Name: Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR livestock auction prices — 2024-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers were mostly 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 15.00 lower. With hot temperatures and summertime approaching several offerings of un-weaned, heavier fleshed and or long haired calves were discounted by the buyers. These factors in the run pushed calves lower across the board. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 5.00 higher. Supply was strong and demnad was good with most interest on weaned and light fleshed cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $241.70/cwt on 81 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −146.51 against this barn's trailing median of $388.20.

Average price

$241.70

81 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,315

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

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

$11.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.90

vs AR average

−31.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	249.47	1,357	15thin
Medium and Large 1	540	241.05	1,301	44
Medium and Large 2	553	237.69	1,315	22

One grade step is worth $11.77/cwt here — about $42 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

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 sale81 hd

241.70

—

AR average10 barns · 601 hd

251.59

−9.90

National average170 barns · 13,742 hd

273.03

−31.33

This barn, trailing median14 sales

388.20

−146.51

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	1,668	157.85	2,632	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,462	130.31	1,905	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,111	129.63	1,441	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	962	112.59	1,083	25

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)	1,030	$1,750	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,135	$1,640	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	855	$1,500	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	990	$1,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,180	$2,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,195	$2,200	1thin

Every lot, as filed

100 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	99.08/cwt	95.00–103.00	1,011	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	972	114.11/cwt	108.00–123.00	1,109	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	125.59/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,314	10
Bulls	—	—	1,967	165.85/cwt	160.00–170.00	3,262	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,493	131.71/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,966	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	800	115.19/cwt	110.00–120.00	922	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	435	310.00/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,349	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	262.41/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,661	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	353.24/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,088	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	245.62/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,405	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	810	95.14/cwt	90.00–104.00	771	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	765	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	465	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,116	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	610	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,281	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	529	232.38/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,229	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,065	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,066	2
Bulls	—	—	1,275	151.13/cwt	141.00–158.00	1,927	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	126.29/cwt	118.00–133.00	1,416	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,103	132.49/cwt	128.00–140.00	1,461	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,785	1
Bulls	—	—	1,050	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,365	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	870	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	566	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	687	212.89/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,463	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	265.37/cwt	250.00–277.50	1,409	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	231.11/cwt	225.00–237.50	1,560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	551	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,372	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	250.52/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,328	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	495	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,257	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	635	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,461	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	234.16/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,667	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,022	202.26/cwt	200.00–203.00	2,067	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	608	283.56/cwt	277.50–286.00	1,724	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	645	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,451	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	231.30/cwt	230.00–242.50	1,464	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	266.70/cwt	264.00–275.00	1,707	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	629	237.18/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,492	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	536	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,340	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	667	235.52/cwt	230.00–243.00	1,571	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,103	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	340.98/cwt	335.00–348.00	1,292	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	261.96/cwt	257.50–275.00	1,561	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	847	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,711	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	760	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,786	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	287.62/cwt	285.00–290.00	920	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	272.97/cwt	262.50–287.50	1,149	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	280.37/cwt	272.50–287.50	1,604	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	568	232.49/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,321	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	322.17/cwt	317.50–335.00	1,385	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	588	251.69/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,480	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	272.48/cwt	263.00–280.00	1,275	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,524	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	246.95/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,388	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,323	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	283.75/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,495	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	212.48/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,636	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	299.88/cwt	275.00–313.00	1,583	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	312.96/cwt	285.00–320.00	1,462	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,355	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	308.99/cwt	290.00–325.00	1,480	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	521	307.94/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,604	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	1,640.46/head	1,500.00–1,875.00	1,640	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	263.03/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,389	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	243.93/cwt	230.00–260.00	1,151	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	660	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,485	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	538	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,614	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	705	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,481	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,194	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	255.05/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,211	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	242.50/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,516	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,328	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,388	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	228.14/cwt	210.00–235.00	1,414	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	460	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,277	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	577	265.71/cwt	262.50–275.00	1,533	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	757	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,552	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	534	249.85/cwt	242.50–265.00	1,334	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	229.45/cwt	225.00–232.50	1,202	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	482	256.87/cwt	245.00–263.00	1,238	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	236.66/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,474	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	288.13/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,233	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,303	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,128	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	578	234.79/cwt	230.00–242.50	1,357	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	254.03/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,072	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	222.38/cwt	217.50–227.50	945	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	264.92/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,266	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	263.23/cwt	255.00–277.50	979	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	284.48/cwt	277.50–287.50	1,090	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,005	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	307.59/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,024	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	286.28/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,245	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	870	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,762	1

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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