Sale reports / Arkansas / Ouachita Livestock Auction / 2020-06-30

Ouachita Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, Jun 30
● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054
Feeder Cattle receipts
250 head
4 vs last sale 254 250 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
18 vs last sale 25 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
13 vs last sale 42 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Better grade feeder steers sold 2.00 - 7.00 higher. Lesser grade feeder steers sold 2.00 - 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 6.00 - 11.00 lower. Some value added cattle sold at a premium. Feeder cattle were mostly plain today. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 - 6.00 lower. 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 $111.99/cwt on 85 head.
Average price
$111.99
85 head · 490 lb average
Value per head Derived
$548
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.56
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515119.3561434
Medium and Large 2470109.8851635
Medium and Large 3480101.0048516thin
One grade step is worth $18.35/cwt here — about $129 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 sale85 hd
111.99
AR average8 barns · 1,944 hd
123.56
−11.56
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
BullsHigh1,57086.591,3598thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59068.001,0811thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,03249.4751137
CowsLean 85-90%Average64039.002501thin

Every lot, as filed

92 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
SteersMedium and Large 2470128.52/cwt128.00–129.006042
SteersMedium and Large 1368153.81/cwt147.00–167.005668
SteersMedium and Large 1580138.00/cwt138.00–138.008001
SteersMedium and Large 3523110.00/cwt110.00–110.005752
SteersMedium and Large 2368133.02/cwt132.00–135.004903
SteersMedium and Large 1470145.37/cwt141.00–149.006839
SteersMedium and Large 1740119.00/cwt119.00–119.008811
SteersMedium and Large 3463111.40/cwt107.00–115.005164
SteersMedium and Large 2503122.33/cwt119.00–124.006153
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added425156.00/cwt156.00–156.006631
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,23063.00/cwt63.00–63.007751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2875630.76/cwt550.00–710.005,5193
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,075640.00/cwt640.00–640.006,8801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2863672.17/cwt590.00–740.005,8012
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2970810.00/cwt810.00–810.007,8571
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,28067.50/cwt67.50–67.508641
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59068.00/cwt68.00–68.001,0811
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight64039.00/cwt39.00–39.002501
CowsBoner 80-85%91735.53/cwt34.00–38.003263
CowsBoner 80-85%98145.14/cwt40.00–50.0044316
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11357.42/cwt51.50–60.0063917
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight82025.50/cwt25.50–25.502091
BullsMedium and Large 2469125.71/cwt119.00–132.0059010
BullsMedium and Large 2670110.00/cwt110.00–110.007371
BullsMedium and Large 1363158.66/cwt149.00–169.005762
BullsMedium and Large 3315123.50/cwt123.50–123.503891
BullsMedium and Large 2515123.61/cwt119.00–128.506372
BullsMedium and Large 1405145.74/cwt142.00–152.005903
Bulls1,59596.27/cwt93.00–100.001,5362
Bulls1,56387.46/cwt84.00–89.501,3674
Bulls1,55875.17/cwt70.00–79.001,1712
BullsMedium and Large 3350131.00/cwt131.00–131.004591
BullsMedium and Large 270893.99/cwt92.00–96.006652
BullsMedium and Large 1569129.45/cwt126.00–134.007374
HeifersMedium and Large 353198.68/cwt95.00–105.005247
HeifersMedium and Large 2414110.45/cwt105.00–115.0045715
HeifersMedium and Large 288074.50/cwt74.50–74.506561
HeifersMedium and Large 1640105.00/cwt104.00–107.006723
HeifersMedium and Large 3345118.00/cwt118.00–118.004071
HeifersMedium and Large 2340122.00/cwt122.00–122.004152
HeifersMedium and Large 1584117.58/cwt114.00–124.506874
HeifersMedium and Large 1650106.00/cwt106.00–106.006891
HeifersMedium and Large 361586.00/cwt86.00–86.005291
HeifersMedium and Large 2383114.99/cwt114.50–115.504403
HeifersMedium and Large 1429122.47/cwt118.00–129.005255
HeifersMedium and Large 180596.00/cwt96.00–96.007731
SteersMedium and Large 1680127.40/cwt121.00–134.008662
SteersMedium and Large 2580113.74/cwt110.00–119.006603
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added450157.00/cwt157.00–157.007071
SteersMedium and Large 1333163.10/cwt147.00–173.005434
SteersMedium and Large 2321143.54/cwt138.00–153.004614
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added610140.00/cwt140.00–140.008541
SteersMedium and Large 1518142.68/cwt135.00–147.007396
SteersMedium and Large 2419131.34/cwt126.00–137.005506
SteersMedium and Large 2790100.00/cwt100.00–100.007901
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,045905.00/cwt905.00–905.009,4571
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2655675.00/cwt675.00–675.004,4211
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2938779.53/cwt705.00–835.007,3122
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2903759.74/cwt705.00–800.006,8602
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2858812.38/cwt770.00–855.006,9702
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2793812.48/cwt805.00–820.006,4432
BullsMedium and Large 3463107.51/cwt105.00–110.004982
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-260095.91/cwt90.00–100.005753
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-279567.07/cwt59.50–90.005335
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-261590.00/cwt90.00–90.005541
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-260090.00/cwt90.00–90.005401
BullsMedium and Large 2330138.05/cwt126.00–145.004563
BullsMedium and Large 1665111.27/cwt109.00–116.007404
BullsMedium and Large 1295179.00/cwt179.00–179.005281
BullsMedium and Large 3522104.65/cwt100.00–109.005463
BullsMedium and Large 2422131.43/cwt124.00–135.005553
BullsMedium and Large 1475140.94/cwt134.00–147.006698
BullsMedium and Large 1325170.00/cwt170.00–170.005531
BullsMedium and Large 362597.62/cwt95.00–99.006103
BullsMedium and Large 2377131.01/cwt118.50–141.004947
BullsMedium and Large 1517137.76/cwt132.00–145.0071210
BullsMedium and Large 1750106.00/cwt106.00–106.007951
BullsMedium and Large 3416110.79/cwt105.00–115.004615
HeifersMedium and Large 3378105.52/cwt105.00–106.003992
HeifersMedium and Large 2522110.96/cwt106.00–117.005793
HeifersMedium and Large 1479124.83/cwt123.00–128.005986
HeifersMedium and Large 1370129.68/cwt125.00–134.004802
HeifersMedium and Large 3473100.29/cwt96.00–105.004742
HeifersMedium and Large 2467115.70/cwt113.50–118.005405
HeifersMedium and Large 1516121.42/cwt118.00–125.006277
HeifersMedium and Large 171898.71/cwt96.50–101.007092
HeifersMedium and Large 3435103.20/cwt100.00–105.004493
HeifersMedium and Large 2573103.82/cwt100.00–108.005955
HeifersMedium and Large 276095.00/cwt95.00–95.007221
HeifersMedium and Large 1325134.17/cwt125.00–148.004363
SteersMedium and Large 1419147.71/cwt145.00–149.006197
SteersMedium and Large 3375120.51/cwt120.00–121.004522

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.