Name: Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR livestock auction prices — 2025-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher and feeder heifers were mostly 15.00 to 20 higher. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 6.00 lower and slaughter bulls were not well tested. Feeders were trending higher today however with October also know as National Dead Calf month just around the corner buyers were discounting the new crop un-weaned cattle today. Supply was good and demand was good on a better offering of weaned and value added cattle this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $339.21/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −48.99 against this barn's trailing median of $388.20.

Average price

$339.21

21 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,777

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$28.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.15

vs AR average

−26.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	354.33	1,839	10thin
Medium and Large 2	528	325.47	1,719	11thin

One grade step is worth $28.86/cwt here — about $120 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 sale21 hd

339.21

—

AR average7 barns · 186 hd

342.37

−3.15

National average172 barns · 11,458 hd

365.85

−26.64

This barn, trailing median14 sales

388.20

−48.99

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	1,628	170.32	2,773	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,468	151.50	2,223	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,152	144.05	1,660	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,038	130.73	1,357	15

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)	900	$2,550	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	965	$2,450	1thin

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 1	450–500	473	427.59/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,023	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	369.26/cwt	362.50–372.50	2,511	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	423.28/cwt	385.00–450.00	1,799	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	366.73/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,793	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,259	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	478.44/cwt	465.00–495.00	1,560	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	425.44/cwt	400.00–437.50	1,536	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,592	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,194	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,212	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	338.00/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,096	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	369.09/cwt	356.00–380.00	1,927	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	515	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	405.54/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,097	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	287	489.83/cwt	485.00–505.00	1,406	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	359.76/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,889	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,745	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	467.49/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,001	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,006	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,324	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	432.35/cwt	415.00–455.00	1,392	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	350.62/cwt	347.50–355.00	2,170	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	500	327.50/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,638	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	495	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,364	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	438.74/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,637	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	344.92/cwt	325.00–365.00	2,287	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	386.66/cwt	367.50–410.00	1,844	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	368.76/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,076	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	483	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,113	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	581	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,397	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,210	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,260	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	390	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,404	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,210	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,791	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,725	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,674	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,144	144.72/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,656	4
Bulls	—	—	1,698	179.90/cwt	172.00–185.00	3,055	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	870	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,157	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	107.02/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,245	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	131.96/cwt	121.00–140.00	1,343	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	142.10/cwt	137.00–146.00	1,523	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	133.62/cwt	129.00–138.00	1,653	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	153.57/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,655	3
Bulls	—	—	1,558	160.73/cwt	157.00–163.00	2,504	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,483	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,258	172.52/cwt	155.00–182.50	2,170	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,584	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,486	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	202.57/cwt	185.00–222.50	1,698	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	607	314.04/cwt	302.50–320.00	1,906	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	364.73/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,178	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	344.09/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,504	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	375	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	385	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,015	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,111	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	348.82/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,643	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	321.14/cwt	315.00–327.50	1,814	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	312.44/cwt	295.00–330.00	2,134	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,245	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	327.89/cwt	290.00–345.00	1,859	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	352.57/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,872	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,945	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	373.23/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,426	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	357.81/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,710	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	430	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	660	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	326.43/cwt	305.00–337.50	1,697	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,322	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	339.57/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,759	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,502	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	649	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,505	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	387.53/cwt	375.00–392.50	2,232	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	363.34/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,715	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,653	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	465	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	533	427.84/cwt	420.00–429.00	2,280	11

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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