Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2019-07-01

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Jul 1
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
177 head
57 vs last sale 120 177 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
18 vs last sale 36 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
3 vs last sale 2 5 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 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly 4.00 higher . Slaughter cows breaker and boner cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher, lean cows not well tested. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.84/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$139.84
56 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$702
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$342
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.89
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1512142.9873232
Medium and Large 2497135.9067523
Medium and Large 3300130.003901thin
One grade step is worth $12.98/cwt here — about $342 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 sale56 hd
139.84
AR average8 barns · 1,132 hd
140.73
−0.89
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
BullsHigh1,50289.041,3376thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,26061.007691thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21257.266947thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,04738.674053thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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
SteersMedium and Large 2530131.52/cwt125.00–140.006976
HeifersMedium and Large 2517121.15/cwt118.00–124.006267
HeifersMedium and Large 1665119.02/cwt118.00–120.007912
HeifersMedium and Large 1780114.00/cwt114.00–114.008891
HeifersMedium and Large 1730120.00/cwt120.00–120.008761
SteersMedium and Large 2474138.81/cwt135.00–140.006585
SteersMedium and Large 2575131.71/cwt129.00–136.007573
SteersMedium and Large 2375144.88/cwt140.00–152.005433
SteersMedium and Large 2435132.50/cwt127.00–138.005762
SteersMedium and Large 2280156.93/cwt155.00–159.004392
SteersMedium and Large 2985103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,0151
SteersMedium and Large 1417151.23/cwt144.00–160.006313
SteersMedium and Large 1655130.02/cwt127.00–133.008522
SteersMedium and Large 1605131.00/cwt131.00–131.007932
SteersMedium and Large 1373158.09/cwt156.00–160.005902
SteersMedium and Large 2610131.00/cwt131.00–131.007991
SteersMedium and Large 1473146.39/cwt142.00–150.0069210
SteersMedium and Large 1780114.00/cwt114.00–114.008891
SteersMedium and Large 1740121.00/cwt121.00–121.008951
SteersMedium and Large 1340154.00/cwt154.00–154.005241
SteersMedium and Large 1280174.00/cwt174.00–174.004871
SteersMedium and Large 1571139.28/cwt134.00–146.007956
SteersMedium and Large 1522140.26/cwt136.00–144.007323
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,048758.42/cwt740.00–780.007,9482
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2850910.00/cwt910.00–910.007,7351
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2501,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0015,6251
Bulls1,55992.05/cwt85.00–96.001,4355
BullsMedium and Large 1385150.00/cwt150.00–150.005782
BullsMedium and Large 1315154.52/cwt154.00–155.004872
BullsMedium and Large 1285164.73/cwt158.00–171.004692
BullsMedium and Large 1670124.00/cwt124.00–124.008311
BullsMedium and Large 1450150.00/cwt150.00–150.006751
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy565134.00/cwt134.00–134.007571
SteersMedium and Large 3300130.00/cwt130.00–130.003901
HeifersMedium and Large 2290134.00/cwt134.00–134.003891
HeifersMedium and Large 1573121.35/cwt118.00–124.006953
HeifersMedium and Large 1625121.32/cwt121.00–122.007583
HeifersMedium and Large 1478132.75/cwt128.00–135.006354
HeifersMedium and Large 1520128.10/cwt122.00–135.0066610
HeifersMedium and Large 1360140.00/cwt140.00–140.005041
HeifersMedium and Large 2365132.95/cwt131.00–135.004852
HeifersMedium and Large 2433130.09/cwt127.00–133.005632
HeifersMedium and Large 2558121.49/cwt119.00–124.006782
HeifersMedium and Large 2633117.49/cwt117.00–118.007442
HeifersMedium and Large 2477125.00/cwt124.00–126.005963
HeifersMedium and Large 2318136.46/cwt130.00–140.004344
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23552.65/cwt51.00–54.006503
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19560.72/cwt60.00–62.007264
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,26061.00/cwt61.00–61.007691
CowsLean 85-90%1,02029.00/cwt29.00–29.002961
CowsLean 85-90%1,05545.00/cwt45.00–45.004751
CowsLean 85-90%1,06542.00/cwt42.00–42.004471
BullsMedium and Large 1625125.03/cwt123.00–127.007812
BullsMedium and Large 1417150.72/cwt149.00–153.006293
BullsMedium and Large 2320154.00/cwt154.00–154.004931
BullsMedium and Large 2355141.00/cwt141.00–141.005011
BullsMedium and Large 2600111.00/cwt111.00–111.006661
BullsMedium and Large 2730112.00/cwt112.00–112.008181
BullsMedium and Large 2493138.99/cwt137.00–141.006852
BullsMedium and Large 2560131.51/cwt131.00–132.007362
BullsMedium and Large 2285156.99/cwt152.50–164.004473
BullsMedium and Large 2523134.61/cwt128.00–139.007044
BullsMedium and Large 3510103.00/cwt103.00–103.005251
Bulls1,21574.00/cwt74.00–74.008991
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed458138.98/cwt138.00–140.006372
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed435140.00/cwt140.00–140.006091

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.