Name: Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR livestock auction prices — 2024-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: On a lighter test of feeders, feeder steers sold 2.00 to 9.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Good rains in the area and a forcast of cooler temperatures over the next week helped push the market higher on feeders. Slaughter cows were steady to 5.00 higher and no comparison on slaughter bulls due to a light test last week. Demand was good, feeder supply was moderate and slaughter cow and bull supply was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $285.60/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −153.95 against this barn's trailing median of $439.55.

Average price

$285.60

21 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,569

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$37.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.09

vs AR average

−5.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	292.67	1,601	17thin
Medium and Large 2	559	255.56	1,428	4thin

One grade step is worth $37.11/cwt here — about $173 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale21 hd

285.60

—

AR average9 barns · 252 hd

284.51

+1.09

National average156 barns · 5,844 hd

291.09

−5.49

This barn, trailing median15 sales

439.55

−153.95

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	1,499	148.10	2,219	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,339	137.34	1,840	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,082	131.98	1,428	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	951	115.09	1,095	31

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	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,131	$1,906	9
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,084	$1,805	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,080	$1,795	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	998	$2,207	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,080	$1,625	2thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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 2	500–550	513	241.24/cwt	240.00–242.50	1,238	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	227.50/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	245.75/cwt	235.00–262.50	1,401	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,434	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	650	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,869	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,209	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	300	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,035	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,086	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,084	1,804.90/head	1,700.00–1,950.00	1,805	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	164.62/cwt	153.00–167.50	1,432	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	257.75/cwt	250.00–263.00	1,601	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	284.98/cwt	283.00–292.50	1,607	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	1,794.98/head	1,500.00–1,875.00	1,795	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	998	2,206.77/head	1,850.00–2,500.00	2,207	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	1,625.00/head	1,550.00–1,700.00	1,625	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,181	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,095	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,537	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	525	317.50/cwt	317.00–318.00	1,667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	304.43/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,294	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	254.09/cwt	252.50–255.00	1,489	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	253.52/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,787	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	313.77/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,365	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	267.53/cwt	257.50–275.00	1,493	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	624	248.59/cwt	242.50–254.00	1,551	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	531	271.94/cwt	271.00–274.00	1,444	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,357	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,645	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	343.12/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,297	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,564	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,070	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	267.72/cwt	258.00–278.00	1,799	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	280.91/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,511	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	322.57/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,374	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	274.55/cwt	252.50–287.50	1,290	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	273.74/cwt	255.00–287.50	1,684	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	300.50/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,472	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	523	277.42/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,451	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,060	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,272	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	145.54/cwt	137.00–152.50	2,132	4
Bulls	—	—	1,790	167.77/cwt	165.00–171.00	3,003	3
Bulls	—	—	1,498	147.35/cwt	140.00–157.00	2,207	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,053	128.04/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,348	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	124.25/cwt	124.00–125.00	1,267	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	822	104.31/cwt	100.00–110.00	857	3
Bulls	—	—	1,063	120.46/cwt	120.00–121.00	1,280	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,228	129.61/cwt	128.00–131.00	1,592	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	134.52/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,480	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	120.10/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,157	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	863	116.86/cwt	110.00–121.00	1,009	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	480	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,392	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	583	299.44/cwt	295.00–304.00	1,746	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	486	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,507	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	450	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,238	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	107.33/cwt	100.00–113.00	1,050	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,173	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	525	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	281.87/cwt	265.00–290.00	939	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	224.96/cwt	222.50–227.50	1,428	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	986	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	316.25/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,123	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,131	1,905.78/head	1,575.00–2,025.00	1,906	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	281.17/cwt	267.50–295.00	1,161	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	260.08/cwt	245.00–275.00	1,204	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	237.42/cwt	220.00–255.00	1,360	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,663	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	297.95/cwt	285.00–312.50	1,558	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,106	147.14/cwt	130.00–160.00	1,627	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	303.32/cwt	285.00–320.00	971	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	442	315.95/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,396	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	238.74/cwt	237.50–240.00	1,463	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	292.48/cwt	275.00–315.00	1,386	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,955	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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