Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Market Report, Searcy, AR

Searcy, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, September 29, 2026

838 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $356.86/cwt -18.81 vs last sale · ≈ $2,060/hd at 577 lb · 25 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $369.86/cwt +5.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,757/hd at 475 lb · 23 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $410.63/cwt -12.92 vs last sale · ≈ $1,925/hd at 469 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	838	554	765
Feeder cattle	705	475	662
Slaughter cattle	80	55	68
Replacement cattle	53	24	35

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, receipts of feeder cattle were higher, with offerings consisting mostly of new-crop, fleshier calves and slightly plainer cattle. Few weaned calves were offered. Cooler nighttime temperatures softened demand for unweaned calves. Feeder steers weighing 500-600 pounds sold $15.00-$20.00 lower, while 700-pound steers sold $10.00 higher. Lightweight steers were not well tested. Feeder bulls and heifers sold unevenly, ranging from $10.00 lower to $10.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady to $10.00 higher, with higher-yielding cattle receiving the strongest demand.

→ Feeder bulls: Feeder bulls and heifers sold unevenly
▲ Feeder cattle: receipts of feeder cattle were higher
→ Feeder heifers: Feeder bulls and heifers sold unevenly
↕ Feeder steers: Feeder steers weighing 500-600 pounds sold $15.00-$20.00 lower; while 700-pound steers sold $10.00 higher
▲ Slaughter cattle: Slaughter cattle sold steady to $10.00 higher

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–371	369	8	457.50–480.00	$460.21	$1,698	—
400–435	419	8	437.50–475.00	$450.46	$1,887	+15.40
455–475	467	3	420.00–462.50	$435.89	$2,036	+1.65
460–485	473	5	405.00–415.00	$409.96	$1,939	-24.28
505–540	525	9	380.00–415.00	$394.60	$2,072	+9.50
530	530	1	367.50	$367.50	$1,948	-17.60
560–599	577	20	360.00–367.50	$360.37	$2,079	-15.30
550–590	578	5	330.00–360.00	$342.82	$1,981	-32.85
600–625	608	3	340.00–360.00	$348.49	$2,119	-24.00
600–635	619	5	315.00–335.00	$325.64	$2,016	-46.85
660	660	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,079	-32.41
705–740	723	3	337.50–342.50	$340.79	$2,464	+9.20
805	805	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,576	—
915	915	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,379	—
1060	1060	1	240.00	$240.00	$2,544	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–305	303	2	430.00–450.00	$440.08	$1,333	-31.46
350–390	378	6	400.00–445.00	$417.04	$1,576	-6.61
395	395	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,462	-53.65
400–445	426	7	390.00–430.00	$408.61	$1,741	-13.94
455 thin fleshed	455	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,934	—
460–482	475	6	370.00–410.00	$381.75	$1,813	-22.42
450–495	480	3	340.00–360.00	$351.41	$1,687	-52.76
510–530	518	3	360.00–385.00	$371.56	$1,925	-4.67
525	525	1	347.50	$347.50	$1,824	-28.73
560–585	573	2	300.00–320.00	$310.22	$1,778	-43.55
585	585	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,018	-8.77
600	600	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,070	-8.32
620–640	630	2	303.00–310.00	$306.44	$1,931	-46.88
650–675	663	3	310.00–317.50	$312.45	$2,072	-12.47
750	750	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,175	—
1040	1040	1	225.00	$225.00	$2,340	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
466	466	9	402.00	$402.00	$1,873	—
516	516	8	388.00	$388.00	$2,002	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–335	323	2	450.00	$450.00	$1,454	-25.58
380–395	386	6	415.00–420.00	$415.85	$1,605	-13.51
385–395	390	2	372.50–375.00	$373.77	$1,458	-55.59
400–445	416	16	390.00–440.00	$413.56	$1,720	+16.49
445	445	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,669	-22.07
450–492	474	17	360.00–400.00	$378.94	$1,796	+11.65
460–490	478	6	330.00–357.50	$344.13	$1,645	-23.16
515	515	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,854	-40.00
510–545	523	3	315.00–327.50	$322.34	$1,686	-12.65
560	560	1	332.50	$332.50	$1,862	-20.64
575	575	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,811	-6.17
605–625	616	9	322.50–345.00	$337.58	$2,079	+4.82
675–692	686	5	320.00–335.00	$327.51	$2,247	+2.16
720	720	2	350.00	$350.00	$2,520	+10.00
720–735	726	5	320.00–337.50	$325.03	$2,360	-14.97
763	763	11	311.00	$311.00	$2,373	+1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	324	4	340.00–375.00	$358.84	$1,163	-42.24
335–345	342	3	395.00–425.00	$408.46	$1,397	+7.38
365–395	381	10	350.00–400.00	$379.52	$1,446	-22.54
400–440	424	11	340.00–380.00	$363.98	$1,543	+0.48
465–490	476	6	325.00–367.50	$342.10	$1,628	-2.09
505–525	515	2	310.00	$310.00	$1,596	-23.31
505–545	527	7	320.00–332.50	$324.94	$1,712	-8.37
550–590	569	11	300.00–332.50	$318.46	$1,812	-8.19
600–625	616	4	302.50–320.00	$311.83	$1,921	-0.64
670–695	678	4	300.00–310.00	$307.53	$2,085	-2.47
715–740	728	2	260.00–285.00	$272.29	$1,982	-25.12

