Sale reports / Arkansas / Ouachita Livestock Auction / 2020-03-13

Ouachita Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Fri, Mar 13
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054
Feeder Cattle receipts
71 head
184 vs last sale 255 71 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
67 vs last sale 76 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
79 vs last sale 84 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 19.00 to 21.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 7.00 to 12.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls average dressing sold steady to 8.00 higher. These comparisons are on limited comparable offerings.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $127.51/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$127.51
34 head · 377 lb average
Value per head Derived
$480
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.92
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1401139.515598thin
Medium and Large 2421128.3954010thin
Medium and Large 3338120.9640816thin
One grade step is worth $18.55/cwt here — about $151 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 sale34 hd
127.51
AR average8 barns · 418 hd
124.59
+2.92
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
BullsAverage1,65072.711,2003thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21848.575925thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43048.006861thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1395143.50/cwt143.00–144.005672
BullsMedium and Large 2525117.00/cwt117.00–117.006141
BullsMedium and Large 2468117.46/cwt115.00–120.005502
BullsMedium and Large 3370125.50/cwt121.00–130.004643
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-277072.00/cwt72.00–72.005541
Bulls1,72879.07/cwt77.00–81.001,3662
BullsMedium and Large 1485130.00/cwt130.00–130.006311
BullsMedium and Large 2430129.00/cwt129.00–129.005551
BullsMedium and Large 2370141.49/cwt141.00–142.005242
BullsMedium and Large 3440111.98/cwt110.00–114.004932
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-277551.50/cwt51.50–51.503991
Bulls1,49560.00/cwt60.00–60.008971
BullsMedium and Large 1310150.00/cwt150.00–150.004651
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2975450.00/cwt450.00–450.004,3881
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43048.00/cwt48.00–48.006861
SteersMedium and Large 1505130.00/cwt130.00–130.006571
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22146.09/cwt44.00–48.005634
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2890255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,2701
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20558.50/cwt58.50–58.507051
HeifersMedium and Large 1510123.00/cwt123.00–123.006271
HeifersMedium and Large 1465125.67/cwt125.00–127.005843
HeifersMedium and Large 2361124.25/cwt120.00–129.004496
HeifersMedium and Large 3373115.38/cwt113.00–118.004302
HeifersMedium and Large 1370129.00/cwt129.00–129.004771
HeifersMedium and Large 1418128.00/cwt128.00–128.005352
HeifersMedium and Large 2660110.00/cwt110.00–110.007261
HeifersMedium and Large 3303121.99/cwt121.00–123.003702
HeifersMedium and Large 164590.00/cwt90.00–90.005811
HeifersMedium and Large 2510113.00/cwt113.00–113.005761
HeifersMedium and Large 366597.00/cwt97.00–97.006451
HeifersMedium and Large 3315330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0401
BullsMedium and Large 1405137.27/cwt135.00–140.005564
BullsMedium and Large 2575100.00/cwt100.00–100.005751
BullsMedium and Large 2333140.00/cwt140.00–140.004663
BullsMedium and Large 3310121.36/cwt121.00–125.0037611
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-257351.19/cwt50.00–52.502932

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.