Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, May 5, 2026

1,167 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $470.85/cwt -4.15 vs last sale · ≈ $2,698/hd at 573 lb · 55 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $437.40/cwt +4.13 vs last sale · ≈ $2,274/hd at 520 lb · 53 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $456.55/cwt -7.89 vs last sale · ≈ $2,141/hd at 469 lb · 36 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,167	536	944
Feeder cattle	995	375	862
Slaughter cattle	107	80	67
Replacement cattle	65	81	15

Market comments — USDA reporter

"Compared to last week, total receipts were higher, with several offerings of weaned calves. Feeder steers sold steady to $2.00 higher. Demand for heifers and bulls was uneven. Lightweight heifers weighing 300-500 lbs sold $5.00 lower, while 500-700 lb heifers sold $10.00 higher. Feeder bulls weighing 300-500 lbs sold $15.00 lower, while 500-600 lb bulls sold steady to $2.00 higher. On a strong test, slaughter cattle sold $5.00 higher."

↕ Feeder bulls: Demand for heifers and bulls was uneven
↕ Feeder heifers: Demand for heifers and bulls was uneven
▲ Feeder steers: Feeder steers sold steady to $2.00 higher
▲ Slaughter cattle: slaughter cattle sold $5.00 higher."

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	306	11	660.00–700.00	$691.31	$2,115	+5.41
350–385	364	11	600.00–675.00	$628.67	$2,288	-3.59
360–398	387	12	562.50–595.00	$572.61	$2,216	+0.20
400–445	414	31	554.50–615.00	$567.62	$2,350	-5.03
408–425	414	3	545.00	$545.00	$2,256	-27.65
450–495	475	6	535.00–595.00	$561.30	$2,666	+64.66
484–485	484	15	480.00–512.00	$509.86	$2,468	+13.22
500–540	515	32	465.00–537.50	$501.05	$2,580	-15.70
553–595	573	55	440.00–487.00	$470.85	$2,698	-4.15
615–635	623	5	420.00–437.50	$426.54	$2,657	-13.46
635	635	1	405.00	$405.00	$2,572	-35.00
665	665	1	382.50	$382.50	$2,544	-17.50
665–690	675	3	400.00–425.00	$410.16	$2,769	+10.16
705–735	717	12	390.00–417.50	$399.82	$2,867	—
760–775	765	8	365.00–390.00	$380.58	$2,911	—
818–838	826	8	349.00–356.00	$353.34	$2,919	—
898	898	2	350.00	$350.00	$3,143	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	309	4	615.00–630.00	$622.55	$1,924	+7.32
311 thin fleshed	311	4	705.00	$705.00	$2,193	—
365–370 thin fleshed	368	3	580.00–595.00	$590.05	$2,171	—
350–395	377	11	515.00–560.00	$541.85	$2,043	-20.53
415–440	423	6	492.50–545.00	$524.41	$2,218	-22.13
456 thin fleshed	456	15	569.00	$569.00	$2,595	—
470–480	474	4	440.00–480.00	$462.43	$2,192	-22.57
525–545	535	2	430.00–440.00	$434.91	$2,327	-40.07
550–570	559	4	422.50–430.00	$426.22	$2,383	-3.78
608–620	613	5	392.50–410.00	$404.44	$2,479	+1.88
675	675	1	385.00	$385.00	$2,599	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368–375	372	4	570.00–580.00	$575.05	$2,139	—
465–480	474	6	482.50–515.00	$495.36	$2,348	—
783	783	2	357.00	$357.00	$2,795	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	321	17	540.00–590.00	$555.00	$1,782	-14.79
350–390	373	18	515.00–565.00	$526.22	$1,963	-18.98
403–445	427	21	475.00–525.00	$490.25	$2,093	+6.79
450–498	464	29	450.00–485.00	$463.64	$2,151	-0.80
470–495	489	7	420.00–430.00	$427.18	$2,089	-37.26
515	515	1	400.00	$400.00	$2,060	-33.27
500–544	520	52	417.50–452.50	$438.12	$2,278	+4.85
550–595	573	16	385.00–420.00	$400.73	$2,296	+1.99
600–640	617	11	395.00–420.00	$400.73	$2,473	+30.73
660	660	1	342.50	$342.50	$2,260	-10.00
655–695	681	11	345.00–372.50	$361.24	$2,460	+8.74
700–721	718	8	348.00–350.00	$348.24	$2,500	—
745	745	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,310	—
756–791	773	17	335.00–342.00	$338.59	$2,617	—
815–835	825	2	320.00–334.00	$326.92	$2,697	—
880	880	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,728	—
1088	1088	3	260.00	$260.00	$2,829	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	325	4	465.00–530.00	$492.21	$1,600	-42.93
360	360	1	435.00	$435.00	$1,566	-30.00
355–395	375	9	450.00–505.00	$482.83	$1,811	+17.83
350–389 thin fleshed	379	9	525.00–535.00	$527.66	$2,000	+8.03
400–448	420	9	450.00–485.00	$466.12	$1,958	+13.02
410–440 thin fleshed	421	9	490.00–510.00	$500.57	$2,107	+10.66
476 thin fleshed	476	5	460.00	$460.00	$2,190	+17.03
455–495	480	10	420.00–445.00	$437.69	$2,101	+19.46
500–520 thin fleshed	508	3	425.00–430.00	$428.34	$2,176	—
505–545	526	4	375.00–415.00	$400.83	$2,108	+5.92
595	595	1	365.00	$365.00	$2,172	-20.00
635–645	640	2	375.00	$375.00	$2,400	—
695	695	2	310.00–320.00	$315.00	$2,189	-22.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	2	445.00	$445.00	$2,114	—
538	538	3	425.00	$425.00	$2,286	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	329	8	612.50–655.00	$623.57	$2,052	-38.93
355–390	378	5	550.00–605.00	$571.43	$2,160	+36.43
400	400	1	510.00	$510.00	$2,040	-52.49
400–445	415	11	530.00–555.00	$541.08	$2,245	-21.41
475	475	1	460.00	$460.00	$2,185	-61.96
470–497	490	9	480.00–530.00	$488.62	$2,394	-33.34
500–535	524	11	452.00–477.50	$459.76	$2,409	+35.05
510–545	528	2	415.00–440.00	$427.91	$2,259	+3.20
555–590	564	19	420.00–453.00	$448.32	$2,529	+3.32
590	590	2	400.00	$400.00	$2,360	—
615–638	632	4	415.00–420.00	$416.22	$2,631	—
643 fancy	643	2	465.00	$465.00	$2,990	—
665–695	685	4	387.50–400.00	$393.84	$2,698	—
705–740	723	2	375.00	$375.00	$2,711	+20.00
1000	1000	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,800	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–320	315	3	540.00–610.00	$570.16	$1,796	-14.26
360 thin fleshed	360	1	560.00	$560.00	$2,016	-11.31
360–390	379	6	460.00–525.00	$500.89	$1,898	-11.45
400–445	417	3	450.00–520.00	$488.68	$2,038	-9.98
450 thin fleshed	450	1	530.00	$530.00	$2,385	+30.00
465–480	473	5	435.00–470.00	$450.90	$2,133	-15.36
530–547	542	5	425.00–440.00	$436.07	$2,363	+10.62
580–585	583	2	361.00–405.00	$382.91	$2,232	—
635	635	1	385.00	$385.00	$2,445	+20.00
670	670	1	352.50	$352.50	$2,362	+2.50
700	700	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,380	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1100	902	85-90%	10	143.00–154.00	$148.59	$1,340	—
840–1235	1009	85-90%	7	171.00–188.00	$174.91	$1,765	+37.68
855–1165	1024	85-90%	13	160.00–167.00	$163.56	$1,675	+26.33

