Cleburne County Livestock Auction Market Report, Heber Springs, AR

Heber Springs, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 14, 2020

439 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $145.77/cwt -4.65 vs last sale · ≈ $480/hd at 329 lb · 12 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $158.55/cwt +6.02 vs last sale · ≈ $666/hd at 420 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	439	754	92
Feeder cattle	323	564	73
Slaughter cattle	55	82	12
Replacement cattle	61	108	7

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were steady to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	170.00	$170.00	$476	-10.01
300–345	324	6	158.00–185.00	$168.44	$546	+0.74
360–395	374	7	168.00–175.00	$171.80	$643	+0.47
420–445	433	2	167.00–176.00	$171.37	$742	+5.96
505	505	1	145.00	$145.00	$732	-2.96
730–740	735	2	124.00–136.00	$129.96	$955	+5.46

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–305 thin fleshed	303	2	159.00–164.00	$161.52	$489	—
470	470	1	142.00	$142.00	$667	+7.50
535	535	1	134.00	$134.00	$717	—
565	565	1	133.00	$133.00	$751	+4.02

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	281	5	137.50–150.00	$141.79	$398	-3.09
300–345	329	12	141.00–152.00	$145.77	$480	-4.65
355–395	374	7	135.00–145.00	$138.70	$519	-9.95
400–430	405	6	133.00–141.00	$138.10	$559	-4.39
475–495	486	6	127.00–132.00	$129.15	$628	-5.64
505–515	510	3	125.00–128.00	$126.34	$644	-1.65
575	575	1	117.00	$117.00	$673	-4.75
615–630	623	2	122.00–128.00	$124.96	$779	+9.77
655–665	660	2	120.00–124.00	$121.98	$805	+9.98
720	720	1	117.00	$117.00	$842	—
750	750	1	114.00	$114.00	$855	—
890	890	1	90.00	$90.00	$801	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245 thin fleshed	245	1	137.50	$137.50	$337	—
255–290	273	2	120.00–130.00	$125.32	$342	-5.63
300–340	319	4	120.00–138.00	$130.02	$415	-0.12
390	390	1	135.00	$135.00	$526	+15.00
405–440	418	5	120.00–130.00	$122.33	$511	-3.26
425 thin fleshed	425	1	127.00	$127.00	$540	+1.00
450–480	463	5	120.00–130.00	$124.78	$578	-9.44
475 thin fleshed	475	1	109.00	$109.00	$518	-9.00
500–540	522	5	118.00–125.00	$121.42	$634	+2.77
560–575	568	2	114.00–116.00	$115.01	$653	-2.99
585 thin fleshed	585	1	113.00	$113.00	$661	—
600–615	608	2	102.00–111.00	$106.56	$648	—
655	655	1	105.00	$105.00	$688	—
745	745	1	112.00	$112.00	$834	—
805–845	825	3	80.00–101.00	$93.84	$774	—
860	860	1	84.00	$84.00	$722	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–325	318	2	105.00–115.00	$110.12	$350	—
415–445	434	4	110.00–118.00	$113.54	$493	-0.57
450–465	458	2	102.00–103.00	$102.49	$469	—
600	600	1	106.00	$106.00	$636	—
680	680	1	100.00	$100.00	$680	+10.00
725	725	1	80.00	$80.00	$580	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
243	243	6	145.00	$145.00	$352	—
285	285	1	140.00	$140.00	$399	-25.00
325	325	1	154.00	$154.00	$500	+24.00
325 thin fleshed	325	1	167.00	$167.00	$543	+31.62
355–395	375	4	133.00–146.00	$141.40	$530	+3.14
400–435	422	3	126.00–147.00	$137.06	$578	+3.65
440 thin fleshed	440	1	160.00	$160.00	$704	—
465 thin fleshed	465	1	142.00	$142.00	$660	—
450–495	472	8	129.00–139.00	$133.14	$628	-1.86
500–545	525	8	125.00–135.00	$130.21	$684	+2.47
555–575	567	6	120.00–130.00	$122.30	$693	+2.14
610–620	615	2	120.00–125.00	$122.52	$753	—
705–740	720	4	104.00–115.00	$110.18	$793	—
770–785	778	2	103.00–114.00	$108.45	$844	-4.55
945	945	1	80.00	$80.00	$756	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	174.00	$174.00	$452	+11.69
335–340	338	3	146.00–175.00	$160.60	$543	-0.13
350–395	372	6	150.00–171.00	$161.33	$600	-0.48
400–445	420	11	144.00–171.00	$158.55	$666	+6.02
450–485	471	9	130.00–157.00	$148.10	$698	-1.52
500–535	514	7	136.00–150.00	$142.21	$731	+6.49
555–565	560	2	129.00–144.00	$136.43	$764	+9.43
600	600	1	120.00	$120.00	$720	-4.34
688	688	2	115.00	$115.00	$791	—
795	795	1	100.00	$100.00	$795	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	3	156.00	$156.00	$624	—
790	790	4	107.00	$107.00	$845	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570–580	575	2	113.00–117.00	$115.02	$661	+14.02
660–675	668	2	103.00–106.00	$104.52	$698	—
785	785	1	77.00	$77.00	$604	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1070	975	85-90%	5	25.00–38.00	$34.39	$335	-13.61
1020–1190	1101	85-90%	7	40.00–45.00	$43.71	$481	—
1455	1455	85-90%	1	49.00	$49.00	$713	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050	1050	80-85%	1	52.00	$52.00	$546	—
980–1320	1131	80-85%	4	46.00–48.00	$46.95	$531	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1420	1367	75-80%	3	52.00–53.00	$52.67	$720	+4.34
1420–1460	1440	75-80%	2	43.00–45.00	$43.99	$633	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380–1710	1545	2	57.00–62.00	$59.77	$923	—
1535–1685	1620	3	67.00–74.00	$70.40	$1,140	-3.71
1935	1935	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,548	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840–1045	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	680.00–850.00	$789.58
900–1290	1057	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	660.00–980.00	$780.18
1135	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,010.00	$1,010.00
1000–1300	1137	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	800.00–1,080.00	$974.98
1035–1420	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	590.00–720.00	$666.69
1080–1355	1223	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	660.00–950.00	$768.43

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815–890	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	61.00–89.00	$76.47	$646
1065–1225	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	51.00–58.00	$54.26	$621
1225	1225	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	53.00	$53.00	$649
1325–1495	1410	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	56.00–58.00	$57.06	$805

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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	2	925.00–1,025.00	$975.00	—
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—
1000–1100	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	700.00–770.00	$730.70	—

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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.