Cleburne County Livestock Auction Market Report

Heber Springs, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 19, 2020

316 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Cleburne County Livestock Auction report →

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $119.48/cwt -1.22 vs last sale · ≈ $629/hd at 527 lb · 13 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $131.71/cwt -9.29 vs last sale · ≈ $748/hd at 568 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	316	252	339
Feeder cattle	248	227	285
Slaughter cattle	58	20	34
Replacement cattle	10	5	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady, Fleshy and plain cattle sold at a heavy discount. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–315	313	2	146.00–147.00	$146.50	$459	—
350–390	363	5	132.00–154.00	$146.38	$531	-19.69
395	395	1	131.00	$131.00	$517	-35.07
415–440	430	3	134.00–137.00	$134.97	$580	-16.89
490	490	1	130.00	$130.00	$637	-11.26
510–535	520	3	125.00–129.00	$126.37	$657	-15.63
550–595	568	12	121.00–133.00	$131.71	$748	-9.29
600–645	615	6	120.00–129.00	$124.47	$765	—
660–675	663	6	117.00–125.00	$123.64	$820	-0.83
710	710	1	123.00	$123.00	$873	+3.34

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–380	367	3	130.00–137.00	$134.33	$493	-15.67
420–445	433	2	120.00–130.00	$125.14	$542	-2.65
520	520	1	117.00	$117.00	$608	—
555–575	562	3	119.00–128.00	$122.07	$686	-6.93
960	960	1	98.00	$98.00	$941	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	114.00	$114.00	$490	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	337	5	131.00–138.00	$134.37	$453	—
350–365	357	3	131.00–134.00	$132.64	$474	-2.50
390	390	1	100.00	$100.00	$390	-35.14
405–445	424	5	120.00–126.00	$121.20	$514	-9.72
455–495	475	7	116.00–127.00	$123.58	$587	-0.82
460–490	475	2	101.00–105.00	$103.06	$490	-21.34
500–545	525	10	114.00–127.00	$123.26	$647	+12.58
510–545	532	3	100.00–112.00	$106.88	$569	-3.80
565–580	573	2	105.00–115.00	$109.93	$630	-7.04
575–595	587	3	100.00–121.00	$111.26	$653	-5.71
600–630	611	9	107.00–119.00	$115.97	$709	+1.99
650–660	655	2	110.00–115.00	$112.48	$737	+5.48
685	685	1	90.00	$90.00	$616	-17.00
770	770	1	101.00	$101.00	$778	-6.00
820	820	1	90.00	$90.00	$738	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	133.00	$133.00	$505	+11.00
405–445	425	2	120.00–122.00	$120.95	$514	+13.95
450–485	472	3	109.00–112.00	$110.71	$523	-5.30
500–540	525	3	109.00–113.00	$110.61	$581	-1.39
555–595	575	8	107.00–109.00	$107.37	$617	-0.27
630	630	1	112.00	$112.00	$706	—
660–690	670	3	95.00–101.00	$97.66	$654	—
720	720	1	95.00	$95.00	$684	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	108.00	$108.00	$410	-2.00
430	430	1	102.00	$102.00	$439	—
535–540	537	3	100.00	$100.00	$537	±0.00

↑ Back to top

Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–295	290	3	152.00–155.00	$153.35	$445	+3.35
300–345	325	3	144.00–154.00	$149.55	$486	—
355–390	369	6	134.00–148.00	$140.88	$520	-8.12
400	400	1	113.00	$113.00	$452	-24.62
420–440	432	8	125.00–134.00	$129.76	$561	-7.86
450	450	1	112.00	$112.00	$504	-24.20
455–490	468	3	126.00–130.00	$128.28	$600	-7.92
510–540	526	4	125.00–128.00	$126.52	$665	-0.09
550	550	1	117.00	$117.00	$644	+17.00
550–560	555	5	119.00–125.00	$121.61	$675	+21.61
595	595	1	117.00	$117.00	$696	-3.49
670	670	1	119.00	$119.00	$797	+0.32

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	134.00	$134.00	$395	—
375–385	381	4	123.00–132.00	$129.51	$493	-3.16
395 thin fleshed	395	1	133.00	$133.00	$525	—
425	425	1	130.00	$130.00	$552	±0.00
460–470	463	3	106.00–126.00	$116.73	$540	-3.99
480 thin fleshed	480	1	128.00	$128.00	$614	—
555–580	565	4	110.00–117.00	$113.31	$640	+4.27
745	745	1	116.00	$116.00	$864	-2.00
760	760	1	109.00	$109.00	$828	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	112.00	$112.00	$493	—
500–535	510	4	109.00–114.00	$111.46	$568	-0.54
570–585	578	2	100.00–112.00	$105.92	$612	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–985	935	85-90%	2	34.00–35.00	$34.53	$323	—
915–1270	1054	85-90%	16	40.00–49.00	$44.63	$470	—
1120–1175	1148	85-90%	2	52.00–53.00	$52.51	$603	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1410	1166	80-85%	7	46.00–51.00	$48.11	$561	—
1130–1390	1229	80-85%	5	51.00–54.00	$52.40	$644	+8.40

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1450	1356	75-80%	7	51.00–55.00	$52.90	$717	+4.90
1230–1660	1373	75-80%	3	46.00–50.00	$47.79	$656	-0.21

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110	1110	1	60.00	$60.00	$666	—
1015–1740	1333	3	70.00–76.00	$72.74	$970	—
1580–1975	1726	4	80.00–85.00	$83.62	$1,443	—

↑ Back to top

Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1145	1145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	48.00	$48.00	$550

↑ Back to top

Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	66.00	$66.00	$571
1145	1145	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	54.00	$54.00	$618
1215–1280	1248	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	51.00–53.00	$52.03	$649

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	910.00	$910.00

↑ Back to top

Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

↑ Back to top

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.