Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2026-05-04

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, May 4
● Final106 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,061 head
▲ 464 vs last sale 597▲ 777 vs year ago 284 · +273.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 54▲ 42 vs year ago 29 · +144.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
71 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 91▲ 56 vs year ago 15 · +373.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Receipts of feeder cattle were strong this week, highlighted by several large, full-load drafts of weaned feeders. Demand was good to strong, with increased buyer interest noted on the larger drafts. No trends were established due to the absence of a reported sale 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 $456.98/cwt on 106 head, down $29.34 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 28 comparable sales and sits +37.31 against this barn's trailing median of $419.66.
Average price
$456.98
▼ 29.34 vs prior sale
106 head · 569 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,599
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$183
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.85
vs AR average
−30.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1570458.362,61597
Medium and Large 2550442.062,4319thin
One grade step is worth $16.30/cwt here — about $183 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale106 hd
456.98
—
AR average7 barns · 252 hd
461.82
−4.85
National average180 barns · 14,267 hd
487.55
−30.57
This barn, trailing median28 sales
419.66
+37.31
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—Low1,511208.203,1469thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,573177.052,7852thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,229170.512,0964thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low951156.711,4915thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,240$2,6501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,235$2,5501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,145$2,4376
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,090$2,2751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)820$1,7501thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,080$3,3003thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)985$2,6501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$4,8004thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)750$1,8001thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,290$2,3001thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)870$1,8251thin

Every lot

106 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323623.26/cwt600.00–650.002,0132
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed360620.00/cwt620.00–620.002,2321
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2363585.00/cwt585.00–585.002,1242
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370590.00/cwt590.00–590.002,1831
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425562.21/cwt550.00–575.002,3892
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2426537.49/cwt535.00–540.002,2904
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460549.22/cwt540.00–565.002,52632
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2482501.03/cwt497.50–525.002,41514
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy495480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,3761
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520463.12/cwt455.00–470.002,4084
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522489.85/cwt470.00–500.002,55716
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2574425.22/cwt415.00–431.002,4415
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed580505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,9291
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580451.48/cwt443.25–472.502,61980
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2609406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,4737
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628432.83/cwt430.00–436.002,7183
Steers600–650Small and Medium 1-2642268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,72111
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,4941
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672413.17/cwt405.00–430.002,77727
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed685400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,7401
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1711398.02/cwt384.00–399.002,83015
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2730337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,4641
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added741396.09/cwt394.00–398.252,935161
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775375.64/cwt372.00–383.002,9113
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2785347.00/cwt340.00–354.002,7242
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1833351.46/cwt346.00–370.002,9285
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1877339.07/cwt335.00–355.002,9748
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added932336.25/cwt336.25–336.253,13461
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1970309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,9971
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,025316.00/cwt316.00–316.003,2391
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,055295.00/cwt295.00–295.003,1121
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 11,160286.00/cwt286.00–286.003,3181
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed305630.00/cwt630.00–630.001,9224
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed318578.46/cwt575.00–585.001,8403
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319572.90/cwt550.00–595.001,8288
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,7711
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367561.58/cwt545.00–580.002,0617
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed378553.63/cwt545.00–560.002,0933
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2389526.28/cwt520.00–532.502,0474
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418480.82/cwt450.00–491.002,0109
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed425509.93/cwt500.00–535.002,1675
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432520.73/cwt500.00–532.502,25042
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed455475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,1611
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1459465.74/cwt450.00–485.002,1386
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed469525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,4625
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,1566
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2482431.03/cwt415.00–452.502,07830
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521410.33/cwt380.00–425.002,13815
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,2492
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558409.97/cwt405.00–412.502,2884
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580382.24/cwt360.00–395.002,2174
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1606409.86/cwt385.00–412.002,48413
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613368.07/cwt360.00–375.002,2564
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added657371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,4379
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4865
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2680347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,3631
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,3771
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added733352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,5809
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1733340.73/cwt332.00–360.002,4988
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added765340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,6014
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1766353.04/cwt330.00–354.002,70425
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1825330.73/cwt322.50–334.002,7294
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2905292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,6431
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1960300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,8801
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2985269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,6501
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,002288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,8868
Heifers1250–1300Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open1,263232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,93015
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1303657.56/cwt650.00–665.001,9922
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2314638.88/cwt610.00–647.502,0069
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed354602.80/cwt600.00–605.002,1349
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1366599.16/cwt596.00–607.502,1937
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2369574.48/cwt565.00–587.502,1206
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy392555.00/cwt555.00–555.002,1762
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2400540.50/cwt512.50–547.502,1625
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420550.99/cwt535.00–575.002,3143
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed450530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,3851
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2476479.77/cwt460.00–505.002,28417
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy480470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,2561
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1504496.11/cwt480.00–497.502,50017
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy530463.73/cwt462.50–465.002,4582
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535442.97/cwt415.00–455.002,3704
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563466.03/cwt462.50–470.002,62416
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568413.18/cwt405.00–425.002,3473
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2611389.21/cwt370.00–410.002,37810
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2690372.41/cwt360.00–385.002,5702
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2867301.46/cwt275.00–315.002,6143
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,375210.31/cwt205.00–215.002,8924
Bulls——1,580195.87/cwt192.00–204.003,0953
Bulls——1,680222.47/cwt218.00–227.003,7372
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%615142.50/cwt142.50–142.508761
Cows—Lean 85-90%952157.68/cwt157.00–158.001,5013
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,155174.47/cwt174.00–175.002,0152
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,285168.00/cwt168.00–168.002,1591
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,303166.54/cwt166.00–167.002,1702
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,573177.05/cwt175.00–179.002,7852
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed8201,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0902,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1452,436.63/head2,100.00–2,700.002,4376
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2352,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2402,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed7501,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2004,800.00/head4,800.00–4,800.004,8004
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed8701,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2902,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29852,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0803,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3003

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.