Sale reports / Arkansas / Hope Livestock Auction Inc. / 2021-11-18

Hope Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hope, Arkansas · Thu, Nov 18
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2058
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,070 head
339 vs last sale 1,409 335 vs year ago 1,405 · 23.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
331 head
45 vs last sale 376 146 vs year ago 185 · +78.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
5 vs last sale 35 20 vs year ago 10 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 550 lbs. 2.00-8.00 lower; over 500 lbs. 2.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs. 3.00-10.00 lower; over 500 lbs. 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter cows 4.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Quality was average to attractive. Sold two loads of video cattle at a premium. No sale next week due to Thanksgiving holiday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.71/cwt on 216 head.
Average price
$161.71
216 head · 483 lb average
Value per head Derived
$780
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$221
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.23
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1489164.01801197
Medium and Large 2421137.9358019thin
One grade step is worth $26.08/cwt here — about $221 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 sale216 hd
161.71
AR average10 barns · 1,856 hd
156.48
+5.23
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
BullsLow1,70464.721,1038thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48551.547654thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19644.2753067
CowsLean 85-90%Low91324.4122322

Every lot, as filed

57 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
SteersMedium and Large 1669138.02/cwt136.00–141.009236
SteersMedium and Large 1319175.08/cwt165.00–180.005594
SteersMedium and Large 1375170.46/cwt160.00–179.0063917
HeifersMedium and Large 2382123.36/cwt120.00–125.004713
HeifersMedium and Large 1740120.00/cwt120.00–120.008881
HeifersMedium and Large 1521127.24/cwt125.00–131.0066311
SteersMedium and Large 1715139.00/cwt139.00–139.009941
SteersMedium and Large 2530126.95/cwt122.00–132.006732
SteersMedium and Large 2435140.00/cwt140.00–140.006092
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added440137.00/cwt137.00–137.006032
SteersMedium and Large 1525153.12/cwt149.00–159.0080411
SteersMedium and Large 1566146.32/cwt140.00–151.008289
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned490170.50/cwt170.50–170.5083596
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added438177.36/cwt175.00–180.007776
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500165.00/cwt165.00–165.008252
SteersMedium and Large 1474154.56/cwt150.00–169.0073314
SteersMedium and Large 1422164.09/cwt155.00–180.0069219
SteersMedium and Large 1626142.10/cwt138.00–145.0089011
SteersMedium and Large 1795136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0811
SteersMedium and Large 2470131.43/cwt130.00–135.006187
SteersMedium and Large 2385145.60/cwt142.00–150.005613
SteersMedium and Large 2324145.98/cwt138.00–152.004735
BullsMedium and Large 1713117.69/cwt111.00–122.008393
BullsMedium and Large 1612125.32/cwt120.00–131.007673
BullsMedium and Large 1477141.69/cwt140.00–145.006766
BullsMedium and Large 1655120.00/cwt120.00–120.007861
BullsMedium and Large 1570132.36/cwt129.00–135.007543
BullsMedium and Large 1528135.21/cwt130.00–140.007146
CowsLean 85-90%85518.58/cwt15.00–21.0015912
CowsLean 85-90%98231.41/cwt30.00–35.0030810
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48551.54/cwt50.00–52.007654
Bulls1,58055.30/cwt50.00–65.008745
Bulls1,91080.41/cwt79.00–82.001,5363
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06830.56/cwt26.00–37.0032617
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38458.02/cwt55.00–59.0080311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19946.37/cwt42.00–54.0055639
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,225725.00/cwt725.00–725.008,8811
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,225700.94/cwt655.00–750.008,5878
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0251,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0010,5061
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,198857.65/cwt700.00–1,050.0010,2754
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,195661.73/cwt600.00–725.007,9087
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,300872.12/cwt800.00–950.0011,3382
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,470825.00/cwt825.00–825.0012,1282
HeifersMedium and Large 2464117.38/cwt115.00–123.005458
HeifersMedium and Large 1369140.78/cwt132.00–152.0051911
BullsMedium and Large 1755113.00/cwt113.00–113.008531
HeifersMedium and Large 2535116.50/cwt116.00–117.006232
HeifersMedium and Large 1568126.20/cwt122.00–132.007179
HeifersMedium and Large 1463131.03/cwt128.00–136.006079
HeifersMedium and Large 1322146.80/cwt135.00–155.0047322
HeifersMedium and Large 2418119.24/cwt118.00–120.004984
HeifersMedium and Large 2321126.23/cwt120.00–135.004054
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added645127.00/cwt127.00–127.008193
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added685146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,00075
HeifersMedium and Large 1673123.49/cwt121.00–125.008314
HeifersMedium and Large 1425133.28/cwt130.00–140.0056624
HeifersMedium and Large 1610125.13/cwt123.00–128.007637

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.