Cleburne County Livestock Auction Market Report

Heber Springs, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 24, 2026

482 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $360.92/cwt -29.08 vs last sale · ≈ $1,945/hd at 539 lb · 16 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $352.26/cwt +2.26 vs last sale · ≈ $2,057/hd at 584 lb · 13 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $347.84/cwt -31.85 vs last sale · ≈ $1,881/hd at 541 lb · 12 head

Heber Springs, AR 5-weight heifers sold at $342/cwt. The class is down $35 from its early August peak of $385/cwt, with receipts at 482 head. What this means — computed from this report and its neighbors

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	482	785	698
Feeder cattle	392	757	560
Slaughter cattle	25	11	45
Replacement cattle	65	17	93

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder cattle supplies were lighter, with demand also somewhat lighter amid uncertainty in the cattle futures market and potential changes affecting imported beef. Most of the region remains very dry, although some areas received much-needed rainfall. On a light test, with a mixed offering of weaned and unweaned calves, feeder steers and heifers sold $15.00 to $20.00 lower. A good offering of replacement cattle attracted a large crowd and sold with good demand. Slaughter cattle were not well tested, but softer demand was noted.

→ Feeder cattle: feeder cattle supplies were lighter
▼ Feeder heifers: feeder steers and heifers sold $15.00 to $20.00 lower
▼ Feeder steers: feeder steers and heifers sold $15.00 to $20.00 lower
→ Slaughter cattle: Slaughter cattle were not well tested

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	510.00	$510.00	$1,760	—
355	355	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,598	—
430	430	2	450.00	$450.00	$1,935	+15.00
470	470	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,833	-43.30
450–490	478	6	405.00–445.00	$412.92	$1,974	-20.38
520	520	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,846	-75.00
540	540	2	400.00–405.00	$402.50	$2,174	-27.50
565–585	575	2	372.50–407.50	$389.70	$2,241	-14.35
610–620	615	2	330.00–340.00	$335.04	$2,060	-32.46
610–641	627	9	347.50–370.00	$352.65	$2,211	-14.85
665	665	1	355.00	$355.00	$2,361	-16.01
713	713	5	345.00	$345.00	$2,460	+17.50
768	768	2	330.00	$330.00	$2,534	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
506–528	512	11	375.00–390.00	$385.35	$1,973	-18.02
555–594	591	12	365.00–377.50	$365.98	$2,163	-19.75

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	380	3	410.00–415.00	$413.31	$1,571	-11.69
405	405	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,478	-50.46
450–485	465	5	370.00–405.00	$388.34	$1,806	-21.66
535–545	540	2	370.00–380.00	$374.95	$2,025	-10.42
565–595	580	4	330.00–352.50	$343.01	$1,989	-26.00
600–620	610	2	340.00–347.50	$343.69	$2,097	+8.69
658–670	661	4	330.00–345.00	$341.20	$2,255	+15.37
720 thin fleshed	720	1	337.50	$337.50	$2,430	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450	1450	2	227.50	$227.50	$3,299	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	480.00	$480.00	$1,464	—
310 fancy	310	1	600.00	$600.00	$1,860	—
355–380	368	2	425.00–435.00	$430.17	$1,583	-24.83
407–430	414	8	405.00–410.00	$408.71	$1,692	-41.29
440	440	1	372.50	$372.50	$1,639	-77.50
463–470	464	10	380.00	$380.00	$1,763	—
515	515	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,700	-43.93
515–549	543	11	347.50–367.50	$349.46	$1,898	-24.47
550–593	580	12	330.00–345.00	$335.55	$1,946	-19.45
615	615	2	340.00–350.00	$345.00	$2,122	±0.00
685	685	1	317.50	$317.50	$2,175	-22.50
702–735	719	2	302.50–315.00	$308.61	$2,219	-4.39

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325 thin fleshed	325	1	455.00	$455.00	$1,479	—
365–395	386	7	360.00–405.00	$375.13	$1,448	-24.20
390	390	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,326	-59.33
420–437	433	12	325.00–360.00	$349.75	$1,514	-46.54
455–492	482	6	335.00–352.50	$340.40	$1,641	-12.84
510–520	515	2	330.00–345.00	$337.57	$1,738	-2.18
558–560	558	5	315.00–337.00	$329.79	$1,840	-9.03
615	615	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,876	-20.11
660–662	661	3	270.00–285.00	$280.01	$1,851	-44.99
730	730	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,862	—
750–760	755	2	245.00–265.00	$254.93	$1,925	—
840	840	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,848	-35.00
915	915	1	230.00	$230.00	$2,104	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432	432	4	367.50	$367.50	$1,588	—
450–482	474	4	360.00–370.00	$362.37	$1,718	-31.04
610	610	3	330.00	$330.00	$2,013	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	505.00	$505.00	$1,742	—
430–435	433	3	425.00–445.00	$433.29	$1,876	—
450–480	465	2	375.00–400.00	$387.10	$1,800	-42.90
460–480	468	3	405.00–425.00	$414.86	$1,942	-15.14
505–548	539	16	355.00–380.00	$360.92	$1,945	-29.08
565–598	584	13	340.00–355.00	$352.26	$2,057	-17.74
610–618	613	6	347.50–352.50	$349.57	$2,143	+0.68
635	635	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,842	-58.89
655–672	665	4	300.00–325.00	$307.40	$2,044	—
670	670	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,809	—
702–710	705	5	307.50–315.00	$310.52	$2,189	-1.16
752	752	2	300.00	$300.00	$2,256	±0.00
800	800	1	255.00	$255.00	$2,040	—
860–865	863	2	265.00	$265.00	$2,287	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	338	2	430.00–455.00	$442.22	$1,495	-2.76
388	388	3	415.00	$415.00	$1,610	-2.50
390	390	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,384	-62.50
420–445	436	8	385.00–405.00	$398.83	$1,739	-8.81
450–495	480	6	355.00–400.00	$372.03	$1,786	-5.53
490	490	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,592	-52.56
522–545	530	3	345.00–350.00	$346.71	$1,838	-21.11
565–575	570	2	325.00–345.00	$334.91	$1,909	-16.51
600	600	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,980	—
710–725	718	2	230.00–285.00	$257.79	$1,851	—
810	810	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,863	-25.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1135–1865	1405	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	2,850.00–4,600.00	$3,691.64	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1005	938	85-90%	2	121.00–133.00	$127.43	$1,195	+11.43
895–1325	1092	85-90%	6	143.00–152.00	$146.58	$1,601	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1265	1150	80-85%	2	149.00–153.00	$151.20	$1,739	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240	1240	75-80%	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,686	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1280	1183	2	150.00–172.00	$161.91	$1,915	—
1385–1850	1647	5	186.00–194.00	$190.76	$3,142	-1.24
1655	1655	1	200.00	$200.00	$3,310	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895	895	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
908–1010	934	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,100.00–2,300.00	$2,245.90
998–1495	1099	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	3,050.00–3,250.00	$3,100.88
1080–1330	1145	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	2,550.00–3,050.00	$2,704.88
1050–1308	1265	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	2,600.00–2,800.00	$2,772.33

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
744	744	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,350.00–2,500.00	$2,425.00
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,050.00	$3,050.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
744	744	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,400.00	$2,400.00	$17,856

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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	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	4,200.00	$4,200.00	—
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	3,350.00	$3,350.00	—
1100–1300	1233	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	3,350.00–4,000.00	$3,697.30	—

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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.