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Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Name: Cleburne County Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-03

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

● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055

← Apr 26May 3May 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

255 head

▼ 80 vs last sale 335▼ 33 vs year ago 288 · −11.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

15 head

▼ 75 vs last sale 90▼ 13 vs year ago 28 · −46.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 65 vs last sale 75▲ 6 vs year ago 4 · +150.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders steers and bulls sold steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 9.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Supply was light due to heavy rainfall in the area over the weekend.

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 $131.36/cwt on 119 head.

Average price

$131.36

119 head · 473 lb average

Value per head Derived

$622

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$29.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.93

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	489	133.00	650	74
Medium and Large 2	444	129.83	577	43
Medium and Large 3	533	103.25	550	2thin

One grade step is worth $29.75/cwt here — about $100 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 sale119 hd

131.36

—

AR average10 barns · 1,164 hd

133.28

−1.93

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	—	Average	1,630	85.00	1,386	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,074	64.90	697	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,110	62.00	688	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	929	50.29	467	8thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	260	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	371	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	263	176.11/cwt	170.00–182.50	463	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	285	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	314	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	328	134.20/cwt	120.00–150.00	440	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	167.34/cwt	165.00–171.00	629	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	385	143.75/cwt	140.00–147.50	553	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	400	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	604	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	163.90/cwt	160.00–170.00	685	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	455	147.50/cwt	135.00–153.00	671	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	160.69/cwt	155.00–170.00	771	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	156.00/cwt	148.00–162.00	810	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	540	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	675	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	148.00/cwt	145.00–151.00	866	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	139.98/cwt	138.00–142.00	878	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	865	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	660	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	792	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	680	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	884	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	238	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	369	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	256	135.49/cwt	120.00–150.00	347	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	310	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	428	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	314	136.49/cwt	131.00–143.00	429	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	315	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	370	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	320	147.57/cwt	140.00–157.50	472	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	340	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	442	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	368	138.45/cwt	137.00–140.00	509	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	143.73/cwt	139.00–153.00	540	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	383	132.52/cwt	130.00–135.00	508	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	395	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	514	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	415	138.49/cwt	138.00–139.00	575	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	424	131.33/cwt	125.00–135.00	557	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	138.13/cwt	130.00–148.00	588	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	440	131.05/cwt	127.00–135.00	577	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	465	131.22/cwt	128.00–135.00	610	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	127.38/cwt	120.00–134.00	596	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	130.09/cwt	124.00–135.00	621	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	131.97/cwt	129.00–137.00	694	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	535	125.80/cwt	119.00–134.00	673	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	560	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	717	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	129.56/cwt	120.00–137.00	736	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	580	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	731	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	605	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	726	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	126.53/cwt	120.00–135.00	786	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	665	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	765	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	118.60/cwt	110.00–127.00	804	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	745	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	857	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	750	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	810	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	750	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	668	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	800	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	816	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	250	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	388	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	270	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	466	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	300	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	473	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	330	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	495	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	385	157.00/cwt	144.00–170.00	604	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	385	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	578	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	410	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	558	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	425	141.93/cwt	140.00–144.00	603	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	428	148.62/cwt	142.00–153.00	636	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	463	148.11/cwt	141.00–155.00	686	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	467	132.69/cwt	130.00–135.00	620	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	518	142.54/cwt	141.00–144.00	738	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	523	128.66/cwt	123.00–138.00	673	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	590	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	785	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Full	635	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	686	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	640	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	819	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	665	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	758	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	775	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	775	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,630	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,386	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	740	28.00/cwt	28.00–28.00	207	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	775	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	333	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	944	50.06/cwt	44.00–57.00	473	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,010	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	626	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	65.53/cwt	65.00–66.00	701	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,090	65.63/cwt	64.00–66.00	715	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,110	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	688	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	5,760	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,015	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	5,075	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	1,340.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,425.00	13,400	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	930.00/cwt	930.00–930.00	9,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	1,375.00/cwt	1,375.00–1,375.00	15,125	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	1,080.00/cwt	1,080.00–1,080.00	13,500	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	749	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	910	80.58/cwt	75.00–91.00	733	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 May 3, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 255Last week 335Year ago 288

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 90Year ago 28

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 75Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	120.00	120.00
4	—	256	120.00–150.00	135.49
2	—	383	130.00–135.00	132.52
1	—	580	126.00	126.00
1	—	750	108.00	108.00
1	—	665	115.00	115.00
5	—	535	119.00–134.00	125.80
4	—	314	131.00–143.00	136.49
9	—	468	120.00–134.00	127.38
1	—	745	115.00	115.00
8	—	424	125.00–135.00	131.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	465	128.00–135.00	131.22
2	—	440	127.00–135.00	131.05
1	—	395	130.00	130.00
1	—	340	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	621	120.00–135.00	126.53
2	—	238	155.00	155.00
5	—	376	139.00–153.00	143.73
5	—	320	140.00–157.50	147.57
6	—	678	110.00–127.00	118.60
14	—	426	130.00–148.00	138.13
10	—	568	120.00–137.00	129.56
9	—	477	124.00–135.00	130.09
8	—	526	129.00–137.00	131.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	138.00–139.00	138.49
2	—	368	137.00–140.00	138.45
1	—	310	138.00	138.00
1	—	560	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	117.50	117.50
1	—	750	89.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	114.00	114.00
1	—	385	150.00	150.00
1	—	775	100.00	100.00
2	—	425	140.00–144.00	141.93
3	—	523	123.00–138.00	128.66
1	—	330	150.00	150.00
1	—	250	155.00	155.00
3	—	467	130.00–135.00	132.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	157.50	157.50
2	—	463	141.00–155.00	148.11
2	—	385	144.00–170.00	157.00
1	—	270	172.50	172.50
2	—	518	141.00–144.00	142.54
5	—	428	142.00–153.00	148.62
1	—	640	128.00	128.00
1	—	590	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	519	148.00–162.00	156.00
3	—	418	160.00–170.00	163.90
1	—	660	131.00	131.00
3	—	627	138.00–142.00	139.98
5	—	263	170.00–182.50	176.11
5	—	376	165.00–171.00	167.34
3	—	585	145.00–151.00	148.00
6	—	480	155.00–170.00	160.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	455	135.00–153.00	147.50
1	—	540	125.00	125.00
1	—	400	151.00	151.00
1	—	260	142.50	142.50
2	—	328	120.00–150.00	134.20
2	—	385	140.00–147.50	143.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	110.00	110.00
1	—	660	120.00	120.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,015	500.00	500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	720.00	720.00

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	2	—	1,000	1,225.00–1,425.00	1,340.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	930.00	930.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	1,080.00	1,080.00

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	2	—	910	75.00–91.00	80.58
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	107.00	107.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	62.00	62.00
4	—	1,090	64.00–66.00	65.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	28.00	28.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	944	44.00–57.00	50.06
1	—	775	43.00	43.00
2	—	1,070	65.00–66.00	65.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	62.00	62.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,630	85.00	85.00

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.