Name: Hope Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs. unevenly steady; over 600 lbs. 2.00-5.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Quality was average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.61/cwt on 117 head.

Average price

$144.61

117 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$797

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$220

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$13.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.91

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	145.94	820	105
Medium and Large 2	452	132.91	600	12thin

One grade step is worth $13.03/cwt here — about $220 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 sale117 hd

144.61

—

AR average9 barns · 1,391 hd

149.51

−4.91

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,592	78.97	1,257	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,248	56.70	707	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	962	43.54	419	6thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	137.77/cwt	135.00–141.00	515	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	137.38/cwt	135.00–140.00	588	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	135.25/cwt	130.00–140.00	910	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	157.27/cwt	152.00–160.00	720	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	123.74/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,005	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	125.96/cwt	121.00–130.00	982	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	175.15/cwt	170.00–180.00	587	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	139.19/cwt	134.00–145.00	796	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	129.00/cwt	125.00–133.00	613	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	719	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	511	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	138.22/cwt	133.00–143.00	850	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	975.21/cwt	925.00–1,000.00	11,361	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	169.68/cwt	160.00–177.00	633	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	133.63/cwt	131.00–138.00	951	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	144.22/cwt	139.00–156.00	754	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	162.23/cwt	155.00–168.00	694	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	654	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	687	120.34/cwt	117.00–124.00	827	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	715	116.98/cwt	116.00–118.00	836	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	805	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	579	130.89/cwt	125.00–135.00	758	6
Bulls	—	—	1,653	83.15/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,374	3
Bulls	—	—	1,500	72.69/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,090	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	125.89/cwt	120.00–130.00	778	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	903	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	116.49/cwt	115.00–118.00	833	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	140.55/cwt	136.00–145.00	447	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	112.95/cwt	110.00–115.00	596	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	136.98/cwt	135.00–139.00	581	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	116.24/cwt	110.00–119.00	881	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	132.61/cwt	130.00–138.00	627	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	123.21/cwt	117.00–127.00	824	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	127.73/cwt	123.00–135.00	727	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	58.66/cwt	53.00–63.00	749	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	116.80/cwt	115.00–120.00	488	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	130.40/cwt	125.00–137.00	677	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	118.33/cwt	115.00–120.00	441	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	535	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	533	135.32/cwt	133.00–137.00	721	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	628	124.58/cwt	118.00–128.00	782	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	477	136.41/cwt	130.00–140.00	651	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	263	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	46.25/cwt	44.00–50.00	453	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,087	45.61/cwt	45.00–47.00	496	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	658	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	849	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	615	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	879	6

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.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Hope Livestock Auction - Hope, AR

Thu Aug 13, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 567Last week 688Year ago 420

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 161Year ago 85

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 25Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	374	135.00–141.00	137.77
19	—	618	120.00–130.00	125.89
1	—	860	105.00	105.00
2	—	715	115.00–118.00	116.49
3	—	318	136.00–145.00	140.55
4	—	424	135.00–139.00	136.98
4	—	758	110.00–119.00	116.24
10	—	473	130.00–138.00	132.61
10	—	669	117.00–127.00	123.21
13	—	569	123.00–135.00	127.73
21	—	519	125.00–137.00	130.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	528	110.00–115.00	112.95
5	—	418	115.00–120.00	116.80
1	—	320	125.00	125.00
3	—	373	115.00–120.00	118.33
3	—	457	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	658	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	428	135.00–140.00	137.38
2	—	475	125.00–133.00	129.00
1	—	575	125.00	125.00
1	—	370	138.00	138.00
1	—	340	137.00	137.00
2	—	523	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	673	130.00–140.00	135.25
8	—	458	152.00–160.00	157.27
3	—	812	120.00–130.00	123.74
3	—	780	121.00–130.00	125.96
2	—	335	170.00–180.00	175.15
15	—	572	134.00–145.00	139.19
13	—	615	133.00–143.00	138.22
13	—	373	160.00–177.00	169.68
11	—	712	131.00–138.00	133.63
11	—	523	139.00–156.00	144.22
10	—	428	155.00–168.00	162.23
1	—	885	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	615	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	687	117.00–124.00	120.34
2	—	715	116.00–118.00	116.98
1	—	805	101.00	101.00
6	—	579	125.00–135.00	130.89
6	—	533	133.00–137.00	135.32
6	—	628	118.00–128.00	124.58
8	—	477	130.00–140.00	136.41

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,165	925.00–1,000.00	975.21

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,653	80.00–85.00	83.15
2	—	1,500	70.00–75.00	72.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,276	53.00–63.00	58.66
3	—	1,087	45.00–47.00	45.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	30.00	30.00
5	—	979	44.00–50.00	46.25

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Hope Livestock Auction - Hope, AR

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Replacement Cattle

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