Name: Ouachita Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 5.00 - 13.00 higher with good supply. Better grade heifers sold 2.00 - 6.00 higher, while lesser grade heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Some value added cattle sold at a premium. Slaughter cows sold 7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.13/cwt on 245 head.

Average price

$144.13

245 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$780

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$23.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.06

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	528	147.51	779	43
Medium and Large 1	554	147.35	816	144
Medium and Large 2	525	138.23	725	40
Medium and Large 3	503	123.51	621	18thin

One grade step is worth $23.99/cwt here — about $158 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 sale245 hd

144.13

—

AR average8 barns · 1,206 hd

144.08

+0.06

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,579	79.50	1,255	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,335	58.75	784	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,052	50.21	528	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	865	26.25	227	2thin

Every lot, as filed

108 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	778	109.98/cwt	109.00–111.00	856	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	329	144.66/cwt	140.00–149.00	476	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	134.87/cwt	130.00–138.00	624	16
Bulls	—	—	1,721	82.95/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,428	5
Bulls	—	—	1,726	88.06/cwt	85.50–90.00	1,520	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	686	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	431	154.27/cwt	149.00–158.00	665	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	121.01/cwt	119.00–123.00	756	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	365	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	456	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	553	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	115.50/cwt	115.00–116.00	820	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	147.36/cwt	141.00–153.00	550	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	59.13/cwt	55.00–65.00	704	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	800	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	200	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	933	39.36/cwt	34.00–44.00	367	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	27.50/cwt	27.50–27.50	256	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	891	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,245	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	685	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	830	39.50/cwt	39.50–39.50	328	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,010	48.88/cwt	44.50–54.50	494	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	831	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	804	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	810.00/cwt	790.00–830.00	8,465	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	760.57/cwt	585.00–840.00	7,340	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	992	839.54/cwt	800.00–875.00	8,328	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	124.04/cwt	119.00–128.00	705	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	693	1
Bulls	—	—	1,363	70.92/cwt	66.00–75.00	967	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	162.53/cwt	153.00–173.00	606	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	747	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	158.24/cwt	151.00–163.00	688	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	178.84/cwt	169.00–184.00	588	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	566	117.53/cwt	114.00–120.00	665	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	115.68/cwt	114.00–117.00	839	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	809	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	158.06/cwt	151.00–165.00	748	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	128.64/cwt	126.00–131.00	927	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	517	125.44/cwt	121.00–132.00	649	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	148.91/cwt	140.00–154.00	648	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	154.79/cwt	154.00–156.00	763	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	142.91/cwt	135.00–148.00	809	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	111.69/cwt	108.00–115.50	813	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	119.78/cwt	115.00–125.00	569	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	825	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	135.09/cwt	128.00–140.00	644	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	107.62/cwt	100.00–115.00	832	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	114.51/cwt	112.00–117.00	736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	136.50/cwt	131.00–142.00	584	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	134.01/cwt	133.00–135.00	440	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	393	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	432	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	112.48/cwt	110.00–115.00	759	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	130.72/cwt	121.00–134.00	694	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	117.52/cwt	115.00–120.00	742	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,525	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,643	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	881	853.86/cwt	725.00–1,075.00	7,523	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	886	733.97/cwt	550.00–1,000.00	6,503	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	957.57/cwt	880.00–1,025.00	9,940	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	844.72/cwt	600.00–1,100.00	5,998	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	5,967	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	600	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	578	95.88/cwt	92.00–100.00	554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	110.98/cwt	110.00–113.00	639	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	462	141.75/cwt	140.00–145.00	655	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	58.44/cwt	54.00–60.50	520	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	890	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	8,745	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	774.07/cwt	700.00–875.00	7,276	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	138.95/cwt	131.00–144.00	596	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	132.21/cwt	130.00–134.00	763	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	805	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	837	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	433	128.75/cwt	128.50–129.00	557	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	108.21/cwt	105.00–112.00	730	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	612	128.62/cwt	124.00–134.00	787	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	611	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	124.50/cwt	124.00–125.00	585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	130.63/cwt	125.00–136.00	666	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	519	139.52/cwt	133.00–146.00	724	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	124.02/cwt	123.00–125.00	825	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	513	120.52/cwt	119.00–122.00	618	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	122.83/cwt	121.00–125.00	633	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	121.75/cwt	117.00–127.00	516	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	629	89.88/cwt	88.00–91.50	565	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	115.00/cwt	110.00–119.50	773	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	570	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	317	130.66/cwt	125.00–134.00	414	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	131.78/cwt	125.50–135.00	499	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	105.57/cwt	102.00–110.00	505	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	505	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	137.36/cwt	132.00–140.00	510	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	130.49/cwt	130.00–131.00	555	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	942	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	642	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	889	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	833	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	134.06/cwt	128.00–136.00	747	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	156.52/cwt	150.00–166.00	809	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	142.25/cwt	134.00–148.00	738	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	135.49/cwt	131.00–139.00	833	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	139.58/cwt	135.00–147.00	655	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	123.56/cwt	120.00–125.00	591	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	125.41/cwt	121.50–128.00	844	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	79.69/cwt	74.00–90.00	664	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	122.25/cwt	117.00–129.00	692	8

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.

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