Sale reports / Arkansas / Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR / 2023-03-23

Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cord, Arkansas · Thu, Mar 23
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3475
Feeder Cattle receipts
333 head
91 vs last sale 424 333 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
240 head
200 vs last sale 40 240 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded mostly 2.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder heifers trended 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Not enough slaughter cows and bulls were viewed to develope a trend. Feeder cattle supply was light and demand was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $187.37/cwt on 92 head.
Average price
$187.37
92 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$846
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$355
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$57.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.82
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1447192.4886163
Medium and Large 2460178.2681926
Medium and Large 1-2510171.008722thin
Medium and Large 3375135.005061thin
One grade step is worth $57.48/cwt here — about $355 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 sale92 hd
187.37
AR average10 barns · 1,362 hd
191.19
−3.82
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
BullsAverage1,62990.001,4662thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low84869.505896thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight67054.00/cwt54.00–54.003621
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight81077.00/cwt77.00–77.006241
SteersMedium and Large 1650193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,2551
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed340215.00/cwt215.00–215.007311
CowsLean 85-90%98371.49/cwt68.00–74.507032
BullsMedium and Large 1295240.00/cwt240.00–240.007081
BullsMedium and Large 1630188.41/cwt185.00–190.001,1873
BullsMedium and Large 1527224.69/cwt222.00–227.001,1843
BullsMedium and Large 1322226.23/cwt220.00–240.007286
BullsMedium and Large 1419214.07/cwt200.00–227.508977
BullsMedium and Large 1550214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,1771
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added635198.48/cwt196.00–201.001,2602
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added635176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,1181
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added545190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0361
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight82071.51/cwt70.00–73.005862
Bulls1,62990.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4662
BullsMedium and Large 2645165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0641
BullsMedium and Large 1664184.93/cwt180.00–190.001,2282
BullsMedium and Large 1375229.04/cwt220.00–237.508596
BullsMedium and Large 1705180.59/cwt179.00–181.001,2735
BullsMedium and Large 2555185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0271
BullsMedium and Large 2390190.00/cwt190.00–190.007411
BullsMedium and Large 1476207.03/cwt185.00–221.009854
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500165.00/cwt165.00–165.008251
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy490159.00/cwt159.00–159.007791
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy415167.50/cwt167.50–167.506951
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy390170.00/cwt170.00–170.006631
BullsMedium and Large 2315172.50/cwt172.50–172.505431
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2510171.00/cwt171.00–171.008722
HeifersMedium and Large 1417198.62/cwt190.00–210.008286
HeifersMedium and Large 1800145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1601
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy560177.50/cwt177.50–177.509941
HeifersMedium and Large 2563166.70/cwt164.00–171.009393
BullsMedium and Large 2475185.00/cwt185.00–185.008791
HeifersMedium and Large 1323203.86/cwt196.00–220.0065811
HeifersMedium and Large 2528168.94/cwt164.00–175.008924
HeifersMedium and Large 1518187.50/cwt187.50–187.509712
HeifersMedium and Large 2860146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,2561
HeifersMedium and Large 3375135.00/cwt135.00–135.005061
HeifersMedium and Large 2369186.15/cwt180.00–190.006874
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed415190.00/cwt190.00–190.007891
HeifersMedium and Large 2325180.18/cwt167.50–192.505864
HeifersMedium and Large 1655176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,1531
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added680188.01/cwt185.00–189.001,2784
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added722179.43/cwt177.00–181.001,2955
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added505224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,1311
SteersMedium and Large 1845178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,5041
SteersMedium and Large 1386232.55/cwt208.00–250.0089819
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added560190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0641
SteersMedium and Large 1323243.78/cwt240.00–247.507872
SteersMedium and Large 1475217.38/cwt207.50–230.001,0334
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added585210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2291
SteersMedium and Large 1527217.01/cwt214.00–222.001,1443
SteersMedium and Large 2510185.00/cwt185.00–185.009441
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed357202.00/cwt202.00–202.007212
SteersMedium and Large 2355205.00/cwt205.00–205.007281
SteersMedium and Large 1640195.25/cwt193.00–197.501,2502
SteersMedium and Large 2885150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3281
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added702169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,1862
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added400191.00/cwt191.00–191.007641
SteersMedium and Large 1595196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,1661
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy605187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,1311
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy665176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,1701
SteersMedium and Large 1410224.00/cwt224.00–224.009181
HeifersMedium and Large 1270217.25/cwt202.00–226.005873
HeifersMedium and Large 1369204.84/cwt195.00–215.0075616
SteersMedium and Large 1715182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3011
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed465180.00/cwt180.00–180.008371
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed337197.49/cwt195.00–200.006663
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added520180.00/cwt180.00–180.009361
HeifersMedium and Large 2605160.00/cwt160.00–160.009681
HeifersMedium and Large 1616173.45/cwt169.00–175.001,0684
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added550177.00/cwt177.00–177.009742
HeifersMedium and Large 1790145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1461
HeifersMedium and Large 1574184.76/cwt180.00–190.001,0617
HeifersMedium and Large 1475189.39/cwt182.50–193.009004

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.