Sale reports / Arkansas / Hope Livestock Auction Inc. / 2023-01-19

Hope Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hope, Arkansas · Thu, Jan 19
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2058
Feeder Cattle receipts
532 head
▼ 538 vs last sale 1,070▼ 375 vs year ago 907 · −41.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
180 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 140▲ 66 vs year ago 114 · +57.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 15▼ 20 vs year ago 30 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 5.00-12.00 higher. Feeder heifers 2.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 lower. Quality was average to attractive. Demand was strong on most classes of calves. Buyers were aggressive on most weights of feeder steers. Sold five loads of video cattle . To view information click this link (https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3628.pdf ).

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $197.05/cwt on 127 head.
Average price
$197.05
127 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$941
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$361
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.73
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1503203.561,024100
Medium and Large 2383172.9666327
One grade step is worth $30.59/cwt here — about $361 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 sale127 hd
197.05
—
AR average7 barns · 1,442 hd
188.32
+8.73
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—Low1,72483.991,4485thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58369.551,1016thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21767.4182132
CowsLean 85-90%Low94752.4449614

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,395$1,2501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,080$9501thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—460178.71/cwt165.00–193.0082211
HeifersMedium and Large 1—676154.48/cwt144.00–158.001,0444
HeifersMedium and Large 1—609155.33/cwt150.00–161.009465
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525139.00/cwt135.00–147.007303
HeifersMedium and Large 2—463147.46/cwt145.00–150.006832
HeifersMedium and Large 2—445148.50/cwt147.00–150.006614
HeifersMedium and Large 2—333167.25/cwt160.00–170.005576
SteersMedium and Large 1—321219.64/cwt210.00–232.0070511
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—574200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1485
HeifersMedium and Large 1—750145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0881
SteersMedium and Large 1—469207.31/cwt193.00–225.009729
SteersMedium and Large 1—626182.86/cwt175.00–207.001,14511
SteersMedium and Large 2—485160.00/cwt160.00–160.007761
SteersMedium and Large 1—528204.58/cwt185.00–215.001,0809
SteersMedium and Large 1—568196.95/cwt187.50–213.001,1198
HeifersMedium and Large 1—513169.37/cwt165.00–175.008697
SteersMedium and Large 1—775173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,3411
SteersMedium and Large 1—376220.18/cwt210.00–247.0082810
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—430223.50/cwt222.00–225.009616
SteersMedium and Large 1—705165.06/cwt157.00–173.001,1642
SteersMedium and Large 1—413217.65/cwt195.00–235.008998
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—623186.54/cwt185.00–188.001,1626
SteersMedium and Large 1—658174.71/cwt165.00–185.001,1506
SteersMedium and Large 2—585145.00/cwt145.00–145.008481
SteersMedium and Large 2—324180.50/cwt175.00–185.005859
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—465215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0003
SteersMedium and Large 2—424169.82/cwt165.00–175.007208
HeifersMedium and Large 2—350160.00/cwt160.00–160.005601
BullsMedium and Large 1—623151.50/cwt145.00–167.009446
BullsMedium and Large 1—532171.63/cwt167.00–175.009133
BullsMedium and Large 1—465178.26/cwt175.00–180.008293
BullsMedium and Large 1—718145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0412
BullsMedium and Large 1—583170.72/cwt165.00–177.009953
CowsLean 85-90%—82038.05/cwt35.00–40.003125
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,41078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,1001
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24869.13/cwt65.00–73.5086326
Bulls——1,58575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1891
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01760.44/cwt55.00–63.006159
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,58369.55/cwt64.00–73.001,1016
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,01856.38/cwt53.00–60.005745
Bulls——1,75986.24/cwt84.00–87.501,5174
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3951,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,080950.00/head950.00–950.009501
HeifersMedium and Large 1—723143.33/cwt137.00–147.001,0363
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—413201.45/cwt200.00–203.008326
HeifersMedium and Large 1—416192.09/cwt185.00–209.0079910
HeifersMedium and Large 1—371189.20/cwt180.00–200.007027
HeifersMedium and Large 1—567159.66/cwt156.00–165.0090511
HeifersMedium and Large 1—327194.59/cwt185.00–205.006367
SteersMedium and Large 2—371172.74/cwt170.00–180.006418
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—517209.17/cwt208.00–210.001,0815

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.