Cleburne County Livestock Auction Market Report

Heber Springs, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 12, 2021

420 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.25/cwt -2.90 vs last sale · ≈ $669/hd at 471 lb · 12 head

light 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $168.53/cwt +3.53 vs last sale · ≈ $566/hd at 336 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	420	303
Feeder cattle	321	263
Slaughter cattle	59	33
Replacement cattle	40	7

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 9.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady with thin fleshed light weights selling 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were mostly 5.00 higher. Supply was moderate with strong demand for grass ready.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	273	3	194.00–205.00	$198.57	$542	-0.22
300–330	314	6	190.00–209.00	$200.47	$629	+2.93
350–395	369	7	174.00–197.50	$186.18	$687	+11.18
400–445	413	6	172.00–200.00	$185.51	$766	+9.75
460–490	479	7	160.00–175.00	$169.67	$813	+3.67
515	515	1	166.00	$166.00	$855	+0.50
565	565	1	157.00	$157.00	$887	+5.67
600	600	1	137.00	$137.00	$822	-9.00
658–685	668	9	141.00–147.00	$144.46	$965	+2.96

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	284	6	162.50–175.00	$169.58	$482	—
385	385	1	164.00	$164.00	$631	+11.50
485	485	1	158.00	$158.00	$766	+9.00
560	560	1	144.00	$144.00	$806	+14.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	115.00	$115.00	$351	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	157.00	$157.00	$463	-3.00
320–345	335	3	149.00–157.00	$152.06	$509	-15.23
345	345	1	143.00	$143.00	$493	-24.29
350–395	378	7	150.00–168.00	$156.47	$591	+2.93
400–445	429	9	145.00–160.00	$149.95	$643	-7.57
455	455	1	130.00	$130.00	$592	-15.15
450–495	472	11	133.00–150.00	$143.36	$677	-1.79
500–533	521	8	139.00–146.00	$141.48	$737	+3.80
555	555	1	114.00	$114.00	$633	-26.51
550–595	579	8	135.00–137.00	$135.48	$784	+5.48
610–625	619	5	125.00–134.00	$129.59	$802	-1.91
685	685	1	118.00	$118.00	$808	-9.00
700–740	720	2	124.00	$124.00	$893	—
900	900	1	107.00	$107.00	$963	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245 thin fleshed	238	6	152.50–185.00	$175.76	$418	—
250–290	272	3	132.50–142.50	$137.09	$373	—
260–290 thin fleshed	275	2	145.00–167.50	$156.86	$431	-6.20
325	325	1	145.00	$145.00	$471	—
300–343 thin fleshed	337	10	150.00–174.00	$170.88	$576	+5.88
350–385 thin fleshed	362	3	145.00–162.50	$154.44	$559	—
365–385	373	4	133.00–140.00	$136.80	$510	-1.49
405–420 thin fleshed	412	3	140.00–152.50	$145.85	$601	—
410–415	413	2	137.00–142.00	$139.52	$576	-2.68
465–475 thin fleshed	470	2	143.00–147.50	$145.23	$683	—
455–495	477	6	131.00–144.00	$136.92	$653	—
515–545	525	4	129.00–140.00	$133.93	$703	—
550–585	565	4	130.00–134.00	$132.25	$747	—
645	645	1	124.00	$124.00	$800	—
650–680	665	2	111.00–118.00	$114.58	$762	—
715	715	1	123.00	$123.00	$879	—
800	800	1	110.00	$110.00	$880	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393 thin fleshed	393	8	168.00	$168.00	$660	—
493 thin fleshed	493	6	150.00	$150.00	$740	—
544 thin fleshed	544	4	140.00	$140.00	$762	—
550 thin fleshed	550	5	149.00	$149.00	$820	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–490	480	2	117.00–118.00	$117.49	$564	+0.49
500–530	520	3	115.00–125.00	$118.88	$618	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250 thin fleshed	250	1	205.00	$205.00	$512	—
275–280	278	2	180.00–195.00	$187.57	$521	+0.75
305–330	317	3	177.50–200.00	$191.74	$608	+4.74
350–385	366	7	177.00–193.00	$185.37	$678	-2.59
400–440	419	4	169.00–185.00	$178.05	$746	-0.09
450–495	465	7	150.00–172.00	$162.40	$755	-4.20
520–540	528	3	142.00–157.00	$149.90	$791	-8.07
565–575	570	2	142.00–143.00	$142.50	$812	-0.35
615–635	624	6	131.00–138.00	$134.16	$837	+3.95
660	660	1	130.00	$130.00	$858	+6.15
725–735	730	2	121.00–125.00	$122.99	$898	—
750	750	1	116.00	$116.00	$870	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	155.00	$155.00	$426	—
335	335	1	150.00	$150.00	$502	—
375–385 thin fleshed	380	2	162.50–193.00	$177.95	$676	-19.55
390	390	1	150.00	$150.00	$585	—
405–440	428	3	144.00–158.00	$149.11	$638	—
435 thin fleshed	435	1	153.00	$153.00	$666	—
450 thin fleshed	450	1	174.00	$174.00	$783	—
450–480	465	2	143.00–147.00	$145.06	$675	+2.87
525 thin fleshed	525	1	165.00	$165.00	$866	—
580	580	2	125.00–135.00	$130.00	$754	+1.53
615–635	627	3	130.00–137.00	$133.00	$834	—
675 thin fleshed	675	1	118.00	$118.00	$796	—
835	835	1	110.00	$110.00	$918	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785	785	85-90%	1	41.00	$41.00	$322	—
715–885	800	85-90%	2	30.00–35.00	$32.77	$262	-16.23
865–1005	970	85-90%	4	49.00–54.00	$52.45	$509	+1.42
950–1215	1046	85-90%	7	57.00–65.00	$60.85	$636	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1140	1035	80-85%	3	55.00–59.00	$57.02	$590	—
970–1295	1145	80-85%	10	62.00–71.00	$65.72	$752	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390	1390	75-80%	1	65.00	$65.00	$904	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1580–2065	1771	4	86.00–92.00	$89.70	$1,589	—
1655–2115	1855	4	92.00–96.00	$93.71	$1,738	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–1000	932	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	60.00–66.00	$61.71	$575
1080–1140	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	75.00	$75.00	$832

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000 thin fleshed	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	670.00	$670.00
1030–1050	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	860.00–990.00	$925.63
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,090.00	$1,090.00
900–1190	1056	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	790.00–1,190.00	$969.04
1185	1185	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	960.00	$960.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1120–1450	1289	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	60.00–68.00	$63.58	$820
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	65.00	$65.00	$845

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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
950 thin fleshed	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	810.00	$810.00	—
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
900–1250	1072	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,000.00–1,650.00	$1,337.29	—
1000–1250	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	800.00–1,050.00	$911.11	—
1200–1300	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,400.00–1,600.00	$1,504.00	—

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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.