Sale reports / Arkansas / Hope Livestock Auction Inc. / 2025-02-13

Hope Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hope, Arkansas · Thu, Feb 13
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2058
Feeder Cattle receipts
212 head
316 vs last sale 528 432 vs year ago 644 · 67.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
31 vs last sale 80 33 vs year ago 82 · 40.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 4.00-9.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00-5.00 higher. Quality was average. Most classes were higher this week on a limited number of receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $314.28/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits 107.07 against this barn's trailing median of $421.35.
Average price
$314.28
14 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,721
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$276
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$69.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.24
vs AR average
24.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545319.231,73913thin
Medium and Large 2585250.001,4631thin
One grade step is worth $69.23/cwt here — about $276 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales
496445394342median 421.3512/1802/2604/2306/1808/13
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 sale14 hd
314.28
AR average9 barns · 147 hd
315.52
−1.24
National average155 barns · 9,244 hd
338.67
−24.39
This barn, trailing median28 sales
421.35
−107.07
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
BullsLow1,693146.162,4756thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,151128.851,48311
CowsLean 85-90%Average971110.691,0757thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1400–450421370.25/cwt350.00–390.001,5595
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550523325.59/cwt320.00–330.001,7037
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550515295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5191
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650625264.00/cwt260.00–268.001,6502
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600570275.35/cwt265.00–290.001,5696
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450420337.22/cwt320.00–350.001,4166
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500478305.48/cwt290.00–317.501,4608
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650615235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4451
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500470335.77/cwt325.00–347.501,5784
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750720270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9441
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650622299.12/cwt290.00–310.001,8616
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450423307.28/cwt300.00–315.001,3004
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400376376.87/cwt365.00–390.001,4178
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550521295.14/cwt285.00–302.501,5387
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600570311.80/cwt300.00–330.001,7776
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800785250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9631
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600585250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4631
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350333389.80/cwt385.00–400.001,2983
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700667294.12/cwt290.00–297.501,9623
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700662248.27/cwt240.00–260.001,6443
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350321350.75/cwt330.00–360.001,1265
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400367336.55/cwt325.00–357.501,2356
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350330319.85/cwt315.00–325.001,0564
Bulls1,458129.08/cwt125.00–133.001,8822
Bulls1,811154.70/cwt146.00–165.002,8024
CowsBoner 80-85%1,151128.85/cwt125.00–135.001,48311
CowsLean 85-90%971110.69/cwt105.00–115.001,0757

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.