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Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR

Name: Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR livestock auction prices — 2026-01-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-01

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

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3475

← Nov 20Jan 1Jan 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

276 head

▲ 25 vs last sale 251▼ 379 vs year ago 655 · −57.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

60 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 55▲ 1 vs year ago 59 · +1.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 15▼ 12 vs year ago 32 · −37.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

On a light run of feeders this week Cattlemen's Livestock started off the new year with very good demand and good buyer attendence. Buyers were giving a premium for both feeder steers and feeder heifers that had good condition or that were value added.

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 $406.63/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −36.77 against this barn's trailing median of $443.41.

Average price

$406.63

22 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,224

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$617

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

$89.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.99

vs AR average

−45.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	414.80	2,283	20
Medium and Large 2	513	325.00	1,666	2thin

One grade step is worth $89.80/cwt here — about $617 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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

406.63

—

AR average2 barns · 32 hd

408.63

−1.99

National average24 barns · 3,960 hd

452.16

−45.53

This barn, trailing median8 sales

443.41

−36.77

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	—	High	1,612	176.53	2,845	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,520	155.87	2,370	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,274	151.14	1,926	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,028	120.77	1,241	7thin

Every lot

67 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 1	305	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,556	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,763	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	415	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,137	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,743	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	464.96/cwt	450.00–485.00	1,981	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	434.52/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,042	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,786	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,768	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	520	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,560	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	413.65/cwt	385.00–430.00	2,180	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	530	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,359	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	583	412.34/cwt	405.00–420.00	2,404	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	386.56/cwt	365.00–410.00	2,254	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	615	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,276	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	373.88/cwt	350.00–395.00	2,340	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	627	402.60/cwt	395.00–406.00	2,524	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	363.61/cwt	350.00–385.00	2,418	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	345.73/cwt	335.00–355.00	2,503	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,235	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	760	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,641	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	836	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,809	27
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	308	482.44/cwt	480.00–485.00	1,486	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,588	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,405	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	403	362.42/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,461	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	411	426.48/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,753	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	412.76/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,750	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	425	399.65/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,699	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	458	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,947	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,674	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	381.37/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,789	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	383.50/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,987	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	527	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,055	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	527	349.15/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,840	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	362.34/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,076	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,947	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Full	610	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,922	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	336.59/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,070	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,968	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	619	345.99/cwt	345.00–347.50	2,142	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,250	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	738	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,380	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,463	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	502.54/cwt	500.00–505.00	1,658	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	370	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,776	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	480.00/cwt	465.00–495.00	1,848	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	459.05/cwt	445.00–470.00	1,965	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	430	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,914	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	412.23/cwt	385.00–425.00	1,970	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,838	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	421.79/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,202	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	356.69/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,990	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,233	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,582	170.71/cwt	161.00–176.00	2,701	3
Bulls	—	—	1,700	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	3,298	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	835	112.25/cwt	112.00–112.50	937	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	915	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,318	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,135	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,476	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,170	108.44/cwt	108.00–109.00	1,269	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,255	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,707	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,258	150.97/cwt	145.00–157.50	1,899	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,358	159.45/cwt	158.00–161.00	2,165	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,502	158.05/cwt	155.00–161.00	2,374	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,588	147.89/cwt	143.00–154.00	2,348	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,245	156.61/cwt	153.00–160.00	1,950	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,331	165.34/cwt	155.00–180.00	2,201	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,605	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	2,528	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 Jan 1, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 276Last week 251Year ago 655

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 55Year ago 59

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 15Year ago 32

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	480.00–485.00	482.44
1	350–400	365	435.00	435.00
10	400–450	424	390.00–425.00	412.76
13	450–500	469	370.00–395.00	381.37
3	500–550	518	370.00–390.00	383.50
2	550–600	573	355.00–370.00	362.34
3	600–650	615	330.00–345.00	336.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	390.00–410.00	399.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	385.00	385.00
2	400–450	403	350.00–375.00	362.42
1	450–500	465	360.00	360.00
6	500–550	527	340.00–355.00	349.15
1	550–600	590	330.00	330.00
1	600–650	615	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	720	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	411	420.00–440.00	426.48
3	450–500	458	425.00	425.00
4	500–550	527	390.00	390.00
5	600–650	619	345.00–347.50	345.99
3	700–750	738	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	410.00	410.00
1	450–500	470	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	505	350.00	350.00
1	700–750	745	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	510.00	510.00
1	350–400	375	470.00	470.00
4	400–450	426	450.00–485.00	464.96
4	450–500	470	410.00–450.00	434.52
6	500–550	527	385.00–430.00	413.65
6	550–600	583	365.00–410.00	386.56
10	600–650	626	350.00–395.00	373.88
6	650–700	665	350.00–385.00	363.61
4	700–750	724	335.00–355.00	345.73
27	800–850	836	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	415	515.00	515.00
6	500–550	530	445.00	445.00
2	550–600	583	405.00–420.00	412.34
10	600–650	627	395.00–406.00	402.60
5	750–800	760	347.50	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	500.00–505.00	502.54
2	350–400	385	465.00–495.00	480.00
5	400–450	428	445.00–470.00	459.05
4	450–500	478	385.00–425.00	412.23
3	500–550	522	400.00–440.00	421.79
1	550–600	580	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	480.00	480.00
1	400–450	430	445.00	445.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	450.00	450.00
1	450–500	490	375.00	375.00
3	550–600	558	340.00–380.00	356.69

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,605	157.50	157.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,331	155.00–180.00	165.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,245	153.00–160.00	156.61

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,170	108.00–109.00	108.44
1	—	915	144.00	144.00
2	—	1,135	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	835	112.00–112.50	112.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,358	158.00–161.00	159.45
1	—	1,255	136.00	136.00
9	—	1,258	145.00–157.50	150.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,588	143.00–154.00	147.89
11	—	1,502	155.00–161.00	158.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	194.00	194.00
3	—	1,582	161.00–176.00	170.71

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.