Name: Hope Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs. 9.00-15.00 higher; over 500 lbs. 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs. 8.00-10.00 higher; over 400 lbs. 2.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Quality was average. Buyer participation was active. Demand on all classes of cattle was strong.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.25/cwt on 134 head.

Average price

$158.25

134 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$836

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$258

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

$18.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.92

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	161.99	892	107
Medium and Large 2	442	143.44	634	27

One grade step is worth $18.54/cwt here — about $258 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 sale134 hd

158.25

—

AR average8 barns · 972 hd

156.33

+1.92

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	1,548	81.25	1,258	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,166	61.48	717	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	947	46.12	437	12

Every lot, as filed

53 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	545	143.00/cwt	141.00–145.00	779	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	783	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	476	150.15/cwt	146.00–153.00	715	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	672	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	840	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	824	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	714	119.36/cwt	116.00–125.00	852	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	620	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	992	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	667	159.36/cwt	156.00–163.00	1,063	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	705	161.86/cwt	158.00–165.00	1,141	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	163.99/cwt	155.00–170.00	772	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	152.66/cwt	151.00–155.00	1,168	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	148.98/cwt	147.00–151.00	1,214	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	502	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	184.60/cwt	180.00–191.00	690	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	152.81/cwt	149.00–158.00	935	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	150.73/cwt	148.00–153.00	1,087	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	170.08/cwt	163.00–180.00	726	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	193.24/cwt	188.00–197.00	638	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	140.22/cwt	137.00–145.00	660	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	150.84/cwt	145.00–155.00	572	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	151.01/cwt	145.00–156.00	646	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	159.13/cwt	151.00–167.00	842	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	156.22/cwt	150.00–163.00	890	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	144.45/cwt	141.00–147.00	764	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	138.82/cwt	133.00–144.00	861	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	152.83/cwt	150.00–162.00	1,022	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,071	48.87/cwt	45.00–51.00	523	6
Bulls	—	—	1,596	83.56/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,334	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	69.14/cwt	67.00–72.50	866	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,146	60.81/cwt	56.00–65.00	697	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	835	36.65/cwt	35.00–38.00	306	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	49.27/cwt	45.00–52.00	485	9
Bulls	—	—	1,355	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	976	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	8,932	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,048	874.58/cwt	850.00–900.00	9,166	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	16,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,346	1,045.46/cwt	1,000.00–1,100.00	14,072	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,640	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	126.71/cwt	125.00–130.00	599	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	137.44/cwt	135.00–140.00	451	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	135.33/cwt	133.00–137.00	965	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	137.04/cwt	135.00–139.00	925	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	906	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	143.19/cwt	140.00–148.00	818	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	525	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	145.11/cwt	140.00–150.00	688	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	155.16/cwt	148.00–164.00	588	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	159.46/cwt	150.00–170.00	515	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	136.86/cwt	133.00–144.00	717	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	143.55/cwt	140.00–145.00	609	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	504	2

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 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 476Last week 1,220Year ago 367

Slaughter CattleReceipts 132Last week 211Year ago 51

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 15Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	545	141.00–145.00	143.00
1	—	555	141.00	141.00
7	—	476	146.00–153.00	150.15
3	—	672	125.00	125.00
1	—	610	135.00	135.00
5	—	714	116.00–125.00	119.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	620	160.00	160.00
5	—	667	156.00–163.00	159.36
6	—	705	158.00–165.00	161.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	471	155.00–170.00	163.99
3	—	765	151.00–155.00	152.66
2	—	815	147.00–151.00	148.98
5	—	374	180.00–191.00	184.60
11	—	612	149.00–158.00	152.81
4	—	721	148.00–153.00	150.73
20	—	427	163.00–180.00	170.08
3	—	330	188.00–197.00	193.24
13	—	529	151.00–167.00	159.13
14	—	570	150.00–163.00	156.22
6	—	669	150.00–162.00	152.83
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	152.00	152.00
5	—	471	137.00–145.00	140.22
6	—	379	145.00–155.00	150.84
7	—	524	133.00–144.00	136.86
7	—	424	140.00–145.00	143.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	428	145.00–156.00	151.01
13	—	529	141.00–147.00	144.45
13	—	620	133.00–144.00	138.82
3	—	713	133.00–137.00	135.33
2	—	675	135.00–139.00	137.04
1	—	755	120.00	120.00
19	—	571	140.00–148.00	143.19
16	—	474	140.00–150.00	145.11
8	—	379	148.00–164.00	155.16
13	—	323	150.00–170.00	159.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	473	125.00–130.00	126.71
2	—	328	135.00–140.00	137.44
1	—	550	125.00	125.00
1	—	535	129.00	129.00
2	—	373	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	174.00	174.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,071	45.00–51.00	48.87
12	—	1,253	67.00–72.50	69.14
24	—	1,146	56.00–65.00	60.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	835	35.00–38.00	36.65
9	—	984	45.00–52.00	49.27
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,596	80.00–85.00	83.56
1	—	1,355	72.00	72.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,160	770.00	770.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,048	850.00–900.00	874.58
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	1,250.00	1,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,346	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,045.46
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,330	800.00	800.00

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Hope Livestock Auction - Hope, AR

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