,485	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860	860	85-90%	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,178	+9.41
875–965	917	85-90%	3	147.00–153.00	$149.62	$1,372	—
885–1190	1004	85-90%	9	163.00–169.00	$165.74	$1,664	-2.93
995–1255	1118	85-90%	9	172.00–188.00	$177.42	$1,984	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205	1205	80-85%	1	164.00	$164.00	$1,976	—
1225–1420	1300	80-85%	3	184.00–185.00	$184.64	$2,400	—
1100–1450	1334	80-85%	6	168.00–176.00	$173.52	$2,315	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400	1400	75-80%	1	191.00	$191.00	$2,674	+12.94
1465–1710	1588	75-80%	2	172.00–176.00	$173.85	$2,761	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1210	1115	2	188.00–190.00	$188.91	$2,106	—
1185–1915	1603	6	200.00–214.00	$208.47	$3,342	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,241
885 thin fleshed	885	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	198.00	$198.00	$1,752
855–1080	968	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	210.00–235.00	$221.05	$2,140

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1105	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,250.00	$3,250.00
1025–1195	1112	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,850.00–3,150.00	$3,004.05
1120	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00
1080–1505	1206	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,450.00–3,250.00	$2,888.70
1200–1495	1348	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,500.00–2,800.00	$2,666.42

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1085	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	195.00	$195.00	$2,116
1040–1235	1138	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	197.50–210.00	$203.21	$2,313
970–1285	1155	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	168.00–207.50	$186.22	$2,151

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	$19,780

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990	990	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,850.00	$2,850.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—
850	850	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,750.00	$2,750.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	4,500.00	$4,500.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	2,850.00	$2,850.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.