Name: Ouachita Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers between 500 and 675 lbs. sold 5.00 - 9.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 lower. Some value added cattle sold at a premium. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls not well tested due to limited comparable offerings from the previous week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $132.93/cwt on 174 head.

Average price

$132.93

174 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$24.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.45

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	508	142.36	723	91
Medium and Large 2	538	125.55	676	51
Medium and Large 3	486	117.85	573	32

One grade step is worth $24.51/cwt here — about $150 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 sale174 hd

132.93

—

AR average9 barns · 925 hd

129.48

+3.45

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	—	Low	1,606	84.52	1,358	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,537	51.31	789	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,115	47.59	531	51

Every lot, as filed

125 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,375	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	122.53/cwt	120.00–125.00	558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	480	134.38/cwt	132.00–135.50	645	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	775	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	131.48/cwt	128.50–135.50	757	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	132.05/cwt	128.00–136.00	887	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	745	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,013	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	726	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	723	135.98/cwt	134.00–138.00	983	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	125.97/cwt	124.00–130.00	653	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	142.71/cwt	137.00–147.00	681	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	613	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	644	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	330	136.65/cwt	125.00–157.00	451	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	785	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	832	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	925	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	694	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	141.69/cwt	131.00–150.00	524	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	935	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	561	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	509	119.39/cwt	115.00–123.00	608	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	705	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	832	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	805	93.32/cwt	90.00–95.00	751	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	138.05/cwt	131.00–144.00	574	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	468	116.07/cwt	113.00–120.00	543	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	513	139.73/cwt	134.00–144.50	717	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	965	80.79/cwt	76.50–85.00	780	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	126.33/cwt	122.00–130.00	724	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	385	130.96/cwt	126.00–139.00	504	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	367	168.87/cwt	161.00–178.00	620	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	126.82/cwt	122.00–134.00	784	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	505.92/cwt	450.00–572.00	4,553	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	634.52/cwt	460.00–860.00	5,127	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	472.15/cwt	310.00–600.00	4,108	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	37.66/cwt	34.00–41.00	403	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	54.48/cwt	52.00–57.00	676	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,060	47.41/cwt	42.00–52.00	503	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,598	48.14/cwt	45.00–52.00	769	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,497	53.43/cwt	51.00–55.00	800	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	888	30.78/cwt	30.00–31.50	273	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	134.05/cwt	126.00–138.00	617	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,020	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	587	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	152.61/cwt	145.00–161.00	649	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	322	181.25/cwt	175.00–194.00	584	3
Bulls	—	—	1,208	71.18/cwt	70.00–72.00	860	2
Bulls	—	—	1,633	83.24/cwt	82.50–84.00	1,359	2
Bulls	—	—	1,730	89.40/cwt	86.00–93.00	1,547	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	420	120.66/cwt	115.00–125.00	507	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	660	106.49/cwt	105.00–108.00	703	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	601	114.74/cwt	111.00–119.00	690	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	323	155.23/cwt	145.00–167.00	501	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	765	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,017	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	128.29/cwt	125.00–132.00	937	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	568	121.02/cwt	117.00–125.00	687	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	572	134.33/cwt	134.00–135.00	768	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	680	139.01/cwt	138.00–140.00	945	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	404	156.97/cwt	149.00–159.00	634	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	914	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	929	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	139.00/cwt	131.00–142.50	587	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	809	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	623	105.71/cwt	104.00–108.00	659	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	128.05/cwt	124.50–132.00	610	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	695	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	142.47/cwt	136.00–145.00	550	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	134.79/cwt	131.00–139.00	638	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	531	114.19/cwt	110.00–118.00	606	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	124.71/cwt	123.00–127.00	698	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	133.48/cwt	127.00–136.00	699	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	416	122.70/cwt	117.00–125.00	510	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	512	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	684	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	136.63/cwt	134.00–139.00	458	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	480	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	482	112.01/cwt	105.00–115.00	540	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	122.05/cwt	120.00–125.00	400	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	123.69/cwt	120.00–130.50	654	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	585	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	125.23/cwt	124.00–126.50	718	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	121.72/cwt	120.00–125.00	460	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	132.71/cwt	130.00–135.50	500	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	121.10/cwt	115.00–127.00	750	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	109.28/cwt	105.00–113.00	626	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	133.09/cwt	125.00–138.00	567	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	703	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	561.15/cwt	500.00–625.00	4,562	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	142.62/cwt	138.00–148.00	682	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	723	109.50/cwt	109.00–110.00	792	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	519	132.01/cwt	126.50–137.00	685	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	819	82.48/cwt	81.00–84.00	676	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	515	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	791	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	465	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	704	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	755	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	134.12/cwt	131.50–139.00	628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	599	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	138.76/cwt	137.00–145.50	813	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	447	157.61/cwt	154.00–158.00	705	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	132.12/cwt	127.00–137.00	548	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	138.26/cwt	137.50–139.00	857	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	143.66/cwt	139.50–147.00	759	13
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,775	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	610	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	128.40/cwt	105.00–151.00	935	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	567	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	5,900	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	57.45/cwt	54.00–61.50	531	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	385.00/cwt	360.00–410.00	2,464	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	571.13/cwt	400.00–750.00	5,237	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	649.38/cwt	360.00–950.00	5,799	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,018	710.49/cwt	670.00–750.00	7,233	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	458	152.12/cwt	150.50–156.00	697	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	461	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	118.37/cwt	116.00–121.00	799	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	135.36/cwt	130.00–136.50	767	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	820.00/cwt	820.00–820.00	6,970	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,880	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	576.13/cwt	450.00–750.00	4,448	3

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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