Sale reports / Arkansas / Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR / 2023-07-20

Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cord, Arkansas · Thu, Jul 20
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3475
Feeder Cattle receipts
104 head
74 vs last sale 178 152 vs year ago 256 · 59.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
2 vs last sale 28 99 vs year ago 129 · 76.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder steers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 9.00 higher. Slaughter cows were mostly steady slaughter bulls trended lower. Supply was light and demand was strong on all classes of feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $211.65/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$211.65
30 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,102
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$116
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.09
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2463215.509973thin
Medium and Large 1527211.221,11327
One grade step is worth $4.28/cwt here — about −$116 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 sale30 hd
211.65
AR average10 barns · 1,126 hd
217.73
−6.09
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
BullsAverage1,592109.561,7444thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17094.201,1028thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95381.2977413

Every lot, as filed

53 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 1Value Added675208.82/cwt203.00–215.001,4102
SteersMedium and Large 1568228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,2952
SteersMedium and Large 1510229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,1681
SteersMedium and Large 2630192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,2131
HeifersMedium and Large 1480214.06/cwt205.00–231.001,0275
HeifersMedium and Large 1443226.20/cwt217.50–235.001,0022
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed300227.50/cwt227.50–227.506831
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added750214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,6051
SteersMedium and Large 2590190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1211
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed595225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3391
SteersMedium and Large 1425253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,0751
SteersMedium and Large 1658208.51/cwt207.00–210.001,3722
HeifersMedium and Large 1576208.75/cwt205.00–215.001,2024
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added660220.49/cwt220.00–221.001,4552
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added450245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1031
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added640229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4661
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added713214.02/cwt212.00–216.001,5262
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added570234.04/cwt232.00–236.001,3342
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed518225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1661
SteersMedium and Large 1490237.58/cwt230.00–245.001,1642
BullsMedium and Large 1710185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3141
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed380247.50/cwt247.50–247.509411
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed338248.81/cwt240.00–257.508412
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed555201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,1161
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed290247.50/cwt247.50–247.507181
BullsMedium and Large 2450209.00/cwt209.00–209.009411
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added640214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,3702
HeifersMedium and Large 1375230.00/cwt230.00–230.008631
HeifersMedium and Large 2570194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,1061
HeifersMedium and Large 1523210.62/cwt200.00–217.001,1026
HeifersMedium and Large 1305239.92/cwt235.00–245.007322
BullsMedium and Large 1370251.61/cwt247.00–265.009315
BullsMedium and Large 1775199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,5421
BullsMedium and Large 1533220.21/cwt215.00–228.001,1743
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy605180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0891
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy575175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0061
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy705171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,2061
BullsMedium and Large 1638204.94/cwt195.00–211.001,3083
BullsMedium and Large 1580206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,1951
BullsMedium and Large 1290300.00/cwt300.00–300.008701
BullsMedium and Large 1462237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,0972
BullsMedium and Large 2310206.00/cwt206.00–206.006391
BullsMedium and Large 2562205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1522
Bulls1,383103.15/cwt100.00–106.001,4272
CowsLean 85-90%99684.17/cwt79.00–90.008385
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight84580.05/cwt79.00–81.006762
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12191.03/cwt87.00–96.001,0204
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21897.36/cwt90.00–104.001,1864
CowsLean 85-90%99095.26/cwt93.00–99.009433
CowsLean 85-90%1,06070.00/cwt70.00–70.007421
Bulls1,800115.97/cwt114.00–118.502,0872
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight63075.00/cwt75.00–75.004731
CowsLean 85-90%1,05545.00/cwt45.00–45.004751

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.