Name: Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR livestock auction prices — 2022-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Stocker and feeder steers sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Stocker and feeder heifers sold 8.00 to 12.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Supply was moderate with softer buyer demand present. Unweaned and fleshy calves were discounted while value added cattle sold at a premium.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.08/cwt on 132 head.

Average price

$152.08

132 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$750

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$27.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.94

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	390	155.72	607	25
Medium and Large 1	570	153.88	877	70
Medium and Large 2	423	147.81	625	34
Medium and Large 3	350	128.00	448	3thin

One grade step is worth $27.72/cwt here — about $159 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 sale132 hd

152.08

—

AR average6 barns · 914 hd

151.14

+0.94

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,537	92.14	1,416	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,452	80.69	1,171	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,132	79.66	902	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	999	66.06	660	14

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	965	$1,075	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,033	$840	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	950	$1,195	2thin

Every lot, as filed

107 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,029	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,093	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	810	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	507	161.03/cwt	160.00–163.00	816	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	163.69/cwt	160.00–171.00	830	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	385	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	647	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	698	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,145	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	178.54/cwt	177.50–180.00	741	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	968	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	187.52/cwt	185.00–190.00	690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	190.85/cwt	182.00–200.00	836	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	149.22/cwt	145.00–154.00	774	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	160.51/cwt	160.00–161.00	915	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	909	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	660	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	653	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,038	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	394	159.16/cwt	157.50–162.00	627	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,035	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	586	159.53/cwt	158.00–166.00	935	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	638	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,059	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	783	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,175	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	420	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	360	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	601	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	471	168.31/cwt	167.00–169.00	793	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	954	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	160.77/cwt	150.00–167.00	772	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	360	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	675	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,304	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,216	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	561	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	635	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	515	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	896	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	472	178.09/cwt	176.00–180.00	841	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	375	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	698	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,016	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	192.85/cwt	172.00–211.00	889	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	520	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	967	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	585	175.62/cwt	169.50–182.00	1,027	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	650	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,125	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	610	167.64/cwt	165.00–169.00	1,023	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	277	204.70/cwt	200.00–212.50	567	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	462	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	836	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	535	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	936	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	512	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	957	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	679	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	178.18/cwt	164.00–183.00	686	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	830	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	300	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	593	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	896	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	465	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	656	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	566	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	833	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	77.22/cwt	75.00–80.00	903	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	944	64.89/cwt	60.00–70.00	613	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	77.82/cwt	76.50–79.00	1,132	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,449	82.84/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,200	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	81.99/cwt	81.00–83.00	937	2
Bulls	—	—	1,537	92.14/cwt	86.00–102.00	1,416	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	87.61/cwt	80.00–95.00	771	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	736	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	839.89/head	765.00–885.00	840	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	840	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	77.50/cwt	76.00–79.00	891	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	780	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,194.74/head	775.00–1,500.00	1,195	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	145.15/cwt	140.00–149.00	691	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	134.82/cwt	125.00–145.00	755	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	924	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	169.54/cwt	162.00–177.00	827	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,039	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	137.36/cwt	131.00–144.00	934	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	470	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	646	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	146.14/cwt	142.00–150.00	757	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	707	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	321	157.73/cwt	142.50–170.00	506	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	378	158.25/cwt	152.50–162.50	598	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	527	161.27/cwt	157.00–166.00	850	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	700	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,071	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	160.00/cwt	155.00–167.50	560	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	151.14/cwt	136.00–155.00	692	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	154.20/cwt	148.00–157.50	504	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	597	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	878	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,145	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	150.22/cwt	142.00–156.00	940	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	489	150.96/cwt	142.50–160.00	738	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	146.01/cwt	137.50–157.00	533	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	156.35/cwt	147.00–161.00	657	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	159.92/cwt	157.50–162.50	597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	311	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	467	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	152.05/cwt	151.00–155.00	701	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	262	154.11/cwt	150.00–157.00	404	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	141.87/cwt	137.50–143.00	729	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	290	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	392	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	147.75/cwt	146.00–150.00	634	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	134.36/cwt	130.00–139.00	777	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	152.29/cwt	152.00–152.50	630	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	563	129.56/cwt	125.00–134.00	729	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	795	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	510	130.51/cwt	130.00–131.00	666	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	620	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	146.46/cwt	138.00–160.00	612	7

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.

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