Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2020-06-15

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Jun 15
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
150 head
24 vs last sale 174 77 vs year ago 227 · 33.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
13 vs last sale 22 11 vs year ago 46 · 23.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
10 vs last sale 14 12 vs year ago 16 · 75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady . Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.15/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$133.15
43 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$601
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$14
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.04
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1434136.7959321
Medium and Large 2469129.6760822
One grade step is worth $7.13/cwt here — about −$14 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 sale43 hd
133.15
AR average9 barns · 2,093 hd
125.11
+8.04
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
BullsHigh1,87687.251,6375thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14160.3368811
CowsLean 85-90%Low89644.4939911

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
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight67525.00/cwt25.00–25.001691
CowsLean 85-90%1,00849.85/cwt46.00–54.005024
CowsLean 85-90%1,12558.00/cwt58.00–58.006531
CowsLean 85-90%86025.00/cwt25.00–25.002151
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18162.66/cwt61.00–65.007407
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07156.24/cwt54.00–58.006024
Bulls2,10395.41/cwt94.00–98.002,0063
Bulls1,95588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,7201
Bulls1,11562.00/cwt62.00–62.006911
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed392138.68/cwt137.00–141.005443
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed533129.01/cwt126.00–132.006882
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed288148.26/cwt147.50–149.004272
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed685109.00/cwt109.00–109.007471
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed555131.00/cwt131.00–131.007271
HeifersMedium and Large 2428128.71/cwt126.00–130.005513
HeifersMedium and Large 2745101.00/cwt101.00–101.007521
HeifersMedium and Large 2650117.00/cwt117.00–117.007611
HeifersMedium and Large 2625105.00/cwt105.00–105.006561
HeifersMedium and Large 2500131.00/cwt131.00–131.006551
HeifersMedium and Large 2490120.00/cwt120.00–120.005881
HeifersMedium and Large 2340120.00/cwt120.00–120.004081
HeifersMedium and Large 1416137.38/cwt133.00–149.005724
HeifersMedium and Large 1273152.23/cwt145.00–160.004164
HeifersMedium and Large 1463129.40/cwt126.00–133.005993
HeifersMedium and Large 1633117.46/cwt114.00–121.007442
HeifersMedium and Large 1573127.09/cwt124.00–130.007282
HeifersMedium and Large 1378145.45/cwt144.00–147.005502
HeifersMedium and Large 1685117.00/cwt117.00–117.008011
HeifersMedium and Large 1525127.00/cwt127.00–127.006671
HeifersMedium and Large 1345147.00/cwt147.00–147.005071
HeifersMedium and Large 1240155.00/cwt155.00–155.003721
BullsMedium and Large 3570110.00/cwt110.00–110.006271
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed600133.00/cwt133.00–133.007981
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-287587.00/cwt87.00–87.007611
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,135660.00/cwt660.00–660.007,4911
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,44068.00/cwt68.00–68.009791
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed580100.00/cwt100.00–100.005801
SteersMedium and Large 2575127.00/cwt127.00–127.007301
SteersMedium and Large 2450141.00/cwt141.00–141.006351
SteersMedium and Large 2395143.00/cwt143.00–143.005651
SteersMedium and Large 1525145.26/cwt143.00–149.007633
SteersMedium and Large 1287177.99/cwt176.00–180.005113
SteersMedium and Large 1573139.49/cwt139.00–140.007992
SteersMedium and Large 1473145.94/cwt142.00–150.006902
SteersMedium and Large 1363168.97/cwt168.00–170.006132
SteersMedium and Large 1338169.80/cwt167.50–172.005742
SteersMedium and Large 1700125.00/cwt125.00–125.008751
SteersMedium and Large 1670127.00/cwt127.00–127.008511
SteersMedium and Large 1610134.00/cwt134.00–134.008171
SteersMedium and Large 1435154.00/cwt154.00–154.006701
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed405140.48/cwt138.00–144.005694
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed535138.00/cwt138.00–138.007381
BullsMedium and Large 2480134.13/cwt130.00–142.006444
BullsMedium and Large 2390135.99/cwt135.00–138.005303
BullsMedium and Large 2633120.00/cwt120.00–120.007602
BullsMedium and Large 2420134.04/cwt133.00–135.005632
BullsMedium and Large 1423153.09/cwt145.00–161.006486
BullsMedium and Large 1620124.00/cwt120.00–127.007693
BullsMedium and Large 1570131.03/cwt130.00–132.007473
BullsMedium and Large 1517128.35/cwt120.00–133.006643
BullsMedium and Large 1363158.18/cwt150.00–166.005743
BullsMedium and Large 1320164.50/cwt163.00–166.005262
BullsMedium and Large 1290172.84/cwt167.50–178.005012
BullsMedium and Large 1655135.00/cwt135.00–135.008841
BullsMedium and Large 1455151.00/cwt151.00–151.006871
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight79145.49/cwt43.00–50.003604

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.