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
Bulls—High1,50289.041,3376thin
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 2—530131.52/cwt125.00–140.006976
HeifersMedium and Large 2—517121.15/cwt118.00–124.006267
HeifersMedium and Large 1—665119.02/cwt118.00–120.007912
HeifersMedium and Large 1—780114.00/cwt114.00–114.008891
HeifersMedium and Large 1—730120.00/cwt120.00–120.008761
SteersMedium and Large 2—474138.81/cwt135.00–140.006585
SteersMedium and Large 2—575131.71/cwt129.00–136.007573
SteersMedium and Large 2—375144.88/cwt140.00–152.005433
SteersMedium and Large 2—435132.50/cwt127.00–138.005762
SteersMedium and Large 2—280156.93/cwt155.00–159.004392
SteersMedium and Large 2—985103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,0151
SteersMedium and Large 1—417151.23/cwt144.00–160.006313
SteersMedium and Large 1—655130.02/cwt127.00–133.008522
SteersMedium and Large 1—605131.00/cwt131.00–131.007932
SteersMedium and Large 1—373158.09/cwt156.00–160.005902
SteersMedium and Large 2—610131.00/cwt131.00–131.007991
SteersMedium and Large 1—473146.39/cwt142.00–150.0069210
SteersMedium and Large 1—780114.00/cwt114.00–114.008891
SteersMedium and Large 1—740121.00/cwt121.00–121.008951
SteersMedium and Large 1—340154.00/cwt154.00–154.005241
SteersMedium and Large 1—280174.00/cwt174.00–174.004871
SteersMedium and Large 1—571139.28/cwt134.00–146.007956
SteersMedium and Large 1—522140.26/cwt136.00–144.007323
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,048758.42/cwt740.00–780.007,9482
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—850910.00/cwt910.00–910.007,7351
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2501,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0015,6251
Bulls——1,55992.05/cwt85.00–96.001,4355
BullsMedium and Large 1—385150.00/cwt150.00–150.005782
BullsMedium and Large 1—315154.52/cwt154.00–155.004872
BullsMedium and Large 1—285164.73/cwt158.00–171.004692
BullsMedium and Large 1—670124.00/cwt124.00–124.008311
BullsMedium and Large 1—450150.00/cwt150.00–150.006751
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy—565134.00/cwt134.00–134.007571
SteersMedium and Large 3—300130.00/cwt130.00–130.003901
HeifersMedium and Large 2—290134.00/cwt134.00–134.003891
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573121.35/cwt118.00–124.006953
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625121.32/cwt121.00–122.007583
HeifersMedium and Large 1—478132.75/cwt128.00–135.006354
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520128.10/cwt122.00–135.0066610
HeifersMedium and Large 1—360140.00/cwt140.00–140.005041
HeifersMedium and Large 2—365132.95/cwt131.00–135.004852
HeifersMedium and Large 2—433130.09/cwt127.00–133.005632
HeifersMedium and Large 2—558121.49/cwt119.00–124.006782
HeifersMedium and Large 2—633117.49/cwt117.00–118.007442
HeifersMedium and Large 2—477125.00/cwt124.00–126.005963
HeifersMedium and Large 2—318136.46/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 1—625125.03/cwt123.00–127.007812
BullsMedium and Large 1—417150.72/cwt149.00–153.006293
BullsMedium and Large 2—320154.00/cwt154.00–154.004931
BullsMedium and Large 2—355141.00/cwt141.00–141.005011
BullsMedium and Large 2—600111.00/cwt111.00–111.006661
BullsMedium and Large 2—730112.00/cwt112.00–112.008181
BullsMedium and Large 2—493138.99/cwt137.00–141.006852
BullsMedium and Large 2—560131.51/cwt131.00–132.007362
BullsMedium and Large 2—285156.99/cwt152.50–164.004473
BullsMedium and Large 2—523134.61/cwt128.00–139.007044
BullsMedium and Large 3—510103.00/cwt103.00–103.005251
Bulls——1,21574.00/cwt74.00–74.008991
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—458138.98/cwt138.00–140.006372
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—435140.00/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.