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1355	1219	80-85%	6	165.00–169.00	$167.06	$2,036	-17.97
1065–1335	1231	80-85%	16	170.00–179.00	$174.29	$2,146	-10.74
1275	1275	80-85%	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,849	-10.95
1170–1405	1288	80-85%	2	180.00–182.50	$181.14	$2,333	+25.19

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1420–1435	1428	75-80%	2	180.00–186.00	$182.98	$2,613	—
1325–1615	1491	75-80%	5	170.00–176.00	$172.22	$2,568	+0.69

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1890	1500	3	210.00–217.50	$213.56	$3,203	-8.00
1610–1830	1720	2	232.00–238.00	$235.19	$4,045	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890–925	908	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	250.00–260.00	$255.10	$2,316
875–1080	1001	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	197.50–250.00	$233.39	$2,336

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00
985 thin fleshed	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00
985–1000	993	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,350.00–2,750.00	$2,551.51
930–1225	1068	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	2,550.00–3,350.00	$3,097.19
1055–1130	1083	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	3,100.00–3,400.00	$3,286.23
975–1270	1114	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,800.00–3,500.00	$3,037.82
1163–1203	1183	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	3,500.00–3,600.00	$3,550.85
1020–1298	1188	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	2,800.00–3,600.00	$3,348.43

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1025–1160	1093	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	188.00–210.00	$198.32	$2,168

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
833–845	839	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	3,050.00–3,200.00	$3,125.54

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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
900 thin fleshed	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	3,200.00	$3,200.00	-1,150.00

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Dairy Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1070	970	2	155.00–158.00	$156.65	$1,520	—

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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.