Sale reports / Arkansas / Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR / 2023-12-21

Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cord, Arkansas · Thu, Dec 21
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3475
Feeder Cattle receipts
102 head
▼ 201 vs last sale 303▲ 102 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 50▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 27▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No fair comparison is available to last week due to a light run of cattle this week with the holiday weekend on hand. However on a light suppl demand was was good on available stock.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $241.55/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$241.55
47 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,383
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$156
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$54.51/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 1560250.831,40439
Medium and Large 2636196.321,2488thin
One grade step is worth $54.51/cwt here — about $156 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 sale47 hd
241.55
—
AR average2 barns · 80 hd
235.46
+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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28591.651,1783thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,49889.921,3472thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12274.128323thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,225$1,3653thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,118$1,3192thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,005$1,3001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,105$1,2501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,050$1,0501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,370$1,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,035$1,2782thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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 1—400215.00/cwt215.00–215.008601
HeifersMedium and Large 1—616207.58/cwt202.50–211.001,2794
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,0461
BullsMedium and Large 1—430252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,0861
BullsMedium and Large 1—705212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,4981
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,680101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,6971
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2251,365.41/head1,275.00–1,475.001,3653
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0051,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0501,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1181,318.79/head1,250.00–1,375.001,3192
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1051,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3701,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0351,277.90/head1,050.00–1,475.001,2782
CowsLean 85-90%—1,18879.68/cwt78.00–81.009472
CowsLean 85-90%—99063.00/cwt63.00–63.006241
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,41586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,2171
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22094.48/cwt94.00–95.001,1532
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,49889.92/cwt87.00–93.001,3472
BullsMedium and Large 1—610232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,4181
SteersMedium and Large 2—770178.39/cwt155.00–195.001,3744
SteersMedium and Large 2—630205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2921
HeifersMedium and Large 1—572215.95/cwt211.00–220.001,2357
HeifersMedium and Large 2—580162.50/cwt162.50–162.509431
HeifersMedium and Large 1—710185.53/cwt181.00–190.001,3172
BullsMedium and Large 1—490257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,2621
SteersMedium and Large 1—293311.30/cwt305.00–317.509122
SteersMedium and Large 1—315291.67/cwt275.00–310.009192
HeifersMedium and Large 2—605165.00/cwt140.00–190.009982
HeifersMedium and Large 2—380197.00/cwt197.00–197.007491
HeifersMedium and Large 1—390237.50/cwt237.50–237.509261
SteersMedium and Large 2—505220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1111
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—531261.56/cwt250.00–271.001,3895
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—750214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,6051
SteersMedium and Large 2—450232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,0441
HeifersMedium and Large 1—678186.95/cwt185.00–190.001,2683
HeifersMedium and Large 1—540209.30/cwt202.50–213.001,1303
SteersMedium and Large 1—355290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0301
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—435280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2181
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—708223.74/cwt222.50–225.001,5842
SteersMedium and Large 1—673230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5482
SteersMedium and Large 1—585235.41/cwt230.00–241.001,3772
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—627241.62/cwt240.00–245.001,5153
SteersMedium and Large 2—420200.00/cwt200.00–200.008401
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—480271.32/cwt264.00–286.001,3024
SteersMedium and Large 1—725220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5951
SteersMedium and Large 1—488256.53/cwt250.00–263.001,2522
SteersMedium and Large 1—778202.54/cwt200.00–205.001,5762
SteersMedium and Large 1—613228.38/cwt222.50–236.001,4004
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—665234.06/cwt225.00–245.001,5563
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—590247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,4601
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—395295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1651
BullsMedium and Large 2—590212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,2541
BullsMedium and Large 1—575228.75/cwt225.00–232.501,3152
BullsMedium and Large 2—860147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,2641
BullsMedium and Large 1—543239.95/cwt230.00–250.001,3032
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—410280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1481
BullsMedium and Large 1—355275.00/cwt275.00–275.009761

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.