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Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Name: Cleburne County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Oct 13

● Final100 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055

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Feeder Cattle receipts

559 head

▼ 251 vs last sale 810▲ 559 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

50 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 35▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

21 head

▼ 32 vs last sale 53▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Bull Sale - November 3rd

Offering 30+ Replacement Bulls - Sale Begins at 12:00 PM

Regular Sale & Pre-Vac Sale to Follow at 1:00 PM

Compared to last week, there was a moderate to heavy offering of good quality calves and yearlings. Feeder steers traded steady to $5.00 higher. Feeder bulls sold sharply higher, trading $10.00 to $15.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded mostly steady to $5.00 lower, with some offerings carrying additional flesh. Slaughter cattle traded mostly steady. Demand was good to very good throughout the sale.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $353.84/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 10 of 28 comparable sales and sits −23.88 against this barn's trailing median of $377.72.

Average price

$353.84

75 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,896

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$659

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 2

$138.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.05

vs AR average

−44.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	363.04	1,942	57
Medium and Large 1-2	518	355.00	1,839	4thin
Medium and Large 2	539	340.89	1,836	11thin
Small and Medium 2	570	225.00	1,283	3thin

One grade step is worth $138.04/cwt here — about $659 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 sale75 hd

353.84

—

AR average8 barns · 355 hd

351.79

+2.05

National average180 barns · 19,448 hd

397.86

−44.02

This barn, trailing median28 sales

377.72

−23.88

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,713	174.78	2,994	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,450	160.58	2,329	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,255	154.29	1,937	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,014	129.60	1,314	7thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,230	$2,100	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	785	$2,400	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	995	$1,300	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	720	$1,000	1thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	260	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,521	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	320	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,568	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,642	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	496.43/cwt	485.00–510.00	1,852	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	398.84/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,500	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	385	447.47/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,723	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	406	453.40/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,841	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	430	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,505	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,871	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	463	400.71/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,855	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,971	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	421.21/cwt	412.50–427.50	2,060	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	411.58/cwt	405.00–417.50	2,111	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	534	368.69/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,969	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	545	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,221	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	555	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,345	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	393.27/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,210	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	364.20/cwt	347.50–375.00	2,050	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	613	368.75/cwt	367.50–372.50	2,260	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	620	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,263	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	393.24/cwt	387.50–400.00	2,442	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,435	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	677	339.32/cwt	320.00–352.50	2,297	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	685	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,363	1
Steers	650–700	Small and Medium 2	695	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,703	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	362.47/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,566	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,496	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,426	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	350.29/cwt	350.00–350.50	2,869	14
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	886	341.12/cwt	335.00–342.00	3,022	10
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,028	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,868	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	315	472.50/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,488	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	369.80/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,220	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	342	397.46/cwt	390.00–402.50	1,359	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	378	379.77/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,436	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	420.09/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,592	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	387	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,413	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	425	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,658	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	357.37/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,547	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	387.14/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,688	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	455	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,638	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	357.30/cwt	347.50–370.00	1,644	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	374.58/cwt	370.00–392.50	1,734	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	470	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,751	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	480	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,680	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,839	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	367.53/cwt	350.00–373.00	1,907	36
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	346.53/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,802	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	525	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,838	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	355.61/cwt	336.00–366.00	2,006	20
Heifers	550–600	Small and Medium 2	570	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,283	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	331.02/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,890	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	341.19/cwt	337.50–345.00	2,132	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,105	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	640	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,096	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	650	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,129	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	333.17/cwt	325.00–355.00	2,232	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,286	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,872	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	765	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,066	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,385	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,266	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	535.03/cwt	500.00–585.00	1,728	5
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,446	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	450.07/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,679	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	406.72/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,517	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	420	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,743	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	397.76/cwt	370.00–417.50	1,690	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	430.80/cwt	426.00–440.00	1,857	16
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	462	366.55/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,693	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	415.73/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,958	15
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	527	344.75/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,817	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	401.62/cwt	380.00–422.50	2,133	25
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,915	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	369.51/cwt	350.00–377.50	2,143	17
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	327.58/cwt	315.00–341.00	2,047	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	344.37/cwt	342.50–350.00	2,176	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	317.54/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,096	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	343.91/cwt	322.50–360.00	2,304	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	313.95/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,223	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,958	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,301	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,486	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,443	161.93/cwt	150.00–170.00	2,337	4
Bulls	—	—	1,833	180.49/cwt	174.00–186.00	3,308	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	705	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	818	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	858	126.70/cwt	125.00–128.00	1,087	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,153	155.57/cwt	155.00–156.00	1,794	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,230	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,722	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,250	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,813	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,293	135.56/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,753	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,433	162.87/cwt	160.00–166.00	2,334	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,465	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,359	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,485	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,317	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	720	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	990	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,906	1
Stock Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	995	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,070	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,798	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,230	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1

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.

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