Sale reports / Arkansas / Hope Livestock Auction Inc. / 2022-11-17

Hope Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hope, Arkansas · Thu, Nov 17
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2058
Feeder Cattle receipts
918 head
115 vs last sale 803 152 vs year ago 1,070 · 14.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
141 head
103 vs last sale 244 190 vs year ago 331 · 57.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 2.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 1.00-2.00. Quality was average . Buyer participation was active. All classes of calves and yearlings were stronger this week. No sale next week due to Thanksgiving holiday. Next sale Dec. 1st.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.09/cwt on 158 head.
Average price
$149.09
158 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$715
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$159
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.43
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1490153.17751124
Medium and Large 2441134.1959134
One grade step is worth $18.99/cwt here — about $159 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 sale158 hd
149.09
AR average9 barns · 1,894 hd
147.65
+1.43
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
BullsLow1,59172.711,1568thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62569.001,1211thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19257.7668840
CowsLean 85-90%Low95241.8439815

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 2523138.72/cwt135.00–142.007265
SteersMedium and Large 1810150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2151
HeifersMedium and Large 1321165.87/cwt160.00–172.505325
SteersMedium and Large 2423150.84/cwt148.00–155.006388
SteersMedium and Large 1669154.00/cwt147.00–159.001,03011
SteersMedium and Large 1570167.76/cwt160.00–183.009566
SteersMedium and Large 2375158.81/cwt150.00–167.0059610
SteersMedium and Large 1850130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1051
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement485172.50/cwt172.50–172.508371
SteersMedium and Large 1627156.86/cwt150.00–165.0098413
SteersMedium and Large 1525171.52/cwt165.00–178.0090012
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added660158.51/cwt157.00–160.001,0464
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added710157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,1151
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added465195.08/cwt190.00–200.009078
SteersMedium and Large 2326161.26/cwt160.00–163.005268
SteersMedium and Large 1376202.27/cwt185.00–217.5076115
SteersMedium and Large 1482179.44/cwt171.00–185.008659
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added420215.00/cwt215.00–215.009031
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added605161.00/cwt161.00–161.009742
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added504184.15/cwt182.00–185.009287
SteersMedium and Large 1422190.84/cwt175.00–207.5080511
SteersMedium and Large 1711150.48/cwt145.00–159.001,0704
BullsMedium and Large 1475162.33/cwt155.00–167.007716
BullsMedium and Large 1655127.00/cwt127.00–127.008321
BullsMedium and Large 1730135.00/cwt135.00–135.009861
BullsMedium and Large 1568141.86/cwt135.00–145.008068
BullsMedium and Large 1623134.32/cwt125.00–140.008377
BullsMedium and Large 1534143.40/cwt132.00–153.007667
CowsLean 85-90%81329.28/cwt28.00–31.002384
CowsLean 85-90%1,00246.41/cwt42.00–53.0046511
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23261.12/cwt55.00–68.0075326
Bulls1,45363.57/cwt60.00–67.009244
Bulls1,72881.85/cwt79.00–84.001,4144
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62569.00/cwt69.00–69.001,1211
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05045.82/cwt40.00–53.0048111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36372.46/cwt70.00–76.009883
HeifersMedium and Large 2531126.98/cwt125.00–130.006745
HeifersMedium and Large 2422134.77/cwt130.00–138.005698
HeifersMedium and Large 1424159.80/cwt149.00–170.0067825
HeifersMedium and Large 1670130.00/cwt130.00–130.008711
HeifersMedium and Large 1610137.21/cwt130.00–146.0083715
HeifersMedium and Large 1471152.11/cwt145.00–160.0071614
HeifersMedium and Large 2338141.70/cwt140.00–145.004793
HeifersMedium and Large 2575125.00/cwt125.00–125.007191
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added505155.00/cwt155.00–155.007832
HeifersMedium and Large 1526149.14/cwt144.00–153.0078416
HeifersMedium and Large 1710128.48/cwt127.00–130.009122
HeifersMedium and Large 1760130.00/cwt130.00–130.009881
HeifersMedium and Large 1370161.80/cwt155.00–169.0059911
HeifersMedium and Large 2470133.30/cwt130.00–137.0062711
SteersMedium and Large 1320208.11/cwt190.00–222.5066611
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added610145.99/cwt144.00–149.008916
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added421171.98/cwt170.00–175.007248
HeifersMedium and Large 2365138.81/cwt135.00–142.005076
HeifersMedium and Large 1565142.75/cwt135.00–151.0080710
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added473162.38/cwt158.00–165.007687
SteersMedium and Large 2473146.73/cwt143.00–150.006947

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.