Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2019-06-17

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Jun 17
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
227 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 257▲ 227 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 57▲ 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 46▲ 16 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 under 500 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower,over 500 lbs sold mostly 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower,over 500 lbs sold mostly 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls not well tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.51/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$129.51
72 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$631
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$149
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.34
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1488130.6963855
Medium and Large 2485126.6861516thin
Medium and Large 3445110.004901thin
One grade step is worth $20.69/cwt here — about $149 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 sale72 hd
129.51
—
AR average8 barns · 1,596 hd
130.85
−1.34
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—High1,64589.001,4641thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15356.0264611
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,36755.867634thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,01151.8552419

Every lot, as filed

64 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2—605116.00/cwt116.00–116.007021
HeifersMedium and Large 2—380130.00/cwt130.00–130.004941
HeifersMedium and Large 1—481129.61/cwt120.00–135.0062314
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573125.96/cwt122.00–129.0072211
HeifersMedium and Large 1—424135.77/cwt131.00–143.0057610
HeifersMedium and Large 1—367145.63/cwt140.00–148.005348
HeifersMedium and Large 1—524126.03/cwt122.00–130.006607
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725109.00/cwt109.00–109.007901
HeifersMedium and Large 1—680114.00/cwt114.00–114.007751
HeifersMedium and Large 1—600124.00/cwt124.00–124.007441
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—675106.00/cwt106.00–106.007161
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—305130.00/cwt130.00–130.003971
BullsMedium and Large 2—578127.05/cwt120.00–129.007345
BullsMedium and Large 2—465134.31/cwt120.00–142.006254
BullsMedium and Large 2—418134.71/cwt133.00–137.005633
BullsMedium and Large 2—518127.00/cwt127.00–127.006582
BullsMedium and Large 2—335139.72/cwt132.00–147.004682
BullsMedium and Large 2—680119.00/cwt119.00–119.008091
BullsMedium and Large 2—630110.00/cwt110.00–110.006931
BullsMedium and Large 2—380146.00/cwt146.00–146.005551
BullsMedium and Large 2—280156.00/cwt156.00–156.004371
BullsMedium and Large 1—411144.68/cwt141.00–149.005959
BullsMedium and Large 1—518138.28/cwt136.00–142.007167
BullsMedium and Large 1—479142.03/cwt140.00–147.006804
BullsMedium and Large 1—393149.01/cwt145.00–152.005864
BullsMedium and Large 1—318172.74/cwt160.00–183.005493
BullsMedium and Large 1—93594.00/cwt94.00–94.008791
BullsMedium and Large 1—87598.00/cwt98.00–98.008581
BullsMedium and Large 1—685113.00/cwt113.00–113.007741
BullsMedium and Large 1—620129.00/cwt129.00–129.008001
BullsMedium and Large 1—280177.00/cwt177.00–177.004961
BullsMedium and Large 1—550140.00/cwt140.00–140.007701
HeifersMedium and Large 2—665120.00/cwt120.00–120.007981
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523121.52/cwt118.00–125.006362
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575127.02/cwt126.00–128.007302
HeifersMedium and Large 2—455130.98/cwt125.00–136.005964
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420127.98/cwt121.00–133.005385
HeifersMedium and Large 3—445110.00/cwt110.00–110.004901
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—420153.00/cwt153.00–153.006431
SteersMedium and Large 1—710126.00/cwt126.00–126.008951
SteersMedium and Large 1—325166.30/cwt160.00–173.005402
SteersMedium and Large 1—568135.62/cwt134.00–138.007703
SteersMedium and Large 1—667129.99/cwt128.00–133.008673
SteersMedium and Large 1—521144.17/cwt140.00–150.007514
SteersMedium and Large 1—613132.53/cwt129.00–136.008124
SteersMedium and Large 1—472143.22/cwt140.00–145.006765
SteersMedium and Large 1—380158.20/cwt150.00–164.006016
SteersMedium and Large 1—433152.16/cwt146.00–163.0065910
SteersMedium and Large 2—465135.47/cwt134.00–137.006302
SteersMedium and Large 2—390141.68/cwt140.00–144.005533
SteersMedium and Large 3—635125.00/cwt125.00–125.007941
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,100840.00/cwt840.00–840.009,2401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,053659.31/cwt600.00–710.006,9432
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,088711.78/cwt650.00–780.007,7443
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—999808.59/cwt710.00–870.008,0789
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—950720.00/cwt720.00–720.006,8401
Bulls——1,64589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,4641
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24062.00/cwt62.00–62.007691
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14455.42/cwt53.00–58.0063410
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,35064.00/cwt64.00–64.008641
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,37253.14/cwt50.00–55.007293
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06856.96/cwt56.00–58.006084
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02551.94/cwt48.00–56.0053213
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—80841.07/cwt40.00–42.003322

How this sale compares

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.