Name: Cleburne County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Reminder: Pre-Vac Sale Scheduled for Monday, 10/6/25 at 1:00 PM

Feeder cattle traded with strong demand this week, particularly for weaned calves. Buyer interest was lighter on unweaned offerings. Supply of light-weight calves was good, with solid demand noted. No market trend comparisons available due to no sale report from the prior week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $348.26/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −40.00 against this barn's trailing median of $388.26.

Average price

$348.26

70 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,898

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

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

$21.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.99

vs AR average

−20.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	355.44	1,922	46
Medium and Large 2	544	335.52	1,826	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	559	333.75	1,866	14thin

One grade step is worth $21.69/cwt here — about $57 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 sale70 hd

348.26

—

AR average8 barns · 257 hd

343.27

+4.99

National average182 barns · 13,299 hd

368.91

−20.65

This barn, trailing median27 sales

388.26

−40.00

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	—	Low	1,626	175.71	2,858	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,247	146.63	1,828	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,295	143.00	1,852	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,037	134.05	1,390	10

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,075	$2,750	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,119	$2,745	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,264	$2,702	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,120	$2,625	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	900	$2,250	1thin

Every lot, as filed

101 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	750–800	796	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,273	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,253	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	150–200	185	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,129	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	319.11/cwt	317.50–322.50	2,141	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	405.48/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,950	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	510	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,862	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	369.16/cwt	355.00–392.00	2,115	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	405.87/cwt	400.00–407.50	1,790	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	333.64/cwt	325.00–337.00	2,049	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,689	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,610	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	429.78/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,796	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	488.74/cwt	470.00–525.00	1,574	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	336.13/cwt	332.00–340.00	2,084	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	406.36/cwt	403.00–410.00	1,975	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	362.83/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,576	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	448.83/cwt	442.50–455.00	1,683	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	358.45/cwt	348.00–370.00	2,007	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	433.53/cwt	410.00–455.00	1,184	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,919	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	399.99/cwt	387.50–408.00	2,132	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	390	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,453	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	730	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,161	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,491	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	190	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,282	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	465	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,767	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	383.32/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,568	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	419	350.00/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,467	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	226	535.09/cwt	490.00–600.00	1,209	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	355.71/cwt	345.00–362.50	2,198	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	244	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,244	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	590	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,947	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	610	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,242	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	680	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,108	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	571	339.17/cwt	337.50–340.00	1,937	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	401.43/cwt	377.50–404.00	2,091	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	508	335.07/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,702	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	447.80/cwt	430.00–465.00	1,666	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	990	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,525	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,870	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,264	2,701.98/head	2,350.00–3,000.00	2,702	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	665	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,261	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	108.99/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,071	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	142.72/cwt	138.00–148.00	1,549	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	136.32/cwt	136.00–137.00	1,354	3
Bulls	—	—	1,666	170.47/cwt	165.00–174.00	2,840	7
Bulls	—	—	1,525	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,974	1
Bulls	—	—	1,568	181.51/cwt	176.00–186.00	2,846	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	2,625.00/head	2,625.00–2,625.00	2,625	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,295	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,852	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	151.61/cwt	148.00–156.00	1,998	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	141.65/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,664	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,345	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	347.86/cwt	330.00–365.00	2,132	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	340.00/cwt	325.00–346.00	1,629	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	575	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,156	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,113	2,917.42/head	2,700.00–3,150.00	2,917	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,130	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	349.14/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,641	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,269	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	371.63/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,932	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	282.69/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,880	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	386.55/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,786	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	334.55/cwt	331.00–355.00	1,459	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	349.21/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,837	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	396.11/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,711	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	200–250	230	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,231	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	326	457.94/cwt	455.00–470.00	1,493	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	376.25/cwt	370.00–384.00	1,418	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	414.50/cwt	385.00–430.00	1,322	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	413.23/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,707	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	515	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,777	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	356.41/cwt	350.00–361.00	1,903	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,808	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,639	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	352.07/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,024	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	865	248.90/cwt	243.00–255.00	2,153	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	370.14/cwt	367.50–375.00	2,091	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	359.98/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,663	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,916	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	356.92/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,160	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	330.03/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,723	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	307.71/cwt	290.00–325.00	1,917	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	640	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,112	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	399.95/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,212	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	706	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,344	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	268.44/cwt	259.00–277.50	1,946	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	345.01/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,281	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,128	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	323.60/cwt	310.00–335.00	2,010	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	374.78/cwt	374.00–375.00	2,369	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	712	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,100	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	530	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,120	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	564	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,143	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	338.01/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,920	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	696	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,158	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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