Name: Cleburne County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

It was another rough day in the cattle futures, as market uncertainty continues to pressure prices. On a light supply, feeder steers and heifers traded sharply lower compared to the previous week. Demand was uneven, with buyers cautious amid volatility in the futures market and ongoing concerns about market direction. On a positive note, slaughter cattle prices held steady, with packers showing consistent interest.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $313.46/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −74.80 against this barn's trailing median of $388.26.

Average price

$313.46

29 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,728

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$254

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

$28.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.62

vs AR average

−61.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	318.46	1,773	24
Medium and Large 2	525	289.49	1,519	5thin

One grade step is worth $28.97/cwt here — about $254 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

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 sale29 hd

313.46

—

AR average7 barns · 403 hd

342.08

−28.62

National average184 barns · 21,753 hd

374.89

−61.43

This barn, trailing median27 sales

388.26

−74.80

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	—	Low	1,473	146.98	2,165	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,396	151.53	2,115	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,194	145.88	1,742	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	940	137.02	1,288	6thin

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)	935	$2,300	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,130	$2,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	855	$1,950	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,035	$1,850	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	800	$2,400	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,065	$2,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

83 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	600–650	610	315.78/cwt	304.00–320.00	1,926	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,306	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,596	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	376.62/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,168	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,188	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	321.00/cwt	302.50–328.00	1,804	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,023	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	317.42/cwt	315.00–332.50	1,724	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	359.43/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,502	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	345.19/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,774	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	272.97/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,965	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	297.04/cwt	290.00–307.50	1,851	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	1100–1150	1,108	243.75/cwt	243.75–243.75	2,701	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,045	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,289	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,282	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,789	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	360.97/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,682	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	493	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,627	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	410	321.27/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,317	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,139	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	371.89/cwt	367.50–385.00	1,581	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,406	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	270.28/cwt	255.00–272.50	1,824	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963	188.91/cwt	166.00–215.00	1,819	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	865	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,033	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	322.49/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,796	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1250–1300	1,250	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	3,075	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	643	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,672	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	800	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	570	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	345	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,121	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,910	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,005	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,608	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	922	132.32/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,220	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	141.71/cwt	139.00–144.00	1,358	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,623	156.44/cwt	155.00–158.00	2,539	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,305	149.57/cwt	146.00–152.00	1,952	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	138.89/cwt	137.00–141.00	1,664	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	145.94/cwt	141.00–151.00	1,754	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,876	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,668	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	155.97/cwt	154.00–158.00	1,778	2
Bulls	—	—	1,473	146.98/cwt	146.00–148.00	2,165	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,055	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,268	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,691	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	708	240.16/cwt	225.00–255.00	1,700	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	855	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,935	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	330.10/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,281	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	319.10/cwt	305.00–347.50	1,162	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	344.71/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,103	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	305.89/cwt	295.00–332.50	1,248	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	377.42/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,446	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,530	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	378.87/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,235	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	768	252.79/cwt	240.00–266.00	1,941	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	295.61/cwt	287.50–305.00	1,525	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,983	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,170	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,334	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	298.29/cwt	295.00–302.50	1,694	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,087	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	271.13/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,681	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,038	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,763	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	411	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,048	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,843	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,075	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	340.64/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,577	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	345.83/cwt	345.00–347.00	1,992	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	330.61/cwt	325.00–334.00	2,063	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,261	1

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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