Name: Hope Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00-8.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs. 2.00-8.00 lower; over 450 lbs. 2.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaugher bulls steady to 3.00 higher. Quality was plain to average. Buyer activity was limited. Sold three loads of cattle on video. View seperate link to see video auction results.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.66/cwt on 64 head.

Average price

$149.66

64 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$23.50/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	508	152.59	776	56
Medium and Large 2	479	129.09	619	8thin

One grade step is worth $23.50/cwt here — about $157 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 sale64 hd

149.66

—

AR average9 barns · 1,004 hd

151.57

−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	1,698	93.53	1,588	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,213	74.86	908	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,270	74.00	940	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	914	50.15	458	6thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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	—	473	158.33/cwt	155.00–160.00	749	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	532	155.38/cwt	152.00–159.00	827	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	881	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	155.50/cwt	150.00–160.00	676	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	863	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	179.37/cwt	173.00–185.00	757	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	953	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	148.01/cwt	147.00–150.00	980	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	188.17/cwt	180.00–203.00	704	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	525	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,040	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	485	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	912	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	146.71/cwt	145.00–150.00	678	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	440	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	880	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	162.88/cwt	160.00–170.00	518	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	513	162.02/cwt	161.00–163.00	831	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	171.99/cwt	166.00–180.00	963	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	620	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	986	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	570	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,066	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	177.37/cwt	172.00–183.00	844	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	142.23/cwt	135.00–150.00	886	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	152.00/cwt	150.00–154.00	646	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	126.94/cwt	124.00–130.00	603	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	148.78/cwt	140.00–155.00	842	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	150.97/cwt	149.00–153.00	996	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	580	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	911	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	675	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	6,075	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	178.89/cwt	170.00–187.00	941	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	152.29/cwt	147.00–161.00	803	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	137.53/cwt	135.00–140.00	523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	129.44/cwt	121.00–138.00	919	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	126.26/cwt	122.00–130.00	654	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	154.70/cwt	145.00–161.00	730	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	161.08/cwt	155.00–165.00	590	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	13,275	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	1,011.91/cwt	1,000.00–1,025.00	12,851	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	991	1,126.82/cwt	1,050.00–1,180.00	11,167	5
Bulls	—	—	1,771	98.96/cwt	93.00–104.00	1,753	7
Bulls	—	—	1,443	74.52/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,075	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	987	57.01/cwt	55.00–59.00	563	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	43.29/cwt	42.00–45.00	364	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	74.86/cwt	65.00–81.00	908	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,270	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	940	1

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 Mar 24, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 528Last week 610Year ago 667

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 75Year ago 68

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 10Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	473	155.00–160.00	158.33
3	—	532	152.00–159.00	155.38
1	—	570	150.00	150.00
1	—	625	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	435	150.00–160.00	155.50
1	—	750	115.00	115.00
4	—	318	160.00–170.00	162.88
4	—	623	135.00–150.00	142.23
10	—	566	140.00–155.00	148.78
2	—	660	149.00–153.00	150.97
9	—	527	147.00–161.00	152.29
2	—	710	121.00–138.00	129.44
5	—	472	145.00–161.00	154.70
6	—	366	155.00–165.00	161.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	513	161.00–163.00	162.02
2	—	580	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	125.00	125.00
2	—	475	124.00–130.00	126.94
2	—	380	135.00–140.00	137.53
3	—	518	122.00–130.00	126.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	675	900.00	900.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	140.00	140.00
9	—	422	173.00–185.00	179.37
1	—	635	150.00	150.00
3	—	662	147.00–150.00	148.01
6	—	374	180.00–203.00	188.17
3	—	560	166.00–180.00	171.99
8	—	476	172.00–183.00	177.37
10	—	526	170.00–187.00	178.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	198.00	198.00
2	—	485	188.00	188.00
2	—	440	200.00	200.00
2	—	620	159.00	159.00
2	—	570	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	462	145.00–150.00	146.71
2	—	383	150.00	150.00
2	—	425	150.00–154.00	152.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,180	1,125.00	1,125.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,270	1,000.00–1,025.00	1,011.91
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	991	1,050.00–1,180.00	1,126.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,771	93.00–104.00	98.96
2	—	1,443	70.00–79.00	74.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	987	55.00–59.00	57.01
3	—	840	42.00–45.00	43.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,213	65.00–81.00	74.86
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	74.00	74.00

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Hope Livestock Auction - Hope, AR

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Replacement Cattle

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