Sale reports / Arkansas / Hope Livestock Auction Inc. / 2022-03-10

Hope Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hope, Arkansas · Thu, Mar 10
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2058
Feeder Cattle receipts
680 head
▼ 266 vs last sale 946▼ 483 vs year ago 1,163 · −41.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
▼ 49 vs last sale 141▼ 31 vs year ago 123 · −25.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 5.00-15.00 lower. Feeder heifers 4.00-12.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Quality was plain to average. Buyer participation was limited. Higher grain and fuel prices have put a somber tone in the market over the last week. All classes of feeder cattle were cheaper. Sold two video loads of preconditioned cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $169.80/cwt on 91 head.
Average price
$169.80
91 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$846
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$213
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.57
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505171.1086484
Medium and Large 2422154.246517thin
One grade step is worth $16.86/cwt here — about $213 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 sale91 hd
169.80
—
AR average9 barns · 1,247 hd
166.24
+3.57
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
Bulls—Low1,62793.011,5149thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20177.6193225
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51577.001,1671thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low93053.3249610

Every lot, as filed

52 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—665133.00/cwt133.00–133.008841
BullsMedium and Large 1—825118.00/cwt118.00–118.009741
BullsMedium and Large 1—525151.00/cwt151.00–151.007931
BullsMedium and Large 1—461159.60/cwt155.00–165.007365
BullsMedium and Large 1—860117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0061
BullsMedium and Large 1—770124.02/cwt123.00–125.009552
SteersMedium and Large 2—375160.00/cwt160.00–160.006001
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—433187.43/cwt185.00–190.008124
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—695143.50/cwt143.50–143.509972
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—885137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,2122
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—470190.00/cwt190.00–190.008932
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—564168.68/cwt162.00–174.0095114
SteersMedium and Large 1—613151.45/cwt147.00–155.009285
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—575144.00/cwt144.00–144.008284
SteersMedium and Large 1—663143.29/cwt140.00–145.009503
SteersMedium and Large 1—366191.51/cwt180.00–205.007018
SteersMedium and Large 1—325194.08/cwt190.00–200.006316
SteersMedium and Large 1—568150.37/cwt138.00–165.008546
SteersMedium and Large 1—524166.98/cwt162.00–170.008757
HeifersMedium and Large 1—620135.00/cwt135.00–135.008371
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—500185.00/cwt185.00–185.009252
SteersMedium and Large 2—485148.48/cwt147.00–150.007202
SteersMedium and Large 2—423152.57/cwt148.00–155.006453
SteersMedium and Large 2—340165.00/cwt165.00–165.005611
HeifersMedium and Large 1—421158.85/cwt150.00–167.006697
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470154.85/cwt149.00–163.007287
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20478.47/cwt72.00–82.0094518
CowsLean 85-90%—79040.25/cwt35.00–45.003184
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,51577.00/cwt77.00–77.001,1671
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05854.02/cwt52.00–57.005723
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29591.41/cwt85.00–94.001,1844
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02362.04/cwt59.00–64.006356
Bulls——1,30772.55/cwt70.00–76.009483
Bulls——1,76398.08/cwt95.00–100.001,7293
Bulls——1,812108.40/cwt107.00–111.001,9643
HeifersMedium and Large 2—327137.96/cwt136.00–140.004513
HeifersMedium and Large 1—378169.57/cwt168.00–171.006412
HeifersMedium and Large 2—450125.00/cwt125.00–125.005631
BullsMedium and Large 1—585150.00/cwt150.00–150.008781
BullsMedium and Large 1—625137.68/cwt133.00–145.008613
HeifersMedium and Large 2—383137.45/cwt135.00–140.005262
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420129.94/cwt125.00–135.005464
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—466162.66/cwt160.00–167.0075817
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570138.36/cwt137.00–140.007893
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520145.00/cwt145.00–145.007543
HeifersMedium and Large 1—740120.00/cwt120.00–120.008881
HeifersMedium and Large 1—665134.60/cwt130.00–139.008952
HeifersMedium and Large 1—312173.82/cwt170.00–181.005423
SteersMedium and Large 1—700138.00/cwt138.00–138.009661
SteersMedium and Large 1—476171.83/cwt155.00–180.0081813
SteersMedium and Large 1—419180.41/cwt175.00–193.007569
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—528153.41/cwt151.00–155.008105

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.