Cleburne County Livestock Auction Market Report

Heber Springs, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 17, 2022

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	228	310
Feeder cattle	188	259
Slaughter cattle	39	42
Replacement cattle	1	9

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Stocker and Feeder steers steady to 4.00 higher. Stocker and feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold unevenly steady. Slaughter bulls were not well tested. Supply was light with good buyer demand. Fleshy and plain cattle were discounted.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	180.00	$180.00	$450	-12.57
315	315	1	170.00	$170.00	$536	-4.14
360–375	368	2	172.00–180.00	$176.08	$648	—
415–445	431	4	168.00–187.00	$176.91	$762	+6.73
460–465	463	2	171.00–174.00	$172.51	$799	+10.54
535	535	1	150.00	$150.00	$802	-6.36
615	615	1	150.00	$150.00	$922	+0.61
660–670	665	2	134.00–140.00	$137.02	$911	-7.11
700	700	1	142.00	$142.00	$994	+11.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	140.00	$140.00	$343	—
260	260	1	165.00	$165.00	$429	+15.00
320	320	1	160.00	$160.00	$512	—
440	440	1	150.00	$150.00	$660	+10.00
485	485	1	142.00	$142.00	$689	+13.09
510–540	530	3	130.00–140.00	$136.60	$724	—
580–595	588	2	135.00–140.00	$137.47	$808	—
605–635	617	3	133.00–135.00	$134.31	$829	-2.69
700	700	1	133.00	$133.00	$931	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440–445	443	2	120.00–125.00	$122.51	$543	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	146.00	$146.00	$409	+16.00
315–325	320	2	125.00–131.00	$127.95	$409	-21.04
345	345	1	151.00	$151.00	$521	+2.01
355–390	376	8	151.00–155.00	$153.46	$577	+1.58
400–440	423	7	139.00–153.00	$146.63	$620	-2.29
440	440	1	132.00	$132.00	$581	-3.00
460–490	479	8	134.00–148.00	$142.41	$682	+20.17
500–540	518	8	135.00–150.00	$143.41	$743	-1.63
550–560	555	2	120.00–129.00	$124.46	$691	-9.70
555–590	570	3	120.00–139.00	$131.12	$747	+22.12
680	680	2	135.00–136.00	$135.50	$921	+5.50
765	765	1	122.00	$122.00	$933	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	262	3	136.00–145.00	$139.23	$365	+9.23
300–325	312	3	120.00–142.00	$128.80	$402	—
370	370	2	132.00–150.00	$141.00	$522	+6.00
400–430	416	5	132.00–138.00	$136.43	$568	-0.74
475–485	478	3	120.00–136.00	$129.71	$620	+6.54
530–540	537	3	130.00	$130.00	$698	+3.30
555	555	1	134.00	$134.00	$744	+6.15
665	665	1	132.00	$132.00	$878	—
710	710	1	119.00	$119.00	$845	—
760	760	1	118.00	$118.00	$897	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	111.00	$111.00	$583	+11.00
690	690	1	105.00	$105.00	$724	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	150.00	$150.00	$405	-31.00
300–315	308	2	150.00–162.50	$156.10	$481	-12.15
370–395	383	2	150.00–152.00	$151.03	$578	-22.07
400–440	413	3	150.00–159.00	$154.68	$639	-6.32
415	415	1	136.00	$136.00	$564	-25.00
450–490	475	6	150.00–164.00	$154.41	$733	+19.58
485	485	1	117.00	$117.00	$567	-36.27
500–540	519	6	147.00–163.00	$150.91	$783	+7.56
520–525	523	2	109.00–120.00	$114.47	$599	-28.88
550	550	1	130.00	$130.00	$715	-5.31
550–595	573	3	136.00–144.00	$139.60	$800	+16.30
600–635	618	3	127.00–140.00	$135.65	$838	+6.31
650–680	665	2	130.00–134.00	$132.05	$878	+5.08
700–710	705	2	136.00–139.00	$137.51	$969	+9.51
750	750	1	130.00	$130.00	$975	—
800	800	1	105.00	$105.00	$840	-7.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	335	2	120.00–160.00	$140.60	$471	+1.80
390	390	1	140.00	$140.00	$546	+7.12
405–420	413	2	130.00–135.00	$132.45	$547	-5.05
450–485	466	4	130.00–145.00	$140.37	$654	+2.56
500–545	523	2	134.00	$134.00	$701	+32.49
550–565	558	3	129.00–139.00	$135.30	$755	+13.15
600–645	625	8	120.00–137.00	$131.48	$822	+16.54
685	685	1	126.00	$126.00	$863	—
755	755	1	100.00	$100.00	$755	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	102.00	$102.00	$398	—
420	420	1	100.00	$100.00	$420	-10.18
455	455	1	116.00	$116.00	$528	-4.00
555	555	1	120.00	$120.00	$666	—
615	615	1	120.00	$120.00	$738	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–865	820	85-90%	2	41.00–44.00	$42.58	$349	-5.78
1035	1035	85-90%	1	39.00	$39.00	$404	-12.32
1115–1145	1130	85-90%	2	61.00	$61.00	$689	—
965–1360	1139	85-90%	7	44.00–59.00	$50.15	$571	—
1035–1460	1225	85-90%	6	57.00–60.00	$58.96	$722	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1380	1220	80-85%	9	58.00–69.00	$61.86	$755	-3.43
1145–1370	1257	80-85%	3	70.00–71.00	$70.36	$884	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365–1565	1487	75-80%	3	69.00–72.00	$70.73	$1,052	—
1410–1670	1513	75-80%	4	60.00–68.00	$65.40	$990	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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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.