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Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cord, Arkansas · Thu, Jun 5
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3475
Feeder Cattle receipts
335 head
95 vs last sale 240 303 vs year ago 638 · 47.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
15 vs last sale 60 22 vs year ago 67 · 32.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
5 vs last sale 30 5 vs year ago 20 · +25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks light test feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers were 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Both classes were not well tested over 600 lbs. Slaughter cows were mostly steady and slaughter bulls were not well tested. Supply was moderate and demand was good on weaned and value added cattle with buyers begining to discount the heavier fleshed unweaned new crop calves with summertime temperatures approaching.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $321.06/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits 67.14 against this barn's trailing median of $388.20.
Average price
$321.06
34 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,764
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$193
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$46.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.77
vs AR average
17.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546327.861,79129
Medium and Large 2567281.641,5985thin
One grade step is worth $46.22/cwt here — about $193 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

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 sale34 hd
321.06
AR average7 barns · 365 hd
319.29
+1.77
National average164 barns · 13,536 hd
338.24
−17.18
This barn, trailing median14 sales
388.20
−67.14
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
BullsHigh1,534177.892,7296thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,248141.621,7688thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,001130.571,3078thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,040$2,0001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)760$1,8507

Every lot, as filed

62 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
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700660353.46/cwt352.50–365.002,33313
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600566316.51/cwt300.00–322.501,7914
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed350–400365455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,6611
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600575348.37/cwt337.50–360.002,0038
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed300–350330465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,5351
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450–500485400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9401
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650628332.41/cwt325.00–340.002,0882
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450425408.97/cwt390.00–430.001,7387
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400370417.08/cwt390.00–440.001,5436
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550527361.02/cwt350.00–385.001,90311
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500474377.22/cwt350.00–400.001,7889
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550533324.67/cwt300.00–340.001,73017
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400377410.04/cwt405.00–415.001,5463
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500464360.02/cwt340.00–380.001,6705
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350340400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3601
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450432376.39/cwt355.00–405.001,6265
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650603312.57/cwt295.00–330.001,8852
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450428346.50/cwt330.00–365.001,48321
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400373377.10/cwt360.00–400.001,4076
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-27601,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8507
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,071164.89/cwt145.00–195.001,7665
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550518340.70/cwt330.00–352.501,7654
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650622292.29/cwt275.00–322.501,8183
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750715275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9661
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500465341.62/cwt325.00–360.001,58914
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight875137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1991
CowsLean 85-90%1,000136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,3601
CowsLean 85-90%1,022128.59/cwt123.00–131.001,3146
CowsBoner 80-85%1,239148.01/cwt140.00–158.001,8344
CowsBoner 80-85%1,273138.65/cwt137.00–140.001,7653
CowsBoner 80-85%1,210125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,5131
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700670290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9431
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600580265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5371
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0402,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2945170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,6071
Bulls1,795210.50/cwt210.50–210.503,7781
Bulls1,482171.37/cwt164.00–181.002,5405
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450435324.16/cwt320.00–327.501,4103
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500468307.38/cwt285.00–330.001,4392
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400390385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5021
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350345365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2591
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600560307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,7222
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350330447.61/cwt445.00–450.001,4772
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550545290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5811
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600590290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7111
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600573279.55/cwt260.00–290.001,6024
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550510315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6071
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350345405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,3971
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500495342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,6951
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600590272.61/cwt260.00–285.001,6082
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400383370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4172
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550535335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7921
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450435368.75/cwt357.50–380.001,6042
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350338427.56/cwt420.00–435.001,4452
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed350–400380420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5961
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800750240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8001
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed450–500495320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5841
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350323459.61/cwt450.00–470.001,4852
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600569375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,13411
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550542380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0607
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed500–550545360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9621
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600567337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,9147

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.