Sale reports / Arkansas / Hope Livestock Auction Inc. / 2022-03-17

Hope Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hope, Arkansas · Thu, Mar 17
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2058
Feeder Cattle receipts
610 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 680▼ 143 vs year ago 753 · −19.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 92▲ 36 vs year ago 39 · +92.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 10 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls steady. Quality was average. Sold on video two loads of #1 steers weighing 690 lbs. for 168.35 for immediate delivery.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.85/cwt on 91 head.
Average price
$152.85
91 head · 462 lb average
Value per head Derived
$706
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$174
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.85
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1470155.4573079
Medium and Large 2409135.7555612thin
One grade step is worth $19.71/cwt here — about $174 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
152.85
—
AR average10 barns · 1,543 hd
147.00
+5.85
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—Average1,69694.671,6056thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22779.3697320
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50079.001,1851thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low89045.834089thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 2—530150.00/cwt150.00–150.007951
SteersMedium and Large 1—715142.45/cwt140.00–145.001,0192
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—625151.00/cwt151.00–151.009442
HeifersMedium and Large 2—510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006631
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370163.21/cwt160.00–168.006048
SteersMedium and Large 2—467147.63/cwt145.00–150.006893
SteersMedium and Large 1—555173.00/cwt173.00–173.009601
SteersMedium and Large 1—370198.58/cwt190.00–215.007358
SteersMedium and Large 1—513170.73/cwt170.00–173.008764
HeifersMedium and Large 2—433133.51/cwt130.00–136.005784
SteersMedium and Large 1—329203.94/cwt200.00–215.006714
SteersMedium and Large 2—370160.98/cwt158.00–165.005963
SteersMedium and Large 1—605157.67/cwt157.00–159.009543
SteersMedium and Large 2—419157.65/cwt152.00–160.006616
SteersMedium and Large 2—340166.76/cwt160.00–170.005673
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—625163.50/cwt161.00–166.001,0224
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—407204.03/cwt200.00–210.008305
SteersMedium and Large 1—470179.22/cwt175.00–185.0084212
SteersMedium and Large 1—422183.56/cwt175.00–195.0077515
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—360220.00/cwt220.00–220.007922
BullsMedium and Large 1—470161.00/cwt157.00–165.007575
BullsMedium and Large 1—538151.60/cwt148.00–157.008163
BullsMedium and Large 1—625135.00/cwt135.00–135.008441
BullsMedium and Large 1—770126.12/cwt120.00–132.009712
BullsMedium and Large 1—575149.50/cwt149.00–150.008602
BullsMedium and Large 1—730125.92/cwt120.00–130.009193
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,50079.00/cwt79.00–79.001,1851
Bulls——1,77892.45/cwt89.00–95.001,6442
CowsLean 85-90%—84141.78/cwt37.00–48.003517
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06360.00/cwt60.00–60.006382
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,01056.50/cwt55.00–58.005712
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,40689.98/cwt88.00–93.001,2655
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19178.79/cwt71.00–86.0093813
Bulls——1,46575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0991
Bulls——1,718102.70/cwt101.00–106.001,7643
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,109950.00/cwt950.00–950.0010,5361
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3321,276.88/cwt1,200.00–1,350.0017,0083
HeifersMedium and Large 1—421158.17/cwt150.00–165.0066619
HeifersMedium and Large 2—367140.00/cwt140.00–140.005143
HeifersMedium and Large 2—305142.46/cwt140.00–145.004352
HeifersMedium and Large 1—615133.00/cwt133.00–133.008181
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468152.49/cwt146.00–160.0071416
HeifersMedium and Large 1—655137.00/cwt137.00–137.008971
HeifersMedium and Large 1—569143.24/cwt135.00–151.008155
HeifersMedium and Large 1—307172.22/cwt168.00–175.005295
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—561157.37/cwt155.00–161.008835
HeifersMedium and Large 1—705125.00/cwt125.00–125.008811
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480130.00/cwt130.00–130.006242
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520149.13/cwt140.00–155.007756
SteersMedium and Large 1—760138.96/cwt136.00–142.001,0562
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—555175.00/cwt175.00–175.009711
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—450155.00/cwt155.00–155.006983
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—537155.67/cwt155.00–157.008366

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.