Name: Cleburne County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two week's ago, feeder steers and heifers sold $20.00-$25.00 higher. Supply this week was mostly weaned calves. Demand was strong with good attendance. Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady on a light test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $313.02/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −75.15 against this barn's trailing median of $388.17.

Average price

$313.02

56 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,732

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

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

$22.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.20

vs AR average

−8.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	315.79	1,748	49
Medium and Large 2	545	293.93	1,603	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	558	293.33	1,638	3thin

One grade step is worth $22.46/cwt here — about $110 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

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 sale56 hd

313.02

—

AR average8 barns · 378 hd

314.22

−1.20

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

−8.72

This barn, trailing median28 sales

388.17

−75.15

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	—	Low	1,545	159.84	2,469	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,285	140.78	1,809	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,602	138.79	2,224	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	926	106.95	990	7thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,113	$3,088	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,755	$2,450	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,270	$2,350	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	790	$1,725	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	880	$1,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$2,875	1thin

Every lot, as filed

82 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 1-2	350–400	350	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	317.37/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,523	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,482	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,755	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	289.26/cwt	260.00–317.50	1,660	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	379.14/cwt	370.00–387.50	1,642	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	415.09/cwt	385.00–425.00	1,345	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	350.03/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,376	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	440.40/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,458	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	353.47/cwt	352.00–357.50	1,732	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	355.00/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,136	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	990	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	314.16/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	394.17/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,648	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	455	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,684	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	833	96.31/cwt	90.00–100.00	802	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	142.20/cwt	141.00–144.00	1,917	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	137.93/cwt	137.00–139.00	1,597	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,960	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	2,470	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	2,208	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	345	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,328	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	298.57/cwt	290.00–306.00	1,603	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,242	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	461.23/cwt	455.00–470.00	1,660	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	382.03/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,471	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	510	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	360.98/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,873	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,115	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,961	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	298.46/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,827	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	356.46/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,522	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	317.87/cwt	300.00–327.50	1,672	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,789	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	340.90/cwt	327.50–355.00	1,589	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	373.77/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,746	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,474	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,982	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	334.24/cwt	317.00–350.00	2,096	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	343.61/cwt	337.50–355.00	1,969	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	390.98/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,294	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	366.64/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,401	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	332.97/cwt	327.50–335.00	1,765	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,899	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,823	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	314.78/cwt	297.50–324.00	1,785	33
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,693	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	406.67/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,627	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	341.99/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,943	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	355.63/cwt	350.00–362.50	1,657	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	311.65/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,783	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	323.60/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,502	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,610	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,840	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	270.00/cwt	260.00–282.50	1,939	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,113	3,087.64/head	3,000.00–3,200.00	3,088	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	276.64/cwt	262.50–291.00	1,746	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,875.00/head	2,875.00–2,875.00	2,875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,377	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,932	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	420	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	306.45/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,581	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,357	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	391	386.10/cwt	367.00–400.00	1,510	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	933	218.77/cwt	217.50–220.00	2,041	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,639	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	320.84/cwt	317.50–322.50	1,546	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	106.01/cwt	104.00–108.00	994	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,170	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,101	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,514	142.39/cwt	140.00–148.00	2,156	4
Bulls	—	—	1,477	154.74/cwt	150.00–159.00	2,286	5
Bulls	—	—	1,658	168.33/cwt	164.00–170.00	2,791	3

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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