Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2024-06-24

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Jun 24
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
210 head
17 vs last sale 193 602 vs year ago 812 · 74.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
0 vs last sale 71 25 vs year ago 46 · +54.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*THERE WILL BE A SALE ON 7/1/2024*

Compared to last week: The strongest test this week was on 5 and 6-weight feeder heifers selling $9.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold $16.00 to $18.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter cows sold steady to $2.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold $7.00 higher. With the HOT weather, the supply was held back from the previous week. Demand was good

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.90/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits 130.27 against this barn's trailing median of $388.17.
Average price
$257.90
21 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,418
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$154
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.63
vs AR average
11.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564262.041,47814thin
Medium and Large 1-2510250.001,2753thin
Medium and Large 2531249.321,3244thin
One grade step is worth $12.73/cwt here — about $154 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales
421393365336median 388.1712/1502/1605/0406/2908/17
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $407.35, low $350.41, median $388.17 across 28 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 sale21 hd
257.90
AR average10 barns · 423 hd
256.27
+1.63
National average153 barns · 8,958 hd
269.28
−11.38
This barn, trailing median28 sales
388.17
−130.27
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
BullsLow1,620148.102,3995thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,552141.022,1893thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,249138.641,73212
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,012123.871,25324

Every lot, as filed

58 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed600–650635250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5882
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed450–500463296.31/cwt292.50–300.001,3722
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed500–550515300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5451
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650615249.18/cwt243.00–255.001,5323
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350324312.82/cwt305.00–327.501,0146
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450419313.50/cwt310.00–321.001,3143
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450414270.83/cwt255.00–278.001,1217
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed550–600588293.73/cwt292.50–295.001,7272
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450410286.58/cwt280.00–293.001,1752
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400365324.90/cwt322.50–327.501,1862
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450428301.60/cwt297.50–305.001,2913
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550525276.95/cwt265.00–285.001,45411
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550523256.59/cwt252.50–260.001,3423
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400375311.30/cwt310.00–312.501,1672
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550510250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2753
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600578257.82/cwt250.00–270.001,49010
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400379281.94/cwt275.00–285.001,06910
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500477261.87/cwt252.50–272.501,2499
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700680243.13/cwt235.00–250.001,6534
BullsMedium and Large 2850–900885192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,7041
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300295310.00/cwt310.00–310.009151
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600555227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2631
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350335310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,0391
CowsLean 85-90%72590.00/cwt90.00–90.006531
CowsLean 85-90%925111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0271
CowsLean 85-90%1,047128.03/cwt124.00–133.001,34017
CowsLean 85-90%966119.06/cwt115.00–122.001,1505
CowsBoner 80-85%1,184135.52/cwt132.00–139.001,6055
CowsBoner 80-85%1,185127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,5051
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600580264.10/cwt252.50–275.001,5327
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500469281.89/cwt275.00–287.501,3226
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,552141.02/cwt140.00–142.002,1893
CowsBoner 80-85%1,314143.17/cwt140.00–146.001,8816
Bulls1,390134.64/cwt131.00–138.001,8712
Bulls1,773157.07/cwt149.00–160.002,7853
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650622293.10/cwt290.00–295.001,8239
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600565280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5821
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500460299.61/cwt292.00–307.501,3787
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450413309.56/cwt301.00–315.001,2784
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed400–450413302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,2492
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed350–400380310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1782
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750705267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,8861
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600576290.26/cwt289.00–295.001,6727
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400385316.87/cwt315.00–320.001,2204
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700655237.20/cwt237.20–237.201,5541
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350305305.00/cwt305.00–305.009301
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550538287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,5472
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300273386.15/cwt382.50–390.001,0542
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700668245.49/cwt245.00–246.001,6402
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350338340.28/cwt327.50–352.501,1502
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300273375.64/cwt365.00–385.001,0252
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650621254.11/cwt247.50–262.501,5787
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550517270.14/cwt262.50–275.001,3973
SteersMedium and Large 2Fleshy450–500490270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3231
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500482281.67/cwt272.50–285.001,3587
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450405320.02/cwt317.50–322.501,2963
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400350295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0331
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300255335.00/cwt335.00–335.008541

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.