Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2020-11-09

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Nov 9
● Final122 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
692 head
▲ 548 vs last sale 144▲ 489 vs year ago 203 · +240.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 25▲ 9 vs year ago 20 · +45.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 6▲ 6 vs year ago 5 · +120.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 500 lb sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher, over 500 lb were 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lb sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher, over 500 lb were steady to 2.00 higher. Several consignments of quality value added cattle sold at a premium, while fleshy and plain cattle were discounted. Slaughter cows were mostly steady. Slaughter bulls were not well tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $134.10/cwt on 231 head.
Average price
$134.10
231 head · 637 lb average
Value per head Derived
$855
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$63
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$43.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.52
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2464151.8870413thin
Medium and Large 1660135.28893172
Medium and Large 2593125.8474643
Medium and Large 3710108.007673thin
One grade step is worth $43.88/cwt here — about −$63 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 sale231 hd
134.10
—
AR average8 barns · 1,348 hd
144.62
−10.52
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—Average1,79467.671,2143thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,07151.0854710
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,36749.996833thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01840.384116thin

Every lot

122 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2260150.00/cwt150.00–150.003901
Steers—Medium and Large 1338173.01/cwt171.00–175.005852
Steers—Medium and Large 2370129.80/cwt120.00–139.004803
Steers—Medium and Large 1374158.05/cwt151.00–169.005918
Steers—Medium and Large 2432135.44/cwt131.00–143.005855
Steers—Medium and Large 1433164.28/cwt161.00–167.007113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added442155.50/cwt155.50–155.5068711
Steers—Medium and Large 1470146.61/cwt143.00–150.006892
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added478147.00/cwt147.00–147.007035
Steers—Medium and Large 2478131.43/cwt125.00–138.006285
Steers—Medium and Large 2513132.61/cwt125.00–138.006807
Steers—Medium and Large 1525147.21/cwt141.00–154.007739
Steers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy540127.00/cwt127.00–127.006861
Steers—Medium and Large 1558137.80/cwt134.00–140.0076917
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy565125.00/cwt125.00–125.007061
Steers—Medium and Large 2579128.20/cwt124.00–132.007425
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583132.00/cwt132.00–132.007702
Steers—Medium and Large 1620127.81/cwt120.00–131.007926
Steers—Medium and Large 2625125.00/cwt125.00–125.007811
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added627135.75/cwt134.00–138.0085113
Steers—Medium and Large 3670115.00/cwt115.00–115.007712
Steers—Medium and Large 1673129.02/cwt121.00–134.008687
Steers—Medium and Large 2675122.07/cwt118.00–129.008243
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added677133.83/cwt128.00–138.0090617
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added704132.64/cwt128.00–137.0093431
Steers—Medium and Large 1711128.72/cwt120.00–132.0091515
Steers—Medium and Large 2728116.54/cwt107.00–123.008485
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added759132.23/cwt127.00–136.001,0044
Steers—Medium and Large 2765122.00/cwt122.00–122.009331
Steers—Medium and Large 1773123.97/cwt119.00–129.009585
Steers—Medium and Large 379094.00/cwt94.00–94.007431
Steers—Medium and Large 1815125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0191
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added816132.56/cwt129.00–136.001,08218
Steers—Medium and Large 2825118.00/cwt118.00–118.009742
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added863127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0962
Steers—Medium and Large 2865114.56/cwt111.00–118.009912
Steers—Medium and Large 1875118.49/cwt118.00–119.001,0372
Steers—Medium and Large 11,011110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1124
Steers—Medium and Large 21,05090.00/cwt90.00–90.009452
Feeder Cattle · Heifers41 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1215140.00/cwt140.00–140.003011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275134.07/cwt130.00–138.003692
Heifers—Medium and Large 2283126.71/cwt122.00–134.003595
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed285137.00/cwt137.00–137.003901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1317135.12/cwt130.00–142.0042810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325136.00/cwt136.00–136.004424
Heifers—Medium and Large 2342124.38/cwt120.00–131.004253
Heifers—Medium and Large 2371125.69/cwt120.00–132.0046612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added375141.00/cwt141.00–141.005293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376136.85/cwt131.00–148.005158
Heifers—Medium and Large 3377111.57/cwt106.00–117.004213
Heifers—Medium and Large 340090.00/cwt90.00–90.003601
