diff --git a/inertia/pages/widgets/NewPartSearch.vue b/inertia/pages/widgets/NewPartSearch.vue
index 3581aa3..770ae37 100644
--- a/inertia/pages/widgets/NewPartSearch.vue
+++ b/inertia/pages/widgets/NewPartSearch.vue
@@ -64,6 +64,19 @@ async function comparePrices(part: ScrapedPart) {
     offers[part.id] = data.offers ?? []
     if (offers[part.id].length === 0) {
       compareErrors[part.id] = true
+      return
+    }
+
+    // The backend already persists the cheapest offer found as this
+    // part's new best-known price when it beats the catalog price (see
+    // ScrapedPartsController#compare / updatePriceIfCheaper). Mirror that
+    // here on the locally held result so the displayed catalog price
+    // (e.g. "€979.95") reflects it immediately, instead of staying stuck
+    // at whatever price the initial search returned until the user
+    // re-runs the search from scratch.
+    const cheapest = offers[part.id][0]
+    if (part.price === null || cheapest.price < part.price) {
+      part.price = cheapest.price
     }
   } catch {
     compareErrors[part.id] = true