Name: Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR livestock auction prices — 2024-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer sold mostly 2.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs were 7.00 to 12.00 lower and heifers over 450lbs were sharply lower with some instances on unweaned cattle as much as 20.00 to 30.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls were not viewed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $290.21/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −149.33 against this barn's trailing median of $439.55.

Average price

$290.21

49 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,576

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$26.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.09

vs AR average

−20.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	298.62	1,582	29
Medium and Large 1-2	570	280.36	1,598	14thin
Medium and Large 2	545	272.58	1,485	6thin

One grade step is worth $26.04/cwt here — about $97 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $471.38, low $406.63, median $439.55 across 15 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 sale49 hd

290.21

—

AR average8 barns · 258 hd

298.31

−8.09

National average156 barns · 8,291 hd

310.26

−20.05

This barn, trailing median15 sales

439.55

−149.33

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

65 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	388	337.55/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,310	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	535	238.68/cwt	237.50–245.00	1,277	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,151	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,555	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	395	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,165	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	320	337.38/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,080	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	291.30/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,489	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	281.64/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,360	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	334.69/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,265	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	323.22/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,367	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	297.42/cwt	290.00–305.00	931	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	300.55/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,136	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	292.92/cwt	277.50–305.00	1,221	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,774	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	278.00/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,587	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	285.42/cwt	277.50–290.00	1,593	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	238.14/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,469	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,482	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	268.47/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,702	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	220.84/cwt	217.50–225.00	1,491	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	297.50/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,407	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	620	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,566	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	359.39/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,146	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	521	311.70/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,624	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	306.80/cwt	285.00–312.50	1,494	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	333.49/cwt	315.00–347.50	1,397	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	472	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,416	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	292.63/cwt	282.50–307.50	1,539	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	354.72/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,327	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	466	328.35/cwt	317.50–335.00	1,530	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	420	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,221	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	286.39/cwt	282.50–290.00	939	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	467	207.29/cwt	202.00–215.00	968	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	235.86/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,217	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,055	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	212.43/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,430	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	214.81/cwt	200.00–230.00	1,252	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	650–700	677	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,557	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	237.45/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,372	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	287.45/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,173	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,211	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,607	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	586	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,626	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	281.55/cwt	265.00–300.00	1,076	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	331.20/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,209	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	262.48/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,339	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	623	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,651	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,262	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	359.60/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,136	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	242.46/cwt	225.00–257.50	1,127	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	557	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,546	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	537	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,611	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	635	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	425	286.68/cwt	270.00–305.00	1,218	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,873	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	705	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,657	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,524	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	574	266.37/cwt	262.50–267.50	1,529	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,784	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	658	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,638	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	259.46/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,365	8

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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