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
Bulls—High1,87687.251,6375thin
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 Weight—67525.00/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
Bulls——2,10395.41/cwt94.00–98.002,0063
Bulls——1,95588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,7201
Bulls——1,11562.00/cwt62.00–62.006911
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—392138.68/cwt137.00–141.005443
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—533129.01/cwt126.00–132.006882
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—288148.26/cwt147.50–149.004272
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—685109.00/cwt109.00–109.007471
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—555131.00/cwt131.00–131.007271
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428128.71/cwt126.00–130.005513
HeifersMedium and Large 2—745101.00/cwt101.00–101.007521
HeifersMedium and Large 2—650117.00/cwt117.00–117.007611
HeifersMedium and Large 2—625105.00/cwt105.00–105.006561
HeifersMedium and Large 2—500131.00/cwt131.00–131.006551
HeifersMedium and Large 2—490120.00/cwt120.00–120.005881
HeifersMedium and Large 2—340120.00/cwt120.00–120.004081
HeifersMedium and Large 1—416137.38/cwt133.00–149.005724
HeifersMedium and Large 1—273152.23/cwt145.00–160.004164
HeifersMedium and Large 1—463129.40/cwt126.00–133.005993
HeifersMedium and Large 1—633117.46/cwt114.00–121.007442
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573127.09/cwt124.00–130.007282
HeifersMedium and Large 1—378145.45/cwt144.00–147.005502
HeifersMedium and Large 1—685117.00/cwt117.00–117.008011
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525127.00/cwt127.00–127.006671
HeifersMedium and Large 1—345147.00/cwt147.00–147.005071
HeifersMedium and Large 1—240155.00/cwt155.00–155.003721
BullsMedium and Large 3—570110.00/cwt110.00–110.006271
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—600133.00/cwt133.00–133.007981
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—87587.00/cwt87.00–87.007611
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,135660.00/cwt660.00–660.007,4911
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,44068.00/cwt68.00–68.009791
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—580100.00/cwt100.00–100.005801
SteersMedium and Large 2—575127.00/cwt127.00–127.007301
SteersMedium and Large 2—450141.00/cwt141.00–141.006351
SteersMedium and Large 2—395143.00/cwt143.00–143.005651
SteersMedium and Large 1—525145.26/cwt143.00–149.007633
SteersMedium and Large 1—287177.99/cwt176.00–180.005113
SteersMedium and Large 1—573139.49/cwt139.00–140.007992
SteersMedium and Large 1—473145.94/cwt142.00–150.006902
SteersMedium and Large 1—363168.97/cwt168.00–170.006132
SteersMedium and Large 1—338169.80/cwt167.50–172.005742
SteersMedium and Large 1—700125.00/cwt125.00–125.008751
SteersMedium and Large 1—670127.00/cwt127.00–127.008511
SteersMedium and Large 1—610134.00/cwt134.00–134.008171
SteersMedium and Large 1—435154.00/cwt154.00–154.006701
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—405140.48/cwt138.00–144.005694
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—535138.00/cwt138.00–138.007381
BullsMedium and Large 2—480134.13/cwt130.00–142.006444
BullsMedium and Large 2—390135.99/cwt135.00–138.005303
BullsMedium and Large 2—633120.00/cwt120.00–120.007602
BullsMedium and Large 2—420134.04/cwt133.00–135.005632
BullsMedium and Large 1—423153.09/cwt145.00–161.006486
BullsMedium and Large 1—620124.00/cwt120.00–127.007693
BullsMedium and Large 1—570131.03/cwt130.00–132.007473
BullsMedium and Large 1—517128.35/cwt120.00–133.006643
BullsMedium and Large 1—363158.18/cwt150.00–166.005743
BullsMedium and Large 1—320164.50/cwt163.00–166.005262
BullsMedium and Large 1—290172.84/cwt167.50–178.005012
BullsMedium and Large 1—655135.00/cwt135.00–135.008841
BullsMedium and Large 1—455151.00/cwt151.00–151.006871
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—79145.49/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.