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
BullsAverage1,555107.261,6686thin

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 1478265.47/cwt261.00–273.001,2693
SteersMedium and Large 1828215.31/cwt212.50–218.001,7832
SteersMedium and Large 2435242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,0551
HeifersMedium and Large 1567233.66/cwt233.00–234.001,3253
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added595210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2501
SteersMedium and Large 1700225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5751
SteersMedium and Large 1585252.18/cwt245.00–257.001,4754
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed375267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,0011
SteersMedium and Large 1668250.99/cwt250.00–252.001,6772
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added405255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0331
SteersMedium and Large 1410275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1281
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed500246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,2301
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added380256.54/cwt255.00–258.009752
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added535262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,4021
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added580262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,5202
SteersMedium and Large 2570220.04/cwt215.00–225.001,2542
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added713236.55/cwt232.00–242.001,6875
HeifersMedium and Large 1343257.00/cwt257.00–257.008824
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added618226.34/cwt224.00–231.001,3993
HeifersMedium and Large 2930169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,5721
HeifersMedium and Large 1421239.53/cwt225.00–245.001,0087
SteersMedium and Large 1525253.78/cwt246.00–261.001,3323
SteersMedium and Large 1602245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4752
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added621252.68/cwt250.00–261.001,5694
BullsMedium and Large 2620204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,2651
BullsMedium and Large 2480247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,1861
BullsMedium and Large 1460268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,2334
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed640234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,4981
BullsMedium and Large 1636228.83/cwt220.00–232.001,4557
HeifersMedium and Large 1359251.31/cwt248.00–253.009025
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added486249.31/cwt246.00–260.001,2128
HeifersMedium and Large 2528214.13/cwt201.00–224.001,1314
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy470212.50/cwt212.50–212.509991
HeifersMedium and Large 1507234.32/cwt233.00–237.001,1883
HeifersMedium and Large 1681218.69/cwt216.00–220.001,4893
HeifersMedium and Large 1455237.66/cwt235.00–240.001,0813
HeifersMedium and Large 1605220.20/cwt207.00–223.501,3325
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added512247.78/cwt245.00–252.001,2694
BullsMedium and Large 2370246.00/cwt232.00–260.009102
HeifersMedium and Large 2495222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,0991
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy665185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2301
HeifersMedium and Large 3430156.00/cwt156.00–156.006711
HeifersMedium and Large 2428207.51/cwt200.00–215.008884
BullsMedium and Large 1421268.59/cwt256.00–277.001,1317
BullsMedium and Large 1561239.33/cwt226.00–242.501,34310
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy565222.44/cwt219.00–226.001,2574
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy380229.00/cwt229.00–229.008701
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy535220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1771
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy730186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,3581
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy535182.00/cwt182.00–182.009741
BullsMedium and Large 1660223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,4722
BullsMedium and Large 1528237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2513
BullsMedium and Large 1371276.77/cwt275.00–280.001,0275
BullsMedium and Large 1312290.75/cwt290.00–291.009074
BullsMedium and Large 2690188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,2971
Bulls1,550103.08/cwt102.00–105.001,5983
Bulls1,628127.16/cwt120.00–131.002,0702
Bulls1,42580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1401
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy480239.00/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.