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Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR

Name: Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR livestock auction prices — 2024-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-28

Feeder Cattle · Cord, Arkansas · Thu, Mar 28

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3475

← Mar 21Mar 28Apr 4 →

Receipts

460 head

▲ 26 vs last sale 434▲ 182 vs year ago 278 · +65.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer sold mostly 2.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs were 7.00 to 12.00 lower and heifers over 450lbs were sharply lower with some instances on unweaned cattle as much as 20.00 to 30.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls were not viewed.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $290.21/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −153.19 against this barn's trailing median of $443.41.

Average price

$290.21

49 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,576

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$26.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.09

vs AR average

−20.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	298.62	1,582	29
Medium and Large 1-2	570	280.36	1,598	14thin
Medium and Large 2	545	272.58	1,485	6thin

One grade step is worth $26.04/cwt here — about $97 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale49 hd

290.21

—

AR average8 barns · 258 hd

298.31

−8.09

National average156 barns · 8,291 hd

310.26

−20.05

This barn, trailing median8 sales

443.41

−153.19

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $471.38, low $425.80, median $443.41 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

65 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	359.60/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,136	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	331.20/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,209	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	354.72/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,327	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	388	337.55/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,310	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	408	287.45/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,173	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	333.49/cwt	315.00–347.50	1,397	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	466	328.35/cwt	317.50–335.00	1,530	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,211	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	306.80/cwt	285.00–312.50	1,494	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,262	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	521	311.70/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,624	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	292.63/cwt	282.50–307.50	1,539	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	530	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,524	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	537	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,611	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	557	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,546	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	285.42/cwt	277.50–290.00	1,593	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,328	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	586	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,626	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	623	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,651	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	635	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,715	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	705	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,657	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,784	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,873	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	297.42/cwt	290.00–305.00	931	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	286.39/cwt	282.50–290.00	939	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	300.55/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,136	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	281.55/cwt	265.00–300.00	1,076	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	292.92/cwt	277.50–305.00	1,221	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	420	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,260	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	425	286.68/cwt	270.00–305.00	1,218	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	242.46/cwt	225.00–257.50	1,127	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	467	207.29/cwt	202.00–215.00	968	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	472	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,416	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	281.64/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,360	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	516	235.86/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,217	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	259.46/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,365	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	535	238.68/cwt	237.50–245.00	1,277	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,482	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	574	266.37/cwt	262.50–267.50	1,529	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	583	214.81/cwt	200.00–230.00	1,252	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	238.14/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,469	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	620	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,566	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	658	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,638	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	673	212.43/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,430	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	220.84/cwt	217.50–225.00	1,491	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,774	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,151	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	359.39/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,146	7
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	320	337.38/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,080	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,055	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	334.69/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,265	10
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	395	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,165	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	323.22/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,367	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,221	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	297.50/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,407	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	262.48/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,339	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	291.30/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,489	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	278.00/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,587	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	237.45/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,372	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,418	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	268.47/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,702	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	677	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,557	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,555	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	765	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,607	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,540	1

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.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cattlemen's Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR

Thu Mar 28, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Receipts 460Last week 434Year ago 278

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	335.00–340.00	337.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	316	350.00–375.00	359.60
4	350–400	374	340.00–370.00	354.72
23	400–450	419	315.00–347.50	333.49
8	450–500	487	285.00–312.50	306.80
13	500–550	526	282.50–307.50	292.63
5	550–600	558	277.50–290.00	285.42
5	700–750	728	245.00	245.00
1	800–850	840	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	466	317.50–335.00	328.35
11	500–550	521	300.00–315.00	311.70
1	600–650	635	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	330.00–335.00	331.20
2	400–450	408	280.00–295.00	287.45
1	450–500	475	255.00	255.00
1	500–550	510	247.50	247.50
1	550–600	570	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	530	287.50	287.50
10	550–600	586	277.50	277.50
5	600–650	623	265.00	265.00
8	700–750	705	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	537	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	557	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	535	237.50–245.00	238.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	313	290.00–305.00	297.42
8	350–400	378	295.00–310.00	300.55
11	400–450	417	277.50–305.00	292.92
6	450–500	483	270.00–290.00	281.64
8	500–550	526	250.00–265.00	259.46
1	550–600	570	260.00	260.00
3	600–650	617	230.00–250.00	238.14
3	650–700	675	217.50–225.00	220.84
1	800–850	825	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	472	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	282.50–290.00	286.39
3	350–400	382	265.00–300.00	281.55
4	450–500	465	225.00–257.50	242.46
5	500–550	516	230.00–245.00	235.86
4	550–600	583	200.00–230.00	214.81
2	650–700	673	210.00–215.00	212.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	467	202.00–215.00	207.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	270.00–305.00	286.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	574	262.50–267.50	266.37
8	650–700	658	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	390.00	390.00
7	300–350	319	345.00–370.00	359.39
10	350–400	378	310.00–345.00	334.69
6	400–450	423	315.00–335.00	323.22
6	450–500	473	290.00–305.00	297.50
4	500–550	511	280.00–300.00	291.30
5	550–600	571	270.00–285.00	278.00
5	600–650	634	267.50–270.00	268.47
1	700–750	715	217.50	217.50
1	800–850	800	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	330.00–345.00	337.38
1	350–400	395	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	285.00	285.00
1	400–450	440	277.50	277.50
2	500–550	510	260.00–265.00	262.48
2	550–600	578	235.00–240.00	237.45
1	600–650	630	225.00	225.00
1	750–800	765	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	677	230.00	230.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.