Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2020-10-19

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Oct 19
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
248 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 227▼ 37 vs year ago 285 · −13.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 20▲ 24 vs year ago 34 · +70.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 5▼ 10 vs year ago 20 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady, Fleshy and plain cattle sold at a heavy discount. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.77/cwt on 82 head.
Average price
$114.77
82 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$602
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.55
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1516118.2561055
Medium and Large 2554108.9960322
Medium and Large 3484102.004945thin
One grade step is worth $16.25/cwt here — about $116 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 sale82 hd
114.77
—
AR average9 barns · 1,640 hd
121.33
−6.55
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—Average1,50276.591,1508thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,36151.3769910
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19249.9059512
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05244.4146720

Every lot

82 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1313146.50/cwt146.00–147.004592
Steers—Medium and Large 1363146.38/cwt132.00–154.005315
Steers—Medium and Large 2367134.33/cwt130.00–137.004933
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy395131.00/cwt131.00–131.005171
Steers—Medium and Large 1430134.97/cwt134.00–137.005803
Steers—Medium and Large 3430114.00/cwt114.00–114.004901
Steers—Medium and Large 2433125.14/cwt120.00–130.005422
Steers—Medium and Large 1490130.00/cwt130.00–130.006371
Steers—Medium and Large 1520126.37/cwt125.00–129.006573
Steers—Medium and Large 2520117.00/cwt117.00–117.006081
Steers—Medium and Large 2562122.07/cwt119.00–128.006863
Steers—Medium and Large 1568131.71/cwt121.00–133.0074812
Steers—Medium and Large 1615124.47/cwt120.00–129.007656
Steers—Medium and Large 1663123.64/cwt117.00–125.008206
Steers—Medium and Large 1710123.00/cwt123.00–123.008731
Steers—Medium and Large 296098.00/cwt98.00–98.009411
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1337134.37/cwt131.00–138.004535
Heifers—Medium and Large 1357132.64/cwt131.00–134.004743
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380133.00/cwt133.00–133.005051
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380108.00/cwt108.00–108.004101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy390100.00/cwt100.00–100.003901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424121.20/cwt120.00–126.005145
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425120.95/cwt120.00–122.005142
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430102.00/cwt102.00–102.004391
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472110.71/cwt109.00–112.005233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475123.58/cwt116.00–127.005877
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy475103.06/cwt101.00–105.004902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525123.26/cwt114.00–127.0064710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525110.61/cwt109.00–113.005813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy532106.88/cwt100.00–112.005693
Heifers—Medium and Large 3537100.00/cwt100.00–100.005373
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy573109.93/cwt105.00–115.006302
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575107.37/cwt107.00–109.006178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1587111.26/cwt100.00–121.006533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1611115.97/cwt107.00–119.007099
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630112.00/cwt112.00–112.007061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655112.48/cwt110.00–115.007372
Heifers—Medium and Large 267097.66/cwt95.00–101.006543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full68590.00/cwt90.00–90.006171
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Full72095.00/cwt95.00–95.006841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1770101.00/cwt101.00–101.007781
Heifers—Medium and Large 182090.00/cwt90.00–90.007381
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1290153.35/cwt152.00–155.004453
Bulls—Medium and Large 2295134.00/cwt134.00–134.003951
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325149.55/cwt144.00–154.004863
Bulls—Medium and Large 1369140.88/cwt134.00–148.005206
Bulls—Medium and Large 2381129.51/cwt123.00–132.004934
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed395133.00/cwt133.00–133.005251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy400113.00/cwt113.00–113.004521
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005531
Bulls—Medium and Large 1432129.76/cwt125.00–134.005618
Bulls—Medium and Large 3440112.00/cwt112.00–112.004931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy450112.00/cwt112.00–112.005041
Bulls—Medium and Large 2463116.73/cwt106.00–126.005403
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468128.28/cwt126.00–130.006003
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed480128.00/cwt128.00–128.006141
Bulls—Medium and Large 3510111.46/cwt109.00–114.005684
Bulls—Medium and Large 1526126.52/cwt125.00–128.006654
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy550117.00/cwt117.00–117.006441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555121.61/cwt119.00–125.006755
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565113.31/cwt110.00–117.006404
Bulls—Medium and Large 3578105.92/cwt100.00–112.006122
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Full595117.00/cwt117.00–117.006961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1670119.00/cwt119.00–119.007971
Bulls—Medium and Large 2745116.00/cwt116.00–116.008641
Bulls—Medium and Large 2760109.00/cwt109.00–109.008281
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,11060.00/cwt60.00–60.006661
Bulls——1,33372.74/cwt70.00–76.009703
Bulls——1,72683.62/cwt80.00–85.001,4434
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93534.53/cwt34.00–35.003232
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05444.63/cwt40.00–49.0047016
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14852.51/cwt52.00–53.006032
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16648.11/cwt46.00–51.005617
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22952.40/cwt51.00–54.006445
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35652.90/cwt51.00–55.007177
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37347.79/cwt46.00–50.006563
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-286566.00/cwt66.00–66.005711
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,065910.00/cwt910.00–910.009,6921
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,14554.00/cwt54.00–54.006181
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,24852.03/cwt51.00–53.006492
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29001,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.009,0001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,14548.00/cwt48.00–48.005501

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.