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Cattlemen's Livestock Exchange Market Report

Cord, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, August 22, 2024

630 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $235.10/cwt -0.26 vs last sale · ≈ $1,363/hd at 580 lb · 20 head
heavy 3-weight M&L 1 bulls $300.47/cwt -19.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,121/hd at 373 lb · 19 head
heavy 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $258.56/cwt -18.68 vs last sale · ≈ $1,246/hd at 482 lb · 16 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 630 343 117
Feeder cattle 530 270 87
Slaughter cattle 70 63 20
Replacement cattle 30 10 10

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers both sold 10.00 to 20.00 lower compared to last weeks light test. There was a larger offering of feeders today but with quality lower and several new crop un-weaned feeders along with a un-steady CME futures market kept the feeders lower. Slaughter bulls were 1.00 to 3.00 higher and slaughter cows were steady to 3.00 higher. Supply was good and demand was moderade to low on feeders and good on slaughter cattle.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
320–335 328 2 300.00–310.00 $304.89 $1,000 -45.11
350–385 361 12 285.00–320.00 $305.42 $1,103 -14.58
405–447 427 10 267.50–287.50 $274.66 $1,173 -29.18
450–480 468 9 260.00–287.50 $272.23 $1,274 -24.73
475 475 1 245.00 $245.00 $1,164 -51.96
535 value added 535 2 272.50 $272.50 $1,458 —
525–547 541 10 255.00–264.00 $259.01 $1,401 -33.68
565–585 578 7 244.00–255.00 $253.41 $1,465 -20.66
580–595 588 2 240.00 $240.00 $1,411 -34.07
615 615 6 235.00–237.50 $235.83 $1,450 -29.92
630–635 value added 633 6 260.00–270.00 $263.32 $1,667 —
620–645 636 4 240.00–262.00 $251.15 $1,597 -14.60
660–685 673 2 232.50–242.50 $237.41 $1,598 -25.09
720 720 1 225.00 $225.00 $1,620 -22.50
790 790 1 215.00 $215.00 $1,698 —
830 830 1 210.00 $210.00 $1,743 —
907 907 2 198.00 $198.00 $1,796 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
335 335 2 285.00–305.00 $295.00 $988 —
360–385 375 3 247.50–282.50 $267.88 $1,005 —
400–420 409 4 247.50–267.50 $259.97 $1,063 —
405–435 thin fleshed 420 2 260.00–275.00 $267.23 $1,122 -18.77
452–463 thin fleshed 459 6 270.00–285.00 $274.92 $1,262 —
460–495 466 7 247.50–250.00 $248.09 $1,156 -13.35
500–535 518 6 237.00–255.00 $246.18 $1,275 -14.69
550–595 579 5 210.00–255.00 $234.31 $1,357 -23.19
600–635 618 2 232.50–235.00 $233.79 $1,445 —
640 value added 640 2 238.00 $238.00 $1,523 —
685 685 1 229.00 $229.00 $1,569 —
705 705 1 231.00 $231.00 $1,629 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
772 value added 772 6 229.00 $229.00 $1,768 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
300–342 329 6 260.00–270.00 $264.60 $871 -27.12
350–385 361 10 260.00–270.00 $263.65 $952 -29.45
385 385 1 245.00 $245.00 $943 -25.00
400–445 423 8 254.00–264.00 $258.93 $1,095 -17.81
451–495 470 15 243.00–256.00 $251.82 $1,184 -3.88
470 470 1 235.00 $235.00 $1,104 -20.70
500–530 508 4 240.00–244.00 $241.77 $1,228 -9.16
508 value added 508 4 261.00 $261.00 $1,326 —
530–545 538 2 230.00–232.50 $231.27 $1,244 -16.23
560–595 577 6 215.00–227.50 $222.65 $1,285 -7.82
550–598 578 7 231.00–240.00 $234.44 $1,355 +3.97
581–590 value added 584 7 245.00–247.00 $246.42 $1,439 -3.58
600–640 610 5 227.50–232.50 $230.95 $1,409 —
615–645 630 2 213.00–215.00 $213.98 $1,348 —
670–675 673 2 203.00–215.00 $209.02 $1,407 -18.97
720 720 1 222.50 $222.50 $1,602 -6.50
786 786 4 207.00 $207.00 $1,627 -3.00
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
335 335 1 250.00 $250.00 $838 -2.45
385 385 1 226.00 $226.00 $870 -35.47
380–395 386 4 247.50–255.00 $249.98 $965 -11.49
400–445 419 8 223.00–240.00 $235.65 $987 —
457–465 460 3 213.00–215.00 $213.67 $983 -11.82
455–495 476 9 222.50–240.00 $230.06 $1,095 +4.57
520 520 1 215.00 $215.00 $1,118 —
520–545 538 4 220.00–235.00 $225.89 $1,215 —
555–595 575 2 225.00–230.00 $227.59 $1,309 +2.77
625 625 1 222.50 $222.50 $1,391 ±0.00
680 680 1 210.00 $210.00 $1,428 -7.50
710 710 2 200.00 $200.00 $1,420 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
320–342 336 8 295.00–325.00 $316.05 $1,062 —
350–395 373 19 277.00–322.50 $300.47 $1,121 -19.53
400–445 416 9 245.00–292.50 $277.40 $1,154 -22.06
452–498 482 16 242.50–273.00 $258.56 $1,246 -18.68
505–545 529 7 240.00–252.50 $246.07 $1,302 -22.05
535 535 1 230.00 $230.00 $1,230 -38.12
545 thin fleshed 545 2 276.00 $276.00 $1,504 —
567 567 2 258.00 $258.00 $1,463 +8.53
635 thin fleshed 635 1 245.00 $245.00 $1,556 —
735–740 737 3 210.00–216.00 $212.01 $1,563 —
775 775 1 207.00 $207.00 $1,604 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
305–308 307 4 265.00–270.00 $266.24 $817 -38.76
375–395 388 3 241.00–265.00 $252.87 $981 -45.63
440–445 443 2 245.00–250.00 $247.51 $1,096 —
470 470 1 255.00 $255.00 $1,198 -5.00
510 510 1 245.00 $245.00 $1,250 -2.00
565–580 569 4 230.00–239.00 $236.71 $1,347 —
647 647 2 207.00 $207.00 $1,339 -28.00
720–725 723 2 182.50–192.00 $187.27 $1,354 —

