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Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR

Name: Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR livestock auction prices — 2025-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cord, Arkansas · Thu, May 1

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3475

← Apr 24May 1May 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

444 head

▲ 119 vs last sale 325▼ 98 vs year ago 542 · −18.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

75 head

▲ 30 vs last sale 45▲ 10 vs year ago 65 · +15.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

91 head

▲ 76 vs last sale 15▲ 61 vs year ago 30 · +203.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly 10.00 to14.00 higher. However, there were some instances of thin fleshed and value added feeders that sold mostly 15.00 to 30.00 higher than last week with a few offerings of value added 300-350 lb hard steers that sold over 5.00 cwt. Slaughter cow sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower and slaughter bulls were not well tested. Supply was good and demand was strong with good buyer attendence.

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 $336.39/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −107.02 against this barn's trailing median of $443.41.

Average price

$336.39

14 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,868

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$243

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

$31.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.70

vs AR average

−38.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	343.13	1,921	11thin
Medium and Large 2	538	311.67	1,678	3thin

One grade step is worth $31.47/cwt here — about $243 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 sale14 hd

336.39

—

AR average8 barns · 226 hd

353.09

−16.70

National average176 barns · 11,859 hd

374.43

−38.04

This barn, trailing median8 sales

443.41

−107.02

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.

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	1,702	176.22	2,999	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,323	144.38	1,911	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,220	141.12	1,722	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	968	130.97	1,268	8thin

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
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	960	$2,800	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,265	$2,260	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	975	$3,112	12
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	726	$2,305	51
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	983	$1,756	6

Every lot

68 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Value Added	318	492.19/cwt	460.00–520.00	1,565	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	341	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,415	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,453	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	360	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,530	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	363	452.48/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,643	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	400	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,320	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	413	432.09/cwt	417.50–440.00	1,785	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	382.46/cwt	370.00–415.00	1,641	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	430	347.50/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,494	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	315.08/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,443	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	388.46/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,787	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	461	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,694	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	485	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,989	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	510	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,683	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	353.81/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,819	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	337.03/cwt	327.50–350.00	1,975	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,636	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	613	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,069	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	329.94/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,039	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	292.92/cwt	285.00–301.00	2,118	2
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,050	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	2,683	115
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Value Added	329	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,332	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	375	411.66/cwt	407.50–415.00	1,544	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	380	381.15/cwt	377.50–385.00	1,448	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	368.21/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,425	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	418	390.62/cwt	382.50–400.00	1,633	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	315.27/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,334	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	428	356.54/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,526	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	349.60/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,507	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	455	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,490	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	336.79/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,553	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	468	346.79/cwt	339.00–355.00	1,623	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,479	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	326.93/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,726	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,634	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,639	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,800	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	293.60/cwt	287.50–300.00	1,835	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	635	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,007	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	286.83/cwt	280.00–291.00	1,965	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,833	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	305	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,449	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,470	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	400.88/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,535	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	370.85/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,609	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	347.75/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,627	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,703	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	328.89/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,710	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,485	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,836	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,000	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,460	152.06/cwt	149.00–155.00	2,220	2
Bulls	—	—	1,863	192.33/cwt	186.00–200.00	3,583	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	798	133.02/cwt	132.00–134.00	1,061	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	800	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	928	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	133.15/cwt	128.00–137.00	1,425	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,218	134.53/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,639	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,221	143.31/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,750	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,270	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,715	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,334	146.26/cwt	145.00–148.00	1,951	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	960	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,190	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,868	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,248	149.49/cwt	146.00–154.00	1,866	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,265	2,260.00/head	2,260.00–2,260.00	2,260	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	726	2,305.34/head	2,250.00–2,500.00	2,305	51
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	980	189.13/cwt	180.00–200.00	1,853	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	983	1,756.17/head	1,650.00–1,850.00	1,756	6
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	975	3,112.49/head	2,850.00–3,475.00	3,112	12

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 May 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 444Last week 325Year ago 542

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 45Year ago 65

Replacement CattleReceipts 91Last week 15Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	405.00	405.00
3	350–400	375	407.50–415.00	411.66
3	400–450	418	382.50–400.00	390.62
2	450–500	468	339.00–355.00	346.79
1	600–650	635	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	360.00–380.00	368.21
14	400–450	431	335.00–370.00	349.60
21	450–500	461	320.00–345.00	336.79
4	500–550	528	320.00–335.00	326.93
1	550–600	590	305.00	305.00
4	600–650	625	287.50–300.00	293.60
4	650–700	685	280.00–291.00	286.83
1	700–750	705	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	300.00–330.00	315.27
1	450–500	485	305.00	305.00
1	500–550	540	302.50	302.50
1	550–600	575	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	377.50–385.00	381.15
3	400–450	428	350.00–370.00	356.54
1	450–500	455	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	455.00	455.00
4	350–400	383	390.00–415.00	400.88
10	400–450	434	350.00–395.00	370.85
9	450–500	468	330.00–350.00	347.75
4	500–550	516	330.00	330.00
6	550–600	583	315.00	315.00
2	600–650	625	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	520	320.00–335.00	328.89
1	550–600	550	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	475.00	475.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	318	460.00–520.00	492.19
1	350–400	360	425.00	425.00
4	400–450	413	417.50–440.00	432.09
1	450–500	485	410.00	410.00
2	600–650	613	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	450.00–455.00	452.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	341	415.00	415.00
1	350–400	350	415.00	415.00
11	400–450	429	370.00–415.00	382.46
3	450–500	460	380.00–395.00	388.46
4	500–550	514	340.00–360.00	353.81
7	550–600	586	327.50–350.00	337.03
2	600–650	618	325.00–335.00	329.94
2	700–750	723	285.00–301.00	292.92
115	1050–1100	1,050	255.50	255.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	340.00–355.00	347.50
2	500–550	510	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	330.00	330.00
2	450–500	458	300.00–330.00	315.08
1	550–600	595	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	461	367.50	367.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,265	2,260.00	2,260.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,248	146.00–154.00	149.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	960	2,800.00	2,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,190	157.00	157.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	980	180.00–200.00	189.13
(<2 yrs)	Open	51	—	726	2,250.00–2,500.00	2,305.34
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	983	1,650.00–1,850.00	1,756.17

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	975	2,850.00–3,475.00	3,112.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,460	149.00–155.00	152.06
3	—	1,863	186.00–200.00	192.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	798	132.00–134.00	133.02
1	—	800	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	135.00	135.00
5	—	1,334	145.00–148.00	146.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,221	140.00–146.00	143.31
2	—	1,218	130.00–139.00	134.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,070	128.00–137.00	133.15

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.