Name: Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR livestock auction prices — 2025-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly 15.00 to 30.00 higher on a good run of quality steers compared to last week. Feeder heifers sold un-even but overall were trending 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows were steady and slaughter bulls were not well tested. Supply was good and demand was strong especially on lighter fleshed and weaned cattle. Buyer attendence was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $361.87/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −26.33 against this barn's trailing median of $388.20.

Average price

$361.87

51 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,961

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$139

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

$28.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.81

vs AR average

−9.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	370.35	2,002	36
Medium and Large 2	545	341.52	1,863	15thin

One grade step is worth $28.82/cwt here — about $139 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale51 hd

361.87

—

AR average8 barns · 594 hd

376.68

−14.81

National average145 barns · 7,681 hd

371.51

−9.64

This barn, trailing median14 sales

388.20

−26.33

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	—	Low	1,394	186.11	2,594	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,253	165.27	2,071	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,192	164.12	1,956	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,013	145.14	1,470	7thin

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)	1,045	$2,800	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,120	$2,462	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,072	$2,083	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	775	$2,647	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	700	$2,350	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,283	$3,903	2thin

Every lot, as filed

88 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 1	350–400	378	484.70/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,832	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	621	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,478	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	369.92/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,441	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	464.87/cwt	445.00–485.00	1,780	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	358.72/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,274	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	410.10/cwt	390.00–425.00	2,153	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	714	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,713	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	468.39/cwt	445.00–485.00	1,958	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	385.28/cwt	370.00–402.50	2,393	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	357.40/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,180	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	494.99/cwt	470.00–525.00	1,653	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,374	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	347.51/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,321	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	378.93/cwt	360.00–405.00	1,982	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	432.43/cwt	425.00–455.00	2,058	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	376.68/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,098	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,259	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	383.72/cwt	365.00–405.00	1,803	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	363.04/cwt	355.00–380.00	2,055	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	427.18/cwt	415.00–445.00	1,619	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	785	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	565	338.60/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,913	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	403.78/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,676	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	392.46/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,033	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	655	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,227	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,448	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,279	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	2,647.10/head	2,600.00–2,700.00	2,647	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	449.45/cwt	420.00–485.00	1,865	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	398.65/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,902	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	615	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	538	360.07/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,937	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	665	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,228	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	475	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,781	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,072	2,082.97/head	2,000.00–2,150.00	2,083	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	840	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,235	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,256	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,770	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	146.49/cwt	144.00–149.00	1,510	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,253	165.27/cwt	163.00–167.50	2,071	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	166.68/cwt	165.00–168.00	2,005	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	2,462.29/head	2,200.00–2,750.00	2,462	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,902	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,445	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,471	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,860	1
Bulls	—	—	1,328	172.67/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,293	2
Bulls	—	—	1,525	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	3,248	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	555	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,054	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	343.73/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,815	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,775	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,283	3,902.53/head	3,800.00–4,000.00	3,903	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,901	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,717	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	350.75/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,996	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	370.24/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,596	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	560	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,974	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	565	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,302	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	392.20/cwt	360.00–420.00	1,290	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	332.48/cwt	327.50–340.00	2,277	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	338.37/cwt	330.00–342.50	2,064	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	394.76/cwt	365.00–415.00	1,469	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,144	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	335.35/cwt	310.00–347.50	1,925	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	441.97/cwt	420.00–465.00	1,436	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	500	380.00/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,900	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	338.90/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,125	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	367.37/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,774	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	351.24/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,689	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	287	421.51/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,210	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	438	404.91/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,774	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	524.59/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,600	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	379.13/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,619	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,178	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	406.63/cwt	385.00–425.00	1,570	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	346.58/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,844	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	656	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,575	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	435.08/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,349	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	450	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	385	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,579	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	425	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	495	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,067	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	392.48/cwt	382.50–405.00	2,241	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	334.14/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,382	3

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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