Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2024-09-09

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Sep 9
● Final121 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
464 head
▲ 148 vs last sale 316▲ 164 vs year ago 300 · +54.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 48▼ 11 vs year ago 58 · −19.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 35▲ 45 vs year ago 10 · +450.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*No trend due to sale not being reported the previous week*

Feeder cattle supply was a mixed offering of fleshy unweaned calves and some plainer thin fleshed weaned calves. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $228.67/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −149.05 against this barn's trailing median of $377.72.
Average price
$228.67
58 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,229
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$142
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$18.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.37
vs AR average
−9.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2542233.421,26519thin
Medium and Large 1536227.291,21836
Medium and Large 2522215.151,1233thin
One grade step is worth $18.27/cwt here — about $142 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale58 hd
228.67
—
AR average10 barns · 600 hd
242.04
−13.37
National average182 barns · 14,937 hd
238.61
−9.94
This barn, trailing median28 sales
377.72
−149.05
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—Low1,900155.872,9616thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,422129.991,8483thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,334127.311,69822
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,130113.371,2814thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,155$2,3754thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,177$2,1503thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,193$1,9705
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,207$1,7603thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,162$1,7533thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,088$1,7193thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,085$1,6162thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,000$2,6502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,083$2,2963thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,033$2,0123thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,160$1,8705

Every lot

121 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed320295.31/cwt290.00–300.009452
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,0332
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335245.00/cwt245.00–245.008211
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378298.73/cwt297.50–300.001,1292
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380252.50/cwt252.50–252.509601
Steers350–400Medium 2395232.50/cwt232.50–232.509181
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400230.00/cwt230.00–230.009201
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed405330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3371
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed436280.87/cwt275.00–300.001,2254
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1442272.86/cwt272.50–275.001,2067
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470212.50/cwt212.50–212.509991
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484258.08/cwt253.00–262.501,2496
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed490250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2251
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy495235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1631
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2502207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,0422
Steers500–550Medium 2510202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,0331
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,1971
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528249.29/cwt241.00–260.001,3163
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563248.88/cwt237.00–257.501,4015
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2101
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4953
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy628219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,3752
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed630227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,4331
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,4643
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5531
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed680212.46/cwt210.00–215.001,4452
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy690207.63/cwt205.00–213.001,4333
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773207.46/cwt205.00–210.001,6043
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1855200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7101
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290270.00/cwt270.00–270.007833
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320228.67/cwt227.50–230.007322
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed324259.10/cwt257.50–265.008395
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330249.32/cwt240.00–261.0082310
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed355237.50/cwt237.50–237.508431
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365243.88/cwt240.00–247.508904
Heifers350–400Medium 2365205.00/cwt205.00–205.007481
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy377225.84/cwt220.00–230.008513
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379221.86/cwt212.50–225.008414
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed422230.56/cwt227.00–235.009736
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy425227.01/cwt225.00–228.009654
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428205.26/cwt190.00–215.008795
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1441244.00/cwt240.00–247.001,0767
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy455223.99/cwt223.00–225.001,0192
Heifers450–500Medium 2455195.23/cwt193.00–197.508882
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460209.20/cwt202.50–217.509623
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2462225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0402
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed463233.51/cwt225.00–242.501,0812
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471238.11/cwt227.50–246.001,12114
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1354
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519229.31/cwt220.00–235.001,19024
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522215.15/cwt212.50–218.001,1233
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed549237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,30115
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568226.83/cwt225.00–232.501,2889
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy577212.51/cwt207.50–217.501,2263
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1612219.39/cwt212.50–221.001,3436
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed615202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,2451
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0631
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy673202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,3632
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680211.51/cwt207.50–212.501,4385
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4812
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy890190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6916
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fancy996180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7935
Feeder Cattle · Bulls31 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed318303.30/cwt295.00–310.009643
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330267.16/cwt260.00–275.008822
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335317.50/cwt315.00–320.001,0642
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed355267.50/cwt267.50–267.509501
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360306.65/cwt277.50–320.001,1044
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2372243.54/cwt231.00–259.009066
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy400230.00/cwt230.00–230.009201
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423275.82/cwt267.50–290.001,1673
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2458236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,0813
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465196.75/cwt185.00–208.009152
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470250.75/cwt245.00–267.501,1795
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed478231.73/cwt231.00–232.501,1082
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy495235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1631
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed520237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,2351
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2526218.98/cwt212.50–225.001,1525
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy533222.91/cwt219.00–231.001,18812
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1539236.39/cwt235.00–247.501,27412
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563218.92/cwt212.50–227.501,2335
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy568211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,1983
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2572222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,2736
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1582231.98/cwt222.50–240.001,3505
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2622207.55/cwt195.00–215.001,2913
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy631208.47/cwt205.00–212.501,3155
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2639210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3425
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1640220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4081
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2681
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy674205.10/cwt200.00–210.001,3824
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed705200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4101
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1733210.89/cwt210.00–212.501,5465
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1767201.13/cwt197.50–205.001,5433
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1875188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,6451
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,500143.00/cwt143.00–143.002,1451
Bulls——1,980158.44/cwt156.00–160.003,1375
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,085120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3021
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,105105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1601
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,138116.16/cwt114.00–119.001,3223
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,305128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,6701
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,331125.78/cwt121.00–129.001,67414
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,374131.42/cwt130.00–133.001,8067
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,480130.99/cwt130.00–132.001,9392
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs8 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0002,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,917.50/head1,850.00–2,000.001,9182
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0752,294.19/head2,050.00–2,550.002,2942
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1002,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1002,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1002,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,658.33/head1,450.00–1,825.001,6582
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2251,979.08/head1,800.00–2,125.001,9792
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0851,615.67/head1,400.00–1,850.001,6162
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0881,718.80/head1,600.00–1,850.001,7193
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,140121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,3791
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1552,374.65/head2,125.00–2,525.002,3754
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1621,752.58/head1,700.00–1,800.001,7533
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1772,150.35/head1,800.00–2,475.002,1503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,185135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1931,970.31/head1,650.00–2,325.001,9705
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,8481
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2071,759.50/head1,575.00–1,900.001,7603
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,240121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,5001

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.