Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2024-10-21

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Oct 21
● Final110 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
716 head
▲ 716 vs last sale 0▲ 416 vs year ago 300 · +138.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 0▼ 10 vs year ago 58 · −17.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 10 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*SPECIAL NOTE: THERE WILL BE 40 PAIRS 3-5 YEARS OLD PLUS 20 HEAD OF RED ANGUS COWS 5-6 YEARS OLD 10 OF THOSE WILL BE PAIRS. SELLING NEXT WEEK 10/28/24*

There was no trend this week due to the sale not being reported the previous week. Supply was good, with a moderate to good demand this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $230.51/cwt on 119 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −147.21 against this barn's trailing median of $377.72.
Average price
$230.51
119 head · 569 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,311
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$227
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$18.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs AR average
−29.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2595234.021,39250
Medium and Large 1553231.601,28053
Medium and Large 2540215.951,16516thin
One grade step is worth $18.07/cwt here — about $227 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 sale119 hd
230.51
—
AR average8 barns · 594 hd
230.51
+0.00
National average195 barns · 25,856 hd
259.63
−29.12
This barn, trailing median28 sales
377.72
−147.21
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—Low1,372123.131,6894thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,491115.391,7205thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,182110.291,30413
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low88993.488319thin

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)(<2 yrs)960$1,4251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,150$2,0632thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)900$1,8252thin

Every lot

110 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345240.00/cwt240.00–240.008281
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390282.50/cwt280.00–285.001,1022
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed410290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1891
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Full415275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1411
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2424274.61/cwt265.00–283.001,1644
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2448295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3222
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed455274.92/cwt267.50–282.501,2512
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added473266.48/cwt265.00–267.501,26017
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy485257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,2461
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485251.60/cwt235.00–255.001,22011
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510270.95/cwt260.00–278.001,3823
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521244.03/cwt230.00–257.501,2715
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy530252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,3381
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added534261.04/cwt257.50–262.001,39423
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2542264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,4312
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3721
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy588233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,3702
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1592253.76/cwt242.50–255.001,50212
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2610216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3181
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615245.27/cwt235.00–255.001,50810
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added624262.51/cwt260.00–263.001,63844
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy625236.76/cwt232.50–242.501,4804
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added625233.78/cwt225.00–243.001,4612
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4631
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added672250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6804
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added672243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,6332
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1681233.83/cwt225.00–242.501,59216
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1713231.16/cwt227.50–235.001,6484
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2Value Added725228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,6531
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added738239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,76438
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760231.76/cwt231.00–232.501,7612
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,8291
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed298285.00/cwt285.00–285.008496
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed305285.00/cwt285.00–285.008691
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330282.50/cwt282.50–282.509321
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2331242.43/cwt230.00–250.008024
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy365252.53/cwt250.00–255.009222
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378265.43/cwt262.00–270.001,0034
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380245.24/cwt227.50–257.009323
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2412240.00/cwt240.00–240.009892
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427236.67/cwt225.00–245.001,0115
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428260.27/cwt255.00–262.501,11411
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed455256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,1651
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471245.22/cwt240.00–250.001,15510
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy475238.38/cwt230.00–247.501,1322
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475224.64/cwt215.00–234.001,0677
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518216.64/cwt205.00–227.501,12210
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520238.66/cwt230.00–250.001,24116
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added545233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,2702
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed550227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2511
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566229.69/cwt220.00–242.501,30032
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy572221.26/cwt220.00–224.001,2665
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2581212.25/cwt207.50–215.001,2335
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added597234.06/cwt220.00–236.001,39748
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2608212.51/cwt210.00–215.001,2922
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616221.43/cwt217.50–228.001,3644
Heifers600–650Large 2617216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3333
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy625217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3592
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,4622
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660206.27/cwt205.00–207.501,3612
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,4433
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy665212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,4131
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4365
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added700229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,6031
Heifers700–750Large 2702202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,4223
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735212.64/cwt207.50–217.501,5633
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added749220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,64838
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1785196.27/cwt195.00–197.501,5412
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2343268.95/cwt260.00–287.009225
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0681
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy350272.50/cwt272.50–272.509541
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed375300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1257
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2379262.98/cwt252.50–276.009975
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2394257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,0155
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428244.10/cwt235.00–255.001,0453
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2432280.61/cwt260.00–287.001,21213
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy458256.59/cwt247.50–262.501,1753
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465234.47/cwt222.50–243.001,0909
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468262.30/cwt255.00–267.501,2283
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1509249.81/cwt243.00–262.501,2728
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2510237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,2112
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523229.36/cwt212.50–237.501,2008
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy533237.48/cwt225.00–245.001,2663
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,2901
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1579230.09/cwt228.00–236.001,3328
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy590220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2981
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2595228.74/cwt228.00–231.001,3618
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623223.71/cwt222.50–225.001,3942
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2627215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3483
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2635217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3811
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665219.50/cwt214.00–225.001,4609
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,2471
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy673190.30/cwt187.50–193.001,2812
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2675210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4182
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1703210.26/cwt208.00–212.501,4782
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1845187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,5841
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,325100.46/cwt100.00–101.001,3312
Bulls——1,418145.81/cwt143.00–149.002,0682
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%84178.14/cwt74.00–82.006574
Cows—Lean 85-90%927105.75/cwt103.00–108.009805
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,162105.63/cwt100.00–111.001,2277
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,206115.72/cwt111.00–121.001,3966
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,455117.49/cwt115.00–119.001,7094
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,635107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,7491
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-29001,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1502,062.50/head1,875.00–2,250.002,0632
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2770145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1171
Stock Cows—Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed850120.00/cwt115.00–130.001,0203
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,150118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,3571
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29601,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251

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.