Cattlemen's Livestock Exchange Market Report

Cord, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, November 17, 2022

410 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $141.88/cwt +9.51 vs last sale · ≈ $672/hd at 474 lb · 18 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $150.45/cwt ≈ $938/hd at 623 lb · 16 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.58/cwt ≈ $998/hd at 680 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	410	346	561
Feeder cattle	355	295	540
Slaughter cattle	40	46	17
Replacement cattle	15	5	4

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago: Stocker and feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Stocker and feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. Supply was moderate with strong buyer demand for pre-conditioned cattle several good conditioned cattle offered today.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	202.50	$202.50	$506	+6.48
320	320	1	175.00	$175.00	$560	-27.50
360–380 value added	370	2	187.00–195.00	$191.11	$707	-23.89
415 value added	415	1	190.00	$190.00	$788	-28.96
455–490 value added	478	3	185.00–190.00	$186.59	$892	-16.15
472–490	478	3	170.00–180.00	$173.42	$829	-1.58
500–525	510	5	167.00–179.00	$171.24	$873	+0.84
550–590	567	5	165.00–175.00	$168.32	$954	+3.32
586 value added	586	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,055	—
625–627	626	3	165.00–170.00	$166.66	$1,043	+10.81
630–641 value added	637	6	165.00–175.00	$171.71	$1,094	—
685 value added	685	3	169.00	$169.00	$1,158	+15.00
705–730 value added	711	4	157.00–168.00	$162.04	$1,152	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307	307	2	184.00	$184.00	$565	—
458–490 value added	469	6	180.00–181.00	$180.35	$846	+20.35
540	540	3	160.00	$160.00	$864	+5.00
550–590	570	4	166.00–173.00	$169.62	$967	—
563–587 thin fleshed	571	6	168.00–173.00	$171.29	$978	—
605–625 value added	616	7	166.00–172.00	$168.74	$1,039	—
667 value added	667	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,067	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	150.00	$150.00	$368	—
295	295	1	165.00	$165.00	$487	—
315 thin fleshed	315	1	205.00	$205.00	$646	—
350–385	366	4	140.00–164.00	$153.14	$560	+3.14
430–435 thin fleshed	434	5	175.00–180.00	$175.99	$764	—
465	465	1	140.00	$140.00	$651	+2.91
515 value added	515	1	160.00	$160.00	$824	+20.59
535–540	538	2	142.00–145.00	$143.49	$772	—
565	565	1	140.00	$140.00	$791	+2.45

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	135.00	$135.00	$722	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	160.00	$160.00	$376	—
250	250	1	159.00	$159.00	$398	—
320–340	330	2	152.00–160.00	$155.88	$514	-16.62
345 value added	345	1	165.00	$165.00	$569	-6.00
355	355	1	120.00	$120.00	$426	—
395	395	1	152.00	$152.00	$600	—
400	400	1	146.00	$146.00	$584	-1.50
415–420 value added	418	8	159.00–169.00	$161.89	$677	-1.34
425	425	1	139.00	$139.00	$591	-8.50
490–495 value added	491	8	155.00–162.00	$158.99	$781	-7.01
500–510	505	2	137.00–137.50	$137.25	$693	-7.75
572–578 value added	576	6	156.00–161.00	$157.66	$908	—
580–595	588	2	130.00–145.00	$137.40	$808	+12.40
600–627 value added	620	12	151.00–155.00	$153.26	$950	—
620	620	1	135.00	$135.00	$837	—
635–640	638	3	140.00–151.00	$144.34	$921	—
655–685	673	3	137.00–141.00	$139.31	$938	—
675	675	1	135.00	$135.00	$911	—
678–693 value added	684	8	144.00–153.00	$150.76	$1,031	—
700 value added	700	2	146.00	$146.00	$1,022	—
764 value added	764	5	147.00	$147.00	$1,123	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255 thin fleshed	255	1	148.00	$148.00	$377	—
290	290	1	127.50	$127.50	$370	—
300–320 thin fleshed	312	3	145.00–155.00	$151.58	$473	+14.08
320–335	330	3	137.50–145.00	$142.46	$470	+15.96
365–395	384	5	125.00–135.00	$131.85	$506	-2.14
390 thin fleshed	390	1	125.00	$125.00	$488	—
400–440	418	4	132.50–144.00	$139.06	$581	-0.98
410–425 thin fleshed	418	2	165.00–167.50	$166.23	$695	—
450–485	466	12	130.00–148.00	$139.96	$652	+7.59
465–495 thin fleshed	489	6	139.00–147.00	$145.73	$713	—
535	535	2	125.00–135.00	$130.00	$696	-1.22
595 thin fleshed	595	1	150.00	$150.00	$892	+12.00
605–630	615	3	129.00–132.00	$130.33	$802	+2.89
660–670	665	2	127.00–140.00	$133.55	$888	—
705–747	734	4	130.00–135.00	$131.85	$968	+0.22
765	765	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,079	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461	461	3	163.00	$163.00	$751	—
520–531	526	6	146.00–152.00	$148.97	$784	—
575	575	3	141.00	$141.00	$811	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	122.50	$122.50	$312	+2.50
345	345	1	125.00	$125.00	$431	—
355	355	1	110.00	$110.00	$390	-9.94
435	435	1	80.00	$80.00	$348	-20.00
530	530	1	110.00	$110.00	$583	+7.95
560	560	1	115.00	$115.00	$644	+5.00
660	660	1	110.00	$110.00	$726	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	177.50	$177.50	$550	—
385–390	388	3	150.00–185.00	$166.59	$646	—
440	440	1	186.00	$186.00	$818	+26.00
465	465	1	160.00	$160.00	$744	-24.93
510	510	2	155.00–156.00	$155.50	$793	+2.50
550	550	1	158.00	$158.00	$869	+2.33
645	645	1	135.00	$135.00	$871	-15.00
695	695	1	130.00	$130.00	$904	—
765–790	778	2	125.00–135.00	$130.08	$1,012	—
920	920	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,187	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	165.00	$165.00	$536	+20.15
355–365	360	2	135.00–177.50	$155.95	$561	+16.15
460	460	1	162.50	$162.50	$748	+28.50
505	505	1	137.00	$137.00	$692	-5.89
550–575	558	3	138.00–153.00	$143.81	$802	+14.81
605	605	2	138.00	$138.00	$835	—
650	650	1	149.00	$149.00	$968	—
725–735	728	3	120.00–130.00	$126.64	$922	-7.36

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	2	177.50	$177.50	$657	—
446	446	3	156.00	$156.00	$696	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1540	1400	75-80%	10	71.50–76.50	$72.70	$1,018	—
1440–1625	1525	75-80%	4	63.50–65.00	$64.01	$976	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–810	805	85-90%	2	45.00	$45.00	$362	—
900	900	85-90%	1	31.00	$31.00	$279	-9.00
900–1075	975	85-90%	4	55.00–62.00	$60.11	$586	—
990–1090	1030	85-90%	3	49.00–52.50	$50.56	$521	-7.93
1215	1215	85-90%	1	64.00	$64.00	$778	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1285	1198	80-85%	8	63.00–67.00	$64.67	$775	—
1255	1255	80-85%	1	70.00	$70.00	$878	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450–1725	1563	4	85.00–90.00	$88.16	$1,378	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	620.00	$620.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075–1090	1083	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	680.00–885.00	$781.79
1325–1485	1393	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	850.00–1,100.00	$996.17

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
970	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	60.00	$60.00	$582
1310	1310	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	67.50	$67.50	$884

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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
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	-50.00

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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.