Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2019-09-09

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Sep 9
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
210 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 155▲ 210 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 22▲ 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 4▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were not well tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.75/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$117.75
62 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$588
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$54
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.73
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1509118.8960543
Medium and Large 2478115.1755119thin
One grade step is worth $3.71/cwt here — about $54 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale62 hd
117.75
—
AR average8 barns · 754 hd
120.48
−2.73
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,99385.001,6942thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12658.406585thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48058.008581thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96951.4849910

Every lot

68 lots · USDA AMS · Cleburne County Livestock Auction - Heber Springs, AR
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1275161.00/cwt161.00–161.004431
Steers—Medium and Large 1340144.00/cwt144.00–144.004901
Steers—Medium and Large 1381151.28/cwt145.00–160.005764
Steers—Medium and Large 2383139.61/cwt133.00–144.005353
Steers—Medium and Large 2419130.39/cwt125.00–135.005467
Steers—Medium and Large 1422140.11/cwt135.00–149.005913
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed435116.00/cwt116.00–116.005051
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed460114.00/cwt114.00–114.005241
Steers—Medium and Large 2465129.00/cwt129.00–129.006001
Steers—Medium and Large 349592.00/cwt92.00–92.004551
Steers—Medium and Large 2520117.00/cwt117.00–117.006081
Steers—Medium and Large 1529133.97/cwt128.00–143.007096
Steers—Medium and Large 2565119.51/cwt119.00–120.006752
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed570118.00/cwt118.00–118.006731
Steers—Medium and Large 1577128.74/cwt125.00–134.007435
Steers—Medium and Large 2610109.00/cwt109.00–109.006651
Steers—Medium and Large 1618131.00/cwt130.00–132.008102
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed655120.00/cwt120.00–120.007861
Steers—Medium and Large 1665126.53/cwt123.00–130.008412
Steers—Medium and Large 1718118.99/cwt116.00–123.008544
Steers—Medium and Large 1790119.00/cwt119.00–119.009401
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1308132.43/cwt126.00–136.004083
Heifers—Medium and Large 2355126.00/cwt126.00–126.004471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390130.00/cwt130.00–130.005071
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419125.43/cwt120.00–133.005267
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428114.90/cwt109.00–121.004928
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465113.35/cwt112.00–116.005273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466122.02/cwt120.00–125.005694
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy480106.00/cwt106.00–106.005091
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518113.10/cwt109.00–117.005862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525115.78/cwt111.00–123.0060811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy565105.00/cwt105.00–105.005931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569116.26/cwt112.00–124.006628
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed569115.96/cwt112.00–124.006604
Heifers—Medium and Large 2600113.00/cwt113.00–113.006781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621115.35/cwt112.00–117.007166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675112.00/cwt112.00–112.007561
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2280135.00/cwt135.00–135.003781
Bulls—Medium and Large 1317146.87/cwt141.00–150.004663
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320138.23/cwt134.00–145.004423
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368135.67/cwt129.00–143.004992
Bulls—Medium and Large 2374132.14/cwt126.00–137.004944
Bulls—Medium and Large 1419135.63/cwt130.00–140.005687
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420127.65/cwt120.00–132.005363
Bulls—Medium and Large 2458113.98/cwt111.00–117.005223
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463129.29/cwt124.00–135.005993
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515127.06/cwt124.00–130.006542
Bulls—Medium and Large 2521112.31/cwt105.00–118.005856
Bulls—Medium and Large 1577118.67/cwt115.00–121.006853
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580101.32/cwt96.00–110.005883
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Full610115.00/cwt115.00–115.007021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1622120.62/cwt117.00–125.007503
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625112.00/cwt112.00–112.007001
Bulls—Medium and Large 2665108.46/cwt106.00–111.007212
Bulls—Medium and Large 369088.00/cwt88.00–88.006071
Bulls—Medium and Large 1700116.00/cwt116.00–116.008121
Bulls—Medium and Large 279078.00/cwt78.00–78.006161
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,86088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,6371
Bulls——2,12582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,7431
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight74545.00/cwt45.00–45.003351
Cows—Lean 85-90%95451.29/cwt47.00–54.004897
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07554.51/cwt53.00–56.005862
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13555.40/cwt54.00–57.006292
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16061.00/cwt61.00–61.007083
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48058.00/cwt58.00–58.008581
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2810500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,085660.00/cwt660.00–660.007,1611
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,185950.00/cwt950.00–950.0011,2581

This sale against other markets

Arkansas weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Arkansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.