Sale reports / Arkansas / Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR / 2023-08-10

Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cord, Arkansas · Thu, Aug 10
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3475
Feeder Cattle receipts
234 head
▲ 204 vs last sale 30▲ 234 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▼ 151 vs last sale 225▲ 74 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold moslty 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers were 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were steady, slaughter cows were not viewed. Supply was moderate and demand was strong.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $230.30/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$230.30
70 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,161
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$506
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$80.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.57
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1497236.701,17757
Medium and Large 2542206.051,11812thin
Medium and Large 3430156.006711thin
One grade step is worth $80.70/cwt here — about $506 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 sale70 hd
230.30
—
AR average11 barns · 2,114 hd
236.87
−6.57
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
Bulls—Average1,555107.261,6686thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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
SteersMedium and Large 1—478265.47/cwt261.00–273.001,2693
SteersMedium and Large 1—828215.31/cwt212.50–218.001,7832
SteersMedium and Large 2—435242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,0551
HeifersMedium and Large 1—567233.66/cwt233.00–234.001,3253
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added—595210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2501
SteersMedium and Large 1—700225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5751
SteersMedium and Large 1—585252.18/cwt245.00–257.001,4754
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—375267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,0011
SteersMedium and Large 1—668250.99/cwt250.00–252.001,6772
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—405255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0331
SteersMedium and Large 1—410275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1281
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—500246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,2301
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added—380256.54/cwt255.00–258.009752
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—535262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,4021
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—580262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,5202
SteersMedium and Large 2—570220.04/cwt215.00–225.001,2542
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—713236.55/cwt232.00–242.001,6875
HeifersMedium and Large 1—343257.00/cwt257.00–257.008824
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—618226.34/cwt224.00–231.001,3993
HeifersMedium and Large 2—930169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,5721
HeifersMedium and Large 1—421239.53/cwt225.00–245.001,0087
SteersMedium and Large 1—525253.78/cwt246.00–261.001,3323
SteersMedium and Large 1—602245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4752
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—621252.68/cwt250.00–261.001,5694
BullsMedium and Large 2—620204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,2651
BullsMedium and Large 2—480247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,1861
BullsMedium and Large 1—460268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,2334
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—640234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,4981
BullsMedium and Large 1—636228.83/cwt220.00–232.001,4557
HeifersMedium and Large 1—359251.31/cwt248.00–253.009025
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—486249.31/cwt246.00–260.001,2128
HeifersMedium and Large 2—528214.13/cwt201.00–224.001,1314
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—470212.50/cwt212.50–212.509991
HeifersMedium and Large 1—507234.32/cwt233.00–237.001,1883
HeifersMedium and Large 1—681218.69/cwt216.00–220.001,4893
HeifersMedium and Large 1—455237.66/cwt235.00–240.001,0813
HeifersMedium and Large 1—605220.20/cwt207.00–223.501,3325
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—512247.78/cwt245.00–252.001,2694
BullsMedium and Large 2—370246.00/cwt232.00–260.009102
HeifersMedium and Large 2—495222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,0991
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy—665185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2301
HeifersMedium and Large 3—430156.00/cwt156.00–156.006711
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428207.51/cwt200.00–215.008884
BullsMedium and Large 1—421268.59/cwt256.00–277.001,1317
BullsMedium and Large 1—561239.33/cwt226.00–242.501,34310
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—565222.44/cwt219.00–226.001,2574
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—380229.00/cwt229.00–229.008701
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—535220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1771
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—730186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,3581
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy—535182.00/cwt182.00–182.009741
BullsMedium and Large 1—660223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,4722
BullsMedium and Large 1—528237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2513
BullsMedium and Large 1—371276.77/cwt275.00–280.001,0275
BullsMedium and Large 1—312290.75/cwt290.00–291.009074
BullsMedium and Large 2—690188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,2971
Bulls——1,550103.08/cwt102.00–105.001,5983
Bulls——1,628127.16/cwt120.00–131.002,0702
Bulls——1,42580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1401
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy—480239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,1471

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.