Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2020-01-20

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Jan 20
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
215 head
▲ 95 vs last sale 120▲ 215 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 6▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 5▲ 5 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 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. 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 $134.34/cwt on 75 head.
Average price
$134.34
75 head · 485 lb average
Value per head Derived
$652
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$94
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.94
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1502135.5968158
Medium and Large 2419131.8455216thin
Medium and Large 3575102.005871thin
One grade step is worth $33.59/cwt here — about $94 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 sale75 hd
134.34
—
AR average7 barns · 763 hd
135.28
−0.94
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—Average1,85571.661,3292thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26556.187116thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,53555.678554thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01330.503092thin

Every lot

69 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1288182.96/cwt178.00–188.005272
Steers—Medium and Large 2290160.00/cwt160.00–160.004641
Steers—Medium and Large 1378165.40/cwt153.00–179.006252
Steers—Medium and Large 1428161.58/cwt149.00–168.006927
Steers—Medium and Large 2433128.46/cwt127.00–130.005562
Steers—Medium and Large 2460143.03/cwt140.00–146.006582
Steers—Medium and Large 1470153.34/cwt153.00–154.007213
Steers—Medium and Large 1535150.00/cwt150.00–150.008031
Steers—Medium and Large 2545137.00/cwt137.00–137.007471
Steers—Medium and Large 2563126.47/cwt120.00–138.007124
Steers—Medium and Large 1585136.98/cwt135.00–139.008012
Steers—Medium and Large 1630134.50/cwt134.00–135.008472
Steers—Medium and Large 2640133.00/cwt133.00–133.008511
Steers—Medium and Large 1660140.00/cwt140.00–140.009241
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added661146.00/cwt146.00–146.009655
Steers—Medium and Large 1758138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0464
Steers—Medium and Large 1810127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0291
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340153.00/cwt153.00–153.005201
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed340139.00/cwt139.00–139.004731
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340133.00/cwt133.00–133.004521
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368134.20/cwt130.00–139.004943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374140.78/cwt132.00–145.005274
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed390145.00/cwt145.00–145.005661
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed408141.99/cwt140.00–144.005792
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428140.18/cwt134.00–145.0060013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428124.32/cwt120.00–127.005323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470139.31/cwt135.00–142.0065512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470128.74/cwt125.00–133.006054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523132.88/cwt126.00–139.0069510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added530138.00/cwt137.00–139.007312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2545118.00/cwt118.00–118.006431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573128.28/cwt125.00–130.007354
Heifers—Medium and Large 3575102.00/cwt102.00–102.005871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added599134.00/cwt134.00–134.008035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619124.98/cwt120.00–134.007746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780116.00/cwt116.00–116.009051
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335135.00/cwt135.00–135.004521
Bulls—Medium and Large 1345155.00/cwt155.00–155.005351
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370159.58/cwt150.00–168.005907
Bulls—Medium and Large 2377144.57/cwt143.00–148.005453
Bulls—Medium and Large 2400128.00/cwt120.00–136.005122
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420151.51/cwt146.00–160.006363
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed425145.00/cwt145.00–145.006161
Bulls—Medium and Large 2482128.89/cwt120.00–136.006213
Bulls—Medium and Large 1483146.06/cwt140.00–157.007055
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy495119.00/cwt119.00–119.005891
Bulls—Medium and Large 3505102.00/cwt102.00–102.005151
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515138.15/cwt130.00–144.007114
Bulls—Medium and Large 1527140.54/cwt130.00–154.007419
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570137.00/cwt137.00–137.007811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570132.78/cwt128.00–136.007575
Bulls—Medium and Large 2608122.54/cwt119.00–126.007452
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed615133.00/cwt133.00–133.008181
Bulls—Medium and Large 1622133.76/cwt129.00–136.008325
Bulls—Medium and Large 1715127.00/cwt127.00–127.009081
Bulls—Medium and Large 2740120.99/cwt118.00–124.008953
Bulls—Medium and Large 2750122.00/cwt122.00–122.009151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1795115.00/cwt115.00–115.009141
Bulls—Medium and Large 2815106.93/cwt96.00–118.008712
Bulls—Medium and Large 292092.00/cwt92.00–92.008461
Bulls—Medium and Large 298589.00/cwt89.00–89.008771
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,85571.66/cwt70.00–73.001,3292
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92522.00/cwt22.00–22.002041
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10039.00/cwt39.00–39.004291
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25756.61/cwt54.00–59.007125
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30554.00/cwt54.00–54.007051
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53555.67/cwt50.00–58.008554
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2730450.00/cwt450.00–450.003,2851
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,16052.00/cwt52.00–52.006031

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.