Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2020-05-11

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, May 11
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
188 head
▼ 100 vs last sale 288▲ 188 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 28▲ 22 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 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 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 $125.14/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$125.14
56 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$612
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$16
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$15.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.45
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2457127.6358324
Medium and Large 1510124.8563728
Medium and Large 3534112.255994thin
One grade step is worth $15.38/cwt here — about −$16 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 sale56 hd
125.14
—
AR average7 barns · 1,186 hd
127.59
−2.45
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—Low1,55260.619413thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10454.265997thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low95844.464268thin

Every lot

59 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1275143.00/cwt143.00–143.003931
Steers—Medium and Large 1328160.97/cwt150.00–175.005283
Steers—Medium and Large 1363167.98/cwt165.00–171.006102
Steers—Medium and Large 2375140.28/cwt133.00–147.005262
Steers—Medium and Large 1424151.17/cwt147.00–158.006414
Steers—Medium and Large 2430135.00/cwt135.00–135.005811
Steers—Medium and Large 2480131.00/cwt131.00–131.006291
Steers—Medium and Large 2520135.00/cwt135.00–135.007021
Steers—Medium and Large 1535141.00/cwt141.00–141.007541
Steers—Medium and Large 2555135.00/cwt135.00–135.007491
Steers—Medium and Large 2600125.00/cwt125.00–125.007501
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275151.00/cwt151.00–151.004151
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed315142.00/cwt142.00–142.004471
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315130.00/cwt130.00–130.004101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1350145.00/cwt145.00–145.005081
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370139.54/cwt138.00–141.005162
Heifers—Medium and Large 3410115.00/cwt115.00–115.004721
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed418135.51/cwt133.00–137.005664
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423128.12/cwt123.00–134.005424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426135.50/cwt132.00–138.005774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1459131.48/cwt126.00–135.006034
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed465126.35/cwt125.00–128.005883
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478120.85/cwt113.00–127.005783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy490102.00/cwt102.00–102.005001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516126.87/cwt123.00–136.006559
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525123.32/cwt122.00–126.006473
Heifers—Medium and Large 3545114.00/cwt114.00–114.006211
Heifers—Medium and Large 3560114.00/cwt114.00–114.006381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565114.00/cwt114.00–114.006441
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570123.00/cwt123.00–123.007011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy575108.00/cwt108.00–108.006211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed585122.00/cwt122.00–122.007141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613114.98/cwt114.00–116.007054
Heifers—Medium and Large 3620106.00/cwt106.00–106.006571
Heifers—Medium and Large 2670101.00/cwt101.00–101.006771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy675102.00/cwt102.00–102.006891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725104.00/cwt104.00–104.007541
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1305154.60/cwt143.00–165.004723
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed320156.00/cwt156.00–156.004991
Bulls—Medium and Large 2340138.00/cwt138.00–138.004691
Bulls—Medium and Large 3345122.50/cwt122.50–122.504231
Bulls—Medium and Large 2390133.50/cwt127.00–140.005212
Bulls—Medium and Large 2410125.39/cwt121.00–130.005142
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428143.40/cwt140.00–146.006143
Bulls—Medium and Large 1479137.81/cwt130.00–143.006608
Bulls—Medium and Large 2492133.98/cwt131.00–137.006593
Bulls—Medium and Large 1522129.45/cwt124.00–135.0067610
Bulls—Medium and Large 2545120.00/cwt120.00–120.006541
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560125.58/cwt121.00–132.007035
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580113.00/cwt113.00–113.006551
Bulls—Medium and Large 2633108.46/cwt105.00–112.006872
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy635112.00/cwt112.00–112.007111
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,55260.61/cwt59.00–62.009413
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight70523.00/cwt23.00–23.001621
Cows—Lean 85-90%92846.85/cwt46.00–49.004353
Cows—Lean 85-90%95538.00/cwt38.00–38.003631
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01556.53/cwt55.00–58.005743
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07251.37/cwt50.00–52.005513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17152.55/cwt52.00–54.006154

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.