Sale reports / Arkansas / Hope Livestock Auction Inc. / 2020-07-09

Hope Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hope, Arkansas · Thu, Jul 9
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2058
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,007 head
0 vs last sale 1,007 1,007 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
0 vs last sale 112 112 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
0 vs last sale 45 45 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feder steers under 550 lbs. 6.00-12.00 higher; over 550 lbs. 2.00-5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 4.00-9.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Quality was average to attractive. Buyer activity was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $134.07/cwt on 200 head.
Average price
$134.07
200 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$714
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$182
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.84
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549135.40743169
Medium and Large 2442126.8556131
One grade step is worth $8.55/cwt here — about $182 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 sale200 hd
134.07
AR average8 barns · 2,017 hd
137.91
−3.84
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
BullsAverage1,70082.571,4039thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40857.928165thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23656.8170235
CowsLean 85-90%Average94846.4444016

Every lot, as filed

65 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,136957.78/cwt870.00–1,170.0010,8805
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,030919.61/cwt880.00–960.009,4722
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,29067.00/cwt67.00–67.008641
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3961,386.18/cwt1,350.00–1,400.0019,3514
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5101,370.00/cwt1,370.00–1,370.0020,6871
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3081,276.05/cwt1,120.00–1,370.0016,6916
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4401,020.00/cwt1,020.00–1,020.0014,6881
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,6001,070.00/cwt1,070.00–1,070.0017,1201
SteersMedium and Large 1925108.49/cwt107.00–110.001,0042
SteersMedium and Large 1825117.00/cwt117.00–117.009651
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy577124.98/cwt124.00–126.007213
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy620107.00/cwt107.00–107.006631
HeifersMedium and Large 2422117.00/cwt110.00–121.004949
HeifersMedium and Large 2524113.00/cwt105.00–117.005928
HeifersMedium and Large 2361120.52/cwt120.00–122.004354
HeifersMedium and Large 2475114.36/cwt113.00–115.005433
HeifersMedium and Large 2315121.05/cwt120.00–122.003812
HeifersMedium and Large 2575111.00/cwt111.00–111.006381
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement512156.86/cwt150.00–165.008033
HeifersMedium and Large 1570122.11/cwt118.00–126.0069623
HeifersMedium and Large 1526124.58/cwt121.00–130.0065523
HeifersMedium and Large 1378140.98/cwt135.00–147.0053312
HeifersMedium and Large 1472129.46/cwt122.00–135.0061111
HeifersMedium and Large 1620120.11/cwt115.00–125.0074510
HeifersMedium and Large 1422138.86/cwt135.00–143.005869
HeifersMedium and Large 1724111.90/cwt109.00–119.008107
HeifersMedium and Large 1669117.70/cwt115.00–121.007877
HeifersMedium and Large 1323146.94/cwt145.00–149.004753
HeifersMedium and Large 1775108.00/cwt108.00–108.008371
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy622108.64/cwt105.00–111.006763
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy530113.49/cwt112.00–115.006012
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy595110.00/cwt110.00–110.006551
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4151,129.51/cwt1,020.00–1,265.0015,9832
SteersMedium and Large 2469123.63/cwt120.00–128.0058013
SteersMedium and Large 2418130.78/cwt127.00–135.005479
SteersMedium and Large 2513121.49/cwt120.00–123.006234
SteersMedium and Large 2364133.01/cwt130.00–137.004844
SteersMedium and Large 2345130.00/cwt130.00–130.004491
SteersMedium and Large 1519135.06/cwt130.00–143.0070130
SteersMedium and Large 1622128.74/cwt125.00–133.0080127
SteersMedium and Large 1474141.97/cwt135.00–151.0067327
SteersMedium and Large 1573129.86/cwt128.00–135.0074423
SteersMedium and Large 1422151.17/cwt140.00–155.0063820
SteersMedium and Large 1709122.25/cwt115.00–129.008679
SteersMedium and Large 1671125.70/cwt124.00–128.008437
SteersMedium and Large 1363156.26/cwt150.00–163.005676
SteersMedium and Large 1321161.79/cwt155.00–165.005196
SteersMedium and Large 1870112.25/cwt110.00–113.009774
SteersMedium and Large 1757119.35/cwt116.00–123.009033
BullsMedium and Large 1527124.15/cwt119.00–127.0065413
BullsMedium and Large 1620119.52/cwt113.00–122.0074111
BullsMedium and Large 1572123.87/cwt120.00–128.007098
BullsMedium and Large 1677113.92/cwt109.00–120.007713
BullsMedium and Large 1468131.01/cwt129.00–134.006133
BullsMedium and Large 1788101.00/cwt100.00–102.007962
BullsMedium and Large 1705113.00/cwt113.00–113.007971
CowsLean 85-90%97249.01/cwt45.00–53.0047613
CowsLean 85-90%84335.32/cwt34.00–37.002983
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36356.90/cwt55.00–59.007764
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59062.00/cwt62.00–62.009861
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28359.37/cwt55.00–63.0076225
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06144.28/cwt41.00–47.004707
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25564.66/cwt64.00–65.008113
Bulls1,76388.54/cwt86.00–93.001,5616
Bulls1,57370.64/cwt70.00–72.001,1113

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.