Name: Cleburne County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*SPECIAL NOTE* 60 PLUS COWS MOSTLY BEING PAIRS TO SELL NEXT MONDAY ON 2/17/25

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold $6.00-$7.00 higher with a stronger offering of weaned calves, while feeder heifers sold $9.00-$10.00 lower. Slaughter cattle sold steady to $3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $271.50/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −116.76 against this barn's trailing median of $388.26.

Average price

$271.50

18 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,445

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$15.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.56

vs AR average

−25.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	540	278.00	1,501	5thin
Medium and Large 1	530	277.10	1,470	6thin
Medium and Large 2	529	262.05	1,386	7thin

One grade step is worth $15.95/cwt here — about $116 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 sale18 hd

271.50

—

AR average10 barns · 408 hd

285.06

−13.56

National average157 barns · 11,394 hd

297.00

−25.50

This barn, trailing median27 sales

388.26

−116.76

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	1,488	151.70	2,257	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,217	137.57	1,675	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,735	132.00	2,290	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,067	106.51	1,137	8thin

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)	1,400	$2,150	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,215	$2,050	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	937	$1,510	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	704	$1,093	4thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	780	$1,822	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,680	$3,000	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,120	$2,025	1thin

Every lot, as filed

84 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 1	400–450	418	385.34/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,611	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,422	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	386.67/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,427	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	311.89/cwt	302.00–322.50	1,793	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	303.03/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,606	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,435	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	327.76/cwt	326.00–328.00	1,698	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	343.51/cwt	332.50–355.00	1,580	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	7,705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	282.54/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,461	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	523	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,438	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	293	367.35/cwt	362.00–375.00	1,076	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	338.12/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,265	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,259	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,680	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	250.02/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	416.07/cwt	388.00–420.00	1,290	15
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	1,821.71/head	1,525.00–2,100.00	1,822	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	493	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,435	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,235	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	293.25/cwt	282.00–296.00	1,390	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	1,925.72/head	1,725.00–2,100.00	1,926	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,501	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	320	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,216	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	550	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,623	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	505	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	455	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,092	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,540	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	266.30/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,371	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,496	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	241.39/cwt	238.00–245.00	1,745	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,494	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	650–700	675	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,823	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	350	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,330	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	339.28/cwt	327.50–350.00	1,435	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	289.04/cwt	270.00–305.00	1,208	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,375	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	348.73/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,210	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,960	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,327	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,654	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	253.23/cwt	242.00–265.00	1,595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,277	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,654	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,416	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	738	1,094.92/head	1,000.00–1,175.00	1,095	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	704	1,092.80/head	1,075.00–1,100.00	1,093	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	984	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	283.19/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,059	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,035	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,325	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	141.33/cwt	139.00–145.00	1,712	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,164	115.25/cwt	114.00–116.00	1,342	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,735	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	2,290	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	135.29/cwt	134.00–137.00	1,682	9
Bulls	—	—	1,488	151.70/cwt	148.00–154.00	2,257	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	313	369.80/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,157	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	610	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,662	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	425	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,509	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,190	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	88.41/cwt	82.00–95.00	834	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	107.11/cwt	106.00–108.00	1,069	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	415	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	428	299.92/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,284	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	460	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,265	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	395	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,244	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	251.44/cwt	242.50–260.00	1,416	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	458	293.97/cwt	292.00–295.00	1,346	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	301.89/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,857	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,965	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	345	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,104	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	432	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,426	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	347.13/cwt	335.00–362.50	1,638	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	292.51/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,998	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	263.94/cwt	257.00–275.00	1,602	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	331.47/cwt	320.00–344.00	1,376	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	555	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,887	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	585	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,550	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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