Name: Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR livestock auction prices — 2022-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Stocker and feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Stocker and feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. Supply was moderate with strong buyer demand for pre-conditioned cattle several good conditioned cattle offered today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.05/cwt on 140 head.

Average price

$145.05

140 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$757

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$357

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

$41.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.60

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	151.55	852	70
Medium and Large 1-2	522	150.48	786	12thin
Medium and Large 2	478	139.63	667	51
Medium and Large 3	449	110.36	495	7thin

One grade step is worth $41.19/cwt here — about $357 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 sale140 hd

145.05

—

AR average9 barns · 1,894 hd

147.65

−2.60

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	1,563	88.16	1,378	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,436	70.22	1,008	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,204	65.26	786	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	974	52.47	511	11

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,393	$996	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,083	$782	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	950	$800	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	960	$620	1thin

Every lot, as filed

114 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 2	—	366	153.14/cwt	140.00–164.00	560	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	245	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	620	153.26/cwt	151.00–155.00	950	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	685	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,158	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	711	162.04/cwt	157.00–168.00	1,152	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	637	171.71/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,094	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	250	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	506	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	390	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	595	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	684	150.76/cwt	144.00–153.00	1,031	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	491	158.99/cwt	155.00–162.00	781	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	700	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,022	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	345	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	569	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	418	161.89/cwt	159.00–169.00	677	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	418	166.23/cwt	165.00–167.50	695	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	312	151.58/cwt	145.00–155.00	473	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	489	145.73/cwt	139.00–147.00	713	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	764	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,123	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	255	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	377	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	155.88/cwt	152.00–160.00	514	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	384	131.85/cwt	125.00–135.00	506	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	250	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	398	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	591	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	576	157.66/cwt	156.00–161.00	908	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	751	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	130.33/cwt	129.00–132.00	802	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	143.49/cwt	142.00–145.00	772	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	168.32/cwt	165.00–175.00	954	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	166.66/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,043	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	791	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	315	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	646	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	864	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	307	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	565	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	487	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	434	175.99/cwt	175.00–180.00	764	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	469	180.35/cwt	180.00–181.00	846	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	571	171.29/cwt	168.00–173.00	978	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	169.62/cwt	166.00–173.00	967	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	173.42/cwt	170.00–180.00	829	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	171.24/cwt	167.00–179.00	873	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	667	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,067	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	478	186.59/cwt	185.00–190.00	892	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	370	191.11/cwt	187.00–195.00	707	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	415	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	789	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	586	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,055	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	515	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	824	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	616	168.74/cwt	166.00–172.00	1,039	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	155.50/cwt	155.00–156.00	793	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	310	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	645	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	871	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	778	130.08/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,012	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	695	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	904	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	50.56/cwt	49.00–52.50	521	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,215	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	778	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	60.11/cwt	55.00–62.00	586	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	64.01/cwt	63.50–65.00	976	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	64.67/cwt	63.00–67.00	775	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	879	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	279	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	72.70/cwt	71.50–76.50	1,018	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	805	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	362	2
Bulls	—	—	1,563	88.16/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,378	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	620.00/head	620.00–620.00	620	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,393	996.17/head	850.00–1,100.00	996	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	582	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,083	781.79/head	680.00–885.00	782	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	884	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	605	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	835	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	155.95/cwt	135.00–177.50	561	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	969	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	143.81/cwt	138.00–153.00	802	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	536	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	692	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	920	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,187	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	869	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	818	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	388	166.59/cwt	150.00–185.00	646	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	139.06/cwt	132.50–144.00	581	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	130.00/cwt	125.00–135.00	696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	235	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	376	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	139.31/cwt	137.00–141.00	938	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,079	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	142.46/cwt	137.50–145.00	470	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	734	131.85/cwt	130.00–135.00	968	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	583	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	148.97/cwt	146.00–152.00	784	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	255	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	312	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	133.55/cwt	127.00–140.00	888	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	391	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	348	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	811	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	137.40/cwt	130.00–145.00	808	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	144.34/cwt	140.00–151.00	921	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	660	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	620	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	837	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	139.96/cwt	130.00–148.00	652	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	657	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	696	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	675	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	505	137.25/cwt	137.00–137.50	693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	400	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	355	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	426	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	728	126.64/cwt	120.00–130.00	922	3

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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