Sale reports / Arkansas / Ouachita Livestock Auction / 2020-10-13

Ouachita Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, Oct 13
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054
Feeder Cattle receipts
296 head
245 vs last sale 541 185 vs year ago 481 · 38.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
59 vs last sale 78 87 vs year ago 106 · 82.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
8 vs last sale 18 39 vs year ago 49 · 79.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs., sold mostly steady to 11.00 lower, while feeder steers over 500 lbs., sold mostly steady to 9.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 6.00 - 9.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. No trend on slaughter bulls due to limited comparable offerings.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $122.49/cwt on 105 head.
Average price
$122.49
105 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$634
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$160
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$30.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.57
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534134.7671938
Medium and Large 2495120.8059845
Medium and Large 3534104.7455922
One grade step is worth $30.02/cwt here — about $160 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 sale105 hd
122.49
AR average8 barns · 1,091 hd
125.06
−2.57
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
BullsAverage1,32861.508162thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53545.006911thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21537.5945714
CowsLean 85-90%Low67524.501651thin

Every lot, as filed

86 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 1482139.80/cwt139.00–140.006745
SteersMedium and Large 1835121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0101
SteersMedium and Large 1438141.49/cwt139.00–144.006202
BullsMedium and Large 1735113.00/cwt113.00–113.008311
BullsMedium and Large 184096.00/cwt96.00–96.008061
HeifersMedium and Large 1700107.00/cwt107.00–107.007491
HeifersMedium and Large 1465123.11/cwt118.00–127.5057217
HeifersMedium and Large 1675113.37/cwt109.00–119.007653
HeifersMedium and Large 1344133.22/cwt130.00–138.004584
BullsMedium and Large 1567121.43/cwt118.00–125.006893
BullsMedium and Large 1524124.75/cwt121.00–129.006544
BullsMedium and Large 1376171.32/cwt166.00–176.006446
HeifersMedium and Large 1426126.66/cwt124.00–130.0054011
BullsMedium and Large 189590.00/cwt90.00–90.008061
BullsMedium and Large 1690114.00/cwt114.00–114.007871
BullsMedium and Large 271599.00/cwt99.00–99.007081
BullsMedium and Large 2476122.48/cwt116.00–128.0058310
BullsMedium and Large 2514115.77/cwt111.00–121.0059510
HeifersMedium and Large 188589.00/cwt89.00–89.007881
BullsMedium and Large 2668102.69/cwt98.00–110.006863
BullsMedium and Large 1469133.86/cwt129.00–141.006288
HeifersMedium and Large 1622113.10/cwt112.50–118.5070310
HeifersMedium and Large 1376128.39/cwt122.00–137.004839
HeifersMedium and Large 1526117.13/cwt116.00–118.006167
BullsMedium and Large 1425141.00/cwt141.00–141.005991
SteersMedium and Large 1553135.50/cwt135.00–136.007492
BullsMedium and Large 198580.00/cwt80.00–80.007881
SteersMedium and Large 1519138.62/cwt138.00–141.007198
SteersMedium and Large 1683123.84/cwt120.00–125.008465
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,00550.00/cwt50.00–50.005031
BullsMedium and Large 1-289059.00/cwt59.00–59.005251
SteersMedium and Large 1930114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0601
BullsMedium and Large 1337173.60/cwt167.00–180.005853
SteersMedium and Large 1643124.51/cwt122.00–127.008012
HeifersMedium and Large 1565116.00/cwt116.00–116.006551
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added875123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0761
SteersMedium and Large 1305175.00/cwt175.00–175.005341
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-267050.00/cwt50.00–50.003351
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,25054.50/cwt54.50–54.506811
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,095760.00/cwt760.00–760.008,3221
BullsMedium and Large 1612125.50/cwt118.00–129.007688
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,110610.00/cwt610.00–610.006,7711
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-297550.93/cwt46.00–55.004974
Bulls1,41568.00/cwt68.00–68.009621
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23941.10/cwt37.50–46.5050911
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53545.00/cwt45.00–45.006911
BullsMedium and Large 3568103.00/cwt103.00–103.005852
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00520.00/cwt20.00–20.002011
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19027.11/cwt22.00–32.003232
HeifersMedium and Large 3340115.00/cwt115.00–115.003911
HeifersMedium and Large 3450113.00/cwt113.00–113.005091
HeifersMedium and Large 365589.00/cwt89.00–89.005831
BullsMedium and Large 3425116.00/cwt116.00–116.004931
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight67524.50/cwt24.50–24.501651
Bulls1,24055.00/cwt55.00–55.006821
HeifersMedium and Large 3568100.00/cwt100.00–100.005682
BullsMedium and Large 367887.38/cwt85.00–90.005923
HeifersMedium and Large 364095.00/cwt95.00–95.006081
HeifersMedium and Large 2458115.99/cwt115.00–117.005314
BullsMedium and Large 3617100.69/cwt100.00–102.006213
SteersMedium and Large 3565110.49/cwt110.00–111.006242
SteersMedium and Large 3335134.00/cwt134.00–134.004491
BullsMedium and Large 2419129.59/cwt125.00–135.005434
HeifersMedium and Large 3515101.00/cwt101.00–101.005201
HeifersMedium and Large 2436119.00/cwt117.00–121.005195
BullsMedium and Large 3380115.00/cwt115.00–115.004371
BullsMedium and Large 3483108.88/cwt105.00–115.005268
BullsMedium and Large 3514108.00/cwt108.00–108.005554
HeifersMedium and Large 2620108.00/cwt108.00–108.006701
BullsMedium and Large 2389131.72/cwt129.00–139.005127
SteersMedium and Large 2370133.00/cwt133.00–133.004921
HeifersMedium and Large 2368123.84/cwt121.00–129.004564
HeifersMedium and Large 2300130.00/cwt130.00–130.003902
HeifersMedium and Large 2562110.70/cwt105.00–114.006226
SteersMedium and Large 2600121.00/cwt121.00–121.007261
SteersMedium and Large 2450125.00/cwt125.00–125.005631
BullsMedium and Large 2312140.99/cwt140.00–142.004403
HeifersMedium and Large 2