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Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cord, Arkansas · Thu, Nov 13
● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3475
Feeder Cattle receipts
415 head
▲ 69 vs last sale 346▲ 78 vs year ago 337 · +23.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 25▼ 20 vs year ago 50 · −40.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 20▼ 10 vs year ago 20 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers both sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 8.00 lower and slaughter bulls were not well tested. Buyer attendence was good and demand was good on a good run of quality feeders today. Buyers continued to reach out and get the cattle they needed to fill the orders even with the futures on feeders closing down sharply today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $332.39/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −69.17 against this barn's trailing median of $401.56.
Average price
$332.39
22 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,785
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$137
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.84
vs AR average
−31.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531346.381,83913thin
Medium and Large 2545312.181,7039thin
One grade step is worth $34.21/cwt here — about $137 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale22 hd
332.39
—
AR average9 barns · 619 hd
345.23
−12.84
National average183 barns · 20,348 hd
363.96
−31.57
This barn, trailing median8 sales
401.56
−69.17
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
432409386362median 401.5603/2604/0905/1406/0406/11
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $417.84, low $376.36, median $401.56 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,727169.442,9265thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,460154.492,2562thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,214140.071,70011
CowsLean 85-90%Average959123.101,1815thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,125$2,5001thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,310$2,3722thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,662$3,0002thin

Every lot

97 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,2601
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373365.36/cwt355.00–385.001,3633
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380412.27/cwt395.00–430.001,5672
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added415445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,8473
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6971
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2447340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5202
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2463339.07/cwt332.50–350.001,5703
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477391.38/cwt365.00–410.001,8673
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added518370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9173
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521327.14/cwt300.00–355.001,7048
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533377.37/cwt370.00–390.002,0117
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572365.71/cwt355.00–382.502,0923
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9141
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added585380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,2233
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added614375.67/cwt370.00–377.502,3074
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,2632
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added635365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,3183
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added648325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1062
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added675353.57/cwt345.00–360.002,3879
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1679350.00/cwt345.00–355.002,3774
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added685330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2612
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added715349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,4958
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,4121
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2725317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,3021
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added726330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3969
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,5411
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2Value Added771317.37/cwt315.00–319.002,4475
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2775310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,4031
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1822317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,6062
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2910275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,5032
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy925265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,4511
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2970247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,4011
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed270470.28/cwt455.00–485.001,2702
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326362.47/cwt355.00–375.001,1824
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1337380.07/cwt375.00–385.001,2813
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy345325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1211
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378366.72/cwt365.00–370.001,3863
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381335.84/cwt320.00–355.001,2806
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed395370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4621
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415332.87/cwt310.00–345.001,3815
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed418350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4632
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429346.92/cwt340.00–355.001,4885
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469322.09/cwt310.00–330.001,5117
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added473343.42/cwt340.00–345.001,6243
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added475355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6863
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476355.75/cwt345.00–367.501,6937
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed505335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6921
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523349.38/cwt330.00–360.001,82711
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2532316.20/cwt305.00–320.001,6824
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2569302.45/cwt285.00–325.001,7214
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575329.91/cwt325.00–335.001,8972
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618328.34/cwt325.00–330.002,0293
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added631341.22/cwt337.50–342.502,1538
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2641295.90/cwt280.00–305.001,8979
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2653305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9927
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673317.45/cwt315.00–320.002,1362
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8231
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added682332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,2682
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy700290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0301
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added717319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,2875
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725311.48/cwt295.00–320.002,2585
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3631
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2790280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2121
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1195
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2830260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1581
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed279568.83/cwt550.00–575.001,5874
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1295475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,4011
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330347.88/cwt335.00–360.001,1482
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3801
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373344.77/cwt340.00–350.001,2862
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375404.47/cwt395.00–420.001,5173
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2418339.26/cwt325.00–350.001,4187
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1433379.91/cwt365.00–395.001,6454
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473320.17/cwt305.00–330.001,5144
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485367.50/cwt350.00–385.001,7822
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed490370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8131
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7771
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1521366.94/cwt350.00–385.001,9128
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1587356.58/cwt350.00–365.002,0933
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8061
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1658321.06/cwt305.00–337.502,1132
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2765265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0271
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,583152.56/cwt150.00–155.002,4152
Bulls——1,823180.70/cwt171.00–187.003,2943
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight785132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,0401
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight790111.00/cwt111.00–111.008771
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight855120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0261
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,020127.40/cwt125.00–129.001,2992
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,135122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,3851
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,224136.26/cwt132.00–141.001,6685
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,230130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,5991
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,298151.16/cwt143.00–158.001,9624
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,460154.49/cwt154.00–155.002,2562
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6623,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1252,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3102,372.14/head2,250.00–2,500.002,3722
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,360161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,1901

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.