Sale reports / Arkansas / Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR / 2023-08-10

Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cord, Arkansas · Thu, Aug 10
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3475
Feeder Cattle receipts
234 head
▲ 204 vs last sale 30▲ 234 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▼ 151 vs last sale 225▲ 74 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold moslty 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers were 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were steady, slaughter cows were not viewed. Supply was moderate and demand was strong.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $230.30/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$230.30
70 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,161
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$506
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$80.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.57
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1497236.701,17757
Medium and Large 2542206.051,11812thin
Medium and Large 3430156.006711thin
One grade step is worth $80.70/cwt here — about $506 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale70 hd
230.30
—
AR average11 barns · 2,114 hd
236.87
−6.57
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
Bulls—Average1,555107.261,6686thin

Every lot

59 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed375267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,0011
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added380256.54/cwt255.00–258.009752
Steers—Medium and Large 1410275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1281
Steers—Medium and Large 2435242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,0551
Steers—Medium and Large 1478265.47/cwt261.00–273.001,2693
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed500246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,2301
Steers—Medium and Large 1525253.78/cwt246.00–261.001,3323
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added535262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,4021
Steers—Medium and Large 2570220.04/cwt215.00–225.001,2542
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added580262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,5202
Steers—Medium and Large 1585252.18/cwt245.00–257.001,4754
Steers—Medium and Large 1602245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4752
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added621252.68/cwt250.00–261.001,5694
Steers—Medium and Large 1668250.99/cwt250.00–252.001,6772
Steers—Medium and Large 1700225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5751
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added713236.55/cwt232.00–242.001,6875
Steers—Medium and Large 1828215.31/cwt212.50–218.001,7832
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1343257.00/cwt257.00–257.008824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1359251.31/cwt248.00–253.009025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy380229.00/cwt229.00–229.008701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added405255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421239.53/cwt225.00–245.001,0087
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428207.51/cwt200.00–215.008884
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430156.00/cwt156.00–156.006711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455237.66/cwt235.00–240.001,0813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy470212.50/cwt212.50–212.509991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added486249.31/cwt246.00–260.001,2128
Heifers—Medium and Large 2495222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,0991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1507234.32/cwt233.00–237.001,1883
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added512247.78/cwt245.00–252.001,2694
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528214.13/cwt201.00–224.001,1314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy535220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy565222.44/cwt219.00–226.001,2574
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567233.66/cwt233.00–234.001,3253
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added595210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605220.20/cwt207.00–223.501,3325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added618226.34/cwt224.00–231.001,3993
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy665185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1681218.69/cwt216.00–220.001,4893
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy730186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,3581
Heifers—Medium and Large 2930169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,5721
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1312290.75/cwt290.00–291.009074
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370246.00/cwt232.00–260.009102
Bulls—Medium and Large 1371276.77/cwt275.00–280.001,0275
Bulls—Medium and Large 1421268.59/cwt256.00–277.001,1317
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,2334
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,1861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy480239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,1471
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2513
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy535182.00/cwt182.00–182.009741
Bulls—Medium and Large 1561239.33/cwt226.00–242.501,34310
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,2651
Bulls—Medium and Large 1636228.83/cwt220.00–232.001,4557
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed640234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,4981
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,4722
Bulls—Medium and Large 2690188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,2971
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,42580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1401
Bulls——1,550103.08/cwt102.00–105.001,5983
Bulls——1,628127.16/cwt120.00–131.002,0702

This sale against other markets

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.