Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2020-06-08

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Jun 8
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
174 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 184▼ 83 vs year ago 257 · −32.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 8▼ 35 vs year ago 57 · −61.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 9▼ 32 vs year ago 46 · −69.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 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 $132.76/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$132.76
58 head · 456 lb average
Value per head Derived
$605
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$43
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.28
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1464134.0562235
Medium and Large 2443130.7857923
One grade step is worth $3.27/cwt here — about $43 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 sale58 hd
132.76
—
AR average9 barns · 2,123 hd
128.48
+4.28
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—Average1,40082.001,1482thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,11863.387098thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37963.308735thin
CowsLean 85-90%High98653.355267thin

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1265190.00/cwt190.00–190.005041
Steers—Medium and Large 1325190.00/cwt190.00–190.006181
Steers—Medium and Large 2335154.00/cwt154.00–154.005161
Steers—Medium and Large 1390157.01/cwt156.00–158.006122
Steers—Medium and Large 2420152.00/cwt152.00–152.006381
Steers—Medium and Large 1425160.00/cwt155.00–166.006803
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed470148.00/cwt148.00–148.006961
Steers—Medium and Large 1471155.06/cwt145.00–162.007305
Steers—Medium and Large 1533145.42/cwt142.00–149.007752
Steers—Medium and Large 2540134.00/cwt134.00–134.007241
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed285146.36/cwt140.00–152.504172
Heifers—Medium and Large 2300134.00/cwt134.00–134.004021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330141.00/cwt141.00–141.004651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed350160.00/cwt160.00–160.005601
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed355146.00/cwt146.00–146.005181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1359143.89/cwt134.00–150.005174
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373121.66/cwt118.00–125.004542
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed422134.35/cwt132.00–137.005673
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422131.30/cwt127.00–134.005543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433138.03/cwt136.00–139.005987
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy450112.00/cwt112.00–112.005041
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed463136.70/cwt134.00–139.006333
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468136.96/cwt136.00–138.006412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469133.26/cwt125.00–140.0062510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2503117.98/cwt114.00–122.005932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516129.69/cwt123.00–137.006698
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed563122.99/cwt121.00–125.006922
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570119.00/cwt119.00–119.006781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580123.51/cwt122.00–125.007162
Heifers—Medium and Large 2650110.00/cwt110.00–110.007151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665120.00/cwt120.00–120.007981
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1285165.00/cwt165.00–165.004701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1315170.00/cwt160.00–180.005362
Bulls—Medium and Large 2315140.00/cwt140.00–140.004411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1352176.00/cwt176.00–176.006203
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed370150.00/cwt150.00–150.005551
Bulls—Medium and Large 2390125.00/cwt125.00–125.004881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1408161.12/cwt151.00–166.006578
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed415142.35/cwt134.00–149.005913
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430137.76/cwt130.00–145.005922
Bulls—Medium and Large 1474146.37/cwt135.00–159.006947
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed505141.01/cwt140.00–142.007122
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520156.51/cwt145.00–169.008143
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520133.50/cwt130.00–137.006942
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy535122.00/cwt122.00–122.006531
Bulls—Medium and Large 1574129.79/cwt126.00–132.007455
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed580135.00/cwt135.00–135.007831
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625126.00/cwt126.00–126.007881
Bulls—Medium and Large 363090.00/cwt90.00–90.005671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy640121.00/cwt121.00–121.007741
Bulls—Medium and Large 1670119.31/cwt113.00–126.007992
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy690106.00/cwt106.00–106.007311
Bulls—Medium and Large 3750112.00/cwt112.00–112.008401
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,40082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,1482
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94558.46/cwt54.00–64.005524
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04046.53/cwt42.00–52.004843
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05358.50/cwt58.00–59.006162
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14065.00/cwt60.00–69.007416
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36555.00/cwt55.00–55.007511
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38365.37/cwt63.00–69.009044
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2915707.81/cwt570.00–830.006,4763
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2973788.42/cwt740.00–820.007,6713
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2720650.00/cwt650.00–650.004,6801
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2975540.00/cwt540.00–540.005,2651
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,255850.00/cwt850.00–850.0010,6681
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,31071.00/cwt71.00–71.009302
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,33564.00/cwt64.00–64.008541
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,565910.00/cwt910.00–910.0014,2421
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0501,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0010,5001

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.