Name: Cleburne County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers traded unevenly on a mixed offering of both weaned and unweaned calves. Prices ranged from $10.00 lower to $13.00 higher, reflecting variable demand and quality across the offering. Feeder heifers saw a slightly stronger demand, trading $10.00 to $20.00 higher. Buyers showed increased interest in heavier and well-conditioned lots. Slaughter cattle continued to strengthen, selling $5.00 to $10.00 higher, supported by solid packer interest and tightening supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $353.12/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 2 of 27 comparable sales and sits −35.14 against this barn's trailing median of $388.26.

Average price

$353.12

39 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,914

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$229

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

$36.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.42

vs AR average

+2.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	356.94	1,941	28
Medium and Large 1-2	538	352.19	1,895	8thin
Medium and Large 2	535	320.00	1,712	3thin

One grade step is worth $36.94/cwt here — about $229 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

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 sale39 hd

353.12

—

AR average7 barns · 273 hd

348.71

+4.42

National average152 barns · 8,349 hd

350.81

+2.31

This barn, trailing median27 sales

388.26

−35.14

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	1,643	188.09	3,091	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,328	167.45	2,224	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,228	161.65	1,985	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,016	134.64	1,368	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)	1,000	$3,100	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,185	$3,050	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,135	$3,000	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,256	$2,797	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,150	$2,665	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$2,600	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,150	$2,550	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,050	$3,316	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$2,625	2thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$3,000	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,024	$2,000	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$1,925	2thin

Every lot, as filed

122 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 1Fleshy	600–650	602	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,972	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,266	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	331.10/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,215	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	470	348.07/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,636	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	402.58/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,892	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	424.23/cwt	422.50–430.00	1,625	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	420	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,659	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,220	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	342.17/cwt	342.00–342.50	1,988	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,219	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,223	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	341.28/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,140	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,103	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	388.47/cwt	375.00–402.50	2,028	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,745	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	530	329.96/cwt	327.50–332.50	1,749	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,831	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	438.54/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,430	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	349.07/cwt	349.00–350.00	2,227	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	417.18/cwt	410.00–422.50	1,819	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	404.85/cwt	385.00–430.00	1,919	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,201	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	386.21/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,182	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	372.99/cwt	345.00–384.00	1,958	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	394.30/cwt	387.50–420.00	1,636	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,276	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,669	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	363.74/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,302	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1350–1400	1,385	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	3,047	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	343.88/cwt	337.50–345.00	2,459	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	287	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,507	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	882	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,607	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	382.01/cwt	375.00–391.00	2,055	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	545	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	482	370.10/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,784	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	320	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	330	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,370	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	330	449.85/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,485	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	366.17/cwt	355.00–372.50	2,113	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	250–300	295	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,342	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	567	346.17/cwt	342.50–348.00	1,963	3
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,925.00/head	1,900.00–1,950.00	1,925	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	365	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,515	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	772	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,969	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,000	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,024	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	560	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,058	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	698	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,146	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,000	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	3,524.42/head	3,500.00–3,550.00	3,524	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	177.69/cwt	175.00–180.00	2,351	3
Bulls	—	—	1,720	189.03/cwt	185.00–194.00	3,251	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,300	173.68/cwt	170.00–177.00	2,258	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,147	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,923	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	152.94/cwt	152.00–155.00	1,759	4
Bulls	—	—	1,590	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	3,212	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	109.23/cwt	106.00–112.50	918	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,393	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	150.33/cwt	149.00–152.00	1,639	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,558	1
Bulls	—	—	1,440	178.32/cwt	174.00–182.00	2,568	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,771	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	2,664.82/head	2,600.00–2,750.00	2,665	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,256	2,796.72/head	2,700.00–2,950.00	2,797	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,115	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,210	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	570	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,138	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	397.17/cwt	392.50–402.50	1,279	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	404.69/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,509	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	383.40/cwt	355.00–395.00	1,449	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,940	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,873	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	238	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,131	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	348.75/cwt	347.50–350.00	2,005	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	349.00/cwt	335.00–357.50	2,192	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,851	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	385.14/cwt	377.50–395.00	1,479	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	605	369.77/cwt	367.50–372.00	2,237	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	325	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	1,664	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,187	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	388.62/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,819	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,943	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	412.34/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,546	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,833	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	425	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,955	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,679	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	364	451.38/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,643	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	418	398.24/cwt	382.50–400.00	1,665	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,598	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,763	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,877	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,591	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,088	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	200–250	200	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	537	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,906	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,540	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	650–700	680	338.61/cwt	332.50–345.00	2,303	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,029	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	465	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	476	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,999	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	420.89/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,418	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	346.30/cwt	331.00–350.00	1,600	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	373.70/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,599	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	613	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,385	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	351.98/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,499	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	368.65/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,773	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	341.90/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,802	8

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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