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Hot Spring County, AR

Cattle prices near Hot Spring County, Arkansas. The closest sale barn with a recent report is Hope in Hope, AR, about 58 miles away. On Nov 12, 5-weight steers (500–599 lb) averaged $385.32 per hundredweight on 24 head (USDA). Check a bid against your own costs with Ring Price.

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CRP emergency haying & grazing: Hot Spring County is on FSA's list (since Sep 1, 2026). Check with your FSA county office first. Details · FSA list as of Nov 5, 2026.
Drought ExceptionalD4 · most of county Drought pay (LFP) Eligibleup to 4 payments Burn ban Checkcall the county Hope 5-wt steers $385▲ $21 since last sale

Hot Spring County rain, outlook and forecast

On the Nov 10 U.S. Drought Monitor map, most of Hot Spring County, AR was in exceptional drought (D4), and D2-or-worse drought has held there 11 weeks running. Rain has run 16% of normal over the last 30 days (well below normal); the best rain chance this week is 39% on Saturday (high 74°) and the 6-10 day outlook for Nov 20–24 leans wetter than normal (40% chance of above-normal rain). Hot Spring County is on FSA's 2026 LFP list with up to 4 monthly payments, and Hope is the closest USDA-reported sale barn at 58 miles.

Rain vs normal

  • Last 30 days 16% of normal
  • Last 60 days 11% of normal
  • Last 90 days not read yet

NOAA river forecast center rain (radar plus gauges) at the county center, Nov 15, 2026. Source.

Rain outlook

  • 6-10 day outlook (Nov 20–24) Leans wetter than normal (40% chance of above-normal rain)
  • 8-14 day outlook (Nov 22–28) Leans wetter than normal (33% chance of above-normal rain)

NOAA Climate Prediction Center precipitation outlook, issued Nov 14, 2026. Source.

Next 7 days

  1. Today Partly Sunny, high 56°, low 37°, 11% rain, wind 0–5 mph
  2. Monday Sunny, high 62°, low 32°, 0% rain, wind 0–5 mph
  3. Tuesday Sunny, high 65°, low 33°, 0% rain, wind 0 mph
  4. Wednesday Sunny, high 69°, low 43°, 1% rain, wind 0 mph
  5. Thursday Mostly Sunny, high 72°, low 45°, 2% rain, wind 0 mph
  6. Friday Sunny, high 74°, low 47°, 2% rain, wind 0–5 mph
  7. Saturday Mostly Sunny, high 74°, low 50°, 39% rain, wind 0–5 mph

National Weather Service forecast for the county center, updated Nov 15, 2026. Wind, warnings and burn bans.

PRF pasture insurance: sign up by Dec 1, 2026

The 2027 Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) insurance sales closing date for Hot Spring County is Dec 1, 2026, 16 days from today. PRF (Rainfall Index) pays on a rainfall index for your grid, not on your own rain gauge. You buy it through a crop insurance agent.

How PRF works · PRF 2027 sign-up · Find your grid on RMA's PRF tool

Date from USDA RMA's actuarial data, read Aug 28, 2026 · RMA dates map. Your agent confirms the date for your policy.

Hot Spring County grass production

In 2025, grassland and pasture in Hot Spring County grew about 2,576 pounds per acre of grass and forbs, 113% of the county's 1991-2020 normal of 2,278 pounds per acre. That was the 3rd best of 40 years on record (1986-2025). Best year: 1991 at 2,826 pounds per acre; worst: 2011 at 1,750.

Pounds per acre of new grass and forbs each year on rangeland and pasture, from the Rangeland Analysis Platform (satellite-based estimates). See every year on the Land tab.

Open loss windows 1 open

What happenedStartedTell FSA early byFSA deadline
Exceptional drought (D4) reached (U.S. Drought Monitor) Oct 27, 2026Nov 26, 2026 (11 days left)Mar 1, 2027

If this cost you livestock, extra feed or hauled water, call your county FSA office now, while it's fresh. The 30-day date is a suggestion from Cownty; FSA's deadline for the notice of loss and application is the March 1 date. Log it in your Drought Ledger · Find your FSA office and phone

Text YES CLOCK for a reminder on day 21 and day 28.

Information only; not financial, tax or legal advice. FSA decides eligibility. Cownty sends nothing to FSA.

Drought-sale tax flag IRS list

Hot Spring County is on IRS Notice 2026-54 (severe or worse drought, Sep 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2026).

Why it matters: if you sold breeding, dairy or draft livestock because of drought, the tax code may let you put off the gain (more time to buy replacement animals, or report the extra-sale income a year later). Your tax preparer decides whether either applies.

Work out your numbers and print a page for your preparer

Information only; not financial, tax or legal advice. Ask your tax preparer. FSA decides program eligibility. IRS Notice 2026-54 (PDF)

Next 7 days · National Weather Service

Weather for Hot Spring County

Forecast for the center point of Hot Spring County.

  • Freeze on 1 night
  1. Today Partly Sunny 56° 37° ENE 0–5 mph 11% rain
  2. Mon Sunny 62° 32° NE 0–5 mph 0% rain
  3. Tue Sunny 65° 33° 0 mph 0% rain
  4. Wed Sunny 69° 43° 0 mph 1% rain
  5. Thu Mostly Sunny 72° 45° 0 mph 2% rain
  6. Fri Sunny 74° 47° SE 0–5 mph 2% rain
  7. Sat Mostly Sunny 74° 50° SE 0–5 mph 39% rain

Forecast from the National Weather Service, updated Nov 15, 2026. Wind arrows point where the wind is going; the letters say where it comes from. Windy = 25 mph or more; freeze = a low of 32°F or less. Open the full forecast.

