Name: Cleburne County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, offerings on feeders were plainer, with limited quality offerings. On a light test, feeder steers and heifers sold $5.00-$7.00 lower. Slaughter cattle sold $5.00-$10.00 higher on good demand

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $434.65/cwt on 40 head, down $21.31 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 26 comparable sales and sits +1.20 against this barn's trailing median of $433.45.

Average price

$434.65

▼ 21.31 vs prior sale

40 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,384

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,142

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

$190.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.10

vs AR average

−24.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	465.62	2,594	11thin
Medium and Large 2	531	434.95	2,309	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	578	431.67	2,495	9thin
Small and Medium 2	528	275.00	1,452	2thin

One grade step is worth $190.62/cwt here — about $1,142 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 sale40 hd

434.65

—

AR average3 barns · 76 hd

441.75

−7.10

National average146 barns · 7,211 hd

459.48

−24.83

This barn, trailing median26 sales

433.45

+1.20

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	—	High	1,607	200.76	3,226	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,255	177.25	2,224	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,038	169.70	1,762	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,574	164.95	2,596	3thin

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,393	$3,450	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,115	$2,981	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,286	$2,882	10
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	979	$2,774	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,176	$2,660	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,411	$2,650	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,083	$2,300	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	805	$2,300	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,165	$4,300	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,050	$4,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$3,600	1thin

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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,176	2,660.15/head	2,300.00–3,000.00	2,660	8
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,040	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	178.53/cwt	173.00–186.00	2,242	8
Bulls	—	—	1,775	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	3,905	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,693	162.42/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,750	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,079	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	560	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,212	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	2,980.87/head	2,300.00–3,300.00	2,981	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,475	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	365	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,161	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	514.88/cwt	500.00–535.00	2,152	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,276	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fancy	300–350	320	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,856	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	427.00/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,605	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	387.54/cwt	384.00–391.00	2,434	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,310	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,290	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	674	400.50/cwt	400.50–400.50	2,699	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,361	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,079	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,981	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,076	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,643	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	342.01/cwt	340.00–342.50	2,986	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,519	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,935	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	465.62/cwt	442.00–470.00	2,594	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	543.83/cwt	532.50–555.00	1,920	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,184	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,393	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	979	2,774.34/head	2,675.00–2,800.00	2,774	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	4,300.00/head	4,300.00–4,300.00	4,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	464.09/cwt	450.00–487.50	2,186	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	538.14/cwt	537.50–540.00	1,738	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,693	1
Steers	Small and Medium 2	650–700	675	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,863	12
Steers	Small and Medium 2	500–550	528	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,452	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	535	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	545	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,126	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bulls	—	—	2,120	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	4,452	1
Bulls	—	—	1,380	191.27/cwt	186.00–197.00	2,640	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	625	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	938	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	178.29/cwt	173.00–184.00	2,074	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	166.65/cwt	164.00–170.00	1,763	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,335	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,270	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,411	2,649.65/head	2,200.00–2,900.00	2,650	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	4,100.00/head	4,100.00–4,100.00	4,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,286	2,882.10/head	2,650.00–3,400.00	2,882	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	359.97/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,664	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	395.81/cwt	367.50–405.00	2,058	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,280	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	465.04/cwt	440.00–485.00	2,181	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	450	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,115	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	481.56/cwt	455.00–500.00	2,032	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	410.02/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,329	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	406.97/cwt	392.50–417.50	2,507	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,234	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	510	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,142	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	506.67/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,895	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	513	470.12/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,412	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	355.27/cwt	342.50–365.00	2,199	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	431.18/cwt	417.50–435.00	1,815	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	975	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,267	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	433.49/cwt	410.00–455.00	2,289	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	308	505.73/cwt	475.00–535.00	1,558	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	578	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,468	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	486.98/cwt	455.00–505.00	1,631	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,184	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	614	369.42/cwt	362.50–375.00	2,268	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	890	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,559	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	384.14/cwt	382.50–385.00	2,562	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	461.74/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,750	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	483.14/cwt	460.00–505.00	1,846	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	401.49/cwt	376.00–417.50	2,136	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	390.37/cwt	370.00–405.00	2,213	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	408.52/cwt	390.00–432.00	1,928	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	368.27/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,103	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	434.99/cwt	412.50–450.00	2,040	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	519.76/cwt	505.00–535.00	1,637	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	726	347.45/cwt	335.00–352.50	2,522	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fancy	450–500	490	503.80/cwt	492.50–515.00	2,469	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fancy	550–600	562	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,417	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	459.84/cwt	425.00–475.00	1,968	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	354.01/cwt	335.00–367.50	2,365	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	912	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	373.11/cwt	370.00–374.00	2,298	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,151	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	431.67/cwt	431.00–432.50	2,495	9

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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