Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2019-10-07

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Oct 7
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
274 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 274▲ 274 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 46▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 25▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter boner cows sold mostly 2.00 higher while lean cows sold mostly 2.00 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 $119.21/cwt on 68 head.
Average price
$119.21
68 head · 476 lb average
Value per head Derived
$567
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$208
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.39
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1485122.7859547
Medium and Large 2460114.6152718thin
Medium and Large 342591.003873thin
One grade step is worth $31.78/cwt here — about $208 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 sale68 hd
119.21
—
AR average9 barns · 2,117 hd
123.60
−4.39
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—Average1,34365.768834thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44852.497602thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11850.495646thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01241.204179thin

Every lot

74 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1270163.00/cwt163.00–163.004401
Steers—Medium and Large 2320123.00/cwt123.00–123.003941
Steers—Medium and Large 1330170.00/cwt170.00–170.005611
Steers—Medium and Large 1379161.19/cwt151.00–170.006115
Steers—Medium and Large 1424147.35/cwt138.00–153.006255
Steers—Medium and Large 1481137.78/cwt130.00–143.006638
Steers—Medium and Large 2485122.00/cwt122.00–122.005921
Steers—Medium and Large 1520137.92/cwt135.00–142.007174
Steers—Medium and Large 2555118.00/cwt118.00–118.006551
Steers—Medium and Large 1563132.41/cwt128.00–142.007454
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full605119.00/cwt119.00–119.007201
Steers—Medium and Large 2613115.10/cwt107.00–123.007062
Steers—Medium and Large 1640138.00/cwt138.00–138.008831
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2285134.00/cwt134.00–134.003821
Heifers—Medium and Large 2300124.00/cwt124.00–124.003721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1324141.48/cwt130.00–147.0045810
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360123.77/cwt117.00–130.004464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368138.59/cwt136.00–141.005102
Heifers—Medium and Large 3385111.00/cwt111.00–111.004271
Heifers—Medium and Large 342582.00/cwt82.00–82.003491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy430109.00/cwt109.00–109.004691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435128.64/cwt127.00–131.005603
Heifers—Medium and Large 2439114.78/cwt108.00–120.005044
Heifers—Medium and Large 346580.00/cwt80.00–80.003721
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470114.38/cwt109.00–120.005382
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy470102.94/cwt100.00–106.004842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473126.01/cwt120.00–130.005966
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520104.00/cwt104.00–104.005411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521121.08/cwt113.00–130.006319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy550108.00/cwt108.00–108.005941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563113.76/cwt104.00–123.006408
Heifers—Medium and Large 2582102.67/cwt100.00–105.005983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623105.00/cwt105.00–105.006542
Heifers—Medium and Large 2640110.00/cwt110.00–110.007041
Heifers—Medium and Large 2655100.00/cwt100.00–100.006551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy685100.00/cwt100.00–100.006851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1770110.00/cwt110.00–110.008471
Heifers—Medium and Large 185094.00/cwt94.00–94.007991
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1295145.00/cwt145.00–145.004281
Bulls—Medium and Large 1324151.62/cwt144.00–165.004914
Bulls—Medium and Large 1363144.89/cwt140.00–155.005263
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380134.00/cwt134.00–134.005091
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed405130.00/cwt130.00–130.005271
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420123.00/cwt123.00–123.005171
Bulls—Medium and Large 1426134.82/cwt122.00–146.005747
Bulls—Medium and Large 344590.00/cwt90.00–90.004011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470128.68/cwt123.00–137.006055
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483116.66/cwt110.00–120.005633
Bulls—Medium and Large 2500109.00/cwt109.00–109.005451
Bulls—Medium and Large 1529119.12/cwt114.00–123.006306
Bulls—Medium and Large 2555115.00/cwt115.00–115.006381
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed560125.00/cwt125.00–125.007001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1577121.43/cwt118.00–128.007015
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620109.00/cwt109.00–109.006761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1631118.20/cwt114.00–120.007465
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy635101.00/cwt101.00–101.006411
Bulls—Medium and Large 2665119.00/cwt119.00–119.007911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1672116.02/cwt114.00–118.007803
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed680115.00/cwt115.00–115.007821
Bulls—Medium and Large 1700110.00/cwt110.00–110.007701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy730108.00/cwt108.00–108.007881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1805100.00/cwt100.00–100.008051
Bulls—Medium and Large 282583.27/cwt78.00–87.006873
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,34365.76/cwt63.00–71.008834
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94550.00/cwt50.00–50.004731
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00528.93/cwt24.00–34.002912
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02643.83/cwt40.00–48.004506
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11553.32/cwt53.00–54.005953
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12047.66/cwt46.00–49.005343
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44852.49/cwt52.00–53.007602
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,040700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,2801
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,050750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,8751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,155910.00/cwt910.00–910.0010,5111
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,315685.00/cwt685.00–685.009,0081

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.