Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2023-05-29

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, May 29
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
232 head
▼ 308 vs last sale 540▼ 38 vs year ago 270 · −14.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 108▲ 42 vs year ago 32 · +131.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 20▲ 0 vs year ago 8 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers were lightly tested. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were lightly tested. Demand good for all classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $206.63/cwt on 85 head.
Average price
$206.63
85 head · 735 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,518
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$193
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−29.87
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1735207.761,52781
Medium and Large 2726183.751,3344thin
One grade step is worth $24.01/cwt here — about $193 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 sale85 hd
206.63
—
AR average10 barns · 1,170 hd
236.50
−29.87
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—Average1,673119.501,9992thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,288109.031,4043thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,06794.751,01140
CowsLean 85-90%Average89778.1570121

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)818$1,1502thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,090$1,0452thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,070$1,0001thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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—523206.88/cwt200.00–210.001,0828
BullsMedium and Large 1—575210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2081
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470190.00/cwt190.00–190.008931
HeifersMedium and Large 1—620183.02/cwt181.00–185.001,1353
HeifersMedium and Large 1—905137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,2401
HeifersMedium and Large 1—469212.63/cwt205.00–225.009978
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open—830156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,2951
HeifersMedium and Large 2—430195.00/cwt195.00–195.008391
SteersMedium and Large 2—540207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,1211
SteersMedium and Large 1—508231.31/cwt225.00–237.501,1754
SteersMedium and Large 1—380233.91/cwt227.50–240.008892
SteersMedium and Large 1—660212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,4031
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—405217.00/cwt217.00–217.008792
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370221.59/cwt215.00–227.508202
SteersMedium and Large 1—460228.38/cwt227.00–232.501,0514
SteersMedium and Large 1—585212.49/cwt212.00–213.001,2432
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—786203.50/cwt203.50–203.501,60067
SteersMedium and Large 2—1,405115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,6161
HeifersMedium and Large 1—568193.62/cwt188.00–205.001,1007
HeifersMedium and Large 1—429209.73/cwt205.00–213.009004
SteersMedium and Large 2—595200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1901
SteersMedium and Large 2—365212.50/cwt212.50–212.507761
SteersMedium and Large 1—425250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0631
HeifersMedium and Large 1—667180.18/cwt177.00–184.001,2025
BullsMedium and Large 2—470210.00/cwt210.00–210.009871
BullsMedium and Large 1—407233.28/cwt220.00–240.009493
BullsMedium and Large 1—505217.57/cwt210.00–225.001,0992
BullsMedium and Large 1—723192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,3882
BullsMedium and Large 1—377233.39/cwt220.00–242.508805
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375165.00/cwt165.00–165.006192
BullsMedium and Large 2—500190.00/cwt190.00–190.009501
HeifersMedium and Large 2—315175.00/cwt175.00–175.005511
HeifersMedium and Large 2—640171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,0941
HeifersMedium and Large 2—360210.00/cwt210.00–210.007561
BullsMedium and Large 1—636204.23/cwt200.00–207.001,2994
BullsMedium and Large 1—321246.39/cwt230.00–260.007915
BullsMedium and Large 1—464234.38/cwt232.50–235.001,0884
BullsMedium and Large 2—329209.65/cwt200.00–215.006905
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325234.76/cwt227.50–245.007637
HeifersMedium and Large 2—518178.73/cwt177.50–180.009262
BullsMedium and Large 2—350223.75/cwt217.50–230.007832
BullsMedium and Large 3—360155.00/cwt155.00–155.005581
BullsMedium and Large 3—320180.00/cwt180.00–180.005761
BullsMedium and Large 1—925132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,2211
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—364232.50/cwt232.50–232.508464
BullsMedium and Large 2—405191.75/cwt185.00–205.007773
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,280110.20/cwt107.50–112.501,4112
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0901,044.72/head925.00–1,150.001,0452
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—8181,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0701,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bulls——1,765116.00/cwt116.00–116.002,0471
CowsBoner 80-85%—99489.89/cwt85.00–94.0089418
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,288109.03/cwt107.00–110.001,4043
CowsLean 85-90%—91380.02/cwt75.00–85.0073118
CowsLean 85-90%—80366.92/cwt61.00–70.005373
Bulls——1,580123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,9431
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,149102.38/cwt101.00–105.001,1766
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11897.35/cwt95.00–100.001,08816

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.