Name: Cleburne County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

PRE-VAC SALE NEXT MONDAY ON 6/16/25 SALE STARTS @1PM

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold $10.00-$12.00 higher, while feeder heifers sold $5.00-$10.00 higher. There was a light test on quality offerings this week. Slaughter cattle sold $5.00-$10.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $337.62/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −50.56 against this barn's trailing median of $388.17.

Average price

$337.62

76 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,816

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$178

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

$37.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.66

vs AR average

−3.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	339.77	1,877	38
Medium and Large 1-2	520	338.29	1,760	35
Medium and Large 2	562	302.50	1,699	3thin

One grade step is worth $37.27/cwt here — about $178 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 sale76 hd

337.62

—

AR average6 barns · 347 hd

325.96

+11.66

National average161 barns · 10,769 hd

340.92

−3.30

This barn, trailing median28 sales

388.17

−50.56

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	1,884	185.11	3,488	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,169	152.03	1,777	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,493	150.08	2,241	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,016	140.37	1,426	17

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,210	$2,229	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	850	$1,304	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	950	$2,075	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,000	$1,900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

98 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	700–750	743	305.33/cwt	304.00–306.00	2,269	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,869	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,350	1
Bulls	—	—	1,610	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,220	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	992	146.49/cwt	141.00–154.00	1,453	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,111	136.24/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,514	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	150.15/cwt	145.00–153.00	1,712	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	730	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	803	1
Bulls	—	—	1,730	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,889	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	2,229.24/head	2,175.00–2,300.00	2,229	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,829	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	369.09/cwt	355.00–372.00	2,266	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,165	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,142	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,349	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,158	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,548	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	325.84/cwt	325.00–327.50	2,255	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,255	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	363.43/cwt	342.50–375.00	1,879	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	388.04/cwt	375.00–415.00	2,018	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	294.26/cwt	292.00–295.00	2,013	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	395.91/cwt	370.00–407.50	1,873	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,661	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	334.88/cwt	324.00–352.50	1,795	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	394.64/cwt	370.00–402.50	1,417	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,131	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	399.22/cwt	390.00–412.50	1,960	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	357.52/cwt	335.00–369.00	2,052	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	357.86/cwt	354.00–362.50	1,668	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	314.96/cwt	312.50–317.50	1,962	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	334.96/cwt	321.00–341.00	2,127	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	254	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,283	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,095	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	425.49/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,791	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	278.68/cwt	272.50–285.00	1,973	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,192	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	460	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,070	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	740	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,961	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	490	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	435	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	561	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,964	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	850	1,303.53/head	1,250.00–1,350.00	1,304	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	900	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,416	1
Bulls	—	—	2,027	186.18/cwt	184.00–189.00	3,774	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,188	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,623	143.13/cwt	141.00–144.00	2,323	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	151.76/cwt	149.00–154.00	2,178	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	945	140.98/cwt	138.00–144.00	1,332	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,947	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,000	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,907	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,948	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	156.78/cwt	154.00–162.00	1,966	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	420	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,785	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,414	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	555	347.50/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,929	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	410	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,702	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	376.24/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,844	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,786	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	595	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	381.34/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,655	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	700–750	710	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,187	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	342.44/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,315	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	352.21/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,074	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	714	279.60/cwt	275.00–297.50	1,996	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	316.69/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,862	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	332.44/cwt	327.50–337.50	2,104	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,694	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	366.40/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,722	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	304.79/cwt	265.00–342.50	1,426	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	650–700	660	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,211	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	320.76/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,350	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,953	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,133	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	414.52/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,355	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	396.28/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,514	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	390.68/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,645	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	250–300	260	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	600	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,992	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	605	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,148	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	405	383.11/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,552	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	425	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,466	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	485	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,649	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,719	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	330.33/cwt	325.00–331.00	1,863	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	519	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,765	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,683	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,967	2

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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