Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2020-02-24

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Feb 24
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
106 head
▼ 212 vs last sale 318▲ 106 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 44▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 40▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough cattle offered today for price trend comparison. Heavy rainfall in the area hampered farm to market movement of livestock.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.65/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$127.65
53 head · 495 lb average
Value per head Derived
$632
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$258
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$34.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.76
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1474138.2465533
Medium and Large 2580112.4765215thin
Medium and Large 3385103.293985thin
One grade step is worth $34.95/cwt here — about $258 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 sale53 hd
127.65
—
AR average9 barns · 2,040 hd
147.41
−19.76
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—Average1,49868.501,0262thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1320183.00/cwt183.00–183.005861
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed345140.00/cwt140.00–140.004831
Steers—Medium and Large 1360177.00/cwt177.00–177.006371
Steers—Medium and Large 1420168.65/cwt167.00–170.007083
Steers—Medium and Large 2460150.00/cwt150.00–150.006901
Steers—Medium and Large 2500150.00/cwt150.00–150.007501
Steers—Medium and Large 1578145.97/cwt140.00–152.008442
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270130.00/cwt130.00–130.003511
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed270102.00/cwt102.00–102.002751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy285135.00/cwt135.00–135.003851
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed305110.00/cwt110.00–110.003361
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315130.00/cwt130.00–130.004101
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed320122.00/cwt122.00–122.003901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325143.53/cwt140.00–148.004663
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363136.03/cwt135.00–138.004943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1364146.82/cwt140.00–154.005347
Heifers—Medium and Large 3385112.23/cwt102.00–123.004322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425137.70/cwt136.00–140.005853
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed455135.00/cwt135.00–135.006141
Heifers—Medium and Large 2455135.00/cwt135.00–135.006141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470144.13/cwt139.00–152.006774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520137.52/cwt130.00–142.007156
Heifers—Medium and Large 2545120.00/cwt120.00–120.006541
Heifers—Medium and Large 1553139.00/cwt135.00–144.007694
Heifers—Medium and Large 358080.00/cwt80.00–80.004641
Heifers—Medium and Large 2595120.00/cwt120.00–120.007141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600128.00/cwt128.00–128.007681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670120.00/cwt120.00–120.008041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy670110.00/cwt110.00–110.007371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1703120.00/cwt120.00–120.008442
Heifers—Medium and Large 287076.46/cwt69.00–84.006652
Heifers—Medium and Large 291575.00/cwt75.00–75.006861
Heifers—Medium and Large 298084.00/cwt84.00–84.008231
Heifers—Medium and Large 21,01575.00/cwt75.00–75.007611
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323162.01/cwt152.00–172.505232
Bulls—Medium and Large 2345141.50/cwt140.00–143.004882
Bulls—Medium and Large 2363135.86/cwt132.00–140.004932
Bulls—Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed370116.00/cwt116.00–116.004291
Bulls—Medium and Large 3375119.00/cwt119.00–119.004461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380175.00/cwt175.00–175.006651
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425163.51/cwt158.00–172.006953
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430153.29/cwt150.00–155.006593
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed440140.00/cwt140.00–140.006161
Bulls—Medium and Large 1472159.13/cwt155.00–168.007513
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473138.25/cwt129.00–148.006542
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475124.00/cwt124.00–124.005891
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523153.97/cwt153.00–155.008052
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570147.99/cwt147.00–149.008442
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed670110.00/cwt110.00–110.007371
Bulls—Medium and Large 2700120.00/cwt120.00–120.008401
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed740104.00/cwt104.00–104.007701
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed83085.00/cwt85.00–85.007061
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,33556.00/cwt56.00–56.007481
Bulls——1,66081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,3451
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-298065.00/cwt65.00–65.006371
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,088865.23/cwt800.00–925.009,4142
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,118989.98/cwt975.00–1,025.0011,0683
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,142753.76/cwt600.00–825.008,6083
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,190800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,5201
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2101,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0013,0081
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2251,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0015,6192
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2501,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0015,9381

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.