Name: Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR livestock auction prices — 2023-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly uneven with lower undertones, feeder heifers sold uneven as well. All calsses of feeders were lightly tested. Weaned cattle were stronger than than unweaned fleshy cattle with most of the demand leaning toward weaned cattle. Slaughter cows were 3.00 lower slaughter bulls were 3.00 lower as well.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $221.53/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 2 of 1 comparable sales and sits +28.35 against this barn's trailing median of $193.18.

Average price

$221.53

65 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,046

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$385

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

$59.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.15

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	466	226.51	1,055	51
Medium and Large 2	503	206.13	1,037	13thin
Medium and Large 3	400	167.50	670	1thin

One grade step is worth $59.01/cwt here — about $385 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 sale65 hd

221.53

—

AR average9 barns · 1,048 hd

215.38

+6.15

This barn, trailing median1 sales

193.18

+28.35

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	1,539	109.21	1,681	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,131	96.67	1,093	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,419	95.97	1,361	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	946	84.29	798	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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,250	$1,425	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	955	$1,250	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,135	$1,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

77 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	645	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,097	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	405	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	400	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	910	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	373	235.42/cwt	215.00–247.00	878	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	245.30/cwt	234.00–260.00	913	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	835	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	395	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,057	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,296	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	535	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,241	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	556	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,140	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,062	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	565	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,288	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,472	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	175.50/cwt	165.00–186.00	1,097	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	413	238.77/cwt	235.00–242.50	986	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	370	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	851	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	687	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,333	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	495	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,233	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	236.88/cwt	235.00–239.00	884	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	199.37/cwt	187.00–212.00	967	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,382	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,038	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,234	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	211.68/cwt	209.00–216.00	1,001	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	518	188.34/cwt	182.00–195.00	976	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	550	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	957	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	730	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,336	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	686	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	423	203.14/cwt	187.50–212.00	859	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	191.67/cwt	187.00–197.00	1,192	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	558	209.66/cwt	206.00–214.00	1,170	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	211.03/cwt	198.00–224.00	1,108	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	295	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	819	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	204.02/cwt	203.00–205.00	938	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	490	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	968	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	625	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,175	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	445	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	935	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	400	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	795	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,439	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	201.38/cwt	194.00–209.00	1,259	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	483	212.82/cwt	204.00–234.00	1,028	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	465	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,116	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	588	177.75/cwt	177.50–178.00	1,045	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	695	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,279	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	429	239.48/cwt	227.50–255.00	1,027	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	323	263.28/cwt	261.00–267.50	850	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,009	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	895	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,423	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	115.98/cwt	110.00–126.00	1,287	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	117.16/cwt	101.00–131.00	1,365	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,080	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	118.44/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,220	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,310	1
Bulls	—	—	1,541	101.72/cwt	95.00–104.00	1,568	4
Bulls	—	—	1,535	124.20/cwt	123.50–125.00	1,906	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,057	102.09/cwt	97.00–110.00	1,079	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	92.61/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,098	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,288	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	97.95/cwt	97.00–99.00	1,399	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	944	82.84/cwt	77.00–86.00	782	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	936	92.04/cwt	88.00–96.00	861	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	72.39/cwt	70.00–75.00	704	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,068	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	948	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	225.33/cwt	217.50–235.00	1,187	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	201.99/cwt	201.00–203.00	955	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	199.42/cwt	191.00–205.00	1,137	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	660	215.00/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,419	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	194.75/cwt	194.00–195.00	1,340	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	239.34/cwt	237.00–244.00	1,024	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	235.04/cwt	223.00–240.00	1,142	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	218.96/cwt	217.00–220.00	924	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	220.83/cwt	217.00–230.00	1,234	4

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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