Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2025-06-09

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Jun 9
● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
400 head
▼ 137 vs last sale 537▲ 96 vs year ago 304 · +31.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
98 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 71▼ 2 vs year ago 100 · −2.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 60▲ 5 vs year ago 25 · +20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

PRE-VAC SALE NEXT MONDAY ON 6/16/25 SALE STARTS @1PM

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold $10.00-$12.00 higher, while feeder heifers sold $5.00-$10.00 higher. There was a light test on quality offerings this week. Slaughter cattle sold $5.00-$10.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $337.62/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −40.10 against this barn's trailing median of $377.72.
Average price
$337.62
76 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,816
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$178
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$37.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.66
vs AR average
−3.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553339.771,87738
Medium and Large 1-2520338.291,76035
Medium and Large 2562302.501,6993thin
One grade step is worth $37.27/cwt here — about $178 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 sale76 hd
337.62
—
AR average6 barns · 347 hd
325.96
+11.66
National average161 barns · 10,769 hd
340.92
−3.30
This barn, trailing median28 sales
377.72
−40.10
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—High1,884185.113,4885thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,169152.031,77722
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,493150.082,2418thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,016140.371,42617

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,210$2,2292thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)850$1,3042thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)950$2,0752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,000$1,9001thin

Every lot

98 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed260500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3001
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1290465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,3491
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4141
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,8692
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed420425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7853
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2434381.34/cwt365.00–390.001,6555
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed460450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0701
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490376.24/cwt375.00–380.001,8444
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1491399.22/cwt390.00–412.501,9607
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520388.04/cwt375.00–415.002,01814
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1595360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1421
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed605355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1483
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1614369.09/cwt355.00–372.002,2666
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2633332.44/cwt327.50–337.502,1042
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed660335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2111
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1692325.84/cwt325.00–327.502,2553
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed710308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,1871
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2714279.60/cwt275.00–297.501,9965
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1743305.33/cwt304.00–306.002,2693
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1790300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3701
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,000235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,3501
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 11,158220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,5483
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280416.00/cwt416.00–416.001,1651
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2305352.21/cwt335.00–370.001,0742
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1359394.64/cwt370.00–402.501,4176
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2384342.44/cwt340.00–350.001,3154
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed405383.11/cwt365.00–400.001,5523
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2421320.76/cwt300.00–335.001,3504
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5192
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1446372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,6618
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466357.86/cwt354.00–362.501,66810
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468304.79/cwt265.00–342.501,4262
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,76531
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7194
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5641
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1536334.88/cwt324.00–352.501,79514
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,6941
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy561350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,96415
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564330.33/cwt325.00–331.001,8639
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed595310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8451
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed600332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,9921
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623314.96/cwt312.50–317.501,9623
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1684294.26/cwt292.00–295.002,0134
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8151
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1708278.68/cwt272.50–285.001,9732
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Full740265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,9611
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,7401
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1795268.00/cwt268.00–268.002,1311
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2800205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,6401
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1895252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,2551
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1254505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,2834
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2327414.52/cwt390.00–430.001,3553
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5331
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2382396.28/cwt380.00–405.001,5148
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2395426.00/cwt426.00–426.001,6838
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed410415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7027
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421425.49/cwt415.00–430.001,7915
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2421390.68/cwt370.00–405.001,6455
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy425345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4661
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy435385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6751
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470366.40/cwt355.00–385.001,7225
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473395.91/cwt370.00–407.501,8734
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy485340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6491
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy490350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7151
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2510325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6581
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1517363.43/cwt342.50–375.001,8795
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2538340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8292
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed555347.50/cwt345.00–350.001,9292
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1574357.52/cwt335.00–369.002,05227
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2588316.69/cwt310.00–320.001,8623
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2610322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,9672
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9532
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1635334.96/cwt321.00–341.002,12711
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1683321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,1928
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1735285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0951
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2790270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1331
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,610200.00/cwt200.00–200.003,2201
Bulls——1,730167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,8891
Bulls——2,027186.18/cwt184.00–189.003,7743
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%730110.00/cwt110.00–110.008031
Cows—Boner 80-85%945140.98/cwt138.00–144.001,3322
Cows—Lean 85-90%992146.49/cwt141.00–154.001,45311
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,111136.24/cwt135.00–137.001,5144
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,140150.15/cwt145.00–153.001,71211
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,180120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,4161
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,254156.78/cwt154.00–162.001,9669
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,385158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,1882
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,435151.76/cwt149.00–154.002,1783
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,623143.13/cwt141.00–144.002,3233
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-28501,303.53/head1,250.00–1,350.001,3042
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,175152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,7861
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2102,229.24/head2,175.00–2,300.002,2292
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,240157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,9471
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,265154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,9481
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,280149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,9071
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-29002,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,0001,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001

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.