Cleburne County Livestock Auction Market Report, Heber Springs, AR

Heber Springs, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 18, 2022

892 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $158.35/cwt ≈ $977/hd at 617 lb · 27 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $141.17/cwt +4.09 vs last sale · ≈ $595/hd at 421 lb · 23 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $139.73/cwt +5.90 vs last sale · ≈ $517/hd at 370 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	892	827	500
Feeder cattle	605	616	351
Slaughter cattle	227	197	117
Replacement cattle	60	14	32

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Stocker steers under 500 lb sold steady to 5.00 higher, Feeder over 500 lb sold mostly steady. Stocker heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher, Feeder heifers over 500 lb were steady. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Supply was heavy due to dry conditions in the area. Demand was good for quality however discounts were noticeable in the fleshy and plain cattle.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–385	371	8	150.00–197.00	$174.64	$648	-1.55
400–435	410	8	165.00–200.00	$182.47	$748	+6.32
455–465	460	2	178.00–180.00	$178.99	$823	+9.97
525	525	1	171.00	$171.00	$898	+5.66
560	560	1	164.00	$164.00	$918	+4.00
685	685	1	145.00	$145.00	$993	-5.74
1070	1070	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,316	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	161.00	$161.00	$475	—
310	310	1	150.00	$150.00	$465	+11.08
375–380	377	3	150.00–160.00	$156.31	$589	+7.49
420	420	1	160.00	$160.00	$672	+21.65
510 thin fleshed	510	1	141.00	$141.00	$719	—
545	545	1	146.00	$146.00	$796	+1.18
555	555	1	130.00	$130.00	$722	-14.03
650	650	1	137.00	$137.00	$890	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	119.00	$119.00	$536	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–280	261	8	123.00–140.00	$130.17	$340	+0.94
300–340	317	5	122.00–154.00	$135.87	$431	+5.78
355–390 thin fleshed	365	4	130.00–159.00	$144.41	$527	+3.04
350–395	371	14	120.00–152.00	$138.39	$513	+7.07
415–420 thin fleshed	419	9	144.00–152.00	$151.01	$633	-2.99
405–435	423	14	119.00–144.00	$134.85	$570	+6.22
455–495	474	8	121.00–139.00	$128.88	$611	-4.27
490 thin fleshed	490	1	132.00	$132.00	$647	-10.73
505 thin fleshed	505	3	126.00–135.00	$132.00	$667	—
500–530	514	11	118.00–135.00	$129.07	$663	-4.43
550–580	564	5	120.00–138.00	$125.80	$710	-4.28
600–610	605	2	118.00	$118.00	$714	-15.78
625 thin fleshed	625	1	129.00	$129.00	$806	—
655–699	680	10	110.00–140.00	$129.21	$879	+1.61
725–735	730	2	127.00–128.00	$127.50	$931	+5.55
755–785	775	3	115.00–120.00	$118.38	$917	—
800	800	1	109.00	$109.00	$872	+2.98
870	870	1	105.00	$105.00	$914	-5.57

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–255	253	2	120.00–131.00	$125.55	$318	-21.81
250–285	268	2	147.00–162.50	$155.26	$416	+7.90
310–345	323	13	147.00–157.00	$154.45	$499	+28.42
365	365	1	130.00	$130.00	$474	-19.07
355–385	367	7	130.00–157.00	$150.74	$553	+1.67
400–440	415	12	141.00–155.00	$148.08	$615	+20.97
410–430	417	3	130.00–137.00	$133.28	$556	-11.62
450–490	474	7	145.00–150.00	$147.58	$700	+4.17
475–495	487	3	120.00–130.00	$124.60	$607	-18.81
515	515	1	130.00	$130.00	$670	-15.02
505–535	516	7	140.00–152.00	$146.34	$755	+1.32
550–595	573	2	143.00–148.00	$145.40	$833	+0.10
605–640	623	2	127.00–142.00	$134.71	$839	-8.30
655–680	668	2	139.00–141.00	$140.02	$935	+4.03
705	705	1	136.00	$136.00	$959	+0.07
785	785	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,020	—
925	925	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,156	+16.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
236	236	7	148.00	$148.00	$349	—
325	325	1	148.00	$148.00	$481	—
449	449	8	145.00	$145.00	$651	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	107.50	$107.50	$312	-2.47
325	325	2	100.00	$100.00	$325	+6.50
420	420	1	135.00	$135.00	$567	+19.27
450–490	471	7	85.00–113.00	$102.37	$482	-6.75
505–530	523	4	100.00–114.00	$108.99	$570	-4.01

