Sale reports / Arkansas / Hope Livestock Auction Inc. / 2021-11-04

Hope Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hope, Arkansas · Thu, Nov 4
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2058
Feeder Cattle receipts
772 head
81 vs last sale 853 772 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
131 head
114 vs last sale 245 131 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
20 vs last sale 35 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs. 10.00-14.00 higher; over 400 lbs. 1.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Quality was average to atractive.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.73/cwt on 192 head.
Average price
$151.73
192 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$795
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$264
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.00
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542153.29831167
Medium and Large 2401141.3356725
One grade step is worth $11.96/cwt here — about $264 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 sale192 hd
151.73
AR average9 barns · 2,033 hd
153.73
−2.00
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
BullsLow1,59276.351,2159thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,66555.009161thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20853.0064046
CowsLean 85-90%Low91327.4725113

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1477131.98/cwt128.00–140.0063018
SteersMedium and Large 1758134.01/cwt132.00–136.001,0162
SteersMedium and Large 1516160.16/cwt153.00–167.0082625
SteersMedium and Large 1620139.55/cwt135.00–145.0086512
HeifersMedium and Large 2517112.34/cwt110.00–115.005813
HeifersMedium and Large 1413137.07/cwt130.00–145.005668
HeifersMedium and Large 1373150.33/cwt145.00–155.0056110
SteersMedium and Large 2418140.18/cwt135.00–145.005868
SteersMedium and Large 1805128.00/cwt127.00–129.001,0302
SteersMedium and Large 1471164.11/cwt150.00–173.0077325
SteersMedium and Large 1421165.27/cwt155.00–175.0069624
SteersMedium and Large 2480135.78/cwt130.00–143.006524
SteersMedium and Large 1383168.05/cwt165.00–175.0064410
SteersMedium and Large 1665134.99/cwt130.00–139.0089810
SteersMedium and Large 2535128.98/cwt128.00–130.006902
SteersMedium and Large 1326172.22/cwt163.00–180.0056110
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added718132.65/cwt132.00–133.0095220
SteersMedium and Large 2365145.51/cwt145.00–147.005314
SteersMedium and Large 2319146.96/cwt145.00–150.004697
SteersMedium and Large 1573154.34/cwt145.00–161.0088416
SteersMedium and Large 1722132.07/cwt130.00–136.0095411
BullsMedium and Large 1535135.54/cwt129.00–140.007254
BullsMedium and Large 1583128.01/cwt127.00–129.007462
BullsMedium and Large 1680124.74/cwt121.00–128.008488
BullsMedium and Large 1727114.65/cwt110.00–123.008343
BullsMedium and Large 1473142.78/cwt140.00–147.006756
BullsMedium and Large 1625125.21/cwt120.00–128.007834
CowsLean 85-90%84320.63/cwt19.00–23.001748
CowsLean 85-90%1,02438.42/cwt35.00–42.003935
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66555.00/cwt55.00–55.009161
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04636.98/cwt33.00–42.003879
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33164.04/cwt60.00–67.0085214
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19652.55/cwt47.00–57.0062823
Bulls1,34864.67/cwt64.00–65.008723
Bulls1,71482.19/cwt80.00–85.001,4096
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,155600.00/cwt600.00–600.006,9301
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,130892.15/cwt800.00–975.0010,0812
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,130700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,9101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2885800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,0801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2950800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,6001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,415900.00/cwt900.00–900.0012,7351
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0551,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0011,6052
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,365925.00/cwt925.00–925.0012,6261
HeifersMedium and Large 2455118.00/cwt118.00–118.005371
HeifersMedium and Large 2570110.00/cwt110.00–110.006271
HeifersMedium and Large 2310129.95/cwt125.00–135.004033
HeifersMedium and Large 1573126.92/cwt122.00–134.0072710
HeifersMedium and Large 1608124.50/cwt120.00–134.007576
BullsMedium and Large 1785109.50/cwt108.00–111.008602
HeifersMedium and Large 1524128.19/cwt125.00–132.006729
HeifersMedium and Large 2411121.70/cwt120.00–125.005004
HeifersMedium and Large 2366125.70/cwt122.00–128.004604
HeifersMedium and Large 1655123.00/cwt123.00–123.008061
HeifersMedium and Large 1323154.97/cwt145.00–165.0050126

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.