Cleburne County Livestock Auction Market Report

Heber Springs, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 2, 2021

354 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $144.10/cwt -4.15 vs last sale · ≈ $679/hd at 471 lb · 27 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $179.26/cwt +8.31 vs last sale · ≈ $751/hd at 419 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	354	415	283
Feeder cattle	271	349	236
Slaughter cattle	58	59	40
Replacement cattle	25	7	7

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher, over 500 lb sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were mostly 5.00 higher. Supply was moderate with good demand for quality cattle.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–240	235	2	167.50–170.00	$168.72	$396	—
250–285	268	2	180.00–195.00	$187.01	$501	+8.49
305–315	310	3	177.00–190.00	$185.67	$576	-7.59
350–385	366	5	173.00–191.00	$183.35	$671	+0.98
405–435	419	10	169.00–192.00	$179.26	$751	+8.31
455–485	474	5	172.00–175.00	$173.80	$824	+4.59
505–545	525	8	157.00–175.00	$164.87	$866	+1.91
550–590	567	5	151.00–164.00	$158.25	$897	-1.52
600–625	613	3	138.00–150.00	$145.66	$893	-5.51
665–695	680	2	129.00–144.00	$136.33	$927	-4.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	140.00	$140.00	$385	—
370	370	1	165.00	$165.00	$610	—
430–445	437	3	145.00–150.00	$148.34	$648	+12.34
465–470	468	2	144.00–150.00	$146.98	$688	-1.69
515	515	1	140.00	$140.00	$721	+12.01
575 thin fleshed	575	1	139.00	$139.00	$799	-11.00
690	690	1	135.00	$135.00	$932	—
770	770	1	116.00	$116.00	$893	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	116.00	$116.00	$481	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–295	293	2	149.00–150.00	$149.50	$438	-4.85
300–345	323	5	143.00–157.00	$150.62	$487	-2.03
345	345	1	130.00	$130.00	$448	—
380–395	389	4	141.00–161.00	$152.91	$595	+17.91
405–445	424	8	142.00–154.00	$147.16	$624	-0.33
450–495	471	27	135.00–151.00	$144.10	$679	-4.15
500–540	518	5	140.00–149.00	$145.35	$753	+2.22
550–565	558	2	134.00–140.00	$136.96	$764	+0.05
610–640	625	2	120.00–130.00	$124.88	$780	-6.96

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	2	135.00–140.00	$137.50	$316	-0.93
250–285	268	2	142.50–145.00	$143.83	$385	+5.51
330 thin fleshed	330	1	141.00	$141.00	$465	-6.00
345	345	1	130.00	$130.00	$448	-5.36
360 thin fleshed	360	1	140.00	$140.00	$504	-5.00
400 thin fleshed	400	1	123.00	$123.00	$492	—
415–445	433	3	120.00–127.00	$122.40	$530	-8.97
450–455	453	3	123.00–135.00	$130.69	$592	+5.32
455 thin fleshed	455	1	137.00	$137.00	$623	+6.19
505–540	523	2	125.00–130.00	$127.58	$667	+1.93
570	570	2	109.00–120.00	$114.50	$653	-5.05
640	640	2	114.00–115.00	$114.50	$733	—
670	670	2	114.00–121.00	$117.50	$787	-8.34
845	845	1	88.00	$88.00	$744	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–435	420	2	98.00–120.00	$108.61	$456	—
620	620	1	100.00	$100.00	$620	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	182.50	$182.50	$529	+16.32
330–345	337	3	175.00–189.00	$180.78	$609	-0.36
365–390	378	6	157.00–180.00	$167.71	$634	-2.61
415–440	434	6	152.00–165.00	$156.49	$679	-5.75
465–490	481	6	138.00–157.00	$149.11	$717	-4.90
500–545	525	5	140.00–144.00	$142.41	$748	-6.31
550–565	559	4	137.00–151.00	$142.99	$799	-0.91
600–640	620	2	132.00–140.00	$135.87	$842	-2.62
655–670	660	3	125.00–149.00	$136.91	$904	+7.85
705	705	1	110.00	$110.00	$776	-19.00
715	715	1	125.00	$125.00	$894	-4.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	165.00	$165.00	$487	+22.50
335	335	1	150.00	$150.00	$502	+1.22
360 thin fleshed	360	1	164.00	$164.00	$590	-7.00
370–395	383	5	120.00–137.00	$127.83	$490	-20.67
435 thin fleshed	435	1	140.00	$140.00	$609	—
440–445	443	2	134.00–140.00	$136.98	$607	+3.85
455 thin fleshed	455	1	150.00	$150.00	$682	—
480–490	483	3	130.00–139.00	$135.69	$655	-5.14
510 thin fleshed	510	1	131.00	$131.00	$668	—
505–530	518	2	130.00–132.00	$130.98	$678	-5.37
590	590	3	124.00–129.00	$126.00	$743	-10.40
640 thin fleshed	640	1	118.00	$118.00	$755	—
665	665	1	120.00	$120.00	$798	+11.03

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	105.00–116.00	$110.50	$381	—
385	385	1	116.00	$116.00	$447	+10.22
440	440	2	90.00–104.00	$97.00	$427	-12.50
470–495	483	2	114.00–121.00	$117.41	$567	—
555–585	570	3	100.00–110.00	$103.42	$589	-29.58
715	715	1	90.00	$90.00	$644	-10.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–995	923	80-85%	3	64.00–65.00	$64.31	$594	+5.64
800–1430	1116	80-85%	16	66.00–77.00	$71.90	$802	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	85-90%	1	37.00	$37.00	$281	-4.95
885	885	85-90%	1	63.00	$63.00	$558	+17.00
800–1195	1040	85-90%	8	64.00–69.00	$67.08	$698	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1610	1358	75-80%	3	72.00–73.00	$72.29	$982	+2.64
1360	1360	75-80%	1	66.00	$66.00	$898	-3.65

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1645	1284	4	66.00–93.00	$86.35	$1,109	+9.41
1640–1715	1680	4	94.00–102.00	$98.29	$1,651	+12.61

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
830 thin fleshed	830	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	70.00	$70.00	$581
890–1160	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	70.00–84.00	$76.08	$780

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–800 thin fleshed	763	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00–790.00	$747.21
835–915	873	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	760.00–900.00	$818.45
1145	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1120	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	75.00	$75.00	$840
1370	1370	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	66.00	$66.00	$904

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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
700–800 thin fleshed	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,110.00–1,200.00	$1,158.00	—
850 thin fleshed	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,060.00	$1,060.00	—
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
900–950 thin fleshed	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,240.00–1,260.00	$1,250.27	—
950–1000	967	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,190.00–1,300.00	$1,241.03	—
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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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.