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
BullsAverage1,37477.881,0707thin
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 2605107.00/cwt105.00–109.006472
BullsMedium and Large 1415145.98/cwt144.00–149.006065
BullsMedium and Large 1340169.50/cwt169.00–170.005762
BullsMedium and Large 1Full560105.00/cwt105.00–105.005881
BullsMedium and Large 3418123.69/cwt121.00–125.005173
SteersMedium and Large 3450125.00/cwt125.00–125.005631
SteersMedium and Large 2683114.44/cwt109.50–118.007823
SteersMedium and Large 2785110.00/cwt110.00–110.008641
SteersMedium and Large 2400148.00/cwt148.00–148.005921
SteersMedium and Large 1712120.52/cwt114.00–122.508586
SteersMedium and Large 1327172.95/cwt162.00–179.005665
SteersMedium and Large 1628126.31/cwt125.00–128.007933
SteersMedium and Large 1400151.00/cwt151.00–151.006041
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight79052.00/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 Added456134.78/cwt132.00–138.006155
HeifersMedium and Large 1429128.84/cwt123.00–136.0055311
HeifersMedium and Large 1373135.28/cwt121.00–146.005055
HeifersMedium and Large 1338145.51/cwt144.00–147.004922
HeifersMedium and Large 1570122.00/cwt122.00–122.006951
HeifersMedium and Large 3469109.81/cwt105.00–115.005154
HeifersMedium and Large 3525105.00/cwt105.00–105.005511
HeifersMedium and Large 2427119.36/cwt116.00–122.005103
HeifersMedium and Large 2338116.44/cwt114.00–119.003942
HeifersMedium and Large 2385115.00/cwt115.00–115.004431
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added400143.00/cwt143.00–143.005721
HeifersMedium and Large 1519121.51/cwt118.00–129.006315
BullsMedium and Large 3485105.00/cwt105.00–105.005091
BullsMedium and Large 2518117.01/cwt115.00–120.006064
BullsMedium and Large 2332148.96/cwt147.00–151.004953
BullsMedium and Large 1523124.80/cwt122.00–127.006538
BullsMedium and Large 1377158.84/cwt153.00–163.005993
BullsMedium and Large 1640100.00/cwt100.00–100.006401
BullsMedium and Large 3330123.03/cwt121.00–125.004062
BullsMedium and Large 2575111.38/cwt105.00–116.006407
BullsMedium and Large 2453126.05/cwt120.00–133.005713
BullsMedium and Large 1474134.99/cwt129.00–140.006409
BullsMedium and Large 1560116.31/cwt110.00–120.006513
BullsMedium and Large 1705100.00/cwt100.00–100.007051
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,150700.00/cwt700.00–700.008,0501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2935500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,6751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,055657.82/cwt600.00–700.006,9402
SteersMedium and Large 3423122.88/cwt120.00–126.005202
SteersMedium and Large 2570124.86/cwt123.00–128.007124
SteersMedium and Large 284088.50/cwt88.50–88.507431
SteersMedium and Large 2490130.00/cwt130.00–130.006371
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610610.00/cwt610.00–610.003,7211
HeifersMedium and Large 1615111.00/cwt111.00–111.006831
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,02860.88/cwt60.00–62.006262
SteersMedium and Large 2345151.00/cwt151.00–151.005211
SteersMedium and Large 1476133.94/cwt130.00–137.006385
SteersMedium and Large 1359165.23/cwt164.00–167.005934
SteersMedium and Large 1755114.00/cwt114.00–114.008611
SteersMedium and Large 3618105.38/cwt100.00–111.006513
SteersMedium and Large 3385125.00/cwt125.00–125.004811
SteersMedium and Large 2513129.00/cwt128.00–130.006622
SteersMedium and Large 2720115.50/cwt115.50–115.508321
SteersMedium and Large 2380158.00/cwt158.00–158.006001
SteersMedium and Large 1571130.10/cwt126.50–136.007436
SteersMedium and Large 1683123.23/cwt120.00–127.008424
SteersMedium and Large 1518133.97/cwt132.00–135.006943
HeifersMedium and Large 367085.00/cwt85.00–85.005701
HeifersMedium and Large 2478114.75/cwt110.00–118.005494
HeifersMedium and Large 2553116.00/cwt115.00–117.006412
HeifersMedium and Large 2600105.00/cwt105.00–105.006301
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added383145.51/cwt144.00–147.005572
HeifersMedium and Large 1471122.39/cwt119.00–131.005769
HeifersMedium and Large 1730107.00/cwt107.00–107.007812
HeifersMedium and Large 177598.00/cwt98.00–98.007601
HeifersMedium and Large 362093.56/cwt90.00–97.005802
HeifersMedium and Large 2530113.08/cwt110.00–115.005995
HeifersMedium and Large 270598.50/cwt97.00–100.006942
HeifersMedium and Large 2665103.00/cwt103.00–103.006851
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,030723.98/cwt700.00–760.007,4573
Bulls1,36577.03/cwt71.50–81.001,0515
Bulls1,53592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,4121
Bulls1,26068.00/cwt68.00–68.008571
BullsMedium and Large 3578100.00/cwt100.00–100.005782
BullsMedium and Large 3350131.00/cwt131.00–131.004591
BullsMedium and Large 2368141.29/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.