Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2024-07-01

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Jul 1
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
174 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 210▼ 638 vs year ago 812 · −78.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 71▼ 16 vs year ago 46 · −34.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 0▼ 4 vs year ago 7 · −57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold $7.00 higher and feeder heifers sold steady to $1.00 lower on a light test. The supply of feeders was mostly unweaned calves with the exception of some 4 and 5-weight steers and heifers. Slaughter cows and bulls sold $6.00 to $7.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $251.94/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −125.78 against this barn's trailing median of $377.72.
Average price
$251.94
17 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,341
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$688
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 2
$139.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.00
vs AR average
−25.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532261.581,39213thin
Medium and Large 2517253.321,3103thin
Small and Medium 2575122.507041thin
One grade step is worth $139.08/cwt here — about $688 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale17 hd
251.94
—
AR average10 barns · 419 hd
254.94
−3.00
National average18 barns · 1,550 hd
276.94
−25.00
This barn, trailing median28 sales
377.72
−125.78
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales
421389357325median 377.7203/0205/1807/1309/1411/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $407.35, low $339.22, median $377.72 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,580150.152,3723thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,430141.412,0223thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,217139.491,6979thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,066128.061,3648thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,100$1,4633thin

Every lot

58 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2921
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380343.39/cwt330.00–357.501,3052
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415315.60/cwt302.20–330.001,3102
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added470323.71/cwt320.00–327.501,5212
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added473304.95/cwt300.00–310.001,4423
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,4761
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518295.44/cwt280.00–312.501,5309
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3631
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558292.40/cwt280.00–302.501,6323
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added568267.44/cwt265.00–270.001,5192
Steers550–600Small and Medium 2585132.50/cwt132.50–132.507752
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718246.17/cwt242.20–250.001,7682
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2800209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,6721
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2965177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,7131
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Small and Medium 2265245.00/cwt245.00–245.006491
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2322284.66/cwt272.50–295.009175
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1291
Heifers350–400Small and Medium 2380212.30/cwt197.50–227.508072
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383278.35/cwt270.00–287.501,0668
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added409274.78/cwt274.00–275.001,1249
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420270.58/cwt260.00–282.501,13611
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Full440227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,0011
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed445295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3131
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed457271.75/cwt270.00–272.501,2426
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465258.87/cwt250.00–265.001,2044
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3161
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516266.45/cwt260.00–275.001,3759
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2517253.32/cwt250.00–255.001,3103
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569250.62/cwt245.00–255.001,4264
Heifers550–600Small and Medium 2575122.50/cwt122.50–122.507041
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5561
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673243.63/cwt237.50–250.001,6402
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2695220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5291
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2795190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5111
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333349.13/cwt325.00–362.501,1633
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360321.58/cwt310.00–332.501,1584
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2360291.34/cwt285.00–297.501,0492
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2463261.26/cwt260.00–262.501,2102
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475292.97/cwt280.00–307.501,3924
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed500300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5001
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Full505270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3641
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523286.63/cwt280.00–290.001,4998
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2529263.14/cwt260.00–265.001,3924
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563271.63/cwt267.50–275.001,5293
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568251.21/cwt250.00–252.501,4272
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1640242.20/cwt242.20–242.201,5501
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,5881
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,440145.23/cwt144.00–146.002,0912
Bulls——1,860160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,9761
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%800109.00/cwt109.00–109.008721
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,089132.58/cwt128.00–139.001,4446
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,160162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,8851
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,173142.24/cwt142.00–142.501,6682
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,190120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,4281
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,207136.09/cwt131.00–140.001,6435
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,410128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,8051
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,430141.41/cwt140.00–143.002,0223
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,463.22/head1,150.00–1,700.001,4633

This sale against other markets

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.