Sale reports / Arkansas / Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR / 2022-04-21

Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cord, Arkansas · Thu, Apr 21
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3475
Feeder Cattle receipts
127 head
2 vs last sale 129 127 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
2 vs last sale 32 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
16 vs last sale 7 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks : Stocker and feeder steers sold unevenly steady on light test. Stocker and feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were not well tested. Supply was light with strong demand for grass ready cattle and weaker demand for fleshy new crop calves.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.68/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$149.68
42 head · 467 lb average
Value per head Derived
$699
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.49
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1482153.5274027
Medium and Large 1-2387152.005882thin
Medium and Large 2447141.3663313thin
One grade step is worth $12.16/cwt here — about $108 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 sale42 hd
149.68
AR average8 barns · 1,280 hd
153.17
−3.49
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
BullsAverage1,37590.191,2402thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43984.231,21210
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21882.071,0009thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97051.665019thin

Every lot, as filed

59 lots · USDA AMS · Cattlemen's Livestock Exchange - Cord, 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 2Thin Fleshed372151.68/cwt147.50–155.005643
HeifersMedium and Large 2420137.32/cwt132.50–142.505772
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed300151.00/cwt151.00–151.004531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed387152.00/cwt152.00–152.005882
SteersMedium and Large 1430171.95/cwt170.00–174.007392
SteersMedium and Large 3468114.67/cwt110.00–119.005372
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added440190.00/cwt190.00–190.008362
HeifersMedium and Large 1568149.64/cwt147.50–154.008503
SteersMedium and Large 1270181.00/cwt181.00–181.004891
SteersMedium and Large 1522167.50/cwt167.50–167.508742
SteersMedium and Large 1378173.65/cwt170.00–186.006565
SteersMedium and Large 1615154.15/cwt152.50–155.009483
SteersMedium and Large 1563168.49/cwt168.00–169.009492
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed430142.50/cwt142.50–142.506131
SteersMedium and Large 1815133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0841
SteersMedium and Large 2523154.96/cwt147.50–162.508102
SteersMedium and Large 2468160.98/cwt160.00–162.007532
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added385200.00/cwt200.00–200.007701
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added482182.00/cwt182.00–182.008772
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added590157.50/cwt157.50–157.509291
SteersMedium and Large 1335195.00/cwt195.00–195.006531
SteersMedium and Large 2370166.28/cwt165.00–167.506152
SteersMedium and Large 1695152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,0601
BullsMedium and Large 1525158.00/cwt158.00–158.008301
BullsMedium and Large 1625152.00/cwt152.00–152.009501
BullsMedium and Large 1385179.00/cwt179.00–179.006891
BullsMedium and Large 1730144.70/cwt137.50–152.001,0562
BullsMedium and Large 1490164.00/cwt164.00–164.008041
BullsMedium and Large 1573156.58/cwt152.50–161.008972
CowsLean 85-90%96357.46/cwt54.00–60.005532
CowsLean 85-90%95046.18/cwt42.50–50.004394
CowsLean 85-90%1,12870.15/cwt66.50–73.507912
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43984.23/cwt79.00–89.001,21210
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24082.89/cwt80.00–86.001,0288
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04575.50/cwt75.50–75.507891
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight75025.00/cwt25.00–25.001881
Bulls1,37590.19/cwt88.00–92.501,2402
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29801,443.88/cwt1,125.00–1,750.0014,1503
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2201,638.73/cwt1,600.00–1,675.0019,9932
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1401,688.93/cwt1,500.00–1,800.0019,2543
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,20586.50/cwt86.50–86.501,0421
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28331,651.35/cwt1,525.00–1,800.0013,7562
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0251,626.83/cwt1,600.00–1,650.0016,6752
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28561,534.68/cwt1,425.00–1,725.0013,1377
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2821,865.28/cwt1,700.00–2,000.0023,9133
HeifersMedium and Large 2568132.50/cwt132.50–132.507532
HeifersMedium and Large 1370154.00/cwt154.00–154.005701
BullsMedium and Large 2575133.00/cwt133.00–133.007651
HeifersMedium and Large 2665127.50/cwt127.50–127.508481
HeifersMedium and Large 2370145.00/cwt145.00–145.005371
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added574148.98/cwt145.50–152.508554
HeifersMedium and Large 1318157.36/cwt155.00–160.005002
HeifersMedium and Large 1463149.49/cwt142.00–159.006925
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added435158.05/cwt156.00–160.006884
HeifersMedium and Large 1533155.30/cwt149.00–159.008286
HeifersMedium and Large 2500143.00/cwt143.00–143.007151
HeifersMedium and Large 2460134.00/cwt134.00–134.006161
SteersMedium and Large 1Full522152.50/cwt152.50–152.507962
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added380160.00/cwt160.00–160.006082

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.