Name: Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR livestock auction prices — 2026-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

With limited comparisons to last week feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 5.00 to 20.00 lower steers over 500 lbs sold 15.00 to 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold uneven from 10.00 lower to 20.00 higher with the most emphasis put on the replacemanet quality heifers that buyers put a premium on. Extreme drought conditions in the area continuing on the the national drought monitor and limited grass availability for the spring grazing has producers hesitant to purchase grazing cattle. Slaughter cows sold 15.00 to 20.00 higher and slaughter bulls were mostly 20.00 higher. Supply was good demand was moderate to good and buyer attendence was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $404.42/cwt on 19 head, up $27.98 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 14 comparable sales and sits +16.22 against this barn's trailing median of $388.20.

Average price

$404.42

▲ 27.98 vs prior sale

19 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,190

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$82

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

$2.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.27

vs AR average

−20.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	405.11	2,211	14thin
Medium and Large 2	529	402.50	2,129	5thin

One grade step is worth $2.61/cwt here — about $82 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 sale19 hd

404.42

—

AR average7 barns · 241 hd

419.69

−15.27

National average176 barns · 15,314 hd

425.19

−20.77

This barn, trailing median14 sales

388.20

+16.22

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	1,661	214.04	3,556	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,377	172.97	2,383	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,186	163.14	1,935	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	889	149.45	1,329	4thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,305	$3,449	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	795	$3,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

83 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	440	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,024	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	684	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,514	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	505	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,121	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	766	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,758	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	434.13/cwt	420.00–460.00	2,053	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	417.03/cwt	405.00–425.00	2,210	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	501.63/cwt	485.00–510.00	2,207	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	522	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,088	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	367	504.14/cwt	480.00–540.00	1,850	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	480	439.90/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,112	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	456.12/cwt	430.00–475.00	1,975	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	535	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,220	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	423.31/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,688	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	496.49/cwt	460.00–525.00	2,329	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,205	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	539.43/cwt	525.00–555.00	1,769	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	391.91/cwt	375.00–397.50	2,630	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,005	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	865	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,768	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,590	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	372.52/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,198	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	315	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,733	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	493.79/cwt	475.00–515.00	1,842	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	356.19/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,721	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,573	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	545.20/cwt	500.00–580.00	2,034	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	431.25/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,501	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	428.26/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,231	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,023	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	320	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,872	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	458.53/cwt	445.00–470.00	2,416	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	600	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,310	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,047	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	701	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,762	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,112	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	432.51/cwt	430.00–435.00	2,478	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	550	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	590	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,301	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	485	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,280	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,972	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,447	180.42/cwt	175.00–186.00	2,611	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,436	1
Bulls	—	—	1,798	195.51/cwt	195.00–196.00	3,515	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,273	161.80/cwt	156.00–166.00	2,060	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	177.75/cwt	175.00–180.00	2,080	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,712	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	153.40/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,836	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	758	144.90/cwt	143.00–147.00	1,098	2
Bulls	—	—	1,593	223.31/cwt	214.00–234.00	3,557	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,575	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,213	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,112	248.04/cwt	180.00–300.00	2,758	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,441	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,280	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,943	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	255.37/cwt	235.00–270.00	2,638	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	3,449.04/head	3,000.00–3,800.00	3,449	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	507.42/cwt	495.00–520.00	1,994	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,758	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,280	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,346	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	444.48/cwt	425.00–465.00	2,125	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	467	403.46/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,884	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	350	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	375.34/cwt	367.50–385.00	2,507	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	414.81/cwt	395.00–445.00	2,165	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	494.98/cwt	490.00–505.00	2,262	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	412.47/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,877	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	430.00/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,647	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	395.04/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,501	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	1,605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	615	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,399	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,534	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,286	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	389.22/cwt	370.00–410.00	2,207	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	352.50/cwt	347.50–355.00	2,432	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	382.51/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,618	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,109	1

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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