Sale reports / Arkansas / Cattlemens Livestock Auction - Glenwood, AR / 2024-07-11

Cattlemens Livestock Auction - Glenwood, AR

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Glenwood, Arkansas · Thu, Jul 11
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1684
Feeder Cattle receipts
319 head
34 vs last sale 353 32 vs year ago 351 · 9.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
132 head
79 vs last sale 53 14 vs year ago 118 · +11.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
5 vs last sale 15 0 vs year ago 10 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend due to no sale last week. Buyer demand and participation was very strong on all classes of cattle. Quality was average to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $277.33/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$277.33
21 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,531
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.79
vs AR average
25.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552281.341,55218thin
Medium and Large 2553253.291,4023thin
One grade step is worth $28.04/cwt here — about $150 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale21 hd
277.33
AR average11 barns · 513 hd
292.11
−14.79
National average160 barns · 9,699 hd
302.91
−25.58
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
BullsHigh1,604153.002,4549thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,215137.491,67155
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,456136.481,9887thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low935110.911,0375thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)915$1,6751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)738$1,1542thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,055$2,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)960$1,8001thin

Every lot, as filed

67 lots · USDA AMS · McGrew Livestock Auction - Glenwood, AR
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550500255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2751
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450445259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,1531
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500460259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,1911
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450415250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0381
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450422321.51/cwt317.50–327.501,3573
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500472308.96/cwt305.00–313.001,4583
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy350–400360350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2601
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600573276.72/cwt260.00–290.001,58610
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450423304.95/cwt302.00–308.001,2902
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350322314.22/cwt300.00–325.001,0125
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800770231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,7791
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750720233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,6781
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700671235.50/cwt235.00–237.001,5804
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550525287.64/cwt281.00–298.001,5106
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900895203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,8171
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550530270.65/cwt260.00–290.001,4343
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800760244.01/cwt243.00–245.001,8542
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450431271.30/cwt263.00–290.001,1698
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550545266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,4501
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550520266.55/cwt256.00–280.001,38610
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450424298.48/cwt282.50–315.001,26610
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650620267.07/cwt255.00–276.001,6567
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750727245.67/cwt244.00–248.001,7863
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500476286.39/cwt274.00–296.001,36311
BullsMedium and Large 1900–950935194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,8141
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500476273.15/cwt264.00–290.001,30015
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600564258.12/cwt240.00–268.001,4565
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400373322.50/cwt302.50–332.501,2036
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700676252.22/cwt250.00–256.001,7054
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600571265.41/cwt250.00–282.001,51510
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750720230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6561
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29601,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700658236.98/cwt234.00–242.001,5594
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650624247.73/cwt240.00–251.001,5468
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400373295.85/cwt286.00–309.001,1046
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450–500465301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,4001
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850825211.01/cwt210.00–212.001,7412
BullsMedium and Large 1-2900–950925199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,8414
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed500–550505305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-27381,153.56/head1,000.00–1,300.001,1542
BullsMedium and Large 1-2975191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,8621
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29151,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0552,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500476256.96/cwt252.00–260.001,2234
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2705138.00/cwt138.00–138.009731
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400375270.44/cwt263.00–277.501,0142
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450422276.83/cwt275.00–281.001,16810
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500478290.96/cwt289.00–293.001,39112
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550542252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,3663
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400390250.00/cwt250.00–250.009751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600585258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,5093
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600580252.44/cwt250.00–255.001,4642
Bulls1,875163.41/cwt160.00–167.003,0645
CowsBoner 80-85%967126.01/cwt125.00–127.001,2195
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,465137.06/cwt132.00–144.002,0086
CowsBoner 80-85%1,272143.00/cwt142.00–145.001,81913
Bulls1,318129.47/cwt129.00–130.001,7062
Bulls1,213150.49/cwt150.00–151.001,8252
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600575236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,3571
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450410230.00/cwt230.00–230.009431
CowsBoner 80-85%1,229137.10/cwt130.00–141.001,68537
CowsLean 85-90%1,003101.47/cwt95.00–110.001,0182
CowsLean 85-90%890117.21/cwt111.00–121.001,0433
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,405133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,8691
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy350–400375314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,1781
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650609262.76/cwt256.00–267.001,6005
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450400272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,0901

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.