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 1400215.00/cwt215.00–215.008601
HeifersMedium and Large 1616207.58/cwt202.50–211.001,2794
HeifersMedium and Large 1470222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,0461
BullsMedium and Large 1430252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,0861
BullsMedium and Large 1705212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,4981
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,680101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,6971
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2251,365.41/head1,275.00–1,475.001,3653
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0051,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0501,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1181,318.79/head1,250.00–1,375.001,3192
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1051,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3701,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0351,277.90/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 1610232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,4181
SteersMedium and Large 2770178.39/cwt155.00–195.001,3744
SteersMedium and Large 2630205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2921
HeifersMedium and Large 1572215.95/cwt211.00–220.001,2357
HeifersMedium and Large 2580162.50/cwt162.50–162.509431
HeifersMedium and Large 1710185.53/cwt181.00–190.001,3172
BullsMedium and Large 1490257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,2621
SteersMedium and Large 1293311.30/cwt305.00–317.509122
SteersMedium and Large 1315291.67/cwt275.00–310.009192
HeifersMedium and Large 2605165.00/cwt140.00–190.009982
HeifersMedium and Large 2380197.00/cwt197.00–197.007491
HeifersMedium and Large 1390237.50/cwt237.50–237.509261
SteersMedium and Large 2505220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1111
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added531261.56/cwt250.00–271.001,3895
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added750214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,6051
SteersMedium and Large 2450232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,0441
HeifersMedium and Large 1678186.95/cwt185.00–190.001,2683
HeifersMedium and Large 1540209.30/cwt202.50–213.001,1303
SteersMedium and Large 1355290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0301
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added435280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2181
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added708223.74/cwt222.50–225.001,5842
SteersMedium and Large 1673230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5482
SteersMedium and Large 1585235.41/cwt230.00–241.001,3772
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added627241.62/cwt240.00–245.001,5153
SteersMedium and Large 2420200.00/cwt200.00–200.008401
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added480271.32/cwt264.00–286.001,3024
SteersMedium and Large 1725220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5951
SteersMedium and Large 1488256.53/cwt250.00–263.001,2522
SteersMedium and Large 1778202.54/cwt200.00–205.001,5762
SteersMedium and Large 1613228.38/cwt222.50–236.001,4004
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added665234.06/cwt225.00–245.001,5563
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added590247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,4601
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added395295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1651
BullsMedium and Large 2590212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,2541
BullsMedium and Large 1575228.75/cwt225.00–232.501,3152
BullsMedium and Large 2860147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,2641
BullsMedium and Large 1543239.95/cwt230.00–250.001,3032
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed410280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1481
BullsMedium and Large 1355275.00/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.