Burn ban

Data pending. Cownty doesn't read an official statewide burn-ban list for Arkansas; county commissions, sheriffs and fire districts post local fire restrictions, so check your county's own notices

No official ban list to check here, so Cownty shows the National Weather Service fire-weather alerts for the county instead: none right now.

Guide: Burn bans: where to check and what they mean

Weather warnings right now

None right now

National Weather Service active alerts for this county, as of Nov 15, 2026 (source). Fetched Nov 15, 2026.

Rainfall vs normal

Oct 2026
0.16 in 3% of normal
Last 12 months
33.07 in 60%
How to read this

Bars are the rain that fell each month; the dashed line is a normal month (1991-2020 average). Bars below the line = drier than normal.

County-average precipitation, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026. Normal = NCEI's own 1991-2020 average for each month (Oct 2026 normal 4.79 in; same month last year 2.36 in). NCEI posts each month around the 8th of the next and may revise recent months. Source: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance. Fetched Nov 14, 2026.

Wildfires

No current fire perimeter in the county

Nearest current perimeter: RX Buck Creek (Prescribed fire, OK), about 99 mi from the county center; 805 acres, containment not reported, perimeter of Jun 1, 2026.

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Interagency fire outlines. Small or brand-new fires are often not mapped yet; call 911 for a fire you can see. Layer updated Nov 15, 2026. Source: National Interagency Fire Center. Fetched Nov 15, 2026.

Frost dates

Frost and freeze dates

30-year averages (1991–2020) from the weather stations nearest Hot Spring County. Frost = 32°F; hard freeze = 28°F.

Hot Springs Asos weather station (7 mi away)

Typical last spring frostTypical first fall frost
Frost (32°F)
230-day growing season
 Mar 24
1 year in 10 it's after Apr 13
 Nov 9
1 year in 10 it's before Oct 26
Hard freeze (28°F)
255-day growing season
 Mar 8
1 year in 10 it's after Mar 29
 Nov 21
1 year in 10 it's before Nov 3

Malvern weather station (8 mi away)

Typical last spring frostTypical first fall frost
Frost (32°F)
220-day growing season
 Mar 31
1 year in 10 it's after Apr 16
 Nov 5
1 year in 10 it's before Oct 25
Hard freeze (28°F)
242-day growing season
 Mar 18
1 year in 10 it's after Apr 6
 Nov 16
1 year in 10 it's before Nov 2

Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Hot Springs Asos, Malvern), NOAA files as of Jun 27, 2023. Fetched Nov 11, 2026.

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Nearest USDA-reported sale barns

  1. Hope Livestock Auction Hope, AR 58 mi · sells Thursdays · latest USDA report Nov 12, 2026
  2. County Line Sale Ratcliff, AR 87 mi · sells Wednesdays · latest USDA report Nov 11, 2026
  3. Arkansas Cattle Auction LLC Searcy, AR 94 mi · sells Tuesdays · latest USDA report Nov 10, 2026
  4. Cleburne County Livestock Heber Springs, AR 97 mi · sells Mondays · latest USDA report Nov 9, 2026
  5. I-40 Livestock Ozark, AR 97 mi · sells Thursdays · latest USDA report Nov 12, 2026

Miles are straight-line from the county center. Sale days come from the barns' recent USDA AMS reports; call the barn to confirm. All barns

Printable county brief (PDF) · Everything on one page · Nearest USDA hay reports (none for Arkansas): Missouri, Oklahoma

Common questions and nearby counties

Is Hot Spring County eligible for LFP in 2026?

Yes. Hot Spring County is on FSA's 2026 Livestock Forage Disaster Program county list, with up to 4 monthly payments for some pasture types. FSA decides each operation's eligibility; apply at your county FSA office by March 1 after the loss year.

Source: FSA LFP county file of Nov 5, 2026

What is the drought level in Hot Spring County this week?

On the Drought Monitor map of Nov 10, 2026, most of Hot Spring County was in exceptional drought (D4), and the worst part was exceptional drought (D4) on 73% of the county. 11 straight weeks with some severe drought (D2) or worse.

Source: U.S. Drought Monitor, map of Nov 10, 2026

Is there a burn ban in Hot Spring County?

No official statewide list to check: Cownty doesn't read an official statewide burn-ban list for Arkansas; county commissions, sheriffs and fire districts post local fire restrictions, so check your county's own notices.

What sale barns are near Hot Spring County?

The nearest USDA-reported sale barns: Hope (58 mi), last report Nov 12, 2026; Ratcliff (87 mi), last report Nov 11, 2026; Searcy AR (94 mi), last report Nov 10, 2026.

Source: USDA AMS Market News reports

What are the upcoming FSA and farm deadlines?

Next: Nov 20, 2026: Apply for NRCS conservation cost-share (EQIP, CSP, ACEP) to be considered for 2027 money; Nov 20, 2026: Micro Farm 2027: last day to buy crop insurance. FSA program dates not posted officially are marked "confirm at source" on the calendar.

Source: official agency pages (see Calendar)

Information only; not financial or legal advice. FSA decides eligibility. Always check the linked official source.