Name: Cleburne County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

HEARD SELL-OUT NEXT MONDAY ON APRIL 7TH

Compared to last week, feeder steers and bulls sold $10.00-$15.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to $5.00 higher with a slightly stronger demand than steers compared to last week. Slaughter cattle sold steady to $5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $309.54/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −78.71 against this barn's trailing median of $388.26.

Average price

$309.54

28 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,677

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$34.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.65

vs AR average

−11.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	314.74	1,704	21
Medium and Large 1-2	533	304.40	1,621	4thin
Medium and Large 2	555	280.02	1,555	3thin

One grade step is worth $34.72/cwt here — about $149 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale28 hd

309.54

—

AR average10 barns · 323 hd

305.89

+3.65

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−11.84

This barn, trailing median27 sales

388.26

−78.71

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	—	High	1,534	159.17	2,442	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,246	140.80	1,754	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,450	139.68	2,025	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,050	118.34	1,243	11

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,134	$2,438	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$1,989	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,015	$1,908	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	970	$1,650	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,125	$2,925	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	655	$1,450	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,000	$2,345	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,023	$2,316	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	883	$1,126	2thin

Every lot, as filed

92 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	407	278.67/cwt	275.00–281.00	1,134	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,189	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,764	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	470	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,199	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,407	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,770	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	324.94/cwt	310.00–332.50	1,579	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,485	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	340.33/cwt	340.00–341.00	1,566	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,411	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,714	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	138.79/cwt	137.00–142.00	1,485	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	116.03/cwt	115.00–117.00	1,305	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,160	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,554	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	149.76/cwt	145.00–154.00	1,700	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	129.65/cwt	127.00–132.00	1,469	2
Bulls	—	—	1,738	173.98/cwt	171.00–177.00	3,024	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,899	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	970	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	321.51/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,685	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,946	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,430	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,102	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	308.79/cwt	307.50–310.00	1,590	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,427	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	2,925.00/head	2,925.00–2,925.00	2,925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,658	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	400.38/cwt	395.00–407.50	1,497	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,345.00/head	2,300.00–2,400.00	2,345	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,570	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,638	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	1,908.19/head	1,825.00–2,000.00	1,908	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,733	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	1,125.64/head	1,050.00–1,200.00	1,126	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,269	2,078.93/head	1,700.00–2,250.00	2,079	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,926	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,134	2,437.71/head	2,100.00–2,700.00	2,438	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,536	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	370.15/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,259	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,023	2,315.95/head	2,050.00–2,525.00	2,316	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	406	413.10/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,677	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,633	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,781	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	333.44/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,267	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	342.76/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,244	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,473	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	141.17/cwt	137.50–144.00	1,811	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	107.46/cwt	102.00–112.00	1,068	5
Bulls	—	—	1,695	168.49/cwt	168.00–169.00	2,856	2
Bulls	—	—	1,388	149.52/cwt	140.00–158.00	2,075	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,161	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,481	139.72/cwt	137.00–142.00	2,069	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	291.90/cwt	270.00–315.00	1,366	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,078	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	340.85/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,132	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	785	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,478	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	295.98/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	765	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,767	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	332.79/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,143	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	333.62/cwt	322.50–342.50	1,765	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	370.15/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,247	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	364.79/cwt	355.00–372.50	1,725	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	404.15/cwt	392.50–417.50	1,697	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	359.92/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,508	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,607	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	323.16/cwt	315.00–327.50	1,848	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,432	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	369.95/cwt	367.50–380.00	1,735	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	467.48/cwt	465.00–470.00	1,440	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,873	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	302.26/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,602	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	340.15/cwt	327.50–352.50	1,439	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	273.73/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,692	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	282.53/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,591	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	292.48/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,655	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	341.36/cwt	315.00–347.50	1,454	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	968	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,265	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	345.08/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,643	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	324.27/cwt	307.50–330.00	1,638	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	380.04/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,342	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	289.53/cwt	275.00–298.00	1,818	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,881	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,021	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	303.74/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,731	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,001	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	414.55/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,704	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	354.66/cwt	349.00–360.00	1,851	7

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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