Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 14, 2026

744 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $453.59/cwt +9.48 vs last sale · ≈ $2,141/hd at 472 lb · 26 head

light 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $620.17/cwt +78.93 vs last sale · ≈ $1,958/hd at 316 lb · 24 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $489.99/cwt +2.81 vs last sale · ≈ $2,083/hd at 425 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	744	650	1,010
Feeder cattle	643	546	820
Slaughter cattle	70	50	115
Replacement cattle	31	54	75

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder offerings consisted of a mixed supply of weaned calves carrying condition and new crop calves. Demand was moderate for fleshy calves, with stronger interest noted for thinner-fleshed types. Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to $8.00 lower, while feeder heifers sold $7.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady on a good test, with demand remaining strong.

▼ Feeder bulls: Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to $8.00 lower
▲ Feeder heifers: while feeder heifers sold $7.00 higher
▼ Feeder steers: Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to $8.00 lower
→ Slaughter cattle: Slaughter cattle sold steady on a good test

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282 thin fleshed	282	3	800.00	$800.00	$2,256	+60.00
280–285	283	2	690.00–745.00	$717.74	$2,031	+20.35
300–340	316	8	640.00–700.00	$671.42	$2,122	+14.94
360–391	379	8	570.00–605.00	$585.73	$2,220	-10.80
390	390	2	540.00–550.00	$545.00	$2,126	±0.00
400–435	413	11	560.00–590.00	$576.38	$2,380	+7.36
420–445	433	2	480.00–515.00	$496.99	$2,152	-72.03
450–490	463	21	490.00–565.00	$508.32	$2,354	+20.11
475	475	1	465.00	$465.00	$2,209	-63.87
500–545	521	19	470.00–500.00	$483.57	$2,519	-19.47
505–540	523	2	435.00–445.00	$440.17	$2,302	-62.87
561 thin fleshed	561	5	497.50	$497.50	$2,791	—
557–590	563	6	420.00–435.00	$432.38	$2,434	-27.29
550–596	579	13	440.00–480.00	$447.05	$2,588	-12.62
615–643	631	6	425.00–445.00	$435.01	$2,745	+7.99
845	845	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,873	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	620.00	$620.00	$1,736	—
300–345	324	7	600.00–640.00	$625.91	$2,028	+91.76
390	390	2	470.00–540.00	$505.00	$1,970	-38.48
395 thin fleshed	395	1	565.00	$565.00	$2,232	-11.79
400	400	1	500.00	$500.00	$2,000	+22.14
425–435 thin fleshed	430	2	565.00–575.00	$569.94	$2,451	+9.94
470 thin fleshed	470	5	542.50	$542.50	$2,550	+19.01
450–495	473	13	440.00–515.00	$473.10	$2,238	+1.63
505	505	1	405.00	$405.00	$2,045	-52.04
533 thin fleshed	533	2	475.00	$475.00	$2,532	—
555–585	569	4	432.50–445.00	$436.83	$2,486	+17.83
600	600	1	380.00	$380.00	$2,280	-20.95
775	775	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,635	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361 thin fleshed	361	4	645.00	$645.00	$2,328	—
423 thin fleshed	423	3	570.00	$570.00	$2,411	—
617 thin fleshed	617	3	452.50	$452.50	$2,792	—
723	723	3	375.00	$375.00	$2,711	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–320 thin fleshed	310	16	620.00–652.50	$649.49	$2,013	+49.49
300–348	327	8	545.00–590.00	$561.53	$1,836	+14.47
350–395	372	15	530.00–560.00	$541.95	$2,016	+16.84
390	390	2	490.00–505.00	$497.50	$1,940	-27.61
400–436	423	21	475.00–510.00	$494.27	$2,091	+7.09
440	440	3	460.00	$460.00	$2,024	-27.18
450–485 thin fleshed	462	6	480.00–490.00	$484.99	$2,241	—
455–490	475	20	425.00–475.00	$444.17	$2,110	+0.06
505	505	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,995	-19.84
500–535	522	6	410.00–427.50	$420.30	$2,194	+5.46
550–585	570	6	392.50–410.00	$397.80	$2,267	+13.82
580	580	1	377.50	$377.50	$2,190	-6.48
600–605	603	2	370.00–375.00	$372.49	$2,246	+1.37
650	650	1	365.00	$365.00	$2,372	+40.00
740	740	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,442	-7.50
760	760	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,356	-27.50
937	937	3	275.00	$275.00	$2,577	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	318	4	440.00–505.00	$473.09	$1,504	-20.06
300–340 thin fleshed	327	3	540.00–555.00	$544.59	$1,781	—
370 thin fleshed	370	1	520.00	$520.00	$1,924	+8.37
350–395	384	6	455.00–510.00	$490.66	$1,884	+23.30
410–445	426	5	400.00–425.00	$412.43	$1,757	-1.70
410–445 thin fleshed	433	4	460.00–485.00	$469.71	$2,034	-2.76
455–465 thin fleshed	463	4	455.00–465.00	$462.54	$2,142	—
450–495	477	9	390.00–440.00	$416.69	$1,988	-1.74
520–524 thin fleshed	522	9	415.00–420.00	$416.38	$2,174	—
520–545	529	4	365.00–397.50	$387.52	$2,050	+0.58
555–590	570	5	360.00–390.00	$377.44	$2,151	+11.86
615–640	628	2	360.00–365.00	$362.45	$2,276	+8.29
690	690	2	325.00–342.50	$333.75	$2,303	-2.13
730	730	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,409	+16.67
770–795	783	2	295.00–300.00	$297.54	$2,330	+15.15

