Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2025-05-19

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, May 19
● Final100 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
523 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 559▼ 87 vs year ago 610 · −14.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 53▼ 54 vs year ago 90 · −60.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 60▲ 15 vs year ago 25 · +60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers 400lb-600lb sold unevenly, selling $8.00 lower to $5.00 higher. Offering on steers under 400lb was light. Feeder heifers 300lb-400lb sold $10.00-$15.00 lower, while 500lb-600lb heifers sold steady to $8.00 higher. Demand was stronger on 5 and 6 weights. The largest draft of the day was 76 head of heifers weighing 730lb guaranteed open that sold for 297.50cwt. Slaughter cows sold steady while slaughter bulls were not well tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $311.32/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −66.40 against this barn's trailing median of $377.72.
Average price
$311.32
32 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,765
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$167
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.20
vs AR average
−22.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1569315.721,79626
Medium and Large 2558292.241,6296thin
One grade step is worth $23.47/cwt here — about $167 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 sale32 hd
311.32
—
AR average7 barns · 326 hd
320.52
−9.20
National average158 barns · 12,726 hd
334.26
−22.94
This barn, trailing median28 sales
377.72
−66.40
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—Average1,511160.412,4244thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,231152.301,8759thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,527151.352,3113thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,060129.281,3709thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,183$2,5122thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,077$2,2953thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)840$2,2252thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,120$2,0413thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)850$2,0001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)910$2,4001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)845$2,1501thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)790$1,8001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)950$3,1501thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$3,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)900$2,9293thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)875$1,8654thin

Every lot

100 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2220455.91/cwt445.00–465.001,0032
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3951
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328428.55/cwt415.00–440.001,4063
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3491
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425385.00/cwt370.00–400.001,6362
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy445387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,7241
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy465305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4181
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2476362.55/cwt357.50–370.001,7264
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480406.49/cwt398.00–414.001,95112
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed508397.54/cwt390.00–405.002,0202
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526384.59/cwt362.00–408.002,02313
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2538329.18/cwt325.00–330.001,7716
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy540340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8361
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575356.71/cwt332.50–362.002,05115
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,9422
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy592327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,9392
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2595299.25/cwt294.00–315.001,7814
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,03211
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623333.13/cwt330.00–336.002,0755
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2652287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,8752
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672319.99/cwt304.00–322.002,1509
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2707275.50/cwt275.00–276.001,9484
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed725287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,0841
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1786284.60/cwt272.00–285.002,23731
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320405.56/cwt395.00–415.001,2983
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335334.85/cwt330.00–340.001,1222
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2358334.97/cwt330.00–340.001,1992
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368394.83/cwt390.00–400.001,4532
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2408327.05/cwt300.00–337.501,3346
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1437351.87/cwt344.00–355.001,5385
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed460335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5411
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2464313.16/cwt300.00–322.501,4534
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471331.57/cwt330.00–332.001,5629
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy480322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,5461
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510324.13/cwt322.00–330.001,6534
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5751
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed560307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,7221
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565286.49/cwt267.50–297.501,6194
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579315.15/cwt302.00–326.001,82521
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy595294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,7491
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610280.85/cwt280.00–285.001,7136
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy627282.92/cwt275.00–292.501,7745
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665289.21/cwt288.00–290.001,9235
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2678259.86/cwt247.50–272.501,7624
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy683267.19/cwt262.00–272.501,8252
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,7461
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open730297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,17276
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,9151
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770231.29/cwt220.00–242.001,7812
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2805207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,6701
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open839246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,0644
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1265500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3251
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2051
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed340425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4451
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2369377.11/cwt335.00–405.001,3925
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378403.57/cwt380.00–422.501,5254
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed420380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5961
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426389.06/cwt382.50–402.501,6574
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6471
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy478342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,6352
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485326.53/cwt325.00–328.001,5842
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490362.62/cwt362.00–370.001,77712
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515358.99/cwt346.00–380.001,8499
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed528388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,0499
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530323.13/cwt318.00–345.001,71311
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565326.10/cwt317.50–335.001,8422
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,6491
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy615282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,7371
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630292.48/cwt290.00–300.001,8434
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,7331
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2712278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,9792
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2723261.96/cwt252.00–268.001,8943
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2810232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,8831
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,315180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,3671
Bulls——1,430148.32/cwt140.00–154.002,1212
Bulls——1,870165.00/cwt165.00–165.003,0861
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,045102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,0661
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,058142.84/cwt138.00–149.001,5113
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,058129.00/cwt127.00–131.001,3654
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,085117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,2691
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,163146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,6982
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,251154.10/cwt150.00–162.001,9287
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,475155.52/cwt154.00–157.002,2942
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,630143.00/cwt143.00–143.002,3311
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-27301,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed8502,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29502,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0772,295.36/head2,000.00–2,400.002,2953
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1202,040.92/head1,950.00–2,200.002,0413
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1832,512.05/head2,200.00–2,800.002,5122
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,260157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,9781
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,287156.19/cwt152.00–161.002,0103
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed8502,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29253,143.24/head2,900.00–3,400.003,1432
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29503,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2003,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27901,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28452,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29102,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-28751,864.57/head1,850.00–1,900.001,8654

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.