Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2020-01-13

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Jan 13
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
120 head
▼ 176 vs last sale 296▲ 120 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 30▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 9▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough cattle for a comparable price trend. Heavy rainfall in the area made farm to market movement difficult. However demand was good on the cattle that was offered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.60/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$134.60
45 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$659
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.25
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1486137.9267038
Medium and Large 2509116.625947thin
One grade step is worth $21.30/cwt here — about $76 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 sale45 hd
134.60
—
AR average10 barns · 2,540 hd
137.85
−3.25
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%Average1,15546.525372thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51546.006971thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,25535.034403thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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 1—464141.51/cwt135.00–149.0065711
SteersMedium and Large 2—325132.72/cwt122.00–150.004313
SteersMedium and Large 1—608142.65/cwt140.00–145.008673
SteersMedium and Large 2—507136.63/cwt130.00–145.006933
SteersMedium and Large 1—570145.04/cwt138.00–150.008273
SteersMedium and Large 1—370164.19/cwt161.00–170.006083
SteersMedium and Large 1—430150.00/cwt150.00–150.006451
SteersMedium and Large 2—472145.34/cwt142.00–147.006863
SteersMedium and Large 2—670122.00/cwt122.00–122.008171
SteersMedium and Large 2—585137.00/cwt137.00–137.008011
SteersMedium and Large 2—435140.00/cwt140.00–140.006091
SteersMedium and Large 1—514156.36/cwt147.00–163.008047
SteersMedium and Large 1—460160.04/cwt153.00–168.007365
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,30047.52/cwt47.00–48.006182
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,31547.00/cwt47.00–47.006181
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,20045.00/cwt45.00–45.005401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,31047.00/cwt47.00–47.006161
BullsMedium and Large 1—573136.30/cwt129.00–140.007814
BullsMedium and Large 1—423159.37/cwt153.00–164.006744
BullsMedium and Large 1—465155.65/cwt155.00–157.007243
BullsMedium and Large 1—393157.06/cwt147.00–167.006172
BullsMedium and Large 1—725127.00/cwt127.00–127.009211
BullsMedium and Large 1—325165.00/cwt165.00–165.005361
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—55589.00/cwt89.00–89.004941
BullsMedium and Large 2—557128.56/cwt120.00–134.007163
BullsMedium and Large 2—418134.02/cwt130.00–138.005603
BullsMedium and Large 2—470132.61/cwt130.00–135.006232
BullsMedium and Large 2—760112.00/cwt112.00–112.008511
BullsMedium and Large 2—675120.00/cwt120.00–120.008101
BullsMedium and Large 1—513144.09/cwt137.00–156.007397
HeifersMedium and Large 2—72590.00/cwt90.00–90.006531
CowsLean 85-90%—1,20035.55/cwt35.00–36.004272
CowsLean 85-90%—1,36534.00/cwt34.00–34.004641
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,51546.00/cwt46.00–46.006971
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15546.52/cwt46.00–47.005372
BullsMedium and Large 1—600137.00/cwt137.00–137.008221
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523133.54/cwt128.00–139.006989
HeifersMedium and Large 1—369148.74/cwt141.00–155.005496
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425142.36/cwt137.00–149.006055
HeifersMedium and Large 1—665127.00/cwt127.00–127.008451
HeifersMedium and Large 2—680110.00/cwt110.00–110.007481
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475125.17/cwt115.00–136.005952
HeifersMedium and Large 1—562128.72/cwt120.00–133.007233
HeifersMedium and Large 1—615124.50/cwt120.00–129.007662
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725116.00/cwt116.00–116.008411
HeifersMedium and Large 2—390143.00/cwt143.00–143.005581
HeifersMedium and Large 2—265134.00/cwt134.00–134.003551

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.