Name: Ouachita Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 6.00 - 13.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 - 13.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 9.00 - 13.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 7.00 - 10.00 lower. Some value added cattle sold at a premium. Today, we had many stock and slaughter cow offerings with low demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.58/cwt on 189 head.

Average price

$126.58

189 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$649

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$20.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.00

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	130.19	691	137
Medium and Large 2	478	120.50	576	35
Medium and Large 3	437	109.98	481	17thin

One grade step is worth $20.22/cwt here — about $210 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 sale189 hd

126.58

—

AR average9 barns · 2,116 hd

133.58

−7.00

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	—	High	1,689	78.45	1,325	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,513	59.55	901	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,112	51.09	568	109

Every lot, as filed

111 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	135.00/cwt	132.00–138.00	776	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	755	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,042	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	660	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	779	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	185.43/cwt	176.00–195.00	599	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	141.25/cwt	134.00–147.00	747	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	675	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	533	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	884	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,085	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	141.40/cwt	139.00–144.00	666	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	850	22.00/cwt	22.00–22.00	187	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	50.83/cwt	45.00–55.00	577	62
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	59.76/cwt	56.00–66.00	694	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	998	43.18/cwt	40.00–44.50	431	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,497	55.12/cwt	53.00–57.50	825	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,026	33.06/cwt	31.00–35.00	339	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	66.20/cwt	62.00–70.00	1,018	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	778	44.25/cwt	39.50–48.50	344	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,610	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,085	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	749.01/cwt	700.00–800.00	9,438	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	60.50/cwt	60.50–60.50	726	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,179	65.65/cwt	55.00–77.50	774	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	131.25/cwt	126.00–138.00	555	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	124.77/cwt	121.00–128.00	525	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	130.48/cwt	128.00–133.00	985	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	815	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	856	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	126.52/cwt	125.00–128.00	721	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	569	133.76/cwt	131.00–139.00	761	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	677	125.32/cwt	124.00–127.00	848	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	512	124.46/cwt	120.00–128.50	637	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	524	135.46/cwt	130.00–140.00	710	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	318	181.04/cwt	158.00–197.00	576	4
Bulls	—	—	1,696	85.82/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,456	4
Bulls	—	—	1,420	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	817	1
Bulls	—	—	1,749	76.31/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,335	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	120.11/cwt	115.00–126.00	754	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	300	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	131.22/cwt	129.00–135.00	827	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	590	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	119.64/cwt	113.00–125.00	681	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	627	131.73/cwt	131.00–132.50	826	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	125.61/cwt	120.00–132.00	784	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	109.68/cwt	104.00–115.00	415	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	122.29/cwt	117.00–127.00	462	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	137.84/cwt	131.00–150.00	451	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	940	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	102.56/cwt	100.00–105.00	426	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	118.95/cwt	113.00–125.00	557	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,913	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,420	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	12,780	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,032	941.63/cwt	750.00–1,300.00	9,718	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	4,028	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	70.50/cwt	70.50–70.50	726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	614	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	469	133.38/cwt	127.00–137.00	626	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	844	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	562	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	135.37/cwt	129.00–138.00	833	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	115.50/cwt	114.00–117.00	751	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	130.30/cwt	128.00–133.00	614	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,045	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	765	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,141	752.77/cwt	600.00–880.00	8,589	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	930.00/cwt	930.00–930.00	10,277	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	58.67/cwt	57.50–60.00	697	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	64.15/cwt	61.50–67.50	629	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	92.68/cwt	87.00–98.00	795	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	66.97/cwt	62.00–70.00	484	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	152.49/cwt	147.00–157.00	631	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	131.99/cwt	131.50–132.50	742	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	581	141.91/cwt	136.00–142.50	824	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	135.82/cwt	134.00–136.75	895	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	134.12/cwt	130.00–138.00	963	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	134.25/cwt	128.00–138.00	584	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	573	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	460	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	695	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	339	114.60/cwt	114.00–115.00	388	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	132.66/cwt	130.00–135.00	504	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	127.90/cwt	121.00–132.00	742	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	126.50/cwt	124.00–130.00	428	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	526	108.76/cwt	105.00–115.00	572	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	122.21/cwt	118.00–128.00	819	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	130.95/cwt	125.00–138.00	682	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	115.28/cwt	112.00–118.00	715	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	472	110.69/cwt	110.00–112.00	522	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	936	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	140.62/cwt	137.00–143.00	668	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	144.27/cwt	139.00–148.00	555	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	335	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	419	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	565	114.95/cwt	112.00–118.00	649	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	123.64/cwt	121.00–125.00	525	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	790	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	940	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	164.35/cwt	145.00–172.00	616	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	765	112.47/cwt	108.00–117.00	860	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	135.34/cwt	131.00–143.00	570	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	765	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	803	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	372	123.78/cwt	120.00–130.00	460	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	414	157.33/cwt	152.00–163.00	651	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	540	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	778	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	129.46/cwt	125.00–133.00	669	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	799	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	137.23/cwt	132.00–141.00	656	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	166.34/cwt	152.00–177.00	620	5

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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