Sale reports / Arkansas / Ouachita Livestock Auction / 2020-05-26

Ouachita Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, May 26
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054
Feeder Cattle receipts
142 head
138 vs last sale 280 142 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
5 vs last sale 29 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
15 vs last sale 22 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs. sold mostly steady. Feeders steers over 500 lbs. sold 2.00 - 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.52/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$124.52
66 head · 485 lb average
Value per head Derived
$604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$62
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.06
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519125.6365229
Medium and Large 2457123.9656636
Medium and Large 3525112.505911thin
One grade step is worth $13.13/cwt here — about $62 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 sale66 hd
124.52
AR average9 barns · 1,759 hd
130.58
−6.06
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
BullsLow1,49080.461,1997thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55068.001,0541thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,05458.3361515

Every lot, as filed

71 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
HeifersMedium and Large 269589.00/cwt89.00–89.006191
HeifersMedium and Large 181590.00/cwt90.00–90.007341
BullsMedium and Large 1730113.99/cwt113.00–115.008322
SteersMedium and Large 1595142.00/cwt142.00–142.008451
HeifersMedium and Large 2463123.92/cwt117.00–128.005745
HeifersMedium and Large 1521127.99/cwt127.00–129.006674
HeifersMedium and Large 1750114.00/cwt114.00–114.008551
HeifersMedium and Large 2374136.66/cwt135.00–141.005117
HeifersMedium and Large 274585.00/cwt85.00–85.006331
BullsMedium and Large 1521136.34/cwt130.00–144.007107
BullsMedium and Large 1820117.00/cwt117.00–117.009591
Bulls1,21064.00/cwt64.00–64.007741
BullsMedium and Large 3425125.00/cwt125.00–125.005311
BullsMedium and Large 2335138.50/cwt137.00–140.004642
BullsMedium and Large 1860115.00/cwt115.00–115.009891
Bulls1,73390.84/cwt88.50–92.501,5742
BullsMedium and Large 3523120.68/cwt117.00–127.006314
BullsMedium and Large 2405135.50/cwt134.00–137.005492
Bulls1,43879.38/cwt72.00–82.001,1414
BullsMedium and Large 2510129.96/cwt125.00–134.006633
BullsMedium and Large 1429146.05/cwt140.00–153.006274
BullsMedium and Large 1565138.00/cwt138.00–138.007801
SteersMedium and Large 3510125.00/cwt125.00–125.006381
SteersMedium and Large 2540132.00/cwt132.00–132.007131
SteersMedium and Large 1818116.32/cwt112.00–121.009513
SteersMedium and Large 1315178.51/cwt170.00–183.005623
SteersMedium and Large 1390165.00/cwt165.00–165.006441
SteersMedium and Large 2590117.00/cwt117.00–117.006901
SteersMedium and Large 1481144.40/cwt139.00–148.006955
SteersMedium and Large 2375139.49/cwt139.00–140.005232
SteersMedium and Large 1528146.38/cwt142.50–149.007736
SteersMedium and Large 1920111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0211
SteersMedium and Large 2473134.51/cwt134.00–135.006362
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added705132.50/cwt132.50–132.509341
SteersMedium and Large 1975105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0241
HeifersMedium and Large 1320147.00/cwt147.00–147.004702
HeifersMedium and Large 2420127.32/cwt121.00–131.0053511
HeifersMedium and Large 278081.00/cwt81.00–81.006321
HeifersMedium and Large 1569120.20/cwt115.00–125.006845
HeifersMedium and Large 1380139.50/cwt139.00–140.005302
HeifersMedium and Large 3525112.50/cwt112.50–112.505911
HeifersMedium and Large 282085.00/cwt85.00–85.006971
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2805792.39/cwt600.00–950.006,3792
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2893733.91/cwt510.00–875.006,5542
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29551,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.009,5501
BullsMedium and Large 2570115.77/cwt114.50–117.006602
BullsMedium and Large 1385158.39/cwt153.00–167.006104
BullsMedium and Large 2369139.74/cwt135.00–145.005164
BullsMedium and Large 1466138.98/cwt131.00–144.006484
BullsMedium and Large 1690118.00/cwt118.00–118.008141
BullsMedium and Large 2470134.15/cwt130.00–138.506315
SteersMedium and Large 2418139.85/cwt136.00–144.005855
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added840119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0001
SteersMedium and Large 1425149.00/cwt149.00–149.006332
SteersMedium and Large 3340135.00/cwt135.00–135.004591
SteersMedium and Large 2310150.00/cwt150.00–150.004651
SteersMedium and Large 1675126.01/cwt124.00–128.008512
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,105840.00/cwt840.00–840.009,2821
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06956.87/cwt52.00–61.506087
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight84541.50/cwt41.50–41.503511
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight82851.01/cwt50.00–52.004222
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55068.00/cwt68.00–68.001,0541
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16466.67/cwt62.50–68.507765
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-292580.00/cwt80.00–80.007401
HeifersMedium and Large 1463129.57/cwt125.00–134.006008
HeifersMedium and Large 186390.76/cwt90.00–91.507832
HeifersMedium and Large 2518115.06/cwt112.50–117.505962
HeifersMedium and Large 2590115.00/cwt115.00–115.006791
HeifersMedium and Large 1434133.81/cwt131.00–137.005814
HeifersMedium and Large 2322137.75/cwt131.00–142.004445
HeifersMedium and Large 2615112.00/cwt112.00–112.006891

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.