Cleburne County Livestock Auction Market Report

Heber Springs, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 12, 2020

252 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.92/cwt ≈ $552/hd at 422 lb · 12 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $120.70/cwt ≈ $627/hd at 519 lb · 12 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $124.19/cwt ≈ $646/hd at 520 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	252	350	771
Feeder cattle	227	—	738
Slaughter cattle	20	—	19
Replacement cattle	5	—	14

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were not tested. Several new crop calves on hand today in fleshy condition that sold at a discount.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
295	295	1	175.00	$175.00	$516
355–395	374	4	163.00–170.00	$166.07	$621
400–440	410	7	144.00–161.00	$151.86	$623
450–475	465	5	136.00–150.00	$141.26	$657
530	530	1	142.00	$142.00	$753
565	565	1	141.00	$141.00	$797
660–670	665	2	120.00–129.00	$124.47	$828
710–720	715	3	114.00–125.00	$119.66	$856
815	815	1	122.00	$122.00	$994

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
375	375	1	150.00	$150.00	$562
425–445	433	4	121.00–135.00	$127.79	$553
460	460	1	126.00	$126.00	$580
550	550	1	129.00	$129.00	$710
700	700	1	116.00	$116.00	$812

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
590	590	1	100.00	$100.00	$590

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
290	290	1	140.00	$140.00	$406
360–395	374	4	130.00–141.00	$135.14	$505
400–445	422	12	122.00–136.00	$130.92	$552
460–480	468	9	120.00–133.00	$124.40	$582
465–470	468	2	100.00–109.00	$104.48	$489
500–540	519	9	119.00–129.00	$124.04	$644
510–530	520	3	100.00–117.00	$110.68	$576
550–590	574	9	112.00–122.00	$116.97	$671
600–615	608	2	100.00–102.00	$101.01	$614
600–630	611	4	112.00–117.00	$113.98	$696
680	680	1	107.00	$107.00	$728
770	770	1	107.00	$107.00	$824

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
245	245	1	130.00	$130.00	$318
270–285	277	3	129.00–137.00	$133.73	$370
390	390	1	122.00	$122.00	$476
425	425	1	107.00	$107.00	$455
460–470	465	4	110.00–123.00	$116.01	$539
545	545	1	112.00	$112.00	$610
570–580	573	3	103.00–115.00	$107.64	$617

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
375	375	1	110.00	$110.00	$412
530	530	1	100.00	$100.00	$530

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
275	275	1	150.00	$150.00	$412
365–370	368	3	141.00–156.00	$149.00	$548
415–440	426	4	125.00–145.00	$137.62	$586
450–490	469	10	125.00–144.00	$136.20	$639
505–535	518	10	120.00–135.00	$126.61	$656
545	545	1	100.00	$100.00	$545
560	560	1	100.00	$100.00	$560
555–590	565	4	118.00–124.00	$120.49	$681
620	620	1	115.00	$115.00	$713
650–690	668	3	114.00–125.00	$118.68	$793
730	730	1	90.00	$90.00	$657
850	850	1	97.00	$97.00	$824

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
300–315	310	3	130.00–142.00	$135.68	$421
355–380	363	3	130.00–135.00	$132.67	$482
425	425	1	130.00	$130.00	$552
450–485	465	4	110.00–137.00	$120.72	$561
520	520	2	104.00–105.00	$104.50	$543
550–570	558	3	105.00–112.00	$109.04	$608
610–640	625	3	100.00–117.00	$111.14	$695
665	665	1	112.00	$112.00	$745
690	690	1	98.00	$98.00	$676
745	745	1	118.00	$118.00	$879
855	855	1	87.00	$87.00	$744

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
380	380	2	100.00–106.00	$103.00	$391
400	400	1	112.00	$112.00	$448
450	450	1	100.00	$100.00	$450
500	500	1	112.00	$112.00	$560

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1240	1240	80-85%	1	44.00	$44.00	$546
1230–1415	1306	80-85%	6	50.00–53.00	$51.70	$675

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1370	1370	75-80%	1	48.00	$48.00	$658
1285–1585	1440	75-80%	5	50.00–54.00	$51.42	$740

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850	850	85-90%	1	34.00	$34.00	$289
850–1240	1017	85-90%	3	35.00–44.00	$39.54	$402

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1035	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	50.00	$50.00	$518

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1185	1185	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1250–1300	1275	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,150.00	$1,125.49

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.