Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2024-07-01

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Jul 1
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
174 head
36 vs last sale 210 638 vs year ago 812 · 78.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
41 vs last sale 71 16 vs year ago 46 · 34.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
3 vs last sale 0 4 vs year ago 7 · 57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold $7.00 higher and feeder heifers sold steady to $1.00 lower on a light test. The supply of feeders was mostly unweaned calves with the exception of some 4 and 5-weight steers and heifers. Slaughter cows and bulls sold $6.00 to $7.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $251.94/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits 136.32 against this barn's trailing median of $388.26.
Average price
$251.94
17 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,341
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$688
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 2
$139.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.00
vs AR average
25.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532261.581,39213thin
Medium and Large 2517253.321,3103thin
Small and Medium 2575122.507041thin
One grade step is worth $139.08/cwt here — about $688 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 sale17 hd
251.94
AR average10 barns · 419 hd
254.94
−3.00
National average18 barns · 1,550 hd
276.94
−25.00
This barn, trailing median27 sales
388.26
−136.32
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
BullsLow1,580150.152,3723thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,430141.412,0223thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,217139.491,6979thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,066128.061,3648thin

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
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,100$1,4633thin

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
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400380343.39/cwt330.00–357.501,3052
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700655242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,5881
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500463261.26/cwt260.00–262.501,2102
HeifersMedium and Large 2Full400–450440227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,0011
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,1001,463.22/head1,150.00–1,700.001,4633
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700673243.63/cwt237.50–250.001,6402
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed500–550500300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5001
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800795190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5111
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700695220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5291
SteersMedium and Large 2800–850800209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,6721
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500465258.87/cwt250.00–265.001,2044
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added450–500473304.95/cwt300.00–310.001,4423
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400360291.34/cwt285.00–297.501,0492
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added550–600568267.44/cwt265.00–270.001,5192
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600568251.21/cwt250.00–252.501,4272
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450420270.58/cwt260.00–282.501,13611
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350322284.66/cwt272.50–295.009175
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550529263.14/cwt260.00–265.001,3924
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed450–500457271.75/cwt270.00–272.501,2426
HeifersSmall and Medium 2550–600575122.50/cwt122.50–122.507041
HeifersSmall and Medium 2350–400380212.30/cwt197.50–227.508072
SteersSmall and Medium 2550–600585132.50/cwt132.50–132.507752
HeifersSmall and Medium 2250–300265245.00/cwt245.00–245.006491
CowsLean 85-90%1,089132.58/cwt128.00–139.001,4446
CowsLean 85-90%1,190120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,4281
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,430141.41/cwt140.00–143.002,0223
CowsBoner 80-85%1,160162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,8851
CowsBoner 80-85%1,173142.24/cwt142.00–142.501,6682
Bulls1,440145.23/cwt144.00–146.002,0912
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550517253.32/cwt250.00–255.001,3103
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added400–450409274.78/cwt274.00–275.001,1249
CowsBoner 80-85%1,410128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,8051
CowsBoner 80-85%1,207136.09/cwt131.00–140.001,6435
Bulls1,860160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,9761
CowsLean 85-90%800109.00/cwt109.00–109.008721
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400360321.58/cwt310.00–332.501,1584
BullsMedium and Large 1Full500–550505270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3641
SteersMedium and Large 2950–1000965177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,7131
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed400–450445295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3131
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400383278.35/cwt270.00–287.501,0668
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550545250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3631
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350340380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2921
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500480307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,4761
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650640242.20/cwt242.20–242.201,5501
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500470323.71/cwt320.00–327.501,5212
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550516266.45/cwt260.00–275.001,3759
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350333349.13/cwt325.00–362.501,1633
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400370305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1291
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450415315.60/cwt302.20–330.001,3102
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500470280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3161
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600569250.62/cwt245.00–255.001,4264
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600558292.40/cwt280.00–302.501,6323
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750718246.17/cwt242.20–250.001,7682
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500475292.97/cwt280.00–307.501,3924
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600563271.63/cwt267.50–275.001,5293
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650610255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5561
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550523286.63/cwt280.00–290.001,4998
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550518295.44/cwt280.00–312.501,5309

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.