Name: Cleburne County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a strong offering of weaned calves was met with solid demand, including several large drafts that helped support the market. Demand for unweaned calves was noticeably lighter. Feeder steers traded $5.00-$10.00 higher, driven by a good supply of quality weaned calves. Feeder bulls saw $5.00-$10.00 lower prices, with limited numbers of weaned calves available. Feeder heifers were $10.00-$12.00 higher, supported by a strong showing of weaned offerings. Slaughter cattle sold on a light test, with limited comparable sales reported.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $366.22/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 3 of 28 comparable sales and sits −21.96 against this barn's trailing median of $388.17.

Average price

$366.22

76 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,020

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$171

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

$38.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.74

vs AR average

−18.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	547	372.49	2,037	48
Medium and Large 1	560	361.40	2,022	22
Medium and Large 2	559	333.69	1,866	6thin

One grade step is worth $38.80/cwt here — about $171 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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

366.22

—

AR average5 barns · 182 hd

350.47

+15.74

National average182 barns · 15,418 hd

384.39

−18.17

This barn, trailing median28 sales

388.17

−21.96

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	1,743	171.94	2,996	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,265	154.00	1,948	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,191	151.92	1,809	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,033	121.78	1,258	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)	1,150	$2,800	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	885	$2,550	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,175	$2,150	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$2,925	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$2,900	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	835	$2,100	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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,598	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	469.89/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,551	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	875	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,669	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	469	358.44/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,681	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,350	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	367.21/cwt	350.00–382.50	2,475	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	365.96/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,918	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	356.83/cwt	350.00–357.50	2,123	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	331.34/cwt	325.00–337.50	2,270	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	540	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,971	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	390.77/cwt	365.00–405.00	1,844	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	600	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,118	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	420.47/cwt	408.00–425.00	2,006	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	383.47/cwt	350.00–385.00	2,707	62
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	383.77/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,988	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	430	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,818	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	685	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,350	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	353.33/cwt	352.50–360.00	1,919	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	549	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,103	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,804	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	380.73/cwt	377.50–387.50	1,835	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	671	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,503	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	486	416.12/cwt	395.00–421.00	2,022	118
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	435	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,074	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	628	331.27/cwt	330.00–332.50	2,080	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	445	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	450	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	399.11/cwt	380.00–412.50	1,640	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,351	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	367.06/cwt	355.00–380.00	2,092	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,827	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,282	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,383	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	395	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,501	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2Value Added	750–800	780	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,020	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	545	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,989	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,828	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,180	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,770	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	253.12/cwt	225.00–310.00	2,240	12
Bulls	—	—	1,482	158.83/cwt	154.00–170.00	2,354	3
Bulls	—	—	1,873	178.49/cwt	173.00–185.00	3,343	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,632	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,508	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	824	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,002	121.61/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,219	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,025	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,702	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	153.63/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,853	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,265	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,948	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	145.92/cwt	142.00–149.00	1,661	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	363.93/cwt	352.50–372.50	1,579	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	384.62/cwt	380.00–386.00	2,088	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	990	252.50/cwt	240.00–265.00	2,500	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	900	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	835	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	314.80/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,100	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,045	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	862	224.18/cwt	220.00–232.50	1,932	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	342.43/cwt	325.00–360.00	2,082	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	470	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	400.00/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,540	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	366.38/cwt	340.00–375.00	2,143	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	890	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	430	418.76/cwt	417.50–420.00	1,801	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	729	289.87/cwt	275.00–305.00	2,113	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,092	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	865	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,215	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	525	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,034	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	335.72/cwt	332.50–337.00	2,303	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	470	369.05/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,735	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	327.03/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,224	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	314.38/cwt	275.00–325.00	2,128	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	365.02/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,708	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	536	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,176	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	359.89/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,044	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	401.02/cwt	385.00–412.50	1,287	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	391.43/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,472	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	763	273.19/cwt	265.00–290.00	2,084	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	392.87/cwt	382.50–408.00	2,255	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	455	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,722	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	287.61/cwt	270.00–305.00	2,243	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	377.43/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,597	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	375.21/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,801	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	584	392.60/cwt	390.00–396.00	2,293	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,969	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	344.98/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,821	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	319.97/cwt	310.00–337.50	1,984	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	379.18/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,392	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	328.05/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,886	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	300	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,440	1

How this sale compares

Arkansas weighted averages

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