Name: Cleburne County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

With all the snow still lingering, many county roads are covered with snow and ice, making it hard for cattle producers to get their cattle to the market today. Due to the conditions, supply was too light, to determine a trend.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $317.53/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −96.01 against this barn's trailing median of $413.54.

Average price

$317.53

17 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,739

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$12.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.51

vs AR average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	318.25	1,749	16thin
Medium and Large 2	515	306.00	1,576	1thin

One grade step is worth $12.25/cwt here — about $173 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

26 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $472.12, low $365.51, median $413.54 across 26 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

317.53

—

AR average6 barns · 135 hd

297.02

+20.51

This barn, trailing median26 sales

413.54

−96.01

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	1,438	146.50	2,106	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,683	117.50	1,977	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,108	111.01	1,230	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,095	100.00	1,095	1thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,286	$1,943	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$1,650	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$2,250	1thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,095	1
Bulls	—	—	1,915	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	3,026	1
Bulls	—	—	960	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,296	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	107.52/cwt	107.00–108.00	1,210	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,269	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,780	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	2,047	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,902	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	303.36/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,311	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	303	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,204	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,502	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	200–250	239	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,040	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,556	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,531	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,404	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,493	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,734	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,776	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	495	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,262	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,015	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,929	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	822	226.01/cwt	222.00–228.00	1,858	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,040	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,550	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	322	409.64/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,319	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	545	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,690	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	536	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,576	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	418	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,404	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,770	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,958	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,638	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,825	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	515	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,264	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	293.78/cwt	287.50–300.00	1,375	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,742	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	950	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,045	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	351.23/cwt	345.00–358.00	1,486	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,463	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	315.98/cwt	315.00–317.00	1,668	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	297.46/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,392	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	315	370.97/cwt	362.50–380.00	1,169	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,286	1,943.01/head	1,600.00–2,150.00	1,943	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,877	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	695	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,682	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	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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