Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2019-10-28

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Oct 28
● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
324 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 285▲ 324 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 34▲ 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 20▲ 10 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 steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Fleshy new crop calves sold discounted 10.00 to 20.00. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 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 $111.67/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$111.67
70 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$595
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$230
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.77
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1498117.0658352
Medium and Large 268097.4166215thin
Medium and Large 339589.453533thin
One grade step is worth $27.62/cwt here — about $230 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 sale70 hd
111.67
—
AR average10 barns · 1,837 hd
119.44
−7.77
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—High1,50262.679415thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23840.865069thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,41538.005384thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06133.6835714

Every lot

88 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed285153.00/cwt153.00–153.004361
Steers—Medium and Large 1290142.00/cwt142.00–142.004121
Steers—Medium and Large 1334149.60/cwt140.00–160.005005
Steers—Medium and Large 2345128.00/cwt128.00–128.004421
Steers—Medium and Large 1385146.24/cwt139.00–150.005633
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed400132.00/cwt132.00–132.005281
Steers—Medium and Large 1423145.06/cwt139.00–150.006145
Steers—Medium and Large 3445100.00/cwt100.00–100.004451
Steers—Medium and Large 1464139.24/cwt135.00–150.006469
Steers—Medium and Large 2470129.70/cwt126.00–131.006106
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed480120.00/cwt120.00–120.005761
Steers—Medium and Large 3485102.00/cwt102.00–102.004951
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2488121.00/cwt121.00–121.005903
Steers—Medium and Large 2513122.19/cwt117.00–125.006273
Steers—Medium and Large 1518134.25/cwt130.00–142.006958
Steers—Medium and Large 3545100.00/cwt100.00–100.005451
Steers—Medium and Large 1575138.50/cwt137.00–140.007962
Steers—Medium and Large 2581118.46/cwt110.00–121.006887
Steers—Medium and Large 359098.00/cwt98.00–98.005781
Steers—Medium and Large 2613108.51/cwt107.00–110.006652
Steers—Medium and Large 1626131.22/cwt130.00–136.008215
Steers—Medium and Large 1665129.00/cwt129.00–129.008581
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1290135.00/cwt135.00–135.003921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340136.00/cwt136.00–136.004621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy343111.49/cwt110.00–113.003822
Heifers—Medium and Large 336094.17/cwt88.00–100.003392
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365124.64/cwt114.00–135.004552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy365117.00/cwt117.00–117.004271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372134.97/cwt131.00–138.005025
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed403133.00/cwt133.00–133.005362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy43590.00/cwt90.00–90.003921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1439123.04/cwt119.00–126.005407
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed465107.35/cwt96.00–118.004992
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed46580.00/cwt80.00–80.003721
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470102.00/cwt102.00–102.004791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471120.15/cwt109.00–125.005666
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy49580.00/cwt80.00–80.003961
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed510117.00/cwt117.00–117.005971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520121.49/cwt111.00–127.0063212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy52393.72/cwt87.00–100.004902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563120.19/cwt114.00–125.006774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy57395.06/cwt90.00–100.005453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625116.00/cwt116.00–116.007251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy63080.00/cwt80.00–80.005041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675115.00/cwt115.00–115.007761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1765117.00/cwt117.00–117.008952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy81093.00/cwt93.00–93.007531
Heifers—Medium and Large 287071.00/cwt71.00–71.006181
Heifers—Medium and Large 293577.00/cwt77.00–77.007201
Heifers—Medium and Large 299072.82/cwt70.00–77.007215
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370136.00/cwt136.00–136.005031
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380120.00/cwt120.00–120.004561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy395110.00/cwt110.00–110.004351
Bulls—Medium and Large 1403138.99/cwt137.00–141.005602
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420117.28/cwt115.00–122.004933
Bulls—Medium and Large 343097.44/cwt95.00–100.004192
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy443111.02/cwt105.00–118.004923
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy458109.05/cwt100.00–118.004992
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470115.21/cwt110.00–120.005412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1503120.06/cwt111.00–129.006043
Bulls—Medium and Large 2521106.21/cwt95.00–114.005534
Bulls—Medium and Large 352588.00/cwt88.00–88.004621
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy52580.00/cwt80.00–80.004201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy530112.00/cwt112.00–112.005941
Bulls—Medium and Large 255590.00/cwt90.00–90.005001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy56596.00/cwt92.00–100.005422
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed570105.00/cwt105.00–105.005991
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy58085.00/cwt85.00–85.004931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1607112.09/cwt101.00–120.006803
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy62890.80/cwt81.00–110.005704
Bulls—Medium and Large 363080.00/cwt80.00–80.005041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1683117.00/cwt115.00–119.007993
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy71080.00/cwt80.00–80.005681
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,50161.34/cwt58.00–65.009214
Bulls——1,50568.00/cwt68.00–68.001,0231
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight83825.82/cwt22.00–29.002162
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08535.62/cwt32.00–39.0038611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21042.62/cwt40.00–46.005166
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24528.00/cwt28.00–28.003491
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29337.35/cwt36.00–38.004833
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37032.00/cwt32.00–32.004381
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40544.00/cwt44.00–44.006181
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44338.00/cwt37.00–39.005482
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2980700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,8601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,014758.48/cwt725.00–820.007,6915
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,060440.00/cwt440.00–440.004,6641
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,20047.00/cwt47.00–47.005641
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,01048.00/cwt48.00–48.004851

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.