Sale reports / Arkansas / Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR / 2024-12-12

Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cord, Arkansas · Thu, Dec 12
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3475
Feeder Cattle receipts
317 head
415 vs last sale 732 14 vs year ago 303 · +4.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
20 vs last sale 60 10 vs year ago 50 · 20.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
15 vs last sale 30 18 vs year ago 27 · +66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No accurate trend could be established with very few comparable cattle to last weeks large run of pre-vac and weaned feeders. Supply was moderate and demand was good. The quality of the feeder cattle offerings was not as good as last week and trended the market lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 7.00 lower and slaughter bulls were steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $298.29/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits 141.26 against this barn's trailing median of $439.55.
Average price
$298.29
20 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,606
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$42.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.80
vs AR average
26.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535302.551,61918thin
Medium and Large 2565260.001,4692thin
One grade step is worth $42.55/cwt here — about $150 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
485454424393median 439.5501/0101/2203/1905/1406/11
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 sale20 hd
298.29
AR average9 barns · 633 hd
309.09
−10.80
National average185 barns · 29,268 hd
324.35
−26.06
This barn, trailing median15 sales
439.55
−141.26
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
BullsLow1,569131.952,0709thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,256109.871,38012
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,597109.631,7515thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low97094.759194thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)915$1,9751thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)999$1,5229
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)955$1,3751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,250$2,6002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,281$2,21314
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)940$1,2001thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)922$1,1423thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,593104.51/cwt104.00–105.001,6652
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,3541
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight84081.00/cwt81.00–81.006801
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,600113.04/cwt110.00–116.001,8093
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed450–500460285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3111
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed350–400360295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0621
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850805210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6911
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350310294.68/cwt285.00–305.009142
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450431308.45/cwt300.00–320.001,3294
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500475291.51/cwt280.00–305.001,3856
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650625250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5633
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650635275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7462
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added450–500476325.02/cwt315.00–335.001,5474
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350335355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1891
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550508327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,6643
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450419347.52/cwt345.00–350.001,4564
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700677256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,7332
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450420327.47/cwt325.00–330.001,3752
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400364363.16/cwt355.00–380.001,3225
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400377332.55/cwt330.00–340.001,2548
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650621269.90/cwt262.00–275.001,6767
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550529304.77/cwt285.00–310.001,61211
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450435250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0881
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500459347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,59510
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500457312.50/cwt300.00–320.001,4286
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500483283.29/cwt280.00–285.001,3683
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600565260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4692
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450419293.12/cwt280.00–315.001,2286
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600569233.52/cwt225.00–242.501,3295
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350337291.61/cwt285.00–300.009833
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600573277.72/cwt265.00–292.501,5914
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400376266.28/cwt260.00–270.001,0014
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450424288.78/cwt280.00–302.501,2247
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed400–450435260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1311
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700680225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5301
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy950–1000950190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,8051
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350330362.50/cwt360.00–365.001,1962
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500488258.08/cwt247.50–270.001,2594
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500473268.04/cwt260.00–275.001,2688
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550524262.94/cwt252.50–270.001,37812
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750715222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,5911
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400385313.50/cwt305.00–320.001,2077
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550530245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2992
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650645240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5481
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400355275.00/cwt275.00–275.009761
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600563244.91/cwt232.50–257.001,3792
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy1000–10501,010180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,8181
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy700–750715210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5021
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500475241.21/cwt240.00–242.501,1462
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400357338.67/cwt320.00–350.001,2094
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550509287.02/cwt280.00–300.001,4615
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600588285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6763
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350340365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2411
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900865190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6441
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550540265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4311
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2502,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1101,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2942,267.78/head1,700.00–2,550.002,26813
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29551,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29991,521.86/head1,125.00–1,800.001,5229
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29151,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-29221,141.95/head1,075.00–1,200.001,1423
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-29401,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bulls1,400118.31/cwt116.00–120.001,6562
Bulls1,654132.40/cwt130.00–139.002,1905
Bulls1,525144.48/cwt141.00–147.002,2032
CowsBoner 80-85%1,189107.50/cwt102.00–111.001,2787
CowsBoner 80-85%1,334117.48/cwt116.00–119.001,5674
CowsLean 85-90%1,055116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,2241
CowsLean 85-90%99391.00/cwt90.00–92.009042

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.