Cleburne County Livestock Auction Market Report

Heber Springs, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 12, 2022

437 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $155.75/cwt -6.11 vs last sale · ≈ $718/hd at 461 lb · 19 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $148.15/cwt -17.36 vs last sale · ≈ $920/hd at 621 lb · 17 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $152.45/cwt -5.99 vs last sale · ≈ $800/hd at 525 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	437	240
Feeder cattle	358	210
Slaughter cattle	49	28
Replacement cattle	30	2

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Stocker and feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 lower. Stocker and feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 2.00 higher. Supply was moderate with good buyer demand. Quality of cattle offered today not as attractive as last week on stocker and feeders. Replacement cows offered this week was of high quality with strong buyer demand present.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–280	270	3	200.00–205.00	$202.55	$547	-13.05
300–345	321	10	183.00–211.00	$199.52	$640	-22.98
350–375	366	4	194.00–210.00	$204.27	$748	-2.62
430–435	432	3	191.00–196.00	$193.00	$834	-8.46
450–495	468	4	180.00–194.00	$188.47	$882	+0.28
500–535	511	6	170.00–181.00	$176.72	$903	-12.63
555–575	565	2	174.00–181.00	$177.44	$1,003	-3.46
580	580	1	158.00	$158.00	$916	-22.90
620	620	2	158.00–160.00	$159.00	$986	-20.82
665–690	678	3	153.00–156.00	$154.98	$1,051	-14.02

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–385	369	5	130.00–159.00	$145.64	$537	+5.64
445	445	1	174.00	$174.00	$774	—
455–495	477	6	160.00–175.00	$167.97	$801	-27.03
515 thin fleshed	515	1	168.00	$168.00	$865	—
500–545	523	3	160.00–176.00	$166.04	$868	—
560–570	565	3	153.00–165.00	$159.64	$902	-4.31
600	600	1	160.00	$160.00	$960	+15.00
765	765	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,102	—
900	900	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,188	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	190.00	$190.00	$722	—
451	451	5	191.00	$191.00	$861	+22.00
600	600	2	164.00	$164.00	$984	-9.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	130.00	$130.00	$370	—
430	430	1	120.00	$120.00	$516	—
490	490	2	110.00–120.00	$115.00	$564	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–275	268	2	162.50–165.00	$163.79	$439	-1.21
310–345	330	4	150.00–161.00	$155.82	$514	-18.05
350–395	373	4	157.00–163.00	$159.71	$596	-10.03
400–435	420	11	150.00–167.00	$159.23	$669	-10.60
450–485	460	18	150.00–162.00	$156.29	$719	+16.29
480	480	1	146.00	$146.00	$701	-18.59
500–540	525	13	147.00–159.00	$152.45	$800	-5.99
555	555	1	120.00	$120.00	$666	-40.66
555–590	572	5	142.00–158.00	$148.90	$852	-11.76
600–645	620	15	142.00–160.00	$149.24	$925	-16.27
630	630	2	140.00	$140.00	$882	-25.51
650	650	1	137.00	$137.00	$890	-19.01
655–680	668	3	148.00–155.00	$151.98	$1,015	-4.03
705–740	718	4	140.00–143.00	$141.75	$1,018	-16.25

