Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2020-01-13

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Jan 13
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
120 head
▼ 176 vs last sale 296▲ 120 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 30▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 9▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough cattle for a comparable price trend. Heavy rainfall in the area made farm to market movement difficult. However demand was good on the cattle that was offered.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.60/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$134.60
45 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$659
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.25
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1486137.9267038
Medium and Large 2509116.625947thin
One grade step is worth $21.30/cwt here — about $76 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 sale45 hd
134.60
—
AR average10 barns · 2,540 hd
137.85
−3.25
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15546.525372thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51546.006971thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,25535.034403thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2325132.72/cwt122.00–150.004313
Steers—Medium and Large 1370164.19/cwt161.00–170.006083
Steers—Medium and Large 1430150.00/cwt150.00–150.006451
Steers—Medium and Large 2435140.00/cwt140.00–140.006091
Steers—Medium and Large 1460160.04/cwt153.00–168.007365
Steers—Medium and Large 2472145.34/cwt142.00–147.006863
Steers—Medium and Large 2507136.63/cwt130.00–145.006933
Steers—Medium and Large 1514156.36/cwt147.00–163.008047
Steers—Medium and Large 1570145.04/cwt138.00–150.008273
Steers—Medium and Large 2585137.00/cwt137.00–137.008011
Steers—Medium and Large 1608142.65/cwt140.00–145.008673
Steers—Medium and Large 2670122.00/cwt122.00–122.008171
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2265134.00/cwt134.00–134.003551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1369148.74/cwt141.00–155.005496
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390143.00/cwt143.00–143.005581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425142.36/cwt137.00–149.006055
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464141.51/cwt135.00–149.0065711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475125.17/cwt115.00–136.005952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523133.54/cwt128.00–139.006989
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed55589.00/cwt89.00–89.004941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562128.72/cwt120.00–133.007233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615124.50/cwt120.00–129.007662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665127.00/cwt127.00–127.008451
Heifers—Medium and Large 2680110.00/cwt110.00–110.007481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725116.00/cwt116.00–116.008411
Heifers—Medium and Large 272590.00/cwt90.00–90.006531
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325165.00/cwt165.00–165.005361
Bulls—Medium and Large 1393157.06/cwt147.00–167.006172
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418134.02/cwt130.00–138.005603
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423159.37/cwt153.00–164.006744
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465155.65/cwt155.00–157.007243
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470132.61/cwt130.00–135.006232
Bulls—Medium and Large 1513144.09/cwt137.00–156.007397
Bulls—Medium and Large 2557128.56/cwt120.00–134.007163
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573136.30/cwt129.00–140.007814
Bulls—Medium and Large 1600137.00/cwt137.00–137.008221
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675120.00/cwt120.00–120.008101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1725127.00/cwt127.00–127.009211
Bulls—Medium and Large 2760112.00/cwt112.00–112.008511
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15546.52/cwt46.00–47.005372
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20035.55/cwt35.00–36.004272
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,36534.00/cwt34.00–34.004641
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51546.00/cwt46.00–46.006971
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,20045.00/cwt45.00–45.005401
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,30047.52/cwt47.00–48.006182
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,31047.00/cwt47.00–47.006161
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,31547.00/cwt47.00–47.006181

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.