Sale reports / Arkansas / Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR / 2024-09-19

Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR

Feeder Cattle · Cord, Arkansas · Thu, Sep 19
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3475
Receipts
285 head
▼ 267 vs last sale 552▼ 76 vs year ago 361 · −21.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: On a light test this week feeder steer sold mostly10.00 to 15.00 higher, feeder heifers were steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls were not viewed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $252.99/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −190.41 against this barn's trailing median of $443.41.
Average price
$252.99
19 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,424
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$162
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.76
vs AR average
−13.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562261.071,46614thin
Medium and Large 2566230.381,3045thin
One grade step is worth $30.69/cwt here — about $162 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 sale19 hd
252.99
—
AR average10 barns · 403 hd
256.75
−3.76
National average174 barns · 10,991 hd
266.64
−13.65
This barn, trailing median8 sales
443.41
−190.41
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
485461436412median 443.4103/1904/0205/1406/0406/11
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

60 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373304.82/cwt287.50–320.001,1376
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375245.17/cwt225.00–265.009194
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428293.83/cwt270.00–316.001,25812
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435247.64/cwt235.00–260.001,0772
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added468281.22/cwt275.00–287.001,3162
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy470215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0112
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475264.86/cwt255.00–280.001,2584
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483246.30/cwt235.00–252.501,1905
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2505235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1871
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521263.11/cwt260.00–267.501,3714
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561253.71/cwt247.50–267.501,4234
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added565250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4131
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2587222.30/cwt212.00–230.001,3053
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added589264.61/cwt257.50–266.001,5596
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy615215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3221
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added617246.22/cwt245.00–247.001,5195
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1645242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,5641
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added667250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6682
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1690235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6221
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added702239.79/cwt233.00–242.501,6837
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2715212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,5191
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2795200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5901
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315245.00/cwt245.00–245.007721
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345255.00/cwt255.00–255.008801
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378258.82/cwt250.00–268.009782
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390230.00/cwt230.00–230.008971
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2411225.75/cwt210.00–235.009285
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418232.70/cwt227.50–246.0097311
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465231.22/cwt230.00–232.501,0752
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2471218.67/cwt215.00–227.501,0306
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added490230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1271
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy495177.50/cwt175.00–180.008792
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy500184.00/cwt184.00–184.009202
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added505232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,1721
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2517213.57/cwt197.50–225.001,1046
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528230.68/cwt225.00–236.001,2182
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy532202.52/cwt200.00–205.001,0774
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575216.86/cwt210.00–222.501,2474
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576228.20/cwt220.00–232.501,3143
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3580140.00/cwt140.00–140.008121
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added590240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4162
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy615200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2302
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617222.99/cwt220.00–228.001,3765
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2624195.18/cwt187.50–210.001,2186
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2653192.45/cwt180.00–205.001,2572
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added682223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,5212
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5201
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345255.00/cwt255.00–255.008801
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375262.57/cwt257.50–267.509852
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420284.40/cwt262.50–305.001,1948
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475260.23/cwt247.50–269.001,2364
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485227.29/cwt217.50–237.501,1022
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1511254.74/cwt242.50–264.001,3027
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,1571
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2558217.48/cwt202.50–225.001,2143
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568241.45/cwt238.00–245.001,3712
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3761
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2668208.14/cwt192.50–216.001,3903
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1687211.45/cwt208.00–215.001,4532
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2740192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,4251

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.