Name: Ouachita Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder bulls sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold 2.00-7.00 higher on limited comparable offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.50/cwt on 160 head.

Average price

$124.50

160 head · 476 lb average

Value per head Derived

$593

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$33.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.89

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	484	136.00	658	9thin
Medium and Large 1	486	127.78	621	104
Medium and Large 2	449	117.89	530	38
Medium and Large 3	464	103.00	478	9thin

One grade step is worth $33.00/cwt here — about $180 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 sale160 hd

124.50

—

AR average8 barns · 1,877 hd

126.39

−1.89

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	—	Low	1,220	63.11	770	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,383	50.82	703	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,116	38.43	429	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	969	22.75	220	7thin

Every lot, as filed

105 lots · USDA AMS · Ouachita Livestock Auction - Ola, 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	24.05/cwt	20.00–28.50	241	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	835	34.50/cwt	34.50–34.50	288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	474	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	735	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	504	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	127.48/cwt	127.00–128.00	593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	661	132.98/cwt	130.00–137.00	879	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	518	152.71/cwt	145.00–159.00	791	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	420	159.73/cwt	153.00–167.00	671	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	478	146.22/cwt	141.00–152.00	699	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	603	146.54/cwt	144.00–147.00	884	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	571	152.41/cwt	146.50–154.00	870	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	158.84/cwt	150.00–169.00	513	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	134.35/cwt	131.00–137.00	768	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	128.01/cwt	122.00–133.00	808	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	136.41/cwt	133.00–139.00	648	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	151.15/cwt	140.00–160.00	567	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	129.62/cwt	123.50–134.00	548	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	578	141.00/cwt	140.00–142.00	815	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	573	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	122.03/cwt	116.00–124.00	750	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	123.77/cwt	118.00–128.00	707	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	134.39/cwt	126.00–145.00	497	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	132.96/cwt	129.00–138.00	690	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	145.10/cwt	136.00–149.00	611	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	368	167.83/cwt	163.00–173.00	618	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	1,020.00/cwt	1,020.00–1,020.00	12,189	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	890.00/cwt	890.00–890.00	10,547	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	12,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	3,479	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	765.00/cwt	765.00–765.00	7,574	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	820	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	121.37/cwt	118.00–125.00	752	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,618	81.65/cwt	76.50–87.00	1,321	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	590	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	489	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	485	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	675	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	620	97.94/cwt	96.00–100.00	607	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	377	138.84/cwt	121.00–159.00	523	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	350	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	453	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	457	1
Bulls	—	—	1,215	39.50/cwt	39.50–39.50	480	1
Bulls	—	—	1,221	67.05/cwt	63.00–72.50	819	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	321	153.50/cwt	148.00–162.00	493	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	124.00/cwt	120.00–133.00	532	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	120.27/cwt	116.00–125.00	623	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	450	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	704	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	790	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	727	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	122.51/cwt	120.00–125.00	579	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	112.50/cwt	112.00–113.00	692	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	582	114.99/cwt	113.00–117.00	669	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	379	162.12/cwt	152.00–171.00	614	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	313	170.19/cwt	158.00–176.00	533	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	150.94/cwt	145.00–158.00	631	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	521	132.28/cwt	126.00–139.00	689	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	466	137.83/cwt	131.00–143.00	642	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	128.19/cwt	123.00–132.00	726	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	817	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,040	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	957	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	700	109.00/cwt	108.00–110.00	763	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	778	108.98/cwt	108.00–110.00	848	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	808	109.51/cwt	108.00–111.00	885	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	695	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	672	104.74/cwt	100.00–108.50	704	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	118.19/cwt	115.00–123.00	501	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	112.62/cwt	110.00–115.50	529	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	127.42/cwt	117.00–134.00	420	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	113.49/cwt	108.00–118.50	597	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	140.49/cwt	131.00–149.00	457	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	125.08/cwt	120.00–131.00	529	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	122.36/cwt	119.00–130.00	574	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	400	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	690	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	835	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	705	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	881	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	894	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	119.85/cwt	118.50–121.00	627	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	112.95/cwt	110.00–116.00	873	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,139	32.64/cwt	30.00–38.00	372	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,141	46.20/cwt	42.00–49.50	527	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	820	13.00/cwt	13.00–13.00	107	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,383	50.82/cwt	46.00–55.50	703	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	14.27/cwt	13.50–15.00	139	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	383	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	345	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	123.77/cwt	120.00–128.00	463	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	412	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	453	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	680	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	523	136.49/cwt	134.00–139.00	714	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	463	135.98/cwt	133.00–139.00	630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	765	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	949	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	484	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	658	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	641	126.28/cwt	126.00–128.00	809	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	554	130.50/cwt	130.00–133.00	723	6

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.

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