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	5	445.00	$445.00	$1,468	—
445	445	3	387.50	$387.50	$1,724	+10.00
470 thin fleshed	470	3	375.00	$375.00	$1,762	—
511	511	5	345.00	$345.00	$1,763	—
515–538 thin fleshed	528	7	362.50–372.50	$366.68	$1,936	—
603–638	634	18	327.50–335.75	$334.48	$2,121	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	316	8	475.00–505.00	$488.60	$1,544	+2.78
350–392	373	10	440.00–475.00	$455.79	$1,700	-7.24
400	400	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,600	-38.05
405–445	424	14	425.00–455.00	$436.74	$1,852	-1.31
450–495	466	16	400.00–430.00	$417.66	$1,946	-5.89
450–495	480	4	375.00–390.00	$382.50	$1,836	-41.05
500	500	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,750	-50.57
500–535	519	19	377.50–415.00	$400.25	$2,077	-0.32
550–590	568	8	360.00–375.00	$367.73	$2,089	+4.28
595	595	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,934	-38.45
610–625	618	2	345.00–350.00	$347.47	$2,147	+5.07
635–645	640	2	300.00–320.00	$309.92	$1,983	-32.48
695	695	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,154	-17.01
720–730	726	4	300.00–307.50	$302.49	$2,196	-16.71
797	797	3	312.50	$312.50	$2,491	+12.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330 thin fleshed	318	2	455.00–475.00	$464.61	$1,477	—
315–340	327	5	400.00–445.00	$424.16	$1,387	-45.84
345	345	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,276	-100.00
350	350	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,260	-56.64
350–395	374	13	400.00–430.00	$407.09	$1,523	-9.55
380 thin fleshed	380	1	440.00	$440.00	$1,672	-30.00
400–445	420	10	405.00–425.00	$414.34	$1,740	+1.27
480 thin fleshed	480	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,992	-10.00
470–498	487	9	350.00–392.50	$368.49	$1,795	-22.49
500–545	522	3	320.00–330.00	$324.86	$1,696	-36.57
525–545	534	9	345.00–375.00	$360.42	$1,925	-1.01
555–595	570	5	327.50–350.00	$337.52	$1,924	+4.58
570–590	580	2	310.00–320.00	$314.91	$1,826	-18.03
620	620	1	322.50	$322.50	$2,000	-4.37
665–680	673	3	300.00–325.00	$311.60	$2,097	-8.40
715–740	725	4	280.00–305.00	$293.60	$2,129	—
755	755	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,076	—
810	810	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,268	—
885	885	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,301	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1240	1037	85-90%	5	114.00–124.00	$118.08	$1,224	-10.56
850–1305	1109	85-90%	18	127.00–138.00	$133.91	$1,485	—
1055–1375	1190	85-90%	3	143.00–157.00	$149.05	$1,774	+9.98

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1450	1273	80-85%	8	136.00–144.00	$139.79	$1,780	+0.15
1175–1355	1300	80-85%	5	145.00–152.00	$147.44	$1,917	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1720	1559	75-80%	4	139.00–144.00	$141.66	$2,208	-3.34

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225	1225	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,923	-11.98
1150–2080	1561	11	175.00–189.00	$182.76	$2,853	—
1840–2035	1957	3	190.00–194.00	$192.64	$3,770	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–988	956	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	177.50–260.00	$249.64	$2,387
943–990	957	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	217.50–247.50	$232.06	$2,221

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–960	948	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,500.00	$2,500.00
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00
855–1110 thin fleshed	983	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,850.00	$1,850.00
990	990	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00
960–1080	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,750.00–3,300.00	$3,041.18
1215	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970	970	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00

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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
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00	-550.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00	—

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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.