Sale reports / Arkansas / Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR / 2023-08-24

Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cord, Arkansas · Thu, Aug 24
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3475
Feeder Cattle receipts
87 head
566 vs last sale 653 4 vs year ago 91 · 4.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
130 vs last sale 150 45 vs year ago 65 · 69.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
90 vs last sale 100 10 vs year ago 20 · 50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons to last week due to a light run of cattle today. Much lower undertones were noted on all classes of cattle today. With temperatures soaring above 100 degrees across the region buyer interest was low and supply was light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $220.96/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$220.96
39 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,182
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$53
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.15
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1522228.901,19428
Medium and Large 2568200.731,14111thin
One grade step is worth $28.17/cwt here — about $53 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 sale39 hd
220.96
AR average8 barns · 676 hd
225.10
−4.15
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
BullsHigh1,407111.871,5743thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,05897.801,0355thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99985.748576thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,275$1,3501thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,098$1,2792thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)915$1,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,275$1,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)865$9001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)795$9501thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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%96085.00/cwt85.00–85.008161
CowsBoner 80-85%1,003100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0033
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14094.50/cwt94.00–95.001,0772
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight84080.00/cwt80.00–80.006721
CowsLean 85-90%97578.05/cwt75.00–81.007612
CowsLean 85-90%1,12396.66/cwt95.00–98.001,0852
Bulls1,373117.31/cwt115.00–120.001,6112
Bulls1,475101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,4901
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2751,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2751,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2865900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2795950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,150110.73/cwt110.00–111.001,2733
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29151,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0981,278.59/head1,200.00–1,350.001,2792
HeifersMedium and Large 1410247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,0151
HeifersMedium and Large 1660210.60/cwt205.00–216.001,3905
BullsMedium and Large 1418264.31/cwt260.00–269.001,1052
BullsMedium and Large 2970175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,6981
BullsMedium and Large 2445234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,0411
BullsMedium and Large 2578191.48/cwt190.00–193.001,1072
HeifersMedium and Large 2675181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,2221
HeifersMedium and Large 2570195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1121
HeifersMedium and Large 2487213.40/cwt205.00–232.501,0394
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy440204.83/cwt190.00–220.009012
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed445237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,0572
HeifersMedium and Large 1628229.99/cwt229.00–231.001,4443
HeifersMedium and Large 1478237.04/cwt230.00–244.001,1332
BullsMedium and Large 2515205.15/cwt200.00–210.001,0572
BullsMedium and Large 2490241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,1811
BullsMedium and Large 2388229.90/cwt225.00–235.008922
BullsMedium and Large 2290250.00/cwt250.00–250.007251
BullsMedium and Large 1325260.00/cwt260.00–260.008451
BullsMedium and Large 1385271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,0431
SteersMedium and Large 1330299.00/cwt290.00–308.009872
SteersMedium and Large 1475257.80/cwt247.50–269.001,2252
SteersMedium and Large 1-2660225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4853
SteersMedium and Large 1575245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4091
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed557220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2252
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed675216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,4581
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed505257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,3001
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed355265.00/cwt265.00–265.009411
SteersMedium and Large 2315242.00/cwt242.00–242.007621
SteersMedium and Large 2563203.04/cwt200.00–206.001,1432
SteersMedium and Large 1395275.50/cwt266.00–285.001,0882
SteersMedium and Large 1545240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3081
SteersMedium and Large 1825200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6501
HeifersMedium and Large 2380209.00/cwt209.00–209.007941
HeifersMedium and Large 2530190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0071
HeifersMedium and Large 2735183.24/cwt165.00–201.001,3472
HeifersMedium and Large 1540227.34/cwt220.00–236.001,2285
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed452238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,0762
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed680213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,4481
HeifersMedium and Large 1333249.80/cwt235.00–257.508323
HeifersMedium and Large 1595233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,3861
HeifersMedium and Large 1730200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4601

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.