Cattlemen's Livestock Exchange Market Report

Cord, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, February 17, 2022

534 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $159.09/cwt +4.32 vs last sale · ≈ $1,071/hd at 673 lb · 22 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $157.33/cwt +3.97 vs last sale · ≈ $831/hd at 528 lb · 20 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $141.88/cwt -0.12 vs last sale · ≈ $955/hd at 673 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	534	250
Feeder cattle	460	240
Slaughter cattle	69	7
Replacement cattle	5	3

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trend available sale not reported weeks previous: Several quality consignments offered today with strong demand for quality pre-vac cattle. Slaughter cows were also in strong demand. Plain cattle were also attractive to buyers as ranchers get ready for spring grazing.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	185.00	$185.00	$527	—
310	310	1	180.00	$180.00	$558	—
370–380	375	2	176.00–178.00	$177.01	$664	—
400–425	413	2	173.00–175.00	$173.97	$718	—
435 value added	435	1	181.00	$181.00	$787	-4.00
465–495	475	3	165.00–170.00	$168.26	$799	+5.42
465–497 value added	485	11	192.50–202.00	$201.17	$976	+23.05
500 value added	500	1	186.00	$186.00	$930	—
520	520	1	146.00	$146.00	$759	-16.33
515–537	530	4	158.00–182.50	$171.56	$909	+9.23
550–570	560	2	165.00	$165.00	$924	—
560–588 value added	573	15	167.00–177.00	$171.94	$985	+7.92
605–615	610	2	147.50–159.00	$153.30	$935	—
615	615	1	141.00	$141.00	$867	—
613–645 value added	626	11	157.00–167.00	$164.82	$1,032	+15.64
650–695 value added	673	21	152.00–164.50	$160.00	$1,077	+5.23
675	675	1	140.00	$140.00	$945	—
702–731 value added	726	12	153.00–158.50	$156.73	$1,138	+4.12
786 value added	786	5	142.50	$142.50	$1,120	—
855	855	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,206	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	167.50	$167.50	$444	—
325–345	332	3	152.50–165.00	$159.03	$528	—
340 thin fleshed	340	1	190.00	$190.00	$646	—
360–390	376	6	138.00–162.00	$151.59	$570	—
380 value added	380	1	170.00	$170.00	$646	—
405 thin fleshed	405	1	173.00	$173.00	$701	—
430	430	1	144.00	$144.00	$619	—
450–495	474	5	140.00–153.00	$147.73	$700	—
600–610 value added	605	2	143.00–147.00	$145.02	$877	+5.02
610	610	1	135.00	$135.00	$824	—
660	660	1	140.00	$140.00	$924	+8.00
785 value added	785	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,068	—
800	800	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,088	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	176.00	$176.00	$704	—
470	470	1	158.00	$158.00	$743	—
600 value added	600	3	157.50–158.00	$157.67	$946	—
673	673	3	146.00	$146.00	$983	—
702–735 value added	719	4	145.00–148.50	$146.79	$1,055	—
722–730	726	4	135.00–141.00	$137.98	$1,002	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–380	373	3	110.00–131.00	$120.08	$448	—
435–440	438	2	100.00–129.00	$114.42	$501	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
772	772	2	132.00	$132.00	$1,019	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	322	3	152.00–166.00	$160.90	$518	-4.10
330 value added	330	3	169.00	$169.00	$558	+19.00
355–360	358	2	155.00	$155.00	$555	+5.00
355–395 value added	378	3	162.00–179.00	$168.36	$636	—
430–440 value added	433	3	168.00–170.00	$168.99	$732	+8.99
435–440	438	2	148.00–164.00	$156.05	$683	-7.95
457–472 value added	462	6	158.00–160.00	$158.68	$733	-2.08
450–490	470	4	150.00–167.50	$158.03	$743	—
524–540 value added	526	18	153.00–160.50	$158.03	$831	+2.67
547	547	2	151.00	$151.00	$826	+3.00
570 value added	570	8	152.00	$152.00	$866	+1.00
575	575	1	136.00	$136.00	$782	—
600	600	1	140.00	$140.00	$840	—
641 value added	641	9	145.50	$145.50	$933	+0.08
665	665	4	132.50	$132.50	$881	—
652–698 value added	675	14	142.00–147.00	$144.56	$976	+2.56
725 value added	725	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,008	+0.04
920	920	1	100.00	$100.00	$920	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–295	290	2	134.00–154.00	$143.83	$417	—
325 thin fleshed	325	1	150.00	$150.00	$488	—
350 value added	350	1	150.00	$150.00	$525	—
355–360 thin fleshed	358	2	145.00–153.00	$149.03	$534	-5.97
350–395	368	8	129.00–145.00	$136.18	$501	-5.64
385	385	1	124.00	$124.00	$477	-17.82
400–435	418	6	130.00–151.00	$139.85	$585	+14.85
430 thin fleshed	430	1	150.00	$150.00	$645	—
450–495	469	4	140.00–142.00	$140.78	$660	+13.82
530–535	533	2	130.00–144.00	$136.97	$730	+10.23
550	550	1	145.00	$145.00	$798	—
607–630	615	5	127.50–130.00	$128.61	$791	—
720	720	1	110.00	$110.00	$792	—
800	800	1	77.00	$77.00	$616	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	2	142.00	$142.00	$767	—
657–689 value added	674	12	136.50–145.00	$142.03	$957	—
735 value added	735	3	134.00	$134.00	$985	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	323	2	120.00–130.00	$125.35	$405	—
380	380	1	110.00	$110.00	$418	—
420	420	1	110.00	$110.00	$462	+5.00
460–490	475	2	115.00	$115.00	$546	+6.72
545	545	1	125.00	$125.00	$681	—
595	595	1	112.00	$112.00	$666	—
755 thin fleshed	755	4	115.00	$115.00	$868	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	167.50	$167.50	$419	—
400–435	418	2	145.00–151.00	$148.13	$619	+17.13
610	610	1	132.00	$132.00	$805	—
655	655	1	124.00	$124.00	$812	—
975	975	1	95.00	$95.00	$926	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	198.00	$198.00	$554	—
500	500	1	169.00	$169.00	$845	+20.00
605	605	1	158.00	$158.00	$956	—
710	710	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,058	—
805	805	1	121.00	$121.00	$974	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	120.00	$120.00	$402	—
380–385	383	2	110.00–120.00	$114.97	$440	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750	750	85-90%	1	39.00	$39.00	$292	—
815	815	85-90%	1	45.00	$45.00	$367	—
750–865	825	85-90%	4	51.00–56.00	$53.05	$438	—
810–840	825	85-90%	3	42.00–51.00	$46.28	$382	—
870	870	85-90%	2	65.00	$65.00	$566	—
855–1270	1011	85-90%	14	52.00–63.00	$59.00	$596	—
1020–1535	1196	85-90%	5	63.00–76.50	$68.34	$817	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1185	1110	80-85%	4	65.00–73.00	$69.15	$768	—
1125–1320	1247	80-85%	6	76.00–88.00	$83.62	$1,043	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1540	1540	75-80%	1	86.00	$86.00	$1,324	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845	845	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	75.00	$75.00	$634
1010 thin fleshed	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	66.00	$66.00	$667

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1010	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.