Sale reports / Arkansas / Hope Livestock Auction Inc. / 2019-06-13

Hope Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hope, Arkansas · Thu, Jun 13
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2058
Feeder Cattle receipts
684 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 721▲ 684 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
174 head
▼ 102 vs last sale 276▲ 174 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 125 vs last sale 145▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs. 4.00-6.00 lower; over 600 lbs. steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 2.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00-5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.73/cwt on 103 head.
Average price
$125.73
103 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$149
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.33
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530127.0267387
Medium and Large 2441118.7552416thin
One grade step is worth $8.27/cwt here — about $149 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale103 hd
125.73
—
AR average8 barns · 1,634 hd
131.06
−5.33
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—Low1,64284.631,39023
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31057.007471thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15353.8362150
CowsLean 85-90%Average96443.9042320

Every lot, as filed

50 lots · USDA AMS · Hope Livestock Auction - Hope, AR
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1—655120.00/cwt120.00–120.007861
BullsMedium and Large 1—467137.65/cwt135.00–140.006433
BullsMedium and Large 1—575130.35/cwt129.00–132.007503
BullsMedium and Large 1—526130.00/cwt128.00–132.006844
BullsMedium and Large 1—626123.21/cwt121.00–126.007714
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—510118.00/cwt118.00–118.006021
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—568118.49/cwt118.00–119.006732
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—462124.65/cwt123.00–126.005763
HeifersMedium and Large 1—773107.38/cwt102.00–113.008302
HeifersMedium and Large 1—326139.54/cwt135.00–147.004555
HeifersMedium and Large 1—680118.15/cwt113.00–122.008035
HeifersMedium and Large 1—626123.30/cwt121.00–127.007726
HeifersMedium and Large 1—713108.10/cwt103.00–113.007716
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470131.13/cwt126.00–136.0061612
HeifersMedium and Large 1—569126.75/cwt123.00–130.0072113
HeifersMedium and Large 1—430134.19/cwt130.00–141.0057715
HeifersMedium and Large 1—527129.17/cwt127.00–131.0068117
HeifersMedium and Large 2—555110.00/cwt110.00–110.006111
HeifersMedium and Large 2—308122.48/cwt120.00–125.003772
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375120.00/cwt120.00–120.004502
HeifersMedium and Large 2—518115.17/cwt113.00–118.005975
HeifersMedium and Large 2—424121.53/cwt120.00–125.005156
SteersMedium and Large 1—718122.44/cwt120.00–125.008792
SteersMedium and Large 1—663130.00/cwt130.00–130.008623
SteersMedium and Large 1—371158.30/cwt155.00–161.005874
SteersMedium and Large 1—312161.63/cwt155.00–169.005047
SteersMedium and Large 1—470146.58/cwt143.00–153.006898
SteersMedium and Large 1—421150.00/cwt147.00–155.006329
SteersMedium and Large 1—624133.59/cwt131.00–137.008349
SteersMedium and Large 1—523142.49/cwt135.00–145.0074514
SteersMedium and Large 1—569139.16/cwt135.00–143.0079214
SteersMedium and Large 2—500120.00/cwt120.00–120.006001
SteersMedium and Large 2—465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006052
SteersMedium and Large 2—368135.10/cwt130.00–140.004974
SteersMedium and Large 2—314139.29/cwt135.00–142.004377
SteersMedium and Large 2—414134.43/cwt130.00–140.005579
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,180946.78/cwt850.00–1,050.0011,1723
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3651,027.47/cwt950.00–1,100.0014,0252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4901,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0017,8801
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4401,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0017,2801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,21065.00/cwt65.00–65.007871
Bulls——1,41571.49/cwt70.00–73.001,0122
Bulls——1,98394.40/cwt93.00–97.001,8724
Bulls——1,58983.88/cwt80.00–88.001,33317
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29364.29/cwt63.00–66.008313
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,04542.83/cwt40.00–47.0044810
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17155.95/cwt50.00–60.0065537
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,31057.00/cwt57.00–57.007471
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01447.43/cwt43.00–50.0048114
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—84835.67/cwt33.00–38.003026

How this sale compares

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.