Name: Cleburne County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, supply was up this week with a break in the weather. Demand was strong, and attendance was good. It was a mix offering of thin flesh and fleshier calves selling uneven. On a light test due to supply last week feeder steers 300lb-500lb sold $12.00-$13.00 lower, while steers 500lb-700lb sold $4.00-$5.00 higher, while heifers 300lb-500lb sold $7.00-$8.00 higher, and 500lb-700lb heifers sold $17.00-$18.00 higher. The largest draft was a group of 24 762lb heifers selling for $256.00 $/Cwt. Slaughter cattle sold $8.00-$9.00 higher on a light test

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $285.02/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −103.24 against this barn's trailing median of $388.26.

Average price

$285.02

69 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,597

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$24.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.42

vs AR average

−19.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	297.96	1,667	29
Medium and Large 2	549	276.83	1,520	26
Medium and Large 1-2	583	273.42	1,593	14thin

One grade step is worth $24.54/cwt here — about $74 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

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 sale69 hd

285.02

—

AR average10 barns · 318 hd

279.60

+5.42

National average182 barns · 24,858 hd

304.64

−19.62

This barn, trailing median27 sales

388.26

−103.24

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	2,038	164.64	3,355	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,525	132.00	2,013	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,257	123.10	1,547	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,095	108.60	1,189	12

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)	1,263	$1,875	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,055	$1,750	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,192	$1,684	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,034	$1,605	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,120	$1,542	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	838	$1,383	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	590	$1,050	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,585	$3,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,105	$1,825	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	988	$1,213	2thin

Every lot, as filed

126 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	735	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,918	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	345	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,285	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	354.14/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,516	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	323.64/cwt	308.00–329.00	1,819	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	329.30/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,749	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	364	342.66/cwt	332.50–345.00	1,247	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	420	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,281	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	585	275.95/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,614	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	300	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,140	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	615	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	370	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,351	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,809	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	975	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	420	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,323	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	560	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,602	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	510	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,469	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	467	304.16/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,420	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	336	329.35/cwt	317.50–340.00	1,107	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	277.48/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,496	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	312.72/cwt	312.00–314.00	1,351	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	283.95/cwt	272.00–305.00	1,204	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	614	254.28/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,561	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	272.31/cwt	265.00–274.00	1,558	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	273.89/cwt	263.00–282.00	1,276	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	265.01/cwt	261.00–270.00	1,646	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,951	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,368	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	239.46/cwt	234.00–245.00	1,748	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	313.93/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,184	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	306.90/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,614	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	408.49/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,258	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	306.46/cwt	306.00–307.50	1,891	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	311.60/cwt	296.00–316.00	1,842	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	278.50/cwt	278.00–279.00	1,958	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,565	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	386.45/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,418	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	312.50/cwt	308.00–314.00	1,947	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,500	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	280.50/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,924	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,943	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,768	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	271.00/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,911	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	341.08/cwt	330.00–352.50	1,572	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	350.25/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,121	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	768	256.97/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,974	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	340.89/cwt	320.00–357.50	1,285	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	293.38/cwt	285.00–302.00	1,526	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,707	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,538	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	800–850	845	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,079	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	663	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,923	15
Steers	Small and Medium 2	500–550	520	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	905	1
Steers	Small and Medium 2	600–650	610	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	964	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	323.27/cwt	316.00–342.50	1,403	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	318.49/cwt	302.50–326.00	1,487	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	461	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,683	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	277.01/cwt	276.00–278.00	1,870	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	489	333.35/cwt	332.00–337.50	1,630	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	470	330.11/cwt	325.00–332.50	1,552	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	800–850	845	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,062	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	370	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,351	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	116.90/cwt	116.00–118.00	1,465	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	935	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,745	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	2,146	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,305	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,840	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,507	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	123.85/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,580	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	114.68/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,200	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,136	107.35/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,219	7
Bulls	—	—	2,038	164.64/cwt	163.00–166.00	3,355	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	988	1,212.59/head	1,175.00–1,250.00	1,213	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	700	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,018	1,783.11/head	1,325.00–2,150.00	1,783	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,192	1,684.09/head	1,225.00–1,875.00	1,684	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	1,541.96/head	1,325.00–1,725.00	1,542	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,263	1,875.15/head	1,800.00–1,950.00	1,875	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	590	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,065	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,105	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,585	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	337.53/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,070	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	390	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,385	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	323.75/cwt	322.50–325.00	1,729	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,424	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	647	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,747	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	840	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,882	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,227	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,406	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,748	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	279.39/cwt	271.00–290.00	1,556	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	309.50/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,479	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	264.50/cwt	260.00–278.00	1,653	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,616	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,610	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	284.29/cwt	277.50–300.00	1,510	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	858	226.17/cwt	217.50–235.00	1,941	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	304.82/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,737	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	249.06/cwt	246.00–252.00	1,818	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	238.86/cwt	220.00–258.00	1,624	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	320.81/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,187	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,699	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	335	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,223	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	320.22/cwt	305.00–334.00	1,390	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	311.52/cwt	300.00–324.00	1,470	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	248.29/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,887	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	370	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,184	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	627	256.37/cwt	252.00–262.00	1,607	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	310	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,039	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	300–350	343	301.69/cwt	300.00–302.00	1,035	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	358.25/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,103	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	291.65/cwt	283.00–306.00	1,700	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	282.46/cwt	276.00–283.00	1,720	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	321.85/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,329	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,271	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	460	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,357	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	252.28/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,728	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	270.66/cwt	270.00–271.00	1,613	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,895	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	420	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,449	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	685	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	585	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,404	1

How this sale compares

Arkansas weighted averages

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