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Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Name: Cleburne County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Mar 29

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055

← Mar 22Mar 29Apr 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

259 head

▼ 82 vs last sale 341▲ 95 vs year ago 164 · +57.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

39 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 57▲ 3 vs year ago 36 · +8.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 36 vs last sale 40▼ 56 vs year ago 60 · −93.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers were steady. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were steady. Supply was moderate. Demand was strong on grass ready cattle.

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 $135.48/cwt on 103 head.

Average price

$135.48

103 head · 470 lb average

Value per head Derived

$637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$31.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.58

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	480	139.04	667	63
Medium and Large 2	446	133.74	596	34
Medium and Large 3	514	107.90	555	6thin

One grade step is worth $31.14/cwt here — about $112 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 sale103 hd

135.48

—

AR average10 barns · 1,968 hd

139.06

−3.58

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	—	Low	1,539	68.40	1,052	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,159	64.45	747	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,425	62.50	891	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,029	51.49	530	6thin

Every lot

80 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	272	203.40/cwt	192.50–210.00	553	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	275	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	337	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	290	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	519	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	322	188.14/cwt	177.50–206.00	606	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	328	166.95/cwt	160.00–174.00	548	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	360	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	594	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	369	181.92/cwt	177.00–189.00	671	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	411	169.39/cwt	160.00–180.00	696	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	430	139.23/cwt	137.00–140.00	599	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	450	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	540	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	141.52/cwt	127.00–160.00	662	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	495	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	772	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	505	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	707	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	160.26/cwt	158.00–163.00	829	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	139.41/cwt	129.00–150.00	788	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	127.32/cwt	120.00–135.00	863	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	680	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	680	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	963	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	760	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	798	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	780	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	780	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	265	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	437	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	290	131.53/cwt	130.00–133.00	381	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	315	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	323	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	324	150.87/cwt	143.00–168.00	489	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	328	156.47/cwt	153.00–160.00	513	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	338	142.59/cwt	130.00–155.00	482	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	362	146.02/cwt	140.00–150.00	529	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	150.51/cwt	140.00–158.00	560	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	413	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	390	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	550	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	420	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	613	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	144.17/cwt	135.00–154.00	607	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	424	135.81/cwt	132.00–139.00	576	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	455	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	546	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	140.82/cwt	134.00–152.00	656	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	475	130.18/cwt	123.00–134.00	618	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	136.27/cwt	129.00–143.00	706	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	522	123.70/cwt	115.00–130.00	646	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	535	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	679	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	707	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	575	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	587	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	128.00/cwt	125.00–134.00	740	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	123.01/cwt	119.00–127.00	757	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	630	115.33/cwt	112.00–122.00	727	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	683	106.44/cwt	103.00–110.00	727	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	113.55/cwt	111.00–116.00	925	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	890	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	890	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	280	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	497	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	331	164.92/cwt	159.00–175.00	546	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	360	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	360	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	366	182.07/cwt	175.00–192.00	666	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	424	166.95/cwt	160.00–179.00	708	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	438	142.51/cwt	142.00–143.00	624	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	465	140.24/cwt	137.00–145.00	652	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	473	152.84/cwt	129.00–164.00	723	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	523	133.51/cwt	133.00–134.00	698	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	528	148.45/cwt	143.00–152.00	784	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	570	124.24/cwt	120.00–128.00	708	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	570	120.70/cwt	113.00–128.00	688	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	575	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	776	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	608	115.43/cwt	110.00–121.00	702	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	624	125.57/cwt	120.00–138.00	784	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	645	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	613	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	660	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	733	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	663	123.51/cwt	123.00–124.00	819	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	723	115.49/cwt	115.00–116.00	835	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	785	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	887	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	850	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	935	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,418	75.60/cwt	72.00–78.00	1,072	2
Bulls	—	—	1,780	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	961	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	840	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	319	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,005	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	452	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,062	54.32/cwt	52.00–57.00	577	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,075	60.73/cwt	58.00–63.00	653	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,140	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	718	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,189	65.78/cwt	64.00–69.00	782	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,400	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	840	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,450	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	943	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	830	679.97/cwt	600.00–750.00	5,644	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,113	880.45/cwt	840.00–920.00	9,799	2

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 Mar 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 259Last week 341Year ago 164

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 57Year ago 36

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 40Year ago 60

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	135.00	135.00
1	—	280	177.50	177.50
6	—	624	120.00–138.00	125.57
12	—	473	129.00–164.00	152.84
4	—	366	175.00–192.00	182.07
2	—	663	123.00–124.00	123.51
5	—	424	160.00–179.00	166.95
4	—	528	143.00–152.00	148.45
1	—	850	110.00	110.00
1	—	785	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	133.00–134.00	133.51
2	—	438	142.00–143.00	142.51
3	—	465	137.00–145.00	140.24
2	—	608	110.00–121.00	115.43
2	—	723	115.00–116.00	115.49
3	—	570	120.00–128.00	124.24
1	—	660	111.00	111.00
4	—	331	159.00–175.00	164.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	113.00–128.00	120.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	95.00	95.00
1	—	360	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	430	137.00–140.00	139.23
1	—	505	140.00	140.00
5	—	468	127.00–160.00	141.52
1	—	360	165.00	165.00
2	—	328	160.00–174.00	166.95
1	—	780	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	272	192.50–210.00	203.40
1	—	495	156.00	156.00
2	—	565	129.00–150.00	139.41
8	—	411	160.00–180.00	169.39
1	—	735	131.00	131.00
6	—	369	177.00–189.00	181.92
3	—	517	158.00–163.00	160.26
5	—	322	177.50–206.00	188.14
3	—	678	120.00–135.00	127.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	122.50	122.50
1	—	680	100.00	100.00
1	—	450	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	105.00	105.00
1	—	290	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	362	140.00–150.00	146.02
2	—	328	153.00–160.00	156.47
1	—	420	146.00	146.00
1	—	265	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	466	134.00–152.00	140.82
12	—	518	129.00–143.00	136.27
1	—	890	100.00	100.00
11	—	421	135.00–154.00	144.17
10	—	372	140.00–158.00	150.51
4	—	615	119.00–127.00	123.01
4	—	324	143.00–168.00	150.87
2	—	815	111.00–116.00	113.55
4	—	578	125.00–134.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	102.00	102.00
1	—	375	110.00	110.00
1	—	315	102.50	102.50
1	—	455	120.00	120.00
2	—	683	103.00–110.00	106.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	124.00	124.00
3	—	630	112.00–122.00	115.33
2	—	338	130.00–155.00	142.59
2	—	290	130.00–133.00	131.53
7	—	522	115.00–130.00	123.70
5	—	424	132.00–139.00	135.81
1	—	390	141.00	141.00
6	—	475	123.00–134.00	130.18

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	38.00	38.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	63.00	63.00
3	—	1,062	52.00–57.00	54.32
1	—	1,005	45.00	45.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,189	64.00–69.00	65.78
5	—	1,075	58.00–63.00	60.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	65.00	65.00
1	—	1,400	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,780	54.00	54.00
2	—	1,418	72.00–78.00	75.60

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	830	600.00–750.00	679.97

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,113	840.00–920.00	880.45

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.