Name: Cleburne County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, total receipts of feeder cattle were up. Demand for feeder cattle was uneven on mixed offerings. Steers weighing 300-400 lbs sold $25.00 lower, while 500 lb steers sold $10.00 higher. Steers weighing 600-800 lbs sold steady. Heifers weighing 300-500 lbs sold $12.00 higher, while 600-900 lb heifers sold $13.00 lower. Slaughter cattle sold steady to $10.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $473.96/cwt on 56 head, up $66.52 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 26 comparable sales and sits +40.51 against this barn's trailing median of $433.45.

Average price

$473.96

▲ 66.52 vs prior sale

56 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,590

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$226

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

$66.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.06

vs AR average

−0.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	492.15	2,648	39
Medium and Large 1-2	540	485.00	2,619	2thin
Medium and Large 2	570	425.19	2,422	15thin

One grade step is worth $66.97/cwt here — about $226 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $491.70, low $390.12, median $433.45 across 26 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 sale56 hd

473.96

—

AR average6 barns · 390 hd

463.90

+10.06

National average171 barns · 13,387 hd

474.48

−0.52

This barn, trailing median26 sales

433.45

+40.51

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	1,687	213.18	3,597	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,433	173.65	2,488	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,281	169.34	2,169	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,040	152.61	1,587	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,203	$2,759	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,255	$2,650	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	702	$2,650	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,275	$4,345	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,150	$3,925	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,142	$3,642	12

Every lot, as filed

107 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	450–500	466	507.93/cwt	480.00–525.00	2,367	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	548	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,425	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	520.71/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,166	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	382.60/cwt	372.50–400.00	2,227	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	360.72/cwt	360.00–361.00	2,572	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	277.51/cwt	272.00–300.00	2,736	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	425.67/cwt	405.00–435.00	2,248	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,407	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	457.25/cwt	410.00–472.00	2,122	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	605.23/cwt	600.00–610.00	1,937	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,106	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,787	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	476.09/cwt	460.00–507.50	2,447	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,145	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	3,137	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	318.97/cwt	318.00–322.00	3,145	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,059	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	3,384	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	507.12/cwt	505.00–520.00	2,657	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	306.15/cwt	278.00–310.00	2,691	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	379.28/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,735	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	465.43/cwt	442.50–482.20	2,620	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	417.47/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,860	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,556	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	547.53/cwt	545.00–550.00	2,300	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	598.09/cwt	585.00–605.00	1,890	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	376.11/cwt	360.00–378.00	2,377	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	381.00/cwt	380.00–382.00	2,530	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	566.61/cwt	560.00–575.00	2,057	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1300–1350	1,305	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,910	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	496	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,406	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	323.04/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,529	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	572.04/cwt	560.00–595.00	2,168	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	461.64/cwt	450.00–485.00	2,557	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	624.33/cwt	605.00–635.00	2,035	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,013	275.95/cwt	272.00–280.00	2,795	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,267	4,298.03/head	3,400.00–4,800.00	4,298	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	720	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,394	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	541.74/cwt	535.00–550.00	2,302	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	440	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,112	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	475	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,256	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	575	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,070	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	405.30/cwt	397.50–415.00	2,529	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,157	3,860.80/head	3,100.00–4,300.00	3,861	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,288	4,415.53/head	3,900.00–5,200.00	4,416	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	3,334.82/head	2,600.00–4,100.00	3,335	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	3,925.00/head	3,625.00–4,200.00	3,925	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	173.65/cwt	170.00–177.00	2,488	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	169.34/cwt	165.00–175.00	2,169	7
Bulls	—	—	975	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,901	1
Bulls	—	—	1,789	215.78/cwt	209.00–221.00	3,860	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,159	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	147.56/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,541	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,881	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,834	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,203	2,759.46/head	2,500.00–3,100.00	2,759	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	159.57/cwt	156.00–168.00	1,719	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	536.66/cwt	525.00–555.00	1,680	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,455	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	368	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,079	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	555	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,609	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	600	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,280	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	915	254.56/cwt	244.00–265.00	2,329	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	344.89/cwt	335.00–352.00	2,318	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	611	390.07/cwt	360.00–405.00	2,383	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,268	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	507.14/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,912	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	350.47/cwt	342.50–360.00	2,232	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	355.59/cwt	340.00–377.00	2,365	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	418.28/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,376	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	415.19/cwt	405.00–425.00	2,138	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	423.39/cwt	415.00–445.00	2,003	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	458.02/cwt	425.00–477.50	1,942	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	350.73/cwt	322.50–365.00	1,996	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	400	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,930	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	560.00/cwt	535.00–585.00	1,820	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	373.75/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,977	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	729	337.39/cwt	325.00–342.00	2,460	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	484.58/cwt	470.00–515.00	2,045	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,370	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,442	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	523.07/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,962	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	823	304.98/cwt	295.00–315.00	2,510	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	438.72/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,334	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	763	329.27/cwt	322.50–336.00	2,512	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	516.97/cwt	480.00–535.00	2,223	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	577.48/cwt	565.00–605.00	2,218	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	470	458.40/cwt	442.50–475.00	2,154	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	372.48/cwt	355.00–380.00	2,354	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	423.12/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,454	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	507.50/cwt	505.00–510.00	2,456	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	836	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,943	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,939	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,278	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	457.66/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,174	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,619	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	791	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,800	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,721	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1400–1450	1,430	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	3,661	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	541.03/cwt	515.00–570.00	2,564	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	504.69/cwt	495.00–515.00	2,423	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,948	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	422.13/cwt	420.00–424.00	2,634	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	325	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	2,210	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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