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
840–860 850 85-90% 2 117.00–119.00 $117.99 $1,003 +0.99
980–1000 990 85-90% 2 115.00–118.00 $116.48 $1,153 -4.11
905–1260 999 85-90% 17 119.00–130.00 $125.05 $1,249 +4.46
1025–1070 1053 85-90% 3 129.00–136.00 $131.71 $1,387 —
Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
950–1260 1080 80-85% 11 120.00–132.50 $127.28 $1,375 —
930–1355 1127 80-85% 9 134.00–145.00 $138.60 $1,562 —
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1305–1520 1413 75-80% 2 135.00–148.00 $141.99 $2,006 —
1535–1685 1610 75-80% 2 117.00–121.00 $119.09 $1,917 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1295–2125 1662 6 160.00–164.00 $160.93 $2,675 —
1655–1690 1673 2 164.00–177.50 $170.82 $2,858 —

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
890 890 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 1 145.00 $145.00 $1,290

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
820–840 830 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 2 1,450.00–1,700.00 $1,576.51
850–1085 940 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 3 1,650.00–1,850.00 $1,773.05
865–1070 957 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 3 1,800.00–2,000.00 $1,939.72
1020 1020 Young (2-4 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 1,800.00 $1,800.00
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
840 840 Young (2-4 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 172.50 $172.50 $1,449
945 945 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 140.00 $140.00 $1,323
960 960 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 1 139.00 $139.00 $1,334
945–1235 1115 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 5 147.50–162.50 $151.75 $1,692

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1022 1022 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 1 2,400.00 $2,400.00 —
1150–1315 1228 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 3 2,050.00–2,600.00 $2,345.59 —
1530 1530 Aged (>8 yrs)Open 1 2,050.00 $2,050.00 —

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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.