Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2024-05-27

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, May 27
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
191 head
419 vs last sale 610 41 vs year ago 232 · 17.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
36 vs last sale 90 20 vs year ago 74 · 27.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
7 vs last sale 25 10 vs year ago 8 · +125.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Being Memorial Day supply was light but there was a good buyer attendance. Feeder steers sold for 1.00 dollar lower. Feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 7.00 dollars lower. Feeder bulls sold 8.00 dollars higher. Slaughter cows sold for 2.00 to 3.00 dollars lower and slaughter bulls 2.00 to 3.00 dollars lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $260.42/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits 127.84 against this barn's trailing median of $388.26.
Average price
$260.42
32 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,443
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.93
vs AR average
7.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555267.601,48422
Medium and Large 2553244.621,35410thin
One grade step is worth $22.99/cwt here — about $130 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales
421393365336median 388.2612/2902/1605/0406/2908/17
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $407.35, low $350.41, median $388.26 across 27 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale32 hd
260.42
AR average10 barns · 413 hd
259.49
+0.93
National average129 barns · 6,320 hd
267.62
−7.20
This barn, trailing median27 sales
388.26
−127.84
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,360147.552,0074thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,280135.001,7281thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,194134.531,60613
CowsLean 85-90%High1,010124.141,25435

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,000$2,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,075$1,8262thin

Every lot, as filed

63 lots · USDA AMS · Cleburne County Livestock Auction - Heber Springs, AR
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0002,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600574259.74/cwt255.00–265.001,4919
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550519265.51/cwt255.00–277.001,3789
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500463281.33/cwt273.00–287.501,3038
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450435307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,3381
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500477300.80/cwt295.00–305.001,4353
BullsMedium and Large 2950–1000980167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,6421
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650630270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7011
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750720240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7281
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700660282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,8651
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550520282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,4691
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450445260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1571
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650620222.20/cwt210.00–235.001,3782
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0751,826.16/head1,575.00–2,025.001,8262
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,000138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,3801
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,535149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,2871
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500480262.35/cwt254.00–271.001,2593
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400368315.07/cwt295.00–332.201,1594
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600563251.82/cwt242.50–260.001,4186
BullsMedium and Large 2800–850815182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,4871
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,225140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,7151
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2973127.20/cwt120.00–136.001,2382
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450405322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,3061
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700670250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6751
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550530272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,4441
CowsLean 85-90%1,043127.78/cwt124.00–134.001,33323
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,280135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,7281
CowsBoner 80-85%1,179131.08/cwt130.00–132.001,5454
CowsBoner 80-85%1,015115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1671
Bulls1,660158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,6231
Bulls1,260144.07/cwt141.00–146.001,8153
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400358276.17/cwt265.00–287.509892
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750735207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,5251
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550539233.81/cwt222.50–252.501,2604
CowsBoner 80-85%1,224138.70/cwt135.00–143.001,6988
CowsLean 85-90%971120.06/cwt115.00–123.001,16610
CowsLean 85-90%833102.66/cwt100.00–105.008552
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400381291.64/cwt287.50–307.501,1116
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600582277.93/cwt265.00–297.001,61810
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750702263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,8462
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500497301.88/cwt300.00–302.501,5004
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350300272.50/cwt272.50–272.508181
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400380332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,2641
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500472327.69/cwt320.00–332.501,5473
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400385345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3281
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600571287.84/cwt282.50–298.001,6444
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500465325.56/cwt314.00–330.001,5146
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450436330.84/cwt330.00–335.001,4426
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700680263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,7881
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700657240.01/cwt237.50–245.001,5773
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450415337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,4012
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650615283.05/cwt270.00–285.001,74112
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement550–600591290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7144
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550515299.94/cwt295.00–305.001,5453
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400365350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2781
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2955130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2421
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650639245.60/cwt240.00–260.001,5694
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350305320.00/cwt320.00–320.009761
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700665272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,8123
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550526301.80/cwt292.50–315.001,58711
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450424283.43/cwt270.00–289.001,2027
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,005125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2561
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2978130.89/cwt127.00–135.001,2802

How this sale compares

Arkansas weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Arkansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.