Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2024-07-29

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Jul 29
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
193 head
76 vs last sale 269 92 vs year ago 285 · 32.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
7 vs last sale 45 18 vs year ago 70 · 25.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
18 vs last sale 30 23 vs year ago 35 · 65.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Supply was down this week compared to the previous week. On a light test feeder steers 400lb to 500lb sold $17.00 to $18.00 higher. Feeder heifers 300lb to 600lb sold $9.00 higher. Feeder bulls sold $9.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to $3.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $259.16/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits 129.02 against this barn's trailing median of $388.17.
Average price
$259.16
10 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,449
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$51
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.16
vs AR average
+0.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550264.321,4555thin
Medium and Large 1-2565260.001,4693thin
Medium and Large 2573245.001,4042thin
One grade step is worth $19.32/cwt here — about $51 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 sale10 hd
259.16
AR average7 barns · 296 hd
255.99
+3.16
National average139 barns · 7,218 hd
258.46
+0.70
This barn, trailing median28 sales
388.17
−129.02
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
BullsAverage1,821163.932,9854thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,121139.531,56417
CowsLean 85-90%Average976126.411,23418

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 PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,250$2,3001thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,038140.12/cwt139.00–141.001,4542
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550535292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,5651
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550532300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5963
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450437314.97/cwt312.50–317.501,3764
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350340331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,1251
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600577271.53/cwt260.00–282.201,5673
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600585285.49/cwt282.50–290.001,6705
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2502,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700690235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6221
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400379306.70/cwt300.00–315.001,1627
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450440290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2761
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400380305.01/cwt303.00–306.001,1593
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500470322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,5162
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600565260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4693
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500468270.05/cwt260.00–280.001,2642
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed400–450435321.28/cwt320.00–322.501,3982
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350327309.43/cwt297.50–320.001,0125
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550545282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,5401
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650620245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5191
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350325320.08/cwt310.00–332.501,0403
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550528272.40/cwt263.00–279.001,4384
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed500–550522310.79/cwt307.50–317.501,6223
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500471265.31/cwt251.00–272.501,2504
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400370289.02/cwt275.00–301.001,0694
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300273326.79/cwt310.00–350.008924
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500474287.39/cwt279.00–294.001,3624
CowsLean 85-90%1,000124.27/cwt119.00–128.001,2437
CowsLean 85-90%760100.00/cwt100.00–100.007602
CowsBoner 80-85%1,265124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,5691
CowsBoner 80-85%1,120145.53/cwt144.00–147.001,6302
CowsBoner 80-85%1,111139.78/cwt137.00–143.001,55314
Bulls1,821163.93/cwt158.00–168.002,9854
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed450–500488312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,5252
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added500–550545312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,7031
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed300–350315355.00/cwt350.00–360.001,1182
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300271306.49/cwt297.50–320.008314
CowsLean 85-90%910115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0471
CowsLean 85-90%1,018136.30/cwt133.00–141.001,3888
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550532302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,6092
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500480322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,5481
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550523268.48/cwt265.00–272.201,4042
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300268370.00/cwt370.00–370.009922
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600573245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4042
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450432277.85/cwt275.00–282.501,2003
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450405292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,1851
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600555307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,7071
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400364342.70/cwt332.50–350.001,2474
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600560247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,3861
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650622250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5553
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750710237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,6861
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,180162.19/cwt140.00–185.001,9144
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,056145.16/cwt140.00–154.001,5334
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700668244.97/cwt242.50–247.501,6362
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900870225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9581
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500455282.50/cwt280.00–285.001,2852
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400371311.77/cwt295.00–322.501,1575
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700668255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,70310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450–500468291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,3625
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850830240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9924
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600573268.56/cwt262.50–275.001,5392
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650620261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,6182
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,115178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,9851
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450417306.60/cwt302.50–315.001,2795
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750710239.73/cwt237.50–242.501,7024

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.