Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2020-07-06

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Jul 6
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
158 head
387 vs last sale 545 1 vs year ago 159 · 0.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
19 vs last sale 39 14 vs year ago 44 · +31.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
6 vs last sale 45 45 vs year ago 6 · +750.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Supply was limited on feeders but high in quality. Replacement cows were good to excellent.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.88/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$127.88
49 head · 480 lb average
Value per head Derived
$613
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$35.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.54
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1482130.0862739
Medium and Large 2468122.015729thin
Medium and Large 350095.004751thin
One grade step is worth $35.08/cwt here — about $152 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 sale49 hd
127.88
AR average5 barns · 605 hd
121.34
+6.54
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
BullsHigh1,67182.151,3735thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17362.1973016
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,33762.168316thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04058.756119thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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
SteersMedium and Large 1605140.00/cwt140.00–140.008471
SteersMedium and Large 1710130.00/cwt130.00–130.009231
SteersMedium and Large 1515145.02/cwt142.00–150.007473
SteersMedium and Large 1568135.67/cwt129.00–141.007714
SteersMedium and Large 1374168.24/cwt162.00–178.006295
SteersMedium and Large 1417154.49/cwt145.00–166.006446
SteersMedium and Large 1308182.17/cwt174.00–195.005617
SteersMedium and Large 1475153.39/cwt144.00–159.007297
SteersMedium and Large 2440135.00/cwt135.00–135.005941
SteersMedium and Large 2475140.00/cwt140.00–140.006651
SteersMedium and Large 2515137.00/cwt137.00–137.007061
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2900925.00/cwt925.00–925.008,3251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0921,280.34/cwt1,175.00–1,475.0013,9816
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1671,411.43/cwt1,150.00–1,575.0016,4719
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0101,320.05/cwt850.00–1,525.0013,3335
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0501,458.33/cwt1,425.00–1,475.0015,3123
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,135860.00/cwt860.00–860.009,7611
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy520120.00/cwt120.00–120.006241
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy550120.00/cwt120.00–120.006601
BullsMedium and Large 1270155.00/cwt155.00–155.004191
BullsMedium and Large 1320159.00/cwt159.00–159.005091
BullsMedium and Large 1380156.00/cwt156.00–156.005931
BullsMedium and Large 1440146.00/cwt146.00–146.006421
BullsMedium and Large 1560127.00/cwt127.00–127.007111
BullsMedium and Large 1610125.00/cwt125.00–125.007631
BullsMedium and Large 1529133.35/cwt128.00–139.007054
BullsMedium and Large 1469142.09/cwt130.00–152.006666
BullsMedium and Large 2680115.00/cwt115.00–115.007821
BullsMedium and Large 2415125.00/cwt120.00–130.005192
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed485136.00/cwt136.00–136.006601
HeifersMedium and Large 1695108.00/cwt108.00–108.007511
HeifersMedium and Large 1325138.53/cwt138.00–139.004502
SteersMedium and Large 1295195.00/cwt195.00–195.005751
HeifersMedium and Large 350095.00/cwt95.00–95.004751
HeifersMedium and Large 2580112.35/cwt110.00–117.006523
HeifersMedium and Large 2452129.68/cwt125.00–132.005863
HeifersMedium and Large 2435125.00/cwt125.00–125.005441
HeifersMedium and Large 2390132.00/cwt132.00–132.005151
HeifersMedium and Large 2295115.00/cwt115.00–115.003391
HeifersMedium and Large 1478128.47/cwt124.00–132.0061413
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight83050.00/cwt50.00–50.004151
CowsLean 85-90%1,06557.00/cwt56.00–58.006074
CowsLean 85-90%1,06862.69/cwt58.00–66.006704
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33762.16/cwt60.00–66.008316
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15963.09/cwt61.00–66.0073113
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23558.29/cwt56.00–60.007203
Bulls1,76091.00/cwt90.00–92.001,6022
Bulls1,47580.88/cwt74.00–88.001,1932
Bulls1,88567.00/cwt67.00–67.001,2631
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,06664.54/cwt60.00–70.006888
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-292171.37/cwt60.00–84.006576
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2875840.00/cwt840.00–840.007,3501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1051,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,0501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,194990.47/cwt900.00–1,100.0011,8264
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,405875.00/cwt875.00–875.0012,2941
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,51061.47/cwt61.00–62.009282
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,20067.00/cwt67.00–67.008041
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29501,475.00/cwt1,475.00–1,475.0014,0131
HeifersMedium and Large 1514129.85/cwt127.00–133.006678
HeifersMedium and Large 1426135.44/cwt128.00–140.005775
HeifersMedium and Large 1565127.53/cwt122.00–130.007214
HeifersMedium and Large 1375136.51/cwt133.00–139.005124
HeifersMedium and Large 1613122.88/cwt117.00–129.007532

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.