Name: Cleburne County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder receipts were higher with good demand throughout the sale. Feeder steers and bulls sold $5.00 higher, while feeder heifers sold $15.00 to $20.00 higher on stronger demand. Slaughter cows sold steady, while slaughter bulls sold $5.00 to $10.00 lower on a light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $395.37/cwt on 43 head, down $3.28 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 26 comparable sales and sits −38.07 against this barn's trailing median of $433.45.

Average price

$395.37

▼ 3.28 vs prior sale

43 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,207

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$18.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.85

vs AR average

−18.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	403.51	2,291	24
Medium and Large 2	546	385.09	2,102	19thin

One grade step is worth $18.42/cwt here — about $189 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale43 hd

395.37

—

AR average8 barns · 146 hd

397.22

−1.85

National average157 barns · 6,223 hd

414.24

−18.87

This barn, trailing median26 sales

433.45

−38.07

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	1,775	197.73	3,510	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,425	175.04	2,495	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,290	173.19	2,234	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,057	145.16	1,534	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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,045	$3,300	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,280	$3,200	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	940	$3,188	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,120	$3,011	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,115	$2,700	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	825	$2,500	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	680	$1,873	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	765	$3,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	800	$2,975	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	783	$2,050	2thin

Every lot, as filed

98 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 2	500–550	522	380.09/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,984	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	369.21/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,152	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	412.04/cwt	395.00–435.00	1,764	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,944	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	340.65/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,911	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	467.99/cwt	445.00–495.00	1,488	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	607	375.00/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,276	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	342.12/cwt	315.00–355.00	2,107	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	447.61/cwt	420.00–455.00	1,661	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	334.28/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,905	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	479.36/cwt	455.00–505.00	1,548	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	628	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,506	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	324.76/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,997	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	915	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,242	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,023	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	431.89/cwt	410.00–445.00	1,870	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	537.32/cwt	530.00–545.00	1,655	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	389.33/cwt	360.00–400.00	2,087	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	410	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	490.29/cwt	470.00–510.00	1,667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,797	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,545	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	701	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,608	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,653	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,785	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	468.90/cwt	455.00–490.00	2,157	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	420.77/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,209	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	453.56/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,923	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	372.69/cwt	367.50–385.00	2,538	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	479.39/cwt	460.00–490.00	2,023	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	494.95/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,762	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	340.62/cwt	340.00–342.50	2,596	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	492	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,980	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	404.39/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,135	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	357.07/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,217	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	725	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,139	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	695	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,189	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	405	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,640	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	641	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,147	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,363	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	407.09/cwt	405.00–407.50	2,060	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,794	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,327	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	382.44/cwt	377.50–395.00	2,188	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	482.01/cwt	465.00–490.00	1,822	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	397.76/cwt	392.50–402.50	2,315	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,665	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	336.30/cwt	330.00–342.50	2,270	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,284	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,363	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	461.49/cwt	450.00–472.50	1,971	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,844	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,371	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	3,136	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	423.85/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,950	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,348	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,345	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	365.52/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,113	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	449.89/cwt	430.00–465.00	2,101	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	483	387.46/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,871	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	380	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	525	369.71/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,941	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	485	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,086	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	563	432.03/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,432	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	800	2,975.00/head	2,975.00–2,975.00	2,975	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	625	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	768	2,465.15/head	2,300.00–2,600.00	2,465	2
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	730	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	680	1,873.16/head	1,500.00–2,200.00	1,873	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	690	2,975.00/head	2,975.00–2,975.00	2,975	1
Steers	Small and Medium 2	800–850	803	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,847	6
Steers	Small and Medium 2	600–650	618	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,545	5
Bulls	—	—	1,705	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	3,632	1
Bulls	—	—	1,840	196.85/cwt	192.00–202.00	3,622	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	173.06/cwt	169.00–177.00	2,610	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	169.64/cwt	165.00–173.00	2,098	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,448	183.84/cwt	182.00–186.00	2,662	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,003	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	2,700.45/head	2,650.00–2,750.00	2,700	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,260	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,255	1
Bulls	—	—	1,585	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,948	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,366	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	168.99/cwt	161.00–176.00	1,845	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	427.55/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,552	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,355	3,374.72/head	2,950.00–3,600.00	3,375	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,688	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	434.20/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,880	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	355.28/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,826	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	417.94/cwt	405.00–435.00	2,023	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	455.92/cwt	440.00–465.00	1,737	5

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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