Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2025-01-27

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Jan 27
● Final126 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
676 head
▲ 290 vs last sale 386▲ 676 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 10▲ 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 7▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, supply was up this week with a break in the weather. Demand was strong, and attendance was good. It was a mix offering of thin flesh and fleshier calves selling uneven. On a light test due to supply last week feeder steers 300lb-500lb sold $12.00-$13.00 lower, while steers 500lb-700lb sold $4.00-$5.00 higher, while heifers 300lb-500lb sold $7.00-$8.00 higher, and 500lb-700lb heifers sold $17.00-$18.00 higher. The largest draft was a group of 24 762lb heifers selling for $256.00 $/Cwt. Slaughter cattle sold $8.00-$9.00 higher on a light test

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $285.02/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −92.70 against this barn's trailing median of $377.72.
Average price
$285.02
69 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,597
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$24.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.42
vs AR average
−19.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559297.961,66729
Medium and Large 2549276.831,52026
Medium and Large 1-2583273.421,59314thin
One grade step is worth $24.54/cwt here — about $74 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 sale69 hd
285.02
—
AR average10 barns · 318 hd
279.60
+5.42
National average182 barns · 24,858 hd
304.64
−19.62
This barn, trailing median28 sales
377.72
−92.70
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—Average2,038164.643,3552thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,525132.002,0132thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,257123.101,5479thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,095108.601,18912

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,263$1,8752thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,055$1,7501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,192$1,6843thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,034$1,6053thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,120$1,5422thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)838$1,3833thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)590$1,0501thin
BullsN/AYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,585$3,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,105$1,8251thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)988$1,2132thin

Every lot

126 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed300380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1401
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1308408.49/cwt390.00–430.001,2583
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320350.25/cwt340.00–370.001,1215
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy345372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,2851
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367386.45/cwt380.00–420.001,4186
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy370365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3511
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2377340.89/cwt320.00–357.501,2858
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy420305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2811
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,5004
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428354.14/cwt350.00–370.001,5166
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2434323.27/cwt316.00–342.501,40313
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed461365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6836
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1461341.08/cwt330.00–352.501,5727
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2467318.49/cwt302.50–326.001,4876
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed489333.35/cwt332.00–337.501,6304
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2489320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5658
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520293.38/cwt285.00–302.001,5266
Steers500–550Small and Medium 2520174.00/cwt174.00–174.009051
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531329.30/cwt310.00–335.001,74912
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562323.64/cwt308.00–329.001,8197
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,5381
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy585275.95/cwt270.00–282.001,6142
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2591311.60/cwt296.00–316.001,84226
Steers600–650Small and Medium 2610158.00/cwt158.00–158.009641
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed615295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8141
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,7072
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617306.46/cwt306.00–307.501,89113
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623312.50/cwt308.00–314.001,94731
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed663290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,92315
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675277.01/cwt276.00–278.001,8702
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7681
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1686280.50/cwt280.00–282.001,9244
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1703278.50/cwt278.00–279.001,9582
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2705271.00/cwt270.00–272.001,9112
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy735261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,9181
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2768256.97/cwt254.00–260.001,9742
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2768253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,9432
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed845246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,0791
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1308358.25/cwt355.00–365.001,1033
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy310335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0391
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2336329.35/cwt317.50–340.001,10713
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy343301.69/cwt300.00–302.001,0356
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed364342.66/cwt332.50–345.001,24711
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy370320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1841
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377313.93/cwt300.00–325.001,18411
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2712
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413321.85/cwt320.00–322.501,3298
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed420315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3231
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424283.95/cwt272.00–305.001,2046
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432312.72/cwt312.00–314.001,35111
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy460295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3571
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2466273.89/cwt263.00–282.001,2765
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed467304.16/cwt290.00–307.001,42015
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,3682
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472311.52/cwt300.00–324.001,47024
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2502290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4562
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed510288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,4692
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526306.90/cwt300.00–310.001,61412
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2539277.48/cwt265.00–280.001,49614
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed560286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,6021
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2572272.31/cwt265.00–274.001,5589
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583291.65/cwt283.00–306.001,70017
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2596270.66/cwt270.00–271.001,61312
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1609282.46/cwt276.00–283.001,72013
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2614254.28/cwt245.00–265.001,5617
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621265.01/cwt261.00–270.001,6467
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy627256.37/cwt252.00–262.001,6073
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,7421
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685252.28/cwt250.00–255.001,7284
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8951
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2730239.46/cwt234.00–245.001,7482
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760248.29/cwt248.00–250.001,8877
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2760238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,8091
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2762256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,95124
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2975196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,9111
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2317337.53/cwt335.00–350.001,0706
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2273
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed335365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2231
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4241
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed370365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3511
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370320.81/cwt305.00–335.001,1872
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2380370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4062
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy390355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3851
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed420345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4491
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2434320.22/cwt305.00–334.001,3905
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6751
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed470330.11/cwt325.00–332.501,5523
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478309.50/cwt290.00–320.001,4796
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2505320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6164
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2531284.29/cwt277.50–300.001,5104
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1534323.75/cwt322.50–325.001,7298
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2557279.39/cwt271.00–290.001,5565
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570304.82/cwt300.00–315.001,7373
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2573281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,6103
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy585240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4041
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2620282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,7482
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625264.50/cwt260.00–278.001,6534
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy647270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7473
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680238.86/cwt220.00–258.001,6242
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy685272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,8631
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2730249.06/cwt246.00–252.001,8182
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2790215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6991
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy840224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,8821
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed845244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,0621
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2858226.17/cwt217.50–235.001,9412
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,038164.64/cwt163.00–166.003,3552
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00593.00/cwt93.00–93.009351
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,046114.68/cwt112.00–118.001,2004
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,136107.35/cwt100.00–110.001,2197
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,150131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,5071
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,253116.90/cwt116.00–118.001,4652
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,276123.85/cwt120.00–129.001,5806
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,305141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,8401
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,745123.00/cwt123.00–123.002,1461
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,5853,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9881,212.59/head1,175.00–1,250.001,2132
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-25901,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 27001,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0181,783.11/head1,325.00–2,150.001,7832
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0551,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,0651,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1151,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1201,541.96/head1,325.00–1,725.001,5422
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1921,684.09/head1,225.00–1,875.001,6843
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2631,875.15/head1,800.00–1,950.001,8752
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,1051,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251

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.