Sale reports / Arkansas / Ouachita Livestock Auction / 2020-05-12

Ouachita Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, May 12
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054
Feeder Cattle receipts
168 head
57 vs last sale 225 168 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
17 vs last sale 19 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
2 vs last sale 10 12 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 mostly 1.00 - 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady - 4.00 lower. Some value added cattle sold on average 15.00 higher on like kinds and weight averages. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 - 6.00 higher, Slaughter bulls not well tested due to limited comparable offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.65/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$119.65
57 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$563
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$22
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.17
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1464125.7958332
Medium and Large 2472112.9453322
Medium and Large 3543103.325613thin
One grade step is worth $22.47/cwt here — about $22 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 sale57 hd
119.65
AR average7 barns · 1,121 hd
127.82
−8.17
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
BullsAverage1,76077.001,3551thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43561.518834thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22553.5065522
CowsLean 85-90%Low85537.003161thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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 1400144.00/cwt143.00–145.005762
BullsMedium and Large 2338141.70/cwt135.00–147.004793
BullsMedium and Large 2528111.00/cwt111.00–111.005862
BullsMedium and Large 2365125.00/cwt125.00–125.004561
BullsMedium and Large 1368152.04/cwt130.00–169.005607
BullsMedium and Large 1530121.24/cwt116.00–125.006433
BullsMedium and Large 1312174.70/cwt154.00–188.005453
BullsMedium and Large 1640123.00/cwt118.00–128.007872
BullsMedium and Large 1715100.00/cwt100.00–100.007151
BullsMedium and Large 1550115.00/cwt115.00–115.006331
BullsMedium and Large 1465131.00/cwt131.00–131.006091
CowsLean 85-90%85537.00/cwt37.00–37.003161
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52562.50/cwt62.50–62.509531
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40561.18/cwt59.50–62.008603
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26255.13/cwt52.00–58.5069612
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12245.63/cwt42.00–48.005126
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26660.39/cwt60.00–61.507654
Bulls1,76077.00/cwt77.00–77.001,3551
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-277563.06/cwt60.00–66.004892
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,20562.50/cwt62.50–62.507531
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2900610.00/cwt610.00–610.005,4901
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,408842.27/cwt800.00–900.0011,8592
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,337777.58/cwt700.00–830.0010,3963
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,198700.00/cwt700.00–700.008,3862
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,38557.00/cwt57.00–57.007891
SteersMedium and Large 3375141.00/cwt141.00–141.005291
SteersMedium and Large 2414132.00/cwt127.00–137.005464
SteersMedium and Large 2369155.76/cwt150.00–169.005754
SteersMedium and Large 2690105.00/cwt105.00–105.007251
SteersMedium and Large 2475125.00/cwt125.00–125.005941
SteersMedium and Large 2345161.00/cwt161.00–161.005551
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added606139.00/cwt139.00–139.008428
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added434156.98/cwt154.00–159.006814
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added720131.00/cwt131.00–131.009431
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added565141.00/cwt141.00–141.007971
SteersMedium and Large 1422143.07/cwt134.00–148.006049
SteersMedium and Large 1490132.15/cwt131.00–135.006487
SteersMedium and Large 1570115.65/cwt115.00–117.006593
SteersMedium and Large 1343174.99/cwt173.00–177.006002
SteersMedium and Large 1665124.00/cwt124.00–124.008251
SteersMedium and Large 1515130.00/cwt130.00–130.006701
SteersMedium and Large 1370163.00/cwt163.00–163.006031
HeifersMedium and Large 3605102.48/cwt100.00–105.006202
HeifersMedium and Large 3420105.00/cwt105.00–105.004411
HeifersMedium and Large 2473113.13/cwt105.00–115.005356
HeifersMedium and Large 2385114.61/cwt110.00–122.004415
HeifersMedium and Large 2423112.51/cwt110.00–115.004764
HeifersMedium and Large 2568111.98/cwt110.00–115.006363
HeifersMedium and Large 2533111.65/cwt109.00–116.005953
HeifersMedium and Large 2615112.00/cwt112.00–112.006891
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added531127.00/cwt127.00–127.006744
HeifersMedium and Large 1471123.00/cwt120.00–127.005796
HeifersMedium and Large 1370129.81/cwt125.00–135.004806
HeifersMedium and Large 1518119.45/cwt116.00–121.006194
HeifersMedium and Large 1309138.15/cwt130.00–142.004274
HeifersMedium and Large 1562120.23/cwt114.00–124.006763
HeifersMedium and Large 1425128.76/cwt123.00–133.005473
HeifersMedium and Large 1785106.00/cwt106.00–106.008321
HeifersMedium and Large 1610117.00/cwt117.00–117.007141
BullsMedium and Large 368092.00/cwt92.00–92.006261
BullsMedium and Large 3625102.00/cwt102.00–102.006381
BullsMedium and Large 3575105.00/cwt105.00–105.006041
BullsMedium and Large 3530106.00/cwt106.00–106.005621
BullsMedium and Large 3470110.00/cwt110.00–110.005171
BullsMedium and Large 3345120.00/cwt120.00–120.004141
BullsMedium and Large 2566108.57/cwt105.00–115.006155
BullsMedium and Large 2414125.79/cwt120.00–129.005214
BullsMedium and Large 2637111.67/cwt109.00–113.007113
BullsMedium and Large 2463123.27/cwt121.00–127.005713

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.