Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2019-12-02

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Dec 2
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
241 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 241▲ 241 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 42▲ 26 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 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls were not well tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.60/cwt on 78 head.
Average price
$131.60
78 head · 493 lb average
Value per head Derived
$649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$156
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500135.6767850
Medium and Large 2481125.6560526
Medium and Large 3488107.005222thin
One grade step is worth $28.67/cwt here — about $156 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 sale78 hd
131.60
—
AR average1 barns · 78 hd
131.60
+0.00
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—Average1,76070.001,2321thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55247.427366thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19346.425547thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11039.024335thin

Every lot

65 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1275163.85/cwt151.00–172.004514
Steers—Medium and Large 2315120.00/cwt120.00–120.003781
Steers—Medium and Large 1330155.67/cwt150.00–161.005142
Steers—Medium and Large 1380150.07/cwt145.00–155.005702
Steers—Medium and Large 3400110.00/cwt110.00–110.004401
Steers—Medium and Large 1425140.41/cwt135.00–144.005974
Steers—Medium and Large 2431128.70/cwt125.00–132.005557
Steers—Medium and Large 2468124.75/cwt120.00–130.005849
Steers—Medium and Large 1470136.36/cwt130.00–142.0064111
Steers—Medium and Large 1518133.71/cwt128.00–139.006937
Steers—Medium and Large 2527124.21/cwt120.00–129.006556
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy533115.48/cwt114.00–117.006162
Steers—Medium and Large 2550132.00/cwt132.00–132.007261
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy565114.88/cwt108.00–122.006492
Steers—Medium and Large 1573131.22/cwt127.00–135.007524
Steers—Medium and Large 3575104.00/cwt104.00–104.005981
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full585130.00/cwt130.00–130.007611
Steers—Medium and Large 1616128.94/cwt120.00–133.007948
Steers—Medium and Large 2628123.06/cwt121.00–125.007732
Steers—Medium and Large 1655124.01/cwt120.00–128.008123
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3300109.00/cwt102.00–116.003272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320137.00/cwt137.00–137.004381
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325126.00/cwt126.00–126.004101
Heifers—Medium and Large 3360105.07/cwt100.00–110.003782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370132.09/cwt128.00–136.004893
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed375141.00/cwt141.00–141.005291
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385108.10/cwt104.00–112.004162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy405110.00/cwt110.00–110.004461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423123.93/cwt120.00–128.005242
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425114.01/cwt110.00–116.004854
Heifers—Medium and Large 2458109.84/cwt100.00–120.005032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478119.33/cwt118.00–120.005703
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510122.00/cwt122.00–122.006221
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518113.00/cwt105.00–120.005855
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy520111.00/cwt111.00–111.005771
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555110.00/cwt110.00–110.006111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1590120.50/cwt120.00–121.007112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618116.02/cwt112.00–120.007172
Heifers—Medium and Large 2710102.00/cwt102.00–102.007241
Heifers—Medium and Large 173590.00/cwt89.00–91.006622
Heifers—Medium and Large 176096.00/cwt96.00–96.007301
Heifers—Medium and Large 184591.00/cwt91.00–91.007691
Heifers—Medium and Large 295570.00/cwt70.00–70.006691
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2290152.00/cwt152.00–152.004411
Bulls—Medium and Large 2308142.51/cwt125.00–159.004393
Bulls—Medium and Large 3360117.00/cwt117.00–117.004211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1374156.62/cwt146.00–164.005865
Bulls—Medium and Large 2383118.45/cwt117.00–120.004542
Bulls—Medium and Large 2426132.67/cwt125.00–136.005654
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435149.25/cwt140.00–157.006493
Bulls—Medium and Large 3460110.00/cwt110.00–110.005061
Bulls—Medium and Large 2463127.10/cwt120.00–141.005883
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473134.67/cwt126.00–144.006372
Bulls—Medium and Large 1513131.00/cwt130.00–132.006722
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530125.00/cwt119.00–131.006632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575117.54/cwt115.00–120.006762
Bulls—Medium and Large 2610117.54/cwt115.00–120.007172
Bulls—Medium and Large 1685128.00/cwt128.00–128.008771
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,76070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,2321
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10334.56/cwt34.00–35.003812
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11542.00/cwt40.00–44.004683
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17846.32/cwt45.00–49.005466
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28547.00/cwt47.00–47.006041
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41550.00/cwt50.00–50.007081
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57946.90/cwt45.00–49.007415

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.