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	7	167.00	$167.00	$401	—
250	250	7	150.00	$150.00	$375	—
313	313	4	172.00	$172.00	$538	—
384	384	4	160.00	$160.00	$614	—
421 thin fleshed	421	5	166.00	$166.00	$699	—
467	467	10	149.00	$149.00	$696	—
556 thin fleshed	556	12	161.00	$161.00	$895	—
585	585	2	139.00	$139.00	$813	—
600–619 thin fleshed	615	25	156.00–161.00	$160.02	$984	—
635–645	640	2	135.00–140.00	$137.52	$880	—
706 thin fleshed	706	4	140.00	$140.00	$988	—
721	721	4	134.00	$134.00	$966	—
777	777	3	127.00	$127.00	$987	—
852–876	861	13	125.00–130.00	$128.04	$1,102	—
953	953	3	117.00	$117.00	$1,115	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	274	7	131.00–147.50	$140.89	$386	+4.20
300–345	322	9	120.00–148.00	$132.66	$427	-4.02
355–395	370	10	120.00–145.00	$137.54	$509	-8.87
375–395 thin fleshed	385	2	131.00–135.00	$132.95	$512	—
400–440	424	7	120.00–145.00	$130.71	$554	-9.65
450–485	464	9	120.00–145.00	$131.16	$609	-11.82
500 thin fleshed	500	1	131.00	$131.00	$655	—
505–540	518	6	120.00–141.00	$126.75	$657	-7.53
550–595	577	6	127.00–143.00	$134.81	$778	-2.18
635–645	640	2	135.00–147.00	$140.95	$902	—
650	650	1	140.00	$140.00	$910	+16.01
700–735	718	2	110.00–128.00	$119.22	$856	-6.78
760–795	778	2	98.00–127.00	$112.17	$873	-4.83
898	898	2	126.00	$126.00	$1,131	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	165.00	$165.00	$396	—
300–345	321	6	139.00–174.00	$159.33	$511	+0.41
355–380	365	11	149.00–165.00	$159.37	$582	-4.48
385	385	1	130.00	$130.00	$500	-33.85
425	425	1	155.00	$155.00	$659	-8.95
440	440	1	140.00	$140.00	$616	-23.95
450–480	467	3	146.00–164.00	$152.51	$712	-11.08
455–480	468	2	120.00–135.00	$127.30	$596	-36.29
520	520	1	136.00	$136.00	$707	-12.42
515–540	528	4	141.00–147.00	$144.04	$761	-4.38
600	600	1	138.00	$138.00	$828	+10.03

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	110.00–116.00	$113.00	$328	±0.00
315	315	1	100.00	$100.00	$315	-18.91
380	380	1	100.00	$100.00	$380	-16.94
420	420	1	120.00	$120.00	$504	+7.00
485	485	1	110.00	$110.00	$534	+14.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–900	838	85-90%	3	16.00–32.00	$22.10	$185	—
820–940	861	85-90%	6	37.00–49.00	$46.17	$398	-12.81
850–1100	968	85-90%	21	41.00–57.00	$50.29	$487	-2.05
960–980	970	85-90%	2	27.00–37.00	$32.05	$311	-20.29
950–1232	1063	85-90%	35	52.00–60.00	$55.45	$589	—
1145–1280	1200	85-90%	4	60.00–69.00	$63.86	$766	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1365	1167	80-85%	17	57.00–67.00	$61.98	$723	—
1100–1410	1255	80-85%	2	68.00–73.00	$70.81	$889	-1.54

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225	1225	75-80%	1	63.00	$63.00	$772	—
1080–1480	1285	75-80%	4	62.00–63.00	$62.56	$804	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1190	1100	4	35.00–72.00	$58.03	$638	—
1050–1960	1433	6	79.00–97.00	$84.98	$1,218	—
1585–1900	1674	4	98.00–104.00	$102.01	$1,708	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1105	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	46.00–116.00	$82.06	$693
885–1045	964	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	53.00–69.00	$60.12	$580
958–1113	994	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	23	53.00–63.00	$56.42	$561
1040	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	62.00	$62.00	$645

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900–930	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	53.00–60.00	$56.56	$518
960	960	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	54.00	$54.00	$518
810–1075	973	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	55.00–83.00	$68.61	$668
960–1180	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	64.00–83.00	$72.52	$776
1090	1090	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	64.00	$64.00	$698

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	820.00	$820.00
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1095–1110	1103	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–850.00	$775.51

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	690.00	$690.00

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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.