Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2019-12-16

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Dec 16
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
73 head
▼ 239 vs last sale 312▲ 73 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 62▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 7▲ 7 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 with limited comparable sales. Feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls were not tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.55/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$125.55
30 head · 419 lb average
Value per head Derived
$527
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$72
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.56
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1420131.5655319thin
Medium and Large 2418115.1648111thin
One grade step is worth $16.40/cwt here — about $72 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 sale30 hd
125.55
—
AR average10 barns · 2,078 hd
128.11
−2.56
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17046.585456thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,35745.016113thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low91334.003102thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—93026.00/cwt26.00–26.002421
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—760125.00/cwt125.00–125.009501
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—63080.00/cwt80.00–80.005041
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21840.89/cwt40.00–42.004982
BullsMedium and Large 2—70090.00/cwt90.00–90.006301
BullsMedium and Large 1—345163.00/cwt163.00–163.005621
BullsMedium and Large 3—445113.00/cwt113.00–113.005031
BullsMedium and Large 3—355108.00/cwt108.00–108.003831
BullsMedium and Large 3—320110.00/cwt110.00–110.003521
HeifersMedium and Large 2—313130.60/cwt128.00–133.004092
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378119.84/cwt114.00–124.004533
CowsLean 85-90%—89542.00/cwt42.00–42.003761
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,31847.51/cwt47.00–48.006262
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43540.00/cwt40.00–40.005741
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14649.43/cwt48.00–54.005664
HeifersMedium and Large 1—517118.19/cwt111.00–126.006113
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423133.25/cwt130.00–135.005643
HeifersMedium and Large 1—458127.03/cwt125.00–129.005822
HeifersMedium and Large 1—360138.20/cwt135.00–147.004985
HeifersMedium and Large 1—760126.00/cwt126.00–126.009581
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470111.02/cwt110.00–112.005222
SteersMedium and Large 1—525131.00/cwt131.00–131.006881
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323140.48/cwt138.00–143.004542
HeifersMedium and Large 1—268143.14/cwt140.00–146.003842
HeifersMedium and Large 2—600110.00/cwt110.00–110.006601
HeifersMedium and Large 2—410110.00/cwt110.00–110.004511
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—510107.00/cwt107.00–107.005461
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—615114.00/cwt114.00–114.007011
SteersMedium and Large 1Full—510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006631
BullsMedium and Large 1—415138.00/cwt138.00–138.005731
BullsMedium and Large 1—475139.00/cwt139.00–139.006601
BullsMedium and Large 1—635124.00/cwt124.00–124.007871
BullsMedium and Large 2—435125.00/cwt125.00–125.005441
BullsMedium and Large 2—595117.00/cwt117.00–117.006961
BullsMedium and Large 2—370137.00/cwt137.00–137.005072
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,215910.00/cwt910.00–910.0011,0571
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—860590.00/cwt590.00–590.005,0741
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,325700.00/cwt700.00–700.009,2751
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—80541.00/cwt41.00–41.003301
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—65548.00/cwt48.00–48.003141
SteersMedium and Large 2—395135.00/cwt135.00–135.005331
SteersMedium and Large 2—405137.00/cwt137.00–137.005551
SteersMedium and Large 2—600117.00/cwt117.00–117.007021
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,36548.00/cwt48.00–48.006551
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,195530.00/cwt530.00–530.006,3341
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,020400.00/cwt400.00–400.004,0801
SteersMedium and Large 1—575129.00/cwt129.00–129.007421
SteersMedium and Large 1—425141.48/cwt141.00–142.006012
SteersMedium and Large 2—495123.00/cwt123.00–123.006091
SteersMedium and Large 1—458142.03/cwt140.00–144.006502
SteersMedium and Large 1—678130.34/cwt122.00–139.008842
SteersMedium and Large 1—303168.68/cwt160.00–176.005113
HeifersMedium and Large 2—255124.00/cwt124.00–124.003161

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.