Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2021-05-10

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, May 10
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
114 head
▼ 141 vs last sale 255▼ 74 vs year ago 188 · −39.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 15▲ 19 vs year ago 22 · +86.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 10▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers were 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Supply was light with several new crop offered that sold discounted.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.72/cwt on 68 head.
Average price
$126.72
68 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$617
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.86
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500130.0365040
Medium and Large 2470125.1058823
Medium and Large 3464107.685005thin
One grade step is worth $22.35/cwt here — about $151 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 sale68 hd
126.72
—
AR average8 barns · 1,348 hd
129.58
−2.86
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—High1,70490.521,5424thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23162.0276312
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47660.338906thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low92951.0247415

Every lot

81 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1273175.85/cwt160.00–190.004803
Steers—Medium and Large 1300170.00/cwt170.00–170.005101
Steers—Medium and Large 1355175.00/cwt170.00–180.006212
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed370157.00/cwt157.00–157.005811
Steers—Medium and Large 2370120.00/cwt120.00–120.004441
Steers—Medium and Large 1420162.00/cwt162.00–162.006801
Steers—Medium and Large 1485140.00/cwt140.00–140.006791
Steers—Medium and Large 2510133.00/cwt133.00–133.006781
Steers—Medium and Large 1530141.00/cwt141.00–141.007471
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy630121.00/cwt121.00–121.007621
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned630120.00/cwt120.00–120.007561
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed250142.50/cwt142.50–142.503561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1260142.69/cwt132.50–147.503713
Heifers—Medium and Large 2288129.83/cwt125.00–137.003743
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed315146.10/cwt143.00–149.004602
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340139.00/cwt139.00–139.004731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345145.00/cwt145.00–145.005001
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed365146.00/cwt146.00–146.005331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy370136.00/cwt136.00–136.005031
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370132.57/cwt130.00–135.004912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375141.12/cwt138.00–147.505293
Heifers—Medium and Large 3385108.00/cwt108.00–108.004161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy415156.00/cwt156.00–156.006471
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423125.31/cwt121.00–130.005302
Heifers—Medium and Large 1440140.00/cwt140.00–140.006161
Heifers—Medium and Large 3440110.00/cwt110.00–110.004841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy455122.00/cwt122.00–122.005551
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468131.95/cwt130.00–134.006182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469136.71/cwt127.00–148.006419
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470105.21/cwt100.00–110.004942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518129.65/cwt120.00–134.006724
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525124.77/cwt119.00–131.006552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy530120.00/cwt120.00–120.006361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy550120.00/cwt120.00–120.006601
Heifers—Medium and Large 3555110.00/cwt110.00–110.006111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580121.98/cwt117.00–126.007075
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy605111.00/cwt111.00–111.006721
Heifers—Medium and Large 2613108.66/cwt107.00–110.006663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614118.74/cwt116.00–123.007294
Heifers—Medium and Large 2678104.92/cwt102.00–108.007112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1680117.30/cwt114.00–119.007983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700114.00/cwt114.00–114.007981
Heifers—Medium and Large 277095.00/cwt95.00–95.007321
Heifers—Medium and Large 2820108.00/cwt108.00–108.008861
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1358152.55/cwt145.00–160.005462
Bulls—Medium and Large 3405117.50/cwt117.50–117.504761
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415135.00/cwt135.00–135.005601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435151.89/cwt148.00–160.006615
Bulls—Medium and Large 3450105.00/cwt105.00–105.004731
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460131.83/cwt124.00–140.006062
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515133.59/cwt129.00–142.006883
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530126.68/cwt120.00–133.006712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy540113.00/cwt113.00–113.006101
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560120.00/cwt120.00–120.006721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy585119.00/cwt119.00–119.006961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1608124.51/cwt124.00–125.007572
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630113.00/cwt113.00–113.007121
Bulls—Medium and Large 2710113.00/cwt113.00–113.008021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy72099.00/cwt99.00–99.007131
Bulls—Medium and Large 281095.00/cwt95.00–95.007701
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,69885.16/cwt83.00–88.001,4462
Bulls——1,71095.88/cwt92.00–99.001,6402
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight72026.00/cwt26.00–26.001871
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight73533.00/cwt33.00–33.002431
Cows—Lean 85-90%86044.00/cwt44.00–44.003781
Cows—Lean 85-90%95054.67/cwt50.00–58.0051911
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17061.00/cwt61.00–61.007141
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21363.25/cwt60.00–67.0076710
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30262.00/cwt62.00–62.008073
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31855.84/cwt54.00–58.007362
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,65058.66/cwt58.00–59.009683
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-287554.00/cwt54.00–54.004731
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed960660.00/cwt660.00–660.006,3361
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,10067.00/cwt67.00–67.007372
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,240900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,1601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,24564.00/cwt64.00–64.007971
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,46374.07/cwt73.00–75.001,0842
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed950620.00/cwt620.00–620.005,8901
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,020.00/cwt960.00–1,080.0010,2002
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-283373.23/cwt66.00–80.006102
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2920902.03/cwt830.00–970.008,2993

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.