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Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Name: Cleburne County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Aug 3

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055

← Jul 20Aug 3Aug 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

236 head

▲ 111 vs last sale 125▼ 44 vs year ago 280 · −15.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

40 head

▲ 27 vs last sale 13▲ 19 vs year ago 21 · +90.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

7 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 4▼ 5 vs year ago 12 · −41.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and bulls sold mostly 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.57/cwt on 73 head.

Average price

$129.57

73 head · 470 lb average

Value per head Derived

$608

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$84

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$7.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.14

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	481	131.68	633	52
Medium and Large 2	442	124.34	549	21

One grade step is worth $7.33/cwt here — about $84 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 sale73 hd

129.57

—

AR average8 barns · 1,513 hd

129.71

−0.14

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,515	83.82	1,270	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,245	68.00	847	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,239	67.38	835	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,064	59.42	632	13

Every lot

72 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	240	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	462	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	323	184.65/cwt	170.00–200.00	596	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	325	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	491	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	350	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	560	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	390	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	542	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	407	156.74/cwt	151.00–160.00	638	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	134.29/cwt	123.00–141.00	628	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	475	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	646	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	148.93/cwt	145.00–151.00	712	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	518	136.98/cwt	136.00–138.00	710	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	134.63/cwt	131.00–141.00	707	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	565	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	735	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	139.23/cwt	135.00–144.00	795	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	600	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	810	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	628	129.40/cwt	126.00–133.00	813	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	819	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	250	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	356	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	277	130.84/cwt	124.00–135.00	362	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	308	138.41/cwt	135.00–142.00	426	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	318	137.87/cwt	128.00–147.00	438	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	360	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	454	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	365	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	522	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	145.61/cwt	141.00–151.00	545	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	405	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	510	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	417	124.55/cwt	118.00–136.00	519	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	140.29/cwt	135.00–145.00	595	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	465	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	577	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	138.55/cwt	135.00–144.00	646	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	475	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	556	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	640	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	127.97/cwt	124.00–135.00	662	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	522	119.41/cwt	114.00–123.00	623	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	535	116.49/cwt	115.00–118.00	623	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	565	113.04/cwt	100.00–120.00	639	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	570	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	570	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	595	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	720	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	610	111.93/cwt	108.00–116.00	683	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	115.61/cwt	110.00–125.00	716	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	118.61/cwt	112.00–124.00	795	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	320	138.14/cwt	135.00–141.00	442	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	430	143.50/cwt	142.00–145.00	617	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	445	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	601	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	470	142.16/cwt	138.00–151.00	668	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	470	131.62/cwt	126.00–135.00	619	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	505	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	581	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	520	132.02/cwt	123.00–138.00	687	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	522	137.01/cwt	130.00–143.00	715	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	688	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	571	131.39/cwt	126.00–137.00	750	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	585	114.53/cwt	113.00–116.00	670	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	625	126.00/cwt	119.00–131.00	788	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	635	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	743	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	658	124.02/cwt	123.00–126.00	816	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	690	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	718	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	732	120.31/cwt	117.00–124.00	881	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	755	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	951	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	815	105.48/cwt	104.00–107.00	860	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,434	77.89/cwt	73.00–86.00	1,117	4
Bulls	—	—	1,435	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	804	1
Bulls	—	—	1,616	96.71/cwt	92.00–101.00	1,563	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,049	57.70/cwt	53.00–60.00	605	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,050	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	452	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,077	63.00/cwt	61.00–65.00	679	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,104	61.67/cwt	60.00–64.00	681	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,245	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	847	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,299	69.92/cwt	67.00–74.00	908	9
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	805	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	733	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	6,123	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	7,470	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,015	880.49/cwt	750.00–970.00	8,937	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	7,885	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	9,975	1

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.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cleburne County Livestock Auction - Heber Springs, AR

Mon Aug 3, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 236Last week 125Year ago 280

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 13Year ago 21

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 4Year ago 12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	308	135.00–142.00	138.41
1	—	465	124.00	124.00
1	—	360	126.00	126.00
3	—	565	100.00–120.00	113.04
3	—	522	114.00–123.00	119.41
3	—	417	118.00–136.00	124.55
3	—	277	124.00–135.00	130.84
2	—	610	108.00–116.00	111.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	424	135.00–145.00	140.29
9	—	517	124.00–135.00	127.97
8	—	374	141.00–151.00	145.61
7	—	619	110.00–125.00	115.61
5	—	466	135.00–144.00	138.55
3	—	670	112.00–124.00	118.61
2	—	318	128.00–147.00	137.87
1	—	595	121.00	121.00
1	—	250	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	115.00–118.00	116.49
1	—	570	100.00	100.00
1	—	475	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	128.00	128.00
1	—	405	126.00	126.00
1	—	365	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	520	123.00–138.00	132.02
5	—	470	126.00–135.00	131.62
2	—	320	135.00–141.00	138.14
1	—	690	104.00	104.00
1	—	635	117.00	117.00
1	—	445	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	522	130.00–143.00	137.01
13	—	470	138.00–151.00	142.16
6	—	625	119.00–131.00	126.00
4	—	571	126.00–137.00	131.39
3	—	732	117.00–124.00	120.31
3	—	658	123.00–126.00	124.02
2	—	815	104.00–107.00	105.48
2	—	430	142.00–145.00	143.50
1	—	755	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	113.00–116.00	114.53
1	—	505	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	136.00–138.00	136.98
1	—	475	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	131.00–141.00	134.63
3	—	468	123.00–141.00	134.29
2	—	628	126.00–133.00	129.40
1	—	565	130.00	130.00
1	—	390	139.00	139.00
1	—	325	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	407	151.00–160.00	156.74
4	—	571	135.00–144.00	139.23
3	—	478	145.00–151.00	148.93
2	—	323	170.00–200.00	184.65
1	—	655	125.00	125.00
1	—	600	135.00	135.00
1	—	350	160.00	160.00
1	—	240	192.50	192.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,077	61.00–65.00	63.00
5	—	1,049	53.00–60.00	57.70
1	—	1,050	43.00	43.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	68.00	68.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,299	67.00–74.00	69.92
4	—	1,104	60.00–64.00	61.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,616	92.00–101.00	96.71
4	—	1,434	73.00–86.00	77.89
1	—	1,435	56.00	56.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	91.00	91.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	785	780.00	780.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,015	750.00–970.00	880.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	830.00	830.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	830.00	830.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	950.00	950.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.