Name: Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR livestock auction prices — 2025-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were selling mostly 4.00 lower to 7.00 higher. Sales were uneven on both ranges due to a light run of feeders and the threat of incoming winter weather. Slaughter cows and bulls were not reported due to weather. Supply was light and demand was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.40/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −135.80 against this barn's trailing median of $388.20.

Average price

$252.40

23 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,402

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$21.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.32

vs AR average

−52.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	256.06	1,416	19thin
Medium and Large 2	566	235.00	1,331	4thin

One grade step is worth $21.06/cwt here — about $85 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 sale23 hd

252.40

—

AR average7 barns · 608 hd

279.72

−27.32

National average163 barns · 22,771 hd

305.24

−52.84

This barn, trailing median14 sales

388.20

−135.80

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

66 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	430	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,204	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	329.90/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,112	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,151	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,591	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	297.41/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,094	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	670	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,876	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	555	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	730	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,971	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	488	314.92/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,537	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	613	301.17/cwt	297.50–305.00	1,846	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	523	313.34/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,639	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	878	196.22/cwt	192.50–200.00	1,723	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	932	171.56/cwt	150.00–185.00	1,599	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	400	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	540	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,485	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	545	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,472	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	568	270.81/cwt	270.00–272.50	1,538	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	291.01/cwt	282.50–295.00	1,830	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,070	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,197	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	995	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,517	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	321.56/cwt	297.50–345.00	1,238	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	282.45/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,299	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	372.47/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,509	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	294.17/cwt	282.50–305.00	1,377	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	251.27/cwt	247.50–255.00	1,935	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	406.19/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,284	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	266.77/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,907	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	371.99/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,365	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	403	306.26/cwt	305.00–307.50	1,234	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	680	251.23/cwt	250.00–252.50	1,708	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	607	258.35/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,568	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	510	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,148	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	224.94/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,732	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	312.46/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,353	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	374.93/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,387	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	276.60/cwt	267.00–282.50	1,726	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	281.61/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,470	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	307.44/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,147	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	245.02/cwt	242.50–247.50	1,556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	269.61/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,273	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	245.81/cwt	242.50–250.00	1,615	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	755	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	538	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,345	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	230.00/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,334	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	251.59/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,175	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	253.90/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,470	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	261.44/cwt	255.00–267.50	1,375	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	283.92/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,218	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,035	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	410	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	269.29/cwt	255.00–285.00	991	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	289.31/cwt	285.00–295.00	946	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	221.25/cwt	210.00–232.50	1,493	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,020	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	228.74/cwt	227.50–230.00	1,418	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	775	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,899	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	485	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,346	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	423	280.30/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,186	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	645	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	595	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,517	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	480	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,224	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,859	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,768	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,639	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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