Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2025-06-02

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Jun 2
● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
537 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 523▲ 17 vs year ago 520 · +3.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 36▼ 19 vs year ago 90 · −21.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 40▲ 9 vs year ago 51 · +17.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This week's supply of feeders was good, with quality offerings. The largest draft of the day consisted of a group of steers weighing 753 lbs, which brought 298.00 cwt. Demand was strong, but no trends were determined due to sale not being reported last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $357.22/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 2 of 28 comparable sales and sits −62.44 against this barn's trailing median of $419.66.
Average price
$357.22
56 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,004
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$23
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.58
vs AR average
−21.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560357.912,00554
Medium and Large 2585338.751,9822thin
One grade step is worth $19.16/cwt here — about $23 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 sale56 hd
357.22
—
AR average8 barns · 627 hd
368.80
−11.58
National average158 barns · 13,435 hd
378.58
−21.36
This barn, trailing median28 sales
419.66
−62.44
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
506451397343median 419.6603/0205/1807/1309/1411/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $491.70, low $356.79, median $419.66 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—Average1,876177.703,3335thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,209152.761,8478thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,835145.502,6702thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average941123.571,16310

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)988$2,3302thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)868$1,6242thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,150$2,8251thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)915$2,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)921$2,9387
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,067$2,7003thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)938$1,5752thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)800$1,5333thin

Every lot

104 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1308497.20/cwt485.00–510.001,5312
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4081
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed380441.48/cwt432.50–450.001,6782
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2381405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5434
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy410397.20/cwt385.00–410.001,6292
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423419.91/cwt417.50–422.501,7763
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed425420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7853
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440403.37/cwt395.00–410.001,7753
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2455340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5471
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468401.84/cwt395.00–407.501,8814
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526370.77/cwt364.00–400.001,95013
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy533350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8663
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574354.13/cwt335.00–360.002,03338
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed585352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,0621
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9011
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1642325.07/cwt320.00–345.002,08726
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675322.75/cwt316.00–355.002,1799
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1707304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,1493
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8721
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1753298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,24440
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed350430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,5051
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372390.76/cwt370.00–405.001,45410
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373336.52/cwt320.00–365.001,2555
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed381382.87/cwt375.00–400.001,4593
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2408339.97/cwt335.00–345.001,3872
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed410410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,6811
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416368.16/cwt345.00–382.501,5327
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed420366.96/cwt352.50–382.501,5412
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2439347.02/cwt345.00–347.501,5235
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy440332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,4631
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed455375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7061
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467344.26/cwt325.00–360.001,60817
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2482319.14/cwt312.50–322.501,5383
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed485330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6011
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520314.14/cwt312.50–315.001,6343
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524326.93/cwt320.00–334.001,71327
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528285.95/cwt270.00–310.001,5108
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560317.40/cwt305.00–321.001,77713
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628291.24/cwt287.50–292.001,8296
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9696
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2684246.59/cwt232.50–255.001,6876
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed710272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,9351
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715241.71/cwt235.00–247.501,7283
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2763252.03/cwt250.00–254.001,9232
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1795260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0671
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2835227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,9001
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2855200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7101
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1905215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,9461
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323410.03/cwt400.00–425.001,3245
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,5803
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2393409.97/cwt405.00–415.001,6112
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed405440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,7821
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420401.49/cwt380.00–415.001,6864
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430388.80/cwt365.00–410.001,6727
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy448377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,6912
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478376.64/cwt365.00–385.001,80012
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480326.73/cwt320.00–340.001,5683
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518357.91/cwt352.50–372.501,85421
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed525370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9431
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533336.51/cwt325.00–347.501,7942
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy535338.52/cwt325.00–345.001,8113
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed570341.12/cwt340.00–342.201,9442
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8691
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1584326.64/cwt325.00–330.001,9083
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1635305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9371
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8381
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660286.22/cwt282.50–290.001,8892
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1695299.57/cwt296.00–300.002,08227
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,9621
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1842234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,9702
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,735191.00/cwt191.00–191.003,3141
Bulls——1,911174.37/cwt170.00–180.003,3324
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86897.68/cwt92.00–100.008483
Cows—Lean 85-90%890110.00/cwt110.00–110.009791
Cows—Lean 85-90%970135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3102
Cows—Lean 85-90%994140.67/cwt137.00–143.001,3984
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,190154.89/cwt154.00–156.001,8433
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,221151.48/cwt149.00–153.001,8505
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,700150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,5501
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,970141.00/cwt141.00–141.002,7781
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2815196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,5971
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2835218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,8201
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-28681,624.06/head1,600.00–1,650.001,6242
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29002,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2985172.00/cwt155.00–188.001,6942
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,005179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,7991
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0752,660.00/head2,660.00–2,660.002,6601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,170164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,9191
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,245154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,9171
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small and Medium 1-27821,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4502
Stock Cows—Small and Medium 1-28151,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Stock Cows—Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed8351,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Stock Cows—Medium 1-2968164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,5882
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0601,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,400156.50/cwt156.50–156.502,1911
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29152,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,1502,825.00/head2,825.00–2,825.002,8251
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs7 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed7001,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-29002,605.56/head2,500.00–2,700.002,6062
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-29002,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29833,433.90/head3,400.00–3,500.003,4343
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0003,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,0002,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3002,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001

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.