Sale reports / Arkansas / Ouachita Livestock Auction / 2020-05-05

Ouachita Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, May 5
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054
Feeder Cattle receipts
225 head
▼ 172 vs last sale 397▲ 225 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 17▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 11▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder steers sold 3.00 to 11.00 lower, however feeder steers 600 to 700 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher on a limited offering test. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher, but heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.68/cwt on 74 head.
Average price
$120.68
74 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$586
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.04
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1466127.7059545
Medium and Large 2509112.7357421
Medium and Large 3539102.055508thin
One grade step is worth $25.66/cwt here — about $45 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 sale74 hd
120.68
—
AR average9 barns · 1,417 hd
125.72
−5.04
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
Bulls—Average1,37477.881,0707thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26250.7964116
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,27550.006381thin

Every lot, as filed

82 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 2—605107.00/cwt105.00–109.006472
BullsMedium and Large 1—415145.98/cwt144.00–149.006065
BullsMedium and Large 1—340169.50/cwt169.00–170.005762
BullsMedium and Large 1Full—560105.00/cwt105.00–105.005881
BullsMedium and Large 3—418123.69/cwt121.00–125.005173
SteersMedium and Large 3—450125.00/cwt125.00–125.005631
SteersMedium and Large 2—683114.44/cwt109.50–118.007823
SteersMedium and Large 2—785110.00/cwt110.00–110.008641
SteersMedium and Large 2—400148.00/cwt148.00–148.005921
SteersMedium and Large 1—712120.52/cwt114.00–122.508586
SteersMedium and Large 1—327172.95/cwt162.00–179.005665
SteersMedium and Large 1—628126.31/cwt125.00–128.007933
SteersMedium and Large 1—400151.00/cwt151.00–151.006041
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—79052.00/cwt52.00–52.004111
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31149.15/cwt42.00–51.0064410
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,27550.00/cwt50.00–50.006381
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25853.83/cwt52.50–55.006775
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—456134.78/cwt132.00–138.006155
HeifersMedium and Large 1—429128.84/cwt123.00–136.0055311
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373135.28/cwt121.00–146.005055
HeifersMedium and Large 1—338145.51/cwt144.00–147.004922
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570122.00/cwt122.00–122.006951
HeifersMedium and Large 3—469109.81/cwt105.00–115.005154
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525105.00/cwt105.00–105.005511
HeifersMedium and Large 2—427119.36/cwt116.00–122.005103
HeifersMedium and Large 2—338116.44/cwt114.00–119.003942
HeifersMedium and Large 2—385115.00/cwt115.00–115.004431
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—400143.00/cwt143.00–143.005721
HeifersMedium and Large 1—519121.51/cwt118.00–129.006315
BullsMedium and Large 3—485105.00/cwt105.00–105.005091
BullsMedium and Large 2—518117.01/cwt115.00–120.006064
BullsMedium and Large 2—332148.96/cwt147.00–151.004953
BullsMedium and Large 1—523124.80/cwt122.00–127.006538
BullsMedium and Large 1—377158.84/cwt153.00–163.005993
BullsMedium and Large 1—640100.00/cwt100.00–100.006401
BullsMedium and Large 3—330123.03/cwt121.00–125.004062
BullsMedium and Large 2—575111.38/cwt105.00–116.006407
BullsMedium and Large 2—453126.05/cwt120.00–133.005713
BullsMedium and Large 1—474134.99/cwt129.00–140.006409
BullsMedium and Large 1—560116.31/cwt110.00–120.006513
BullsMedium and Large 1—705100.00/cwt100.00–100.007051
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,150700.00/cwt700.00–700.008,0501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—935500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,6751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,055657.82/cwt600.00–700.006,9402
SteersMedium and Large 3—423122.88/cwt120.00–126.005202
SteersMedium and Large 2—570124.86/cwt123.00–128.007124
SteersMedium and Large 2—84088.50/cwt88.50–88.507431
SteersMedium and Large 2—490130.00/cwt130.00–130.006371
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—610610.00/cwt610.00–610.003,7211
HeifersMedium and Large 1—615111.00/cwt111.00–111.006831
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,02860.88/cwt60.00–62.006262
SteersMedium and Large 2—345151.00/cwt151.00–151.005211
SteersMedium and Large 1—476133.94/cwt130.00–137.006385
SteersMedium and Large 1—359165.23/cwt164.00–167.005934
SteersMedium and Large 1—755114.00/cwt114.00–114.008611
SteersMedium and Large 3—618105.38/cwt100.00–111.006513
SteersMedium and Large 3—385125.00/cwt125.00–125.004811
SteersMedium and Large 2—513129.00/cwt128.00–130.006622
SteersMedium and Large 2—720115.50/cwt115.50–115.508321
SteersMedium and Large 2—380158.00/cwt158.00–158.006001
SteersMedium and Large 1—571130.10/cwt126.50–136.007436
SteersMedium and Large 1—683123.23/cwt120.00–127.008424
SteersMedium and Large 1—518133.97/cwt132.00–135.006943
HeifersMedium and Large 3—67085.00/cwt85.00–85.005701
HeifersMedium and Large 2—478114.75/cwt110.00–118.005494
HeifersMedium and Large 2—553116.00/cwt115.00–117.006412
HeifersMedium and Large 2—600105.00/cwt105.00–105.006301
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—383145.51/cwt144.00–147.005572
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471122.39/cwt119.00–131.005769
HeifersMedium and Large 1—730107.00/cwt107.00–107.007812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—77598.00/cwt98.00–98.007601
HeifersMedium and Large 3—62093.56/cwt90.00–97.005802
HeifersMedium and Large 2—530113.08/cwt110.00–115.005995
HeifersMedium and Large 2—70598.50/cwt97.00–100.006942
HeifersMedium and Large 2—665103.00/cwt103.00–103.006851
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,030723.98/cwt700.00–760.007,4573
Bulls——1,36577.03/cwt71.50–81.001,0515
Bulls——1,53592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,4121
Bulls——1,26068.00/cwt68.00–68.008571
BullsMedium and Large 3—578100.00/cwt100.00–100.005782
BullsMedium and Large 3—350131.00/cwt131.00–131.004591
BullsMedium and Large 2—368141.29/cwt135.00–147.005204

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.