Cleburne County Livestock Auction Market Report, Heber Springs, AR

Heber Springs, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 14, 2026

614 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $373.86/cwt +10.21 vs last sale · ≈ $1,594/hd at 426 lb · 27 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $413.76/cwt ≈ $1,901/hd at 459 lb · 24 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $360.97/cwt +2.63 vs last sale · ≈ $1,883/hd at 522 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	614	518	547
Feeder cattle	589	445	492
Slaughter cattle	18	33	30
Replacement cattle	7	40	25

Market comments — USDA reporter

Feeder cattle supply was moderate, with a mixed offering. Strong demand was noted for lightweight calves, while demand for feeder cattle over 500 lbs varied depending on quality and condition. Slaughter cattle supply was light. No price trends were established, as the sale was not reported the previous week.

→ Feeder cattle: while demand for feeder cattle over 500 lbs varied depending on quality and condition

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453 value added	453	16	420.00	$420.00	$1,903	—
470–478	472	8	400.00–405.00	$401.27	$1,894	—
533	533	5	392.50	$392.50	$2,092	—
593	593	15	365.00	$365.00	$2,164	—
673–675	673	15	337.50	$337.50	$2,271	+13.50
702–740	727	14	325.00–330.00	$328.27	$2,387	+10.77
920–935	930	3	302.50–305.00	$304.16	$2,829	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	540.00	$540.00	$1,728	+70.00
365	365	1	437.50	$437.50	$1,597	-14.75
355–395	368	3	465.00–500.00	$485.88	$1,788	+33.63
402–445	419	5	427.50–445.00	$438.10	$1,836	+10.08
450–478	472	7	405.00–415.00	$407.12	$1,922	+2.15
485	485	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,916	-9.97
550–595	571	10	370.00–390.00	$378.51	$2,161	+24.52
605–623	620	7	345.00–367.50	$357.47	$2,216	+24.97
730	730	3	330.00	$330.00	$2,409	+2.50
778	778	8	327.50	$327.50	$2,548	+15.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–395	390	2	417.50–420.00	$418.73	$1,633	—
410–448	429	6	375.00–412.50	$393.43	$1,688	-3.94
465–495	483	7	360.00–405.00	$377.72	$1,824	+18.61
515	515	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,983	—
553–595	573	16	350.00–365.00	$360.15	$2,064	+25.24
600–630	610	3	320.00–352.50	$341.31	$2,082	—
650	650	4	332.50	$332.50	$2,161	+5.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
668–685	670	14	227.50–270.00	$233.85	$1,567	—
858	858	6	212.00	$212.00	$1,819	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–325	320	3	437.50–440.00	$439.15	$1,405	-11.67
345	345	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,397	-45.82
350–387	368	7	415.00–435.00	$418.44	$1,540	+38.44
415–425	421	4	387.50–412.50	$401.88	$1,692	+20.58
460–465	463	3	365.00–400.00	$376.71	$1,744	-6.63
503–542	516	18	350.00–372.50	$365.40	$1,885	+1.62
542	542	5	345.00	$345.00	$1,870	+13.91
551–594	573	23	345.00–365.00	$356.65	$2,044	+25.99
620–639	636	6	342.50	$342.50	$2,178	—
715	715	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,216	+6.66
785	785	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,276	—
840	840	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,562	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	331	6	372.50–405.00	$393.61	$1,303	+10.08
365–392	387	6	357.50–385.00	$365.65	$1,415	+25.73
375–392 thin fleshed	388	9	400.00–425.00	$418.46	$1,624	+28.46
418 thin fleshed	418	2	405.00	$405.00	$1,693	—
405–446	427	25	357.50–380.00	$371.37	$1,586	+7.72
452 thin fleshed	452	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,672	—
450–490	468	7	330.00–355.00	$349.69	$1,637	+10.05
528 thin fleshed	528	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,848	—
530–535	533	2	310.00–330.00	$319.95	$1,705	-1.21
552	552	2	332.50	$332.50	$1,835	+12.50
602–620	608	3	312.50–325.00	$316.75	$1,926	+13.31
675	675	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,092	+10.00
765	765	1	265.00	$265.00	$2,027	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
533	533	14	342.50	$342.50	$1,826	—
555–598	584	3	330.00–340.00	$333.17	$1,946	—
614 value added	614	4	345.00	$345.00	$2,118	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,360	-28.46
350–365	358	2	460.00–502.50	$481.70	$1,724	+31.70
390	390	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,638	-30.00
400–440	413	11	410.00–455.00	$430.22	$1,777	+5.20
440	440	3	390.00	$390.00	$1,716	-35.02
451–488	465	15	385.00–405.00	$390.95	$1,818	+31.69
509	509	8	340.00	$340.00	$1,731	-15.38
505–520	512	8	360.00–370.00	$362.50	$1,856	+7.12
565	565	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,893	+3.42
568–590	576	9	340.00–350.00	$345.49	$1,990	+13.91
605–618	614	3	320.00–330.00	$323.29	$1,985	-1.71
665	665	1	302.50	$302.50	$2,012	-20.00
660–685	668	3	305.00–325.00	$314.15	$2,099	-8.35
700–733	730	10	285.00–295.00	$294.04	$2,146	-5.96
760	760	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,128	-5.10

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–342	334	4	405.00–425.00	$420.36	$1,404	-4.64
368	368	6	410.00	$410.00	$1,509	-0.08
420–445	435	3	375.00–395.00	$383.45	$1,668	+23.45
455–485	477	9	335.00–375.00	$364.75	$1,740	+16.62
510–525	518	2	332.50–355.00	$343.91	$1,781	+26.37
565–592	586	5	315.00–330.00	$327.11	$1,917	+1.78
610–635	619	17	280.00–310.00	$305.59	$1,892	-9.60
660–695	681	4	290.00–310.00	$298.63	$2,034	+48.63
725–730	728	2	270.00–275.00	$272.49	$1,984	+2.49
885	885	1	255.00	$255.00	$2,257	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	3	435.00	$435.00	$1,596	+10.00
591	591	7	332.50	$332.50	$1,965	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–975	943	85-90%	2	113.00–114.00	$113.48	$1,070	—
1005–1045	1025	85-90%	2	138.00–140.00	$139.02	$1,425	-9.98
1305	1305	85-90%	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,736	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1305	1181	80-85%	4	142.00–145.00	$143.05	$1,689	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1460	1460	75-80%	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,883	-3.00
1430–1700	1565	75-80%	2	137.00–139.00	$137.91	$2,158	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000	1000	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,500	—
1240–1870	1457	3	170.00–177.00	$171.99	$2,506	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,534

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
885	885	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	176.00	$176.00	$1,558
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,771

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00
1135	1135	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
615	615	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00
685	685	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,825.00	$1,825.00

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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.