Sale reports / Arkansas / Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR / 2026-01-01

Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cord, Arkansas · Thu, Jan 1
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3475
Feeder Cattle receipts
276 head
25 vs last sale 251 379 vs year ago 655 · 57.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
5 vs last sale 55 1 vs year ago 59 · +1.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
5 vs last sale 15 12 vs year ago 32 · 37.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

On a light run of feeders this week Cattlemen's Livestock started off the new year with very good demand and good buyer attendence. Buyers were giving a premium for both feeder steers and feeder heifers that had good condition or that were value added.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $406.63/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 2 of 15 comparable sales and sits 32.91 against this barn's trailing median of $439.55.
Average price
$406.63
22 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,224
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$617
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$89.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.99
vs AR average
45.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550414.802,28320
Medium and Large 2513325.001,6662thin
One grade step is worth $89.80/cwt here — about $617 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

15 sales
485454424393median 439.5501/0101/2203/1905/1406/11
Steers 500–600 lb: high $471.38, low $406.63, median $439.55 across 15 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 sale22 hd
406.63
AR average2 barns · 32 hd
408.63
−1.99
National average24 barns · 3,960 hd
452.16
−45.53
This barn, trailing median15 sales
439.55
−32.91
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
BullsHigh1,612176.532,8454thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,520155.872,37014
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,274151.141,92612
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,028120.771,2417thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550518383.50/cwt370.00–390.001,9873
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed400–450425399.65/cwt390.00–410.001,6992
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500470380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7861
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400365385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4051
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500465360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6741
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550527413.65/cwt385.00–430.002,1806
SteersMedium and Large 2Fleshy500–550520300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5601
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450411426.48/cwt420.00–440.001,7533
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450425410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7431
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600573362.34/cwt355.00–370.002,0762
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500458425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9473
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750745300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2351
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550505350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7681
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500470434.52/cwt410.00–450.002,0424
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450415515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,1375
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450426464.96/cwt450.00–485.001,9814
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650626373.88/cwt350.00–395.002,34010
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400375470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7631
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600583386.56/cwt365.00–410.002,2546
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850836336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,80927
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350305510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,5561
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700665363.61/cwt350.00–385.002,4186
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750724345.73/cwt335.00–355.002,5034
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600583412.34/cwt405.00–420.002,4042
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added750–800760347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,6415
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650627402.60/cwt395.00–406.002,52410
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550530445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,3596
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed600–650615370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2761
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350330502.54/cwt500.00–505.001,6582
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450428459.05/cwt445.00–470.001,9655
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500478412.23/cwt385.00–425.001,9704
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed350–400370480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,7761
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400385480.00/cwt465.00–495.001,8482
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed400–450430445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9141
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550527390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0554
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650619345.99/cwt345.00–347.502,1425
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350308482.44/cwt480.00–485.001,4862
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750738322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,3803
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650615320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9681
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650615336.59/cwt330.00–345.002,0703
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450424412.76/cwt390.00–425.001,75010
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550527349.15/cwt340.00–355.001,8406
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full600–650610315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9221
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400365435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,5881
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750720312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,2501
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450403362.42/cwt350.00–375.001,4612
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600590330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9471
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600580385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2331
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550522421.79/cwt400.00–440.002,2023
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600558356.69/cwt340.00–380.001,9903
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350325450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4631
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500490375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8381
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500469381.37/cwt370.00–395.001,78913
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,605157.50/cwt157.50–157.502,5281
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,331165.34/cwt155.00–180.002,2015
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,245156.61/cwt153.00–160.001,9502
CowsLean 85-90%1,170108.44/cwt108.00–109.001,2692
Bulls1,700194.00/cwt194.00–194.003,2981
Bulls1,582170.71/cwt161.00–176.002,7013
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight835112.25/cwt112.00–112.509372
CowsBoner 80-85%1,358159.45/cwt158.00–161.002,1652
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,588147.89/cwt143.00–154.002,3483
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,502158.05/cwt155.00–161.002,37411
CowsLean 85-90%915144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,3181
CowsLean 85-90%1,135130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,4762
CowsBoner 80-85%1,255136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,7071
CowsBoner 80-85%1,258150.97/cwt145.00–157.501,8999

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.