Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2020-05-18

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, May 18
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
90 head
▼ 98 vs last sale 188▼ 277 vs year ago 367 · −75.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 22▼ 44 vs year ago 54 · −81.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough feeders to establish a price trend. Supply was light, demand was strong. Slaughter cows and bulls were not well tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.58/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$129.58
28 head · 462 lb average
Value per head Derived
$598
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$104
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.42
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1469132.5962117thin
Medium and Large 2450126.4256910thin
Medium and Large 3470110.005171thin
One grade step is worth $22.59/cwt here — about $104 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 sale28 hd
129.58
—
AR average9 barns · 892 hd
125.16
+4.42
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—Average1,71576.001,3031thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13256.776433thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34052.006971thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98843.004252thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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—495122.00/cwt122.00–122.006041
SteersMedium and Large 2—585130.00/cwt130.00–130.007611
HeifersMedium and Large 3—470110.00/cwt110.00–110.005171
HeifersMedium and Large 2—610110.00/cwt110.00–110.006711
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330132.50/cwt132.50–132.504371
SteersMedium and Large 1—930104.00/cwt104.00–104.009671
SteersMedium and Large 1—830115.00/cwt115.00–115.009551
SteersMedium and Large 1—615125.00/cwt125.00–125.007691
SteersMedium and Large 1—460151.51/cwt151.00–152.006972
SteersMedium and Large 1—345169.00/cwt167.00–171.005832
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,16596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,1181
SteersMedium and Large 1—395163.00/cwt163.00–163.006441
SteersMedium and Large 1—520145.78/cwt141.00–151.007583
SteersMedium and Large 1—413164.33/cwt162.00–166.006793
SteersMedium and Large 1—573134.09/cwt130.00–138.007682
BullsMedium and Large 1—635124.00/cwt124.00–124.007872
BullsMedium and Large 1—518135.84/cwt125.00–147.007042
BullsMedium and Large 1—473150.14/cwt143.00–158.007102
BullsMedium and Large 1—375158.72/cwt153.00–164.005952
BullsMedium and Large 1—328161.18/cwt160.00–162.505292
BullsMedium and Large 1—260165.00/cwt165.00–165.004291
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—550108.00/cwt108.00–108.005941
SteersMedium and Large 2—508136.97/cwt135.00–139.006962
HeifersMedium and Large 1—485128.95/cwt125.00–135.006255
HeifersMedium and Large 2—418134.49/cwt134.00–135.005622
HeifersMedium and Large 2—505116.50/cwt110.00–123.005882
HeifersMedium and Large 1—340147.00/cwt147.00–147.005001
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625120.00/cwt120.00–120.007501
HeifersMedium and Large 1—505130.54/cwt126.00–135.006592
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13256.77/cwt56.00–58.006433
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,34052.00/cwt52.00–52.006971
CowsLean 85-90%—95548.00/cwt48.00–48.004581
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02038.00/cwt38.00–38.003881
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575126.03/cwt125.00–127.007252
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373144.23/cwt139.00–151.005385
BullsMedium and Large 1—430153.99/cwt150.00–158.006624
BullsMedium and Large 2—500120.00/cwt120.00–120.006001
BullsMedium and Large 2—550127.00/cwt127.00–127.006991
BullsMedium and Large 2—418135.56/cwt132.00–139.005672
BullsMedium and Large 3—580100.00/cwt100.00–100.005801
Bulls——1,71576.00/cwt76.00–76.001,3031
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—550128.00/cwt128.00–128.007041
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—333134.85/cwt132.00–137.504492
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—490144.00/cwt144.00–144.007061

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.