Name: Cleburne County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle this week sold on light test, with feeder steers selling $29.00 lower and feeder heifers selling $27.00 to $28.00 lower. Feeder bulls sold on a slightly stronger test than steers and heifers selling $15.00 to $16.00 lower. Slaughter cattle sold $4.00 lower

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $251.17/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −137.09 against this barn's trailing median of $388.26.

Average price

$251.17

41 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,328

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$43

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$20.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.29

vs AR average

+6.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	520	256.68	1,336	27
Medium and Large 1	542	244.71	1,327	7thin
Medium and Large 2	547	236.35	1,293	7thin

One grade step is worth $20.33/cwt here — about $43 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

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 sale41 hd

251.17

—

AR average10 barns · 269 hd

252.46

−1.29

National average152 barns · 6,273 hd

245.07

+6.10

This barn, trailing median27 sales

388.26

−137.09

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,360	157.67	2,144	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,650	145.00	2,393	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,214	141.51	1,718	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	976	117.88	1,150	8thin

Every lot, as filed

68 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	923	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	700–750	730	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	560	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,411	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	244.22/cwt	242.50–246.00	1,426	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	501	247.00/cwt	245.00–249.00	1,237	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	226.73/cwt	210.00–237.50	1,288	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	576	250.07/cwt	248.00–253.00	1,440	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	246.86/cwt	241.00–252.50	1,321	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	355	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	250–300	260	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	827	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	253.76/cwt	242.00–265.00	832	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	345	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,147	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	272.53/cwt	267.50–277.50	1,112	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	240.76/cwt	232.50–247.50	1,257	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	252.20/cwt	245.00–266.00	1,226	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	279.80/cwt	272.20–287.50	1,058	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,407	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	274.98/cwt	272.50–277.50	1,081	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,008	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	230.12/cwt	227.50–232.50	1,088	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	940	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,081	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,266	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	300–350	345	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	618	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,072	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	141.51/cwt	136.00–145.00	1,718	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	803	89.11/cwt	84.00–94.00	716	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	132.11/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,396	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	122.84/cwt	119.00–126.00	1,241	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,393	1
Bulls	—	—	1,360	157.67/cwt	155.00–160.00	2,144	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	256.36/cwt	247.00–264.00	1,318	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	259.10/cwt	250.00–272.00	1,210	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	283.73/cwt	282.50–285.00	1,200	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	237.57/cwt	225.00–250.00	981	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,464	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,064	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	800	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,512	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	290.05/cwt	285.00–297.50	1,392	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,394	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	249.96/cwt	242.50–255.00	1,520	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	282.26/cwt	275.00–292.50	1,061	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	294.01/cwt	287.50–300.00	1,258	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	239.32/cwt	239.00–240.00	1,405	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,132	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,476	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	275.12/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,114	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,607	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	258.69/cwt	255.00–262.50	1,500	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	311.60/cwt	300.00–327.50	1,181	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	298.60/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,236	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,564	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	248.76/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,266	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	501	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,313	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	268.60/cwt	265.00–273.00	1,268	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	608	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,474	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	173.41/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,465	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,682	1

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.

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