Name: Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR livestock auction prices — 2025-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks light run, feeder steers and heifers both traded 10.00 to 20.00 higher on several good offerings of weaned and pre-vac cattle today. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher and on a light test slaughter bulls were 9.00 higher. Demand was strong with good buyer attendence and good supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $323.80/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −64.40 against this barn's trailing median of $388.20.

Average price

$323.80

43 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,778

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$50.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.00

vs AR average

−23.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	356.61	1,872	15thin
Medium and Large 2	562	306.22	1,721	28

One grade step is worth $50.39/cwt here — about $151 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

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 sale43 hd

323.80

—

AR average7 barns · 250 hd

342.80

−19.00

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

−23.70

This barn, trailing median14 sales

388.20

−64.40

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	—	Average	1,525	186.00	2,837	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,106	157.68	1,744	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,168	157.47	1,839	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,016	146.22	1,486	8thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,134	$3,055	5
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	972	$2,650	2thin

Every lot, as filed

84 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	323.00/cwt	320.00–326.00	2,213	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	320.17/cwt	290.00–331.00	1,963	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	394.08/cwt	385.00–407.50	1,486	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	400.22/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,361	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	431	381.47/cwt	377.50–395.00	1,644	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	638	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,188	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	334.83/cwt	332.50–340.00	2,243	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,970	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	250–300	282	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,269	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,904	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,074	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	707	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,386	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	372.40/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,171	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	319.56/cwt	315.00–329.00	2,291	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	367.92/cwt	365.00–372.50	1,626	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	500	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,825	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	365.43/cwt	355.00–372.50	1,685	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	398.35/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,864	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	355.59/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,030	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	382.84/cwt	377.50–400.00	1,952	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	326.11/cwt	317.50–336.00	2,054	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	354.17/cwt	337.50–362.50	1,820	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,398	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	380	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,596	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	250–300	272	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,537	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,295	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,225	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	394.59/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,827	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	745	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,403	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,180	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	356.89/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,892	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	429.59/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,589	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,104	161.08/cwt	157.00–165.00	1,778	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	795	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,169	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	139.50/cwt	139.00–140.00	1,378	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	154.53/cwt	151.00–158.00	1,661	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	149.19/cwt	142.00–156.00	1,656	2
Bulls	—	—	1,525	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,837	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,811	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	317	531.63/cwt	530.00–535.00	1,685	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	408	458.17/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,869	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,214	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	144.89/cwt	142.00–148.00	1,550	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,168	157.47/cwt	157.00–158.00	1,839	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	325.02/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,879	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	520	381.27/cwt	380.00–382.50	1,983	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	450	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,598	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	355	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,331	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,134	3,054.63/head	2,800.00–3,225.00	3,055	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	972	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	573	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,000	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	498	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,930	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	347.95/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,681	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	329.17/cwt	307.50–347.50	1,580	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	415	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	413	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,456	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	610	308.39/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,881	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	305.00/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,181	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	719	266.36/cwt	247.50–285.00	1,915	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	283.84/cwt	265.00–300.00	1,939	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	459	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,735	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	725	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,356	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	311.48/cwt	277.50–332.00	1,679	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	575	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,138	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	260.84/cwt	250.00–267.50	2,016	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	331.98/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,388	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	408.11/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,347	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	340.07/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,916	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	301.75/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,741	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	298.10/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,833	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,898	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	520	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,093	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	370	477.10/cwt	462.50–485.00	1,765	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	200–250	246	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,415	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	565	364.39/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,059	8

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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