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422124.92/cwt120.00–134.0052710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423136.85/cwt126.00–153.005799
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy425108.96/cwt106.00–112.004632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added433140.00/cwt140.00–140.006065
Heifers—Medium and Large 2466124.01/cwt122.00–126.005784
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474131.88/cwt127.00–140.0062514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added482134.00/cwt134.00–134.006466
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485112.00/cwt112.00–112.005431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy495119.00/cwt119.00–119.005891
Heifers—Medium and Large 3500103.00/cwt103.00–103.005151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508128.99/cwt125.00–134.0065512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530120.00/cwt120.00–120.006361
Heifers—Medium and Large 2569112.24/cwt107.00–118.006394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573122.41/cwt120.00–124.007015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy575110.00/cwt110.00–110.006331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy615115.00/cwt115.00–115.007071
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added617126.20/cwt125.00–128.0077910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635116.44/cwt114.00–119.0073911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy650110.00/cwt110.00–110.007151
Heifers—Medium and Large 2665105.00/cwt105.00–105.006983
Heifers—Medium and Large 3680102.00/cwt102.00–102.006941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added683121.72/cwt118.00–123.0083118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710115.00/cwt115.00–115.008172
Heifers—Medium and Large 2720110.00/cwt110.00–110.007921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy730110.00/cwt110.00–110.008031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added757118.00/cwt118.00–118.0089310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776111.46/cwt109.00–114.008654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1865107.00/cwt107.00–107.009262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added933102.00/cwt102.00–102.009522
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2255135.33/cwt120.00–155.003453
Bulls—Medium and Large 1269154.95/cwt140.00–165.004174
Bulls—Medium and Large 1315168.31/cwt150.00–181.005303
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320120.00/cwt120.00–120.003841
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375137.49/cwt133.00–142.005163
Bulls—Medium and Large 1377160.50/cwt155.00–165.006053
Bulls—Medium and Large 1421144.72/cwt140.00–154.006098
Bulls—Medium and Large 2427125.84/cwt120.00–135.005375
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy455118.00/cwt118.00–118.005371
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472124.81/cwt120.00–129.005895
Bulls—Medium and Large 1477142.40/cwt137.00–147.006793
Bulls—Medium and Large 348595.00/cwt90.00–100.004612
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515105.58/cwt85.00–116.005445
Bulls—Medium and Large 1516136.82/cwt134.00–147.007067
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518125.49/cwt119.00–130.006506
Bulls—Medium and Large 2550121.67/cwt116.00–126.006693
Bulls—Medium and Large 1556131.52/cwt126.00–137.007314
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy570116.00/cwt116.00–116.006611
Bulls—Medium and Large 3573111.48/cwt108.00–115.006392
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy600109.00/cwt109.00–109.006541
Bulls—Medium and Large 1610126.00/cwt126.00–126.007691
Bulls—Medium and Large 2612115.71/cwt108.00–120.007083
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Value Added630134.00/cwt134.00–134.008441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1680114.00/cwt114.00–114.007751
Bulls—Medium and Large 2725123.00/cwt123.00–123.008921
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,66551.00/cwt51.00–51.008491
Bulls——1,85876.00/cwt76.00–76.001,4122
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%84036.00/cwt36.00–36.003021
Cows—Lean 85-90%97024.00/cwt24.00–24.002331
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05353.79/cwt53.00–54.005665
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07545.57/cwt44.00–46.004904
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08848.37/cwt46.00–50.005265
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35054.00/cwt54.00–54.007291
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37547.98/cwt46.00–50.006602
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2800540.00/cwt540.00–540.004,3201
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2808625.54/cwt600.00–650.005,0542
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-291554.00/cwt54.00–54.004941
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,06050.00/cwt50.00–50.005301
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,065600.00/cwt600.00–600.006,3901
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,080789.17/cwt770.00–810.008,5232
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,250857.16/cwt810.00–900.0010,7152
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,100700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,7001

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.