Name: Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR livestock auction prices — 2025-01-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No comparison to last week, there was no sale due to the Christmas holiday. However, there was a very good run of feeders today, demand was strong and supply was heavy. Several offerings of value added and weaned feeders across all ranges brought a premium.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $253.96/cwt on 99 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −134.25 against this barn's trailing median of $388.20.

Average price

$253.96

99 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,431

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

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

$22.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.40

vs AR average

−39.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	259.66	1,444	52
Medium and Large 1-2	592	252.00	1,492	33
Medium and Large 2	524	237.38	1,244	14thin

One grade step is worth $22.28/cwt here — about $200 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale99 hd

253.96

—

AR average3 barns · 115 hd

255.35

−1.40

National average41 barns · 9,437 hd

293.63

−39.67

This barn, trailing median14 sales

388.20

−134.25

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	1,738	141.71	2,462	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,214	112.27	1,363	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,360	110.00	1,496	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,002	94.14	943	9thin

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)	1,184	$1,766	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,040	$1,671	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,036	$1,645	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	949	$1,613	4thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	977	$1,600	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	925	$2,000	7
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	960	$1,835	3thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	775	$1,800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	905	$2,250	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,500	$2,250	1thin

Every lot, as filed

109 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	108.74/cwt	100.00–112.00	1,315	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	298.22/cwt	280.00–320.00	1,059	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	650–700	665	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	430	304.13/cwt	280.00–330.00	1,308	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	595	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,577	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	505	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,414	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	467	328.75/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,535	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	703	266.02/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,870	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	586	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,612	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	616	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,854	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	515	274.85/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,415	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	560	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,512	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	380	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,235	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	725	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,834	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	525	321.18/cwt	317.50–326.00	1,686	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	666	271.48/cwt	267.50–277.50	1,808	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	422	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,445	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	301.64/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,572	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	312.58/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,182	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	252.45/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,459	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	445	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,202	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	675	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,553	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	550	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,348	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	239.09/cwt	220.00–255.00	1,138	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	309.55/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,006	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	252.80/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,433	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	257.79/cwt	240.00–285.00	972	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,556	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	259.98/cwt	245.00–285.00	1,105	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	250.63/cwt	235.00–265.00	1,190	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	256.01/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,334	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	485	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,237	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,549	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,857	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	282.45/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,440	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	321.20/cwt	317.50–325.00	1,237	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,729	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,662	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	640	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,376	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	303.96/cwt	270.00–320.00	1,426	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	360	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,188	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	282.50/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,582	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	272.10/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,654	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,335	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	322.45/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,345	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,036	1,645.33/head	1,400.00–1,800.00	1,645	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	977	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	123.59/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,563	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,560	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,184	1,766.04/head	1,475.00–2,100.00	1,766	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	949	1,612.98/head	1,425.00–1,775.00	1,613	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	1,671.09/head	1,525.00–1,800.00	1,671	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	1,835.16/head	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,835	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	7
Bulls	—	—	1,950	151.46/cwt	149.00–154.00	2,953	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	116.68/cwt	114.00–122.00	1,423	4
Bulls	—	—	1,677	138.92/cwt	135.00–145.00	2,330	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	820	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	787	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,360	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,496	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	89.98/cwt	89.00–91.00	899	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	97.84/cwt	95.00–105.00	1,027	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,165	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	781	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,913	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	376.02/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,361	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,965	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	297.01/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,426	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	326.24/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,370	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,759	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	576	298.36/cwt	292.50–315.00	1,719	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	592	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,492	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	505	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,364	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	377	324.76/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,224	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	606	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,618	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	283.15/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,756	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	760	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,729	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	730	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,730	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	420	308.31/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,295	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	558	264.63/cwt	260.00–269.00	1,477	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	623	252.65/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,574	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,821	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	520	253.27/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,317	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	310	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	915	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	505	257.48/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,300	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	427	263.48/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,125	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	655	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,605	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	282.18/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,634	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	860	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,828	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	842	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,810	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	203.02/cwt	194.00–220.00	1,354	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	380	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,102	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	465	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,256	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	225.75/cwt	200.00–237.50	1,178	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	252.41/cwt	230.00–265.00	1,085	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	220.64/cwt	212.50–230.00	1,375	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	240.57/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,477	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	482	277.41/cwt	269.00–290.00	1,337	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	306.09/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,197	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	774	196.96/cwt	194.00–200.00	1,524	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	287.73/cwt	275.00–310.00	1,226	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	270.42/cwt	255.00–285.00	1,282	10

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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