Name: Ouachita Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend available due to reporter absence.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.44/cwt on 105 head.

Average price

$135.44

105 head · 455 lb average

Value per head Derived

$616

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$28.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.88

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	411	148.00	608	7thin
Medium and Large 1	462	137.72	637	68
Medium and Large 2	463	128.97	598	25
Medium and Large 3	378	119.07	451	5thin

One grade step is worth $28.93/cwt here — about $158 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 sale105 hd

135.44

—

AR average10 barns · 1,086 hd

133.56

+1.88

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	1,481	76.53	1,134	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,180	57.00	673	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,050	51.26	538	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	846	30.05	254	4thin

Every lot, as filed

97 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	1,244.69/cwt	1,130.00–1,350.00	13,131	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	921	1,196.94/cwt	760.00–1,500.00	11,024	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,141	931.09/cwt	900.00–980.00	10,624	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	999	1,152.60/cwt	970.00–1,340.00	11,514	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	951	1,243.32/cwt	1,010.00–1,360.00	11,824	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	973	794.51/cwt	750.00–850.00	7,731	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	123.66/cwt	123.00–124.00	764	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	136.37/cwt	131.00–142.00	629	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	777	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	119.68/cwt	111.50–127.00	381	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	324	147.11/cwt	141.00–158.00	477	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	935	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	842	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	643	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	153.09/cwt	146.00–169.00	494	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	749	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	87.43/cwt	84.00–91.00	682	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	701	1
Bulls	—	—	1,328	69.54/cwt	67.00–72.00	923	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	614	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	55.50/cwt	55.50–55.50	647	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,132	64.87/cwt	62.00–70.50	734	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	699.74/cwt	600.00–790.00	5,969	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	651	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	758.20/cwt	635.00–930.00	8,947	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	998	64.66/cwt	60.00–70.00	645	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	58.39/cwt	54.00–62.00	601	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,002	959.95/cwt	775.00–1,170.00	9,619	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	997	908.21/cwt	500.00–1,150.00	9,055	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	688.61/cwt	650.00–730.00	7,919	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	61.50/cwt	61.50–61.50	781	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	403	118.50/cwt	118.00–119.00	478	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	128.38/cwt	123.00–134.00	610	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	135.24/cwt	129.00–145.00	510	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	701	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	95.88/cwt	92.00–101.00	780	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	839	73.12/cwt	62.50–86.00	613	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	586	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	854	63.15/cwt	52.50–80.00	539	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	7,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	7,450	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	986	1,170.12/cwt	885.00–1,385.00	11,537	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	857	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	618	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	786	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	623	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	145.50/cwt	145.00–146.00	757	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	723	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	160.50/cwt	160.00–161.00	722	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	169.73/cwt	169.00–170.00	721	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	845.00/cwt	845.00–845.00	9,929	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,663	88.11/cwt	86.50–89.50	1,465	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,001	689.68/cwt	615.00–730.00	6,904	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	1,113.75/cwt	990.00–1,230.00	12,474	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	813.37/cwt	580.00–1,000.00	8,500	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	898	825.34/cwt	750.00–920.00	7,412	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	321	183.22/cwt	159.00–203.00	588	5
Bulls	—	—	1,355	59.40/cwt	57.00–62.50	805	3
Bulls	—	—	1,567	84.70/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,327	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	170.32/cwt	163.00–183.00	635	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	151.49/cwt	147.00–158.00	629	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	369	156.95/cwt	151.00–163.00	579	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	132.04/cwt	128.00–136.00	614	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	368	134.62/cwt	131.00–139.00	495	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	152.94/cwt	151.00–155.00	795	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	144.66/cwt	141.00–148.00	817	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	956	42.05/cwt	40.00–43.50	402	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,180	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	673	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	675	21.00/cwt	21.00–21.00	142	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,108	58.94/cwt	54.00–64.00	653	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	16.00/cwt	16.00–16.00	139	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	283	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,038	50.39/cwt	45.00–55.00	523	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	41.60/cwt	40.00–43.00	383	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	316	138.39/cwt	131.00–145.00	437	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	405	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	567	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	309	171.37/cwt	158.00–181.00	530	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	139.64/cwt	133.00–145.00	726	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	149.81/cwt	147.00–155.00	560	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	128.98/cwt	125.00–132.00	669	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	90.50/cwt	90.00–91.00	760	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	131.02/cwt	129.00–133.00	573	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	608	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	145.56/cwt	138.00–153.00	614	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	477	152.67/cwt	152.00–153.00	728	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	755	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	846	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	760	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	844	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	146.96/cwt	144.00–151.00	691	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	523	137.01/cwt	136.00–138.00	717	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	131.99/cwt	131.00–133.00	822	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	129.34/cwt	127.00–132.00	851	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	164.70/cwt	160.00–169.00	695	11

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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