Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2025-02-10

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Feb 10
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
293 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 251▲ 293 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 35▲ 32 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

*SPECIAL NOTE* 60 PLUS COWS MOSTLY BEING PAIRS TO SELL NEXT MONDAY ON 2/17/25

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold $6.00-$7.00 higher with a stronger offering of weaned calves, while feeder heifers sold $9.00-$10.00 lower. Slaughter cattle sold steady to $3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $271.50/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −106.22 against this barn's trailing median of $377.72.
Average price
$271.50
18 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,445
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$15.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.56
vs AR average
−25.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2540278.001,5015thin
Medium and Large 1530277.101,4706thin
Medium and Large 2529262.051,3867thin
One grade step is worth $15.95/cwt here — about $116 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale18 hd
271.50
—
AR average10 barns · 408 hd
285.06
−13.56
National average157 barns · 11,394 hd
297.00
−25.50
This barn, trailing median28 sales
377.72
−106.22
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—Average1,488151.702,2572thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,217137.571,67518
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,735132.002,2901thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,067106.511,1378thin

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)1,400$2,1501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,215$2,0501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)937$1,5104thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)704$1,0934thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)780$1,8222thin
BullsN/AYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,680$3,0001thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,120$2,0251thin

Every lot

84 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310416.07/cwt388.00–420.001,29015
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed320380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2161
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2347348.73/cwt345.00–360.001,2104
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed350380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3301
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4221
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2772
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy415355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4731
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418385.34/cwt380.00–410.001,61115
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423339.28/cwt327.50–350.001,4356
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460343.51/cwt332.50–355.001,5802
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2491280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3759
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed505314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,5861
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518327.76/cwt326.00–328.001,6988
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed550295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6231
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed555340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8871
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575311.89/cwt302.00–322.501,7932
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615301.89/cwt290.00–310.001,8574
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630253.23/cwt242.00–265.001,5952
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed675270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8231
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683292.51/cwt290.00–295.001,9982
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,9651
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2810242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,9601
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1293367.35/cwt362.00–375.001,0763
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed313369.80/cwt365.00–375.001,1572
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320307.50/cwt307.50–307.509841
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2591
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy345320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1041
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374338.12/cwt320.00–350.001,26512
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2374283.19/cwt275.00–305.001,0596
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy395315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2441
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415331.47/cwt320.00–344.001,3763
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418289.04/cwt270.00–305.001,2086
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy428299.92/cwt290.00–305.001,2843
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy455240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0922
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed458293.97/cwt292.00–295.001,3463
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy460275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2651
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474293.25/cwt282.00–296.001,39012
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3201
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed493291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,4355
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515266.30/cwt250.00–275.001,3715
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517282.54/cwt280.00–285.001,4613
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy523275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4382
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,5015
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563251.44/cwt242.50–260.001,4162
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy585265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5501
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1607263.94/cwt257.00–275.001,6023
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,4961
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663250.02/cwt245.00–255.001,6582
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2678244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,6544
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2745190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4161
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2795208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,6541
Heifers1200–1250Medium and Large 11,235155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,9141
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2340350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1901
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1369386.67/cwt375.00–395.001,4276
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4351
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed425355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5091
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy432330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4262
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3271
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4181
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472347.13/cwt335.00–362.501,6383
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2510302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,5403
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530303.03/cwt300.00–306.001,6062
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,4942
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed610272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,6621
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,4901
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2723241.39/cwt238.00–245.001,7452
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,488151.70/cwt148.00–154.002,2572
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94388.41/cwt82.00–95.008342
Cows—Lean 85-90%998107.11/cwt106.00–108.001,0692
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,035128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,3251
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,164115.25/cwt114.00–116.001,3424
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,211141.33/cwt139.00–145.001,7128
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,243135.29/cwt134.00–137.001,6829
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,735132.00/cwt132.00–132.002,2901
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,1202,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,6803,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-26701,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.007,7051
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27801,821.71/head1,525.00–2,100.001,8222
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,135141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,6001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-27041,092.80/head1,075.00–1,100.001,0934
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-27381,094.92/head1,000.00–1,175.001,0952
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1351,925.72/head1,725.00–2,100.001,9262
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2152,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4002,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501

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.