Sale reports / Arkansas / Hope Livestock Auction Inc. / 2022-04-07

Hope Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hope, Arkansas · Thu, Apr 7
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2058
Feeder Cattle receipts
832 head
▲ 470 vs last sale 362▲ 68 vs year ago 764 · +8.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
144 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 99▼ 54 vs year ago 198 · −27.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 15▼ 70 vs year ago 110 · −63.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 450 lbs. 6.00-10.00 higher; over 450 lbs. 4.00-7.00 lower. Feeder heifers 2.00-7.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 lower. Quality was average. Cattle suitable for grass were in high demand. Sold 3 video loads also.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $183.92/cwt on 126 head.
Average price
$183.92
126 head · 454 lb average
Value per head Derived
$835
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.73
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1461187.02862112
Medium and Large 2398159.1363414thin
One grade step is worth $27.89/cwt here — about $228 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 sale126 hd
183.92
—
AR average9 barns · 1,690 hd
177.19
+6.73
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—Low1,60085.911,37511
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44574.101,0712thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18272.2885429
CowsLean 85-90%Low88839.7635311

Every lot, as filed

58 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—527157.99/cwt155.00–160.008333
BullsMedium and Large 1—585150.00/cwt150.00–150.008781
BullsMedium and Large 1—477161.62/cwt155.00–167.007713
BullsMedium and Large 1—735127.53/cwt125.00–130.009372
BullsMedium and Large 1—605137.00/cwt137.00–137.008291
BullsMedium and Large 1—674138.66/cwt135.00–145.009357
CowsLean 85-90%—83933.85/cwt30.00–37.002847
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44574.10/cwt73.00–75.001,0712
Bulls——1,31473.64/cwt71.00–77.009684
SteersMedium and Large 1—576166.66/cwt160.00–172.009609
HeifersMedium and Large 1—334171.46/cwt165.00–175.005736
HeifersMedium and Large 1—369169.88/cwt165.00–175.006275
SteersMedium and Large 2—332169.83/cwt165.00–175.005645
SteersMedium and Large 2—500145.00/cwt145.00–145.007252
SteersMedium and Large 1—619148.44/cwt130.00–155.009196
SteersMedium and Large 1—468180.51/cwt175.00–185.008459
HeifersMedium and Large 2—368138.27/cwt135.00–145.005096
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—560175.00/cwt175.00–175.009801
SteersMedium and Large 1—518172.41/cwt163.00–180.008936
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—462193.57/cwt190.00–201.008949
SteersMedium and Large 2—415153.73/cwt150.00–160.006385
SteersMedium and Large 1—653149.00/cwt147.00–150.009733
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—610147.35/cwt145.00–152.008996
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—545155.00/cwt155.00–155.008452
SteersMedium and Large 1—745145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0801
SteersMedium and Large 1—423191.62/cwt180.00–203.0081114
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—410202.00/cwt202.00–202.008282
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—350223.00/cwt223.00–223.007812
SteersMedium and Large 2—375165.00/cwt165.00–165.006191
SteersMedium and Large 1—377198.95/cwt185.00–220.0075022
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—610165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0072
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—550175.00/cwt175.00–175.009632
CowsLean 85-90%—97550.10/cwt45.00–55.004884
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,04951.52/cwt45.00–57.005408
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29688.87/cwt85.00–94.001,1527
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20175.85/cwt65.00–82.0091114
Bulls——1,76492.92/cwt89.00–98.001,6397
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1261,065.19/cwt1,000.00–1,100.0011,9945
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,069783.16/cwt725.00–800.008,3724
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0651,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0011,7151
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,048967.42/cwt825.00–1,100.0010,1392
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2211,126.60/cwt1,025.00–1,275.0013,75624
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0251,015.55/cwt950.00–1,075.0010,4092
HeifersMedium and Large 1—621135.50/cwt130.00–144.008417
HeifersMedium and Large 2—467128.38/cwt125.00–130.006003
BullsMedium and Large 1—768119.97/cwt117.00–123.009213
HeifersMedium and Large 1—469149.05/cwt143.00–155.0069911
HeifersMedium and Large 1—572141.22/cwt135.00–145.0080810
HeifersMedium and Large 1—745132.00/cwt132.00–132.009831
HeifersMedium and Large 1—411158.77/cwt150.00–165.006534
HeifersMedium and Large 1—522145.50/cwt140.00–149.0076012
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—430175.00/cwt175.00–175.007533
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—550151.00/cwt151.00–151.008312
HeifersMedium and Large 1—670132.01/cwt130.00–135.008843
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423135.00/cwt135.00–135.005712
SteersMedium and Large 2—465155.00/cwt155.00–155.007211
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—525191.43/cwt185.00–199.001,00512
SteersMedium and Large 1—322205.81/cwt190.00–227.0066313

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.