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260 thin fleshed	260	1	147.50	$147.50	$384	—
285–290	288	2	135.00–148.00	$141.56	$408	-6.44
310–335	325	3	130.00–140.00	$136.82	$445	-2.51
355–380	371	5	140.00–158.00	$150.11	$557	-0.89
405–440	425	7	130.00–154.00	$141.31	$601	+2.31
435 thin fleshed	435	1	144.00	$144.00	$626	-22.91
450–480	469	7	130.00–147.00	$141.53	$664	-11.32
470–485 thin fleshed	478	2	150.00–154.00	$152.03	$727	-15.76
510 thin fleshed	510	1	150.00	$150.00	$765	-15.39
500–540	511	7	130.00–147.00	$141.58	$723	-6.04
555–585	571	6	122.00–145.00	$132.30	$755	-12.82
600–630 thin fleshed	615	2	137.00–147.00	$141.88	$873	—
630	630	1	123.00	$123.00	$775	—
650 thin fleshed	650	1	152.00	$152.00	$988	—
655	655	1	146.00	$146.00	$956	—
705–720	713	2	123.00–135.00	$128.94	$919	—
755–790	773	2	130.00–144.00	$136.84	$1,058	—
825	825	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,064	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	100.00	$100.00	$255	—
480	480	1	112.00	$112.00	$538	-12.00
670	670	1	110.00	$110.00	$737	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	193.00	$193.00	$463	—
260–290	272	3	182.50–205.00	$191.89	$522	—
335	335	1	203.00	$203.00	$680	-14.00
350–380	371	8	150.00–185.00	$174.38	$647	-19.16
400–440	425	6	176.00–191.00	$182.02	$774	-2.21
450–480	466	8	158.00–181.00	$169.19	$788	-1.17
500–535	511	7	160.00–174.00	$165.24	$844	-3.48
550–565	555	5	159.00–166.00	$162.38	$901	—
580	580	2	120.00–131.00	$125.50	$728	—
620–630	625	2	149.00–155.00	$151.98	$950	+11.98
650–670	660	2	150.00–159.00	$154.57	$1,020	+24.57
685	685	1	133.00	$133.00	$911	+3.00
700	700	1	129.00	$129.00	$903	—
710	710	1	131.00	$131.00	$930	—
775	775	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,000	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	269	4	135.00–182.50	$160.94	$433	—
300–345	327	3	135.00–170.00	$151.56	$496	-6.62
350–375	363	4	140.00–165.00	$148.91	$541	-17.46
370 thin fleshed	370	1	176.00	$176.00	$651	—
405 thin fleshed	405	1	161.00	$161.00	$652	—
420–440	431	7	143.00–167.00	$154.89	$668	-9.18
465–485	474	4	147.00–156.00	$152.22	$722	-7.78
520–530	525	3	140.00–157.00	$149.03	$782	-10.95
565–575	573	5	140.00–150.00	$144.60	$829	-5.40
620–630	625	2	141.00–143.00	$142.01	$888	—
650	650	1	141.00	$141.00	$916	-9.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–280	273	2	112.50–127.50	$119.79	$327	—
365	365	1	135.00	$135.00	$493	—
430	430	1	129.00	$129.00	$555	—
465–475	470	2	107.00–135.00	$120.85	$568	—
515	515	2	100.00–128.00	$114.00	$587	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870	870	85-90%	1	57.00	$57.00	$496	—
885	885	85-90%	1	59.00	$59.00	$522	—
940–1285	1086	85-90%	9	76.00–81.00	$77.65	$843	—
940–1350	1089	85-90%	5	69.00–74.00	$72.77	$792	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1330	1226	80-85%	4	76.00–83.00	$80.97	$993	-9.97
1105–1400	1250	80-85%	7	83.00–91.00	$86.18	$1,077	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1540	1391	75-80%	5	84.00–89.00	$86.88	$1,209	-6.05
1435–1475	1457	75-80%	3	80.00–84.00	$82.33	$1,200	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1975–2085	2045	3	110.00–113.00	$111.66	$2,283	+0.66

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	77.00	$77.00	$693

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1040–1125	1083	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	73.00–81.00	$77.16	$836
1095	1095	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	80.00	$80.00	$876
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	78.00	$78.00	$858
1210	1210	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	87.00	$87.00	$1,053
1225	1225	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	84.00	$84.00	$1,029
1275–1425	1350	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	74.00–78.00	$76.11	$1,027
1250–1550	1362	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	79.00–84.00	$81.99	$1,117

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1160–1230	1189	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	960.00–1,180.00	$1,075.51
1055–1395	1205	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	760.00–1,160.00	$1,023.97

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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
1200–1350	1293	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,260.00–1,520.00	$1,427.96	—

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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.