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Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cord, Arkansas · Thu, Apr 17
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3475
Feeder Cattle receipts
300 head
159 vs last sale 141 139 vs year ago 439 · 31.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
7 vs last sale 60 37 vs year ago 90 · 41.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
155 head
135 vs last sale 20 95 vs year ago 60 · +158.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly 7.00 to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers were 8.00 to 20.00 higher. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 10.00 higher and slaughter bulls were not well tested. There was a large offering of open replacement heifers weighing between 750 lbs and 800 lbs that sold from 2150.00-2385.00.

Supply was moderate and demand was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $273.98/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits 114.23 against this barn's trailing median of $388.20.
Average price
$273.98
18 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,485
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$163
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
27.64
vs AR average
47.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537298.511,6025thin
Medium and Large 2544264.541,43913thin
One grade step is worth $33.97/cwt here — about $163 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
432405379352median 388.2001/0101/2204/0205/1406/11
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 sale18 hd
273.98
AR average9 barns · 367 hd
301.61
−27.64
National average175 barns · 12,815 hd
321.18
−47.20
This barn, trailing median14 sales
388.20
−114.23
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
BullsLow1,358149.902,0367thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,468147.742,1697thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,198144.211,7286thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low954126.291,2057thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,201$2,4104thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,035$2,1501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)985$2,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,104$2,2356
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,065$1,9582thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)776$2,257123

Every lot, as filed

71 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
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy350–400392270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0582
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed500–550533297.61/cwt288.00–307.501,5862
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500455332.58/cwt325.00–340.001,5132
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650638286.84/cwt282.50–289.001,8303
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300290420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,2181
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500470337.47/cwt335.00–340.001,5862
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750725260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8851
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350322386.45/cwt375.00–405.001,2443
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400378354.54/cwt345.00–365.001,3402
SteersMedium and Large 2800–850815230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8751
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450418367.10/cwt350.00–380.001,5344
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550514338.30/cwt310.00–340.001,73918
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800755270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0391
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550525342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,7981
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400373335.03/cwt330.00–340.001,2502
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400370385.37/cwt370.00–405.001,42612
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600575320.12/cwt312.00–330.001,8413
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500493314.97/cwt310.00–320.001,5532
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400380360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3681
SteersMedium and Large 2850–900865200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7301
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550528296.69/cwt295.00–300.001,5673
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600550301.25/cwt295.00–307.501,6572
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750733252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,8473
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed450–500465295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3722
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700670270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8091
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650608266.20/cwt262.50–270.001,6182
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550523274.91/cwt250.00–285.001,4386
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350340345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1731
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700669236.82/cwt220.00–255.001,5845
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350338330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1152
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed400–450415355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4731
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450–500455350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5931
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed300–350318342.56/cwt335.00–350.001,0892
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550530232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,2321
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500479279.96/cwt272.50–287.501,3414
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600562255.65/cwt236.00–275.001,4377
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450423277.51/cwt275.00–280.001,1742
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650619235.54/cwt230.00–240.001,4584
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550519300.22/cwt270.00–335.001,5586
BullsMedium and Large 2800–850815221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,8011
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500478278.28/cwt272.50–282.501,3303
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750710210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4911
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500470328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,54218
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450421334.54/cwt310.00–344.001,40823
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450414349.41/cwt335.00–390.001,4479
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350337314.06/cwt300.00–350.001,0587
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400380310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1781
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600560232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,2991
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400374357.19/cwt340.00–380.001,3364
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600575294.38/cwt270.00–302.501,6934
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2602,482.14/head2,400.00–2,550.002,4822
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2152,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29621,864.73/head1,800.00–1,950.001,8653
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0651,957.98/head1,875.00–2,050.001,9582
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29852,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2012,410.20/head2,300.00–2,600.002,4104
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0352,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2837180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5072
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-27762,256.69/head2,150.00–2,385.002,257123
Bulls1,440112.99/cwt110.00–116.001,6272
Bulls1,205180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,1691
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight870111.00/cwt111.00–111.009661
CowsBoner 80-85%1,227147.05/cwt144.00–153.001,8045
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,468147.74/cwt143.00–150.002,1697
CowsLean 85-90%964130.26/cwt129.00–132.001,2564
Bulls1,356160.83/cwt154.00–164.002,1814
CowsLean 85-90%910111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0101
CowsBoner 80-85%1,055130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,3721
CowsLean 85-90%1,045141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,4731
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450433307.39/cwt292.50–320.001,3313
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350315385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2131

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.