Name: Cleburne County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

"Receipts were lower this week due to the Labor Day holiday. With limited offerings, market trends could not be established."

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $365.33/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −43.80 against this barn's trailing median of $409.13.

Average price

$365.33

26 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,018

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$23.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.79

vs AR average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	375.44	2,053	15thin
Medium and Large 2	560	351.55	1,970	11thin

One grade step is worth $23.89/cwt here — about $83 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

27 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $472.12, low $365.51, median $409.13 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 sale26 hd

365.33

—

AR average8 barns · 274 hd

373.12

−7.79

This barn, trailing median27 sales

409.13

−43.80

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	1,795	179.50	3,222	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,208	158.00	1,908	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,150	145.98	1,679	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,173	$3,109	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$2,800	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,325	$2,700	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	805	$2,700	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,300	$4,300	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,225	$3,381	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,200	$3,350	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$3,300	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	825	$2,744	4thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,103	$2,247	2thin

Every lot, as filed

91 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 1	600–650	630	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,237	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,461	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,494	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	352.17/cwt	352.00–352.50	2,377	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	403.88/cwt	387.50–422.50	1,922	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	369.23/cwt	364.00–380.00	2,105	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	460	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	165	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	380.20/cwt	365.00–390.00	2,007	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	339.18/cwt	330.00–349.00	2,435	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	420.66/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,599	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,384	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	387.88/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,645	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	415.71/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,779	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	150–200	170	607.50/cwt	607.50–607.50	1,033	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	625	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,141	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	400	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	660	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,079	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	384.76/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,970	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	438.49/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,627	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	312.50/cwt	302.50–322.50	2,531	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	457.40/cwt	445.00–470.00	1,432	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	575	346.77/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,994	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	800	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	545	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,044	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	480	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,896	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,565	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	351.19/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,851	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,986.36/head	2,250.00–3,600.00	2,986	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	739	272.48/cwt	250.00–280.00	2,014	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	867	2,725.00/head	2,500.00–2,850.00	2,725	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	700	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,265	154.00/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,948	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,104	142.77/cwt	136.00–146.00	1,576	5
Bulls	—	—	1,635	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,992	1
Bulls	—	—	1,955	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	3,441	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,740	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,082	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	349.35/cwt	330.00–367.50	2,016	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	381.45/cwt	365.00–405.00	1,823	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	426.27/cwt	422.50–430.00	1,974	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,030	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,772	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,103	2,246.94/head	2,000.00–2,450.00	2,247	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,022	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	4,300.00/head	4,300.00–4,300.00	4,300	1
Steers	Medium 2	750–800	795	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,809	1
Steers	Medium 2	550–600	598	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,495	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	363.29/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,700	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	419.70/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,381	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	387.60/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,717	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	450.23/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,486	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	4,050.00/head	4,050.00–4,050.00	4,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,173	3,109.02/head	3,000.00–3,200.00	3,109	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,917	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,114	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	355.40/cwt	337.50–367.50	1,887	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	405	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,640	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	645	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	355.04/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,488	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	404.20/cwt	395.00–407.00	1,516	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	913	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,146	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	346.21/cwt	345.00–347.50	2,164	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,221	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	384.98/cwt	375.00–397.50	1,636	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	384.05/cwt	375.00–402.50	1,463	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,769	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	386.09/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,772	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,091	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,281	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	935	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,688	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,081	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	304	448.91/cwt	435.00–475.00	1,365	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	560	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	353.77/cwt	352.50–355.00	2,087	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	286	477.83/cwt	465.00–490.00	1,367	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	404.50/cwt	397.50–408.00	2,124	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	350.80/cwt	347.50–357.50	2,322	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	349.13/cwt	347.50–352.50	2,165	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	457.27/cwt	440.00–475.00	1,715	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	376.67/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,147	3

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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