Name: Cleburne County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeders saw uneven demand. Feeder steers weighing 300-500 lb traded $3.00 higher, while steers weighing 500-700 lb were $3.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold on stronger demand, with 300-500 lb heifers $7.00 higher and 500-700 lb heifers $14.00 higher. Lightweight feeder bulls weighing 300-500 lb sold $3.00 lower, while feeder bulls in the 500-700 lb range were $14.00 higher. Slaughter cattle were not well tested this week due to a light supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $395.57/cwt on 73 head, up $22.76 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 27 comparable sales and sits +7.31 against this barn's trailing median of $388.26.

Average price

$395.57

▲ 22.76 vs prior sale

73 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,142

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$35.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.01

vs AR average

−15.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	517	403.33	2,086	20
Medium and Large 1	551	394.70	2,177	49
Medium and Large 2	539	367.46	1,981	4thin

One grade step is worth $35.86/cwt here — about $106 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale73 hd

395.57

—

AR average8 barns · 342 hd

384.56

+11.01

National average175 barns · 20,266 hd

410.87

−15.30

This barn, trailing median27 sales

388.26

+7.31

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	1,765	172.99	3,053	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,238	143.02	1,770	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,095	121.94	1,335	2thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,105	$2,750	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,305	$2,625	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	955	$2,300	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,482	$3,000	2thin

Every lot, as filed

95 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,261	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	382.04/cwt	360.00–405.00	2,159	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	372.50/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,937	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	493.30/cwt	470.00–517.50	1,909	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	413.81/cwt	405.00–420.00	2,313	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	388.61/cwt	365.00–405.00	2,223	30
Heifers	Small and Medium 2Thin Fleshed	250–300	262	1,118.68/head	1,100.00–1,125.00	1,119	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	330	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,046	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,504	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	512.88/cwt	502.50–525.00	2,180	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	472.56/cwt	465.00–480.00	1,597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	375	510.41/cwt	500.00–517.50	1,914	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	374	446.25/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,669	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	511	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,080	17
Heifers	Small and Medium 2Thin Fleshed	200–250	231	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	2,252	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	535	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,060	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	682	338.35/cwt	337.50–340.00	2,308	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	377.08/cwt	367.50–400.00	2,300	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	404.32/cwt	390.00–416.00	2,098	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	377.42/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,993	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	409.41/cwt	402.50–420.00	1,928	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	436.78/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,948	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	465.18/cwt	450.00–485.00	1,772	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	564.55/cwt	522.50–585.00	2,055	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,855	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	380.04/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,413	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	500.66/cwt	487.50–517.50	2,293	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	388.21/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,783	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	250–300	283	525.33/cwt	515.00–527.50	1,487	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	650–700	660	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	250–300	262	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,703	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	595.79/cwt	582.50–615.00	1,948	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,856	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	352.20/cwt	352.20–352.20	2,712	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,892	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	422.57/cwt	415.00–432.50	2,142	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	397.36/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	367	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,000	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	585	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,399	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	408.95/cwt	390.00–440.00	1,975	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	462	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,264	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	372.48/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,458	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	442	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,232	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 2Thin Fleshed	250–300	284	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	3,550	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	660	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,277	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	470	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,951	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,835	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	144.69/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,746	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	121.94/cwt	120.00–124.00	1,335	2
Bulls	—	—	1,765	172.99/cwt	168.00–179.00	3,053	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,653	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,482	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	2,625.00/head	2,625.00–2,625.00	2,625	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,383	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,757	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,067	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,448	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	406.48/cwt	400.00–407.50	2,004	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	382.99/cwt	381.00–385.00	2,309	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,793	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	382.40/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,210	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,914	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,312	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	401.73/cwt	380.00–420.00	2,282	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	465.95/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,957	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	540.61/cwt	525.00–565.00	2,027	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,153	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	501.06/cwt	475.00–530.00	2,094	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,503	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	511.00/cwt	495.00–525.00	1,630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	360.85/cwt	357.50–365.00	2,382	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	331.24/cwt	327.50–335.00	2,577	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	585.58/cwt	560.00–606.00	1,856	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	415.76/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,174	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	413.99/cwt	385.00–435.00	1,552	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	378.90/cwt	360.00–391.00	1,811	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	449.15/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,107	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	478	407.55/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,948	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,284	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	346.11/cwt	340.00–352.50	2,343	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,203	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,115	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	900	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,865	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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