Name: Hope Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to no sale last week. Lightweight calves were in high demand. 300-500 lb. calves were bringing figures not seen before. Slaughter cattle were a tick higher than the holiday week. Quality was average. Buyers were aggressive on all classes. Sold 3 video loads; to view results click this link; ( https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3628.pdf ).

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $279.40/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −141.95 against this barn's trailing median of $421.35.

Average price

$279.40

41 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,523

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$246

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

$34.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−30.40

vs AR average

−45.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	283.60	1,554	36
Medium and Large 2	525	249.11	1,308	5thin

One grade step is worth $34.49/cwt here — about $246 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $481.97, low $356.44, median $421.35 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale41 hd

279.40

—

AR average7 barns · 548 hd

309.80

−30.40

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−45.97

This barn, trailing median28 sales

421.35

−141.95

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	1,726	143.49	2,477	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,097	110.04	1,207	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,285	110.00	1,414	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	957	93.76	897	17

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,020	$1,880	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,113	$1,567	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,150	$2,352	3thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	375	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,575	1
Bulls	—	—	1,692	136.90/cwt	131.00–143.00	2,316	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,285	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,414	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,038	92.26/cwt	90.00–94.00	958	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	95.25/cwt	90.00–102.00	922	16
Bulls	—	—	1,783	154.47/cwt	151.00–159.00	2,754	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	780	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	546	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	116.79/cwt	110.00–125.00	1,302	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,757	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	258.60/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,363	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	214.00/cwt	210.00–222.00	1,622	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	255.92/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,469	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	264.10/cwt	260.00–272.50	1,611	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	280.11/cwt	270.00–305.00	1,597	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	246.90/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,407	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	283.82/cwt	265.00–307.50	1,340	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	298.93/cwt	275.00–322.50	1,253	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,887	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	238.51/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,500	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	337.50/cwt	310.00–360.00	1,401	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	380.02/cwt	350.00–407.50	1,216	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	550	281.25/cwt	280.00–282.50	1,547	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	655	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,592	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,679	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	289.08/cwt	262.00–317.50	1,503	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	303.32/cwt	270.00–330.00	1,429	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	481	321.51/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,546	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	315.33/cwt	300.00–337.50	1,208	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	425	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,445	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,680	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	2,352.17/head	2,250.00–2,450.00	2,352	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,113	1,567.07/head	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,567	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	233.37/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,837	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	254.02/cwt	247.50–265.00	1,720	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	258.33/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,222	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	233.11/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,114	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	304.64/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,021	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	271.56/cwt	268.00–275.00	1,135	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	528	285.75/cwt	285.00–286.50	1,509	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	376.64/cwt	335.00–405.00	1,409	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	294.04/cwt	285.00–302.00	1,103	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	242.46/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,026	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	260.46/cwt	245.00–270.00	974	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	464	299.49/cwt	287.50–310.00	1,390	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	560	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	267.52/cwt	257.00–277.50	1,386	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	333.83/cwt	308.00–347.50	1,078	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	1,880.00/head	1,880.00–1,880.00	1,880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	249.11/cwt	230.00–265.00	1,308	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	509	272.52/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,387	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	425	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,328	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	318	446.73/cwt	437.50–455.00	1,421	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	435	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,468	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	278.00/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,301	7

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 Dec 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 703Last week 652Year ago 871

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 131Year ago 178

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 15Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	437.50–455.00	446.73
1	350–400	375	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	320	350.00–407.50	380.02
11	350–400	374	335.00–405.00	376.64
11	400–450	415	310.00–360.00	337.50
13	450–500	471	270.00–330.00	303.32
11	500–550	520	262.00–317.50	289.08
17	550–600	570	270.00–305.00	280.11
3	600–650	610	260.00–272.50	264.10
5	650–700	677	247.50–265.00	254.02
1	700–750	700	240.00	240.00
3	750–800	787	230.00–240.00	233.37
2	800–850	810	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	425	340.00	340.00
5	450–500	481	320.00–322.50	321.51
4	500–550	528	285.00–286.50	285.75
4	550–600	550	280.00–282.50	281.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	335	300.00–310.00	304.64
11	350–400	375	285.00–302.00	294.04
5	400–450	418	268.00–275.00	271.56
7	450–500	473	240.00–270.00	258.33
5	500–550	525	230.00–265.00	249.11
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	468	270.00–282.00	278.00
9	500–550	527	240.00–270.00	258.60
7	550–600	574	240.00–265.00	255.92
1	600–650	625	238.00	238.00
1	700–750	730	230.00	230.00
1	800–850	815	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	323	308.00–347.50	333.83
9	350–400	383	300.00–337.50	315.33
22	400–450	419	275.00–322.50	298.93
25	450–500	472	265.00–307.50	283.82
6	500–550	518	257.00–277.50	267.52
8	550–600	570	240.00–255.00	246.90
8	600–650	629	230.00–245.00	238.51
1	650–700	695	236.00	236.00
5	750–800	758	210.00–222.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	312.50	312.50
8	450–500	464	287.50–310.00	299.49
8	500–550	509	270.00–275.00	272.52
2	550–600	560	260.00	260.00
2	650–700	655	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	374	245.00–270.00	260.46
2	400–450	423	235.00–250.00	242.46
6	450–500	478	230.00–240.00	233.11
1	550–600	595	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	337.50	337.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,692	131.00–143.00	136.90
3	—	1,783	151.00–159.00	154.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	110.00	110.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,038	90.00–94.00	92.26
14	—	1,115	110.00–125.00	116.79
1	—	1,255	140.00	140.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	968	90.00–102.00	95.25
1	—	780	70.00	70.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,150	2,250.00–2,450.00	2,352.17
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,113	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,567.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	1,880.00	1,880.00

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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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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