Name: Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR livestock auction prices — 2024-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There were to few comparisons on feeder cattle to last week to establish a trend, however strong demand was noted on most ranges of quality weaned feeders. Slaughter cows were 3.00 to 6.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady to 5.00 higher. Supply was light and demand was strong across all ranges.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $251.71/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −136.49 against this barn's trailing median of $388.20.

Average price

$251.71

25 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,385

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$5.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.21

vs AR average

−20.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	253.83	1,432	16thin
Medium and Large 2	526	247.95	1,304	9thin

One grade step is worth $5.88/cwt here — about $128 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $417.84, low $366.26, median $388.20 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale25 hd

251.71

—

AR average7 barns · 382 hd

259.92

−8.21

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

−20.20

This barn, trailing median14 sales

388.20

−136.49

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,510	127.10	1,918	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,111	111.17	1,235	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,225	99.00	1,213	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	851	93.00	792	7thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,285	$1,650	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	870	$1,550	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	963	$1,512	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	700	$825	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	983	$1,950	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,043	$1,931	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,095	$1,375	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,115	$1,200	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	865	$1,125	2thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	461	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,235	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	513	251.82/cwt	240.00–262.50	1,292	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	1,124.86/head	1,000.00–1,225.00	1,125	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	723	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,645	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	418	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,442	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	470	279.71/cwt	275.00–282.50	1,315	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	570	256.49/cwt	255.00–257.50	1,462	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	1,930.70/head	1,800.00–2,050.00	1,931	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	580	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,499	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,528	1
Bulls	—	—	1,628	139.29/cwt	135.00–143.00	2,268	2
Bulls	—	—	1,391	114.90/cwt	111.00–119.00	1,598	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	710	85.72/cwt	85.00–87.00	609	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	111.33/cwt	106.00–116.00	1,264	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,048	102.51/cwt	102.00–103.00	1,074	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,225	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,213	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	282.08/cwt	267.50–285.00	1,044	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	268.77/cwt	265.00–272.50	1,271	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	250.50/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,541	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	280.46/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,472	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	347.06/cwt	320.00–357.50	1,277	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	336.36/cwt	332.50–345.00	1,416	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	355.27/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,300	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	247.62/cwt	237.50–257.50	1,424	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	280.31/cwt	270.00–290.00	897	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,313	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,359	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	353.85/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,104	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	610	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,488	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	515	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	266.22/cwt	245.00–287.50	1,105	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,831	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	440	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,276	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	675	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,569	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	543	264.33/cwt	264.00–265.00	1,435	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	627	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,458	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	232.55/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,553	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	841	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963	1,511.68/head	1,475.00–1,575.00	1,512	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	248.88/cwt	240.00–257.50	1,302	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	259.22/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,353	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	695	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,592	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	460	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	650–700	682	210.63/cwt	202.50–227.50	1,436	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,044	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	243.01/cwt	230.00–255.00	1,149	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,200	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	247.48/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,010	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,041	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	233.91/cwt	220.00–242.50	1,310	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,073	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	565	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,497	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	239.77/cwt	232.50–247.50	1,386	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,235	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	261.25/cwt	225.00–297.50	1,306	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,149	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	330	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	817	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	355	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	905	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	311.21/cwt	280.00–340.00	1,481	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	262.40/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	259.72/cwt	252.50–270.00	969	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	475	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,330	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	101.95/cwt	96.00–105.00	963	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	876	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,491	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	700	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,640	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,704	2

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.

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