Name: Hope Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers unevenly steady. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs. 8-10 lower; over 400 lbs. steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Sold two video loads of preconditioned heifers for immediate delivery at a premium. Quality was average. Demand was moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.85/cwt on 247 head.

Average price

$143.85

247 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$824

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$263

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

$21.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.28

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	525	149.00	782	92
Medium and Large 1	619	141.97	879	142
Medium and Large 2	406	127.91	520	13thin

One grade step is worth $21.09/cwt here — about $263 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 sale247 hd

143.85

—

AR average9 barns · 1,234 hd

138.57

+5.28

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	—	Low	1,695	87.77	1,488	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,655	65.00	1,076	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,223	63.33	775	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	974	49.52	482	6thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	187.05/cwt	180.00–195.00	698	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	660	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	997	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	600	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	948	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	157.36/cwt	150.00–163.00	814	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	151.50/cwt	147.00–155.00	495	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	147.86/cwt	141.00–153.00	627	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	615	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	892	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	150.07/cwt	143.00–157.00	863	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	140.64/cwt	135.00–146.00	734	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	160.08/cwt	155.00–170.00	767	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	725	143.20/cwt	143.20–143.20	1,038	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	141.73/cwt	135.00–149.00	1,019	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	483	147.03/cwt	144.00–150.00	710	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	815	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	954	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	144.16/cwt	135.00–151.00	962	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	485	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	800	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	505	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	808	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	725	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	149.54/cwt	143.00–155.00	932	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	455	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	673	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	170.83/cwt	165.00–181.00	729	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,655	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,076	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	65.29/cwt	60.00–69.00	821	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,107	48.58/cwt	40.00–53.00	538	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	74.05/cwt	72.00–76.00	949	10
Bulls	—	—	1,450	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,102	1
Bulls	—	—	1,798	93.71/cwt	92.00–96.00	1,685	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	755	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	914	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	948	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	615	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	738	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	52.42/cwt	50.00–55.00	528	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	805	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	282	1
Bulls	—	—	1,715	87.72/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,504	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	138.79/cwt	137.00–140.00	656	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	782	92
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	624	133.38/cwt	128.00–137.00	832	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,430	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	14,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	10,354	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	146.52/cwt	145.00–148.00	571	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	329	130.00/cwt	125.00–135.00	428	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	130.33/cwt	130.00–131.00	678	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	132.16/cwt	128.00–135.00	818	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	531	142.85/cwt	137.00–148.00	759	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	142.46/cwt	140.00–145.00	624	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	121.75/cwt	120.00–125.00	639	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	132.61/cwt	130.00–135.00	487	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	557	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	131.47/cwt	128.00–134.00	886	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	200.02/cwt	185.00–212.00	648	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	136.89/cwt	132.00–142.00	771	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	144.79/cwt	141.00–148.00	685	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	145.20/cwt	145.00–146.00	539	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	132.08/cwt	127.00–136.00	944	3

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 Jul 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 665Last week 905Year ago 717

Slaughter CattleReceipts 88Last week 235Year ago 75

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 90Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	180.00–195.00	187.05
12	—	517	150.00–163.00	157.36
10	—	575	143.00–157.00	150.07
8	—	479	155.00–170.00	160.08
6	—	719	135.00–149.00	141.73
5	—	667	135.00–151.00	144.16
5	—	623	143.00–155.00	149.54
9	—	427	165.00–181.00	170.83
7	—	324	185.00–212.00	200.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	660	151.00	151.00
3	—	600	158.00	158.00
3	—	485	165.00	165.00
3	—	505	160.00	160.00
1	—	725	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	473	137.00–140.00	138.79
1	—	320	150.00	150.00
2	—	390	145.00–148.00	146.52
3	—	520	130.00–131.00	130.33
4	—	438	140.00–145.00	142.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	327	147.00–155.00	151.50
11	—	424	141.00–153.00	147.86
13	—	522	135.00–146.00	140.64
6	—	619	128.00–135.00	132.16
9	—	674	128.00–134.00	131.47
8	—	563	132.00–142.00	136.89
6	—	473	141.00–148.00	144.79
5	—	371	145.00–146.00	145.20
3	—	715	127.00–136.00	132.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	725	143.20	143.20
3	—	455	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	525	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	329	125.00–135.00	130.00
4	—	525	120.00–125.00	121.75
3	—	367	130.00–135.00	132.61
1	—	435	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	483	144.00–150.00	147.03
1	—	815	117.00	117.00
1	—	755	121.00	121.00
1	—	735	129.00	129.00
8	—	624	128.00–137.00	133.38
10	—	531	137.00–148.00	142.85

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,655	65.00	65.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,258	60.00–69.00	65.29
9	—	1,107	40.00–53.00	48.58
10	—	1,282	72.00–76.00	74.05
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,008	50.00–55.00	52.42
1	—	805	35.00	35.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	76.00	76.00
2	—	1,798	92.00–96.00	93.71
2	—	1,715	85.00–90.00	87.72

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,430	1,000.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,255	825.00	825.00

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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Heifers · 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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Slaughter Cattle

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