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	315	3	640.00–660.00	$648.10	$2,042	+16.78
328 thin fleshed	328	10	700.00	$700.00	$2,296	—
350–382 thin fleshed	374	11	620.00–655.00	$627.11	$2,345	-12.89
360–385	376	8	565.00–600.00	$581.15	$2,185	-7.30
400–440	420	4	540.00–570.00	$547.14	$2,298	-6.31
455 thin fleshed	455	4	580.00	$580.00	$2,639	—
460–495	474	7	470.00–520.00	$493.34	$2,338	-17.00
500–520	508	5	480.00–495.00	$487.40	$2,476	+57.40
550–590	565	5	440.00–470.00	$455.76	$2,575	+17.03
600–635	625	11	405.00–435.00	$412.59	$2,579	+7.58
785	785	1	342.50	$342.50	$2,689	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–330 thin fleshed	325	3	620.00–635.00	$628.38	$2,042	+38.38
360 thin fleshed	360	2	585.00–595.00	$590.00	$2,124	+20.26
370–395	382	3	530.00–550.00	$538.19	$2,056	+25.69
400–445	426	7	490.00–530.00	$512.66	$2,184	+38.16
450–495	477	11	450.00–500.00	$464.23	$2,214	+20.54
505–525	516	4	430.00–455.00	$438.87	$2,265	+7.73
550–565	555	3	385.00–420.00	$408.44	$2,267	+14.18
610	610	1	367.50	$367.50	$2,242	+0.92
715	715	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,216	-25.05
830	830	1	302.50	$302.50	$2,511	—
880	880	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,772	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1390	1390	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	3,800.00	$3,800.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–955	880	85-90%	4	137.50–147.50	$142.64	$1,255	+5.64
790–1215	958	85-90%	9	150.00–160.00	$156.27	$1,497	—
925–1040	995	85-90%	3	177.00–182.00	$179.64	$1,787	—
880–1235	1038	85-90%	12	163.00–171.00	$165.22	$1,715	-0.52

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1320	1182	80-85%	9	162.00–170.00	$167.10	$1,975	—
1210–1325	1273	80-85%	3	173.00–183.00	$176.80	$2,251	—
1345	1345	80-85%	1	153.00	$153.00	$2,058	-20.52

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1385–1525	1455	75-80%	4	170.00–174.00	$172.53	$2,510	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1520	1520	1	226.00	$226.00	$3,435	—
1405–2050	1719	4	203.00–210.00	$206.95	$3,557	—
1675–1835	1757	3	212.00–223.00	$218.11	$3,832	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780–915	841	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	206.00–270.00	$245.31	$2,063
850–1040	948	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	205.00–230.00	$215.48	$2,043

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890–1070	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	225.00–235.00	$231.25	$2,197
880–1060	970	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	202.50–217.50	$210.70	$2,044
990–1250	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	167.50–220.00	$196.80	$2,204
970–1230	1131	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	170.00–270.00	$208.17	$2,354
1175–1410	1310	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	189.00–265.00	$217.46	$2,849
1365	1365	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	180.00	$180.00	$2,457

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1360	1360	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100 thin fleshed	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00	—

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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.