Name: Cleburne County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, supply on feeders was much stronger, with quality offerings this week. Demand was strong, with good buyer attendance. Feeder heifers and steers sold $20 to $25 higher on a light test compared to last week's supply. Slaughter cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $307.36/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −80.81 against this barn's trailing median of $388.17.

Average price

$307.36

47 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$29

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

$10.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.74

vs AR average

−13.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	511	309.25	1,580	7thin
Medium and Large 1	544	308.57	1,678	34
Medium and Large 2	520	298.31	1,551	6thin

One grade step is worth $10.94/cwt here — about $29 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

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 sale47 hd

307.36

—

AR average10 barns · 266 hd

298.62

+8.74

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

−13.82

This barn, trailing median28 sales

388.17

−80.81

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	1,748	160.19	2,801	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,399	143.62	2,010	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,181	141.41	1,670	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	991	118.53	1,175	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,173	$2,199	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	895	$2,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,138	$2,500	2thin

Every lot, as filed

93 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 1	300–350	325	405.77/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,319	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,178	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	366	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,592	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	415	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,370	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	472	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,534	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	348.95/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,856	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,937	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	342.57/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,233	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	307.47/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,849	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	347.50/cwt	344.00–365.00	1,564	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	296.97/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,529	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	433.63/cwt	422.50–440.00	1,617	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,803	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	401.83/cwt	390.00–407.50	1,467	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	534	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,869	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,790	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	413	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,631	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	300	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	418.73/cwt	407.50–424.00	1,729	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	361.88/cwt	335.00–376.00	1,534	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	278.86/cwt	262.00–296.00	1,743	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,969	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	314	390.21/cwt	365.00–405.00	1,225	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	335.13/cwt	315.00–348.00	1,904	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	280.91/cwt	272.00–283.00	1,905	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	362.46/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,736	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,288	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	362.43/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,374	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,759	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	390.02/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,677	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,654	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	334.61/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,609	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	427.52/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,445	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,173	2,198.61/head	1,850.00–2,500.00	2,199	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,525	1
Bulls	—	—	2,005	169.29/cwt	166.00–174.00	3,394	2
Bulls	—	—	1,235	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,754	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	142.23/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,701	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	133.35/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,548	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,438	148.66/cwt	146.00–150.00	2,138	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,508	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,098	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	103.67/cwt	100.00–108.00	974	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	147.84/cwt	146.00–152.00	1,731	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,323	133.01/cwt	128.00–139.00	1,760	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,386	142.12/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,970	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	126.12/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,276	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	705	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	520	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,794	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	555	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,859	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	455	375.05/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,706	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	368	412.85/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,519	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	300	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,500	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	351.88/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,816	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,089	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	348.73/cwt	347.50–350.00	1,953	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	308	434.88/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,339	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	445	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,691	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	454.71/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,514	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	324.86/cwt	322.50–330.00	1,988	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	630	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,079	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	349.81/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,634	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	436.39/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,654	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,862	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,311	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	646	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,757	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	420.52/cwt	412.50–425.00	1,724	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,408	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	266.03/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,804	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	318.77/cwt	305.00–337.50	1,664	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	301.43/cwt	290.00–312.50	1,685	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	371.61/cwt	362.00–380.00	1,713	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	309.16/cwt	307.50–310.00	1,509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	334.25/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,444	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	325	382.42/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,243	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	365	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	495	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,807	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	305.00/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,299	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,654	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	358.31/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,129	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	284.12/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,779	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	366.77/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,544	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	309.25/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,580	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	384.96/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,440	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	545	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,662	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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