Name: Cleburne County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, coming right off the holiday weekend. Supply on feeder calves this week was light, selling on a light test with few comparables no trends could be determined. On a moderate test slaughter cattle sold steady to $5.00 higher. Buyer attendance was down from last week however demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $367.30/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −66.15 against this barn's trailing median of $433.45.

Average price

$367.30

27 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,016

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$285

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

$48.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.54

vs AR average

−11.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	370.79	1,975	14thin
Medium and Large 1-2	570	367.00	2,092	12thin
Medium and Large 2	525	322.00	1,691	1thin

One grade step is worth $48.79/cwt here — about $285 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

26 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $491.70, low $390.12, median $433.45 across 26 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 sale27 hd

367.30

—

AR average3 barns · 65 hd

355.75

+11.54

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

−11.83

This barn, trailing median26 sales

433.45

−66.15

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	—	High	1,647	183.76	3,027	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,156	162.35	1,877	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,393	157.31	2,192	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	992	142.78	1,417	20

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)	1,020	$1,900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	740	$1,350	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,420	$2,850	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,000	$2,983	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,150	$2,900	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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	386.56/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,268	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	405	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,324	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	492	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,968	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,975	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,350	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	380.45/cwt	372.00–391.00	1,552	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	570	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,092	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	296.25/cwt	277.00–317.00	1,386	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,654	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	388.30/cwt	375.00–402.00	1,301	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	203	518.49/cwt	497.50–540.00	1,053	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	343.39/cwt	332.00–355.00	1,803	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,853	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,148	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	342.42/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,774	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,970	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	396.30/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,664	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	347.51/cwt	340.00–348.00	2,241	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,659	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,186	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	288.49/cwt	287.00–290.00	2,071	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,111	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	370.22/cwt	367.00–375.00	1,729	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	590	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,800	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,420	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	330.51/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,933	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,171	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	300.34/cwt	297.00–302.00	1,916	3
Steers	Small and Medium 2	650–700	674	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,348	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,939	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	616	308.20/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,899	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	675	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,937	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	171.75/cwt	170.00–173.00	2,228	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	146.26/cwt	141.00–149.00	1,518	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	818	121.53/cwt	116.00–126.00	994	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	132.65/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,227	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	154.70/cwt	151.00–160.00	1,649	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,220	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,781	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	162.97/cwt	161.00–165.00	2,412	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	164.89/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,071	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	848	148.71/cwt	144.00–155.00	1,261	3
Bulls	—	—	1,695	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	3,356	1
Bulls	—	—	1,716	185.26/cwt	182.00–189.00	3,179	5
Bulls	—	—	1,255	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,033	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,826	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	875	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,575	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	850	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	740	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,020	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	290.00/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,653	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,889	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,146	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	368.21/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,318	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	355.80/cwt	327.00–368.00	1,637	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	395.89/cwt	390.00–402.00	1,675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	540	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,739	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,691	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	332.33/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,462	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	238.31/cwt	235.00–240.00	2,097	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	803	244.02/cwt	236.00–252.00	1,959	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	291.47/cwt	287.00–300.00	1,510	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	462	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,733	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	375	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	575	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	278	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,126	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	248.27/cwt	229.00–267.00	1,775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	900	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,016	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	572	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,888	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,624	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	266	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	1,351	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,387	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	322.26/cwt	312.00–332.00	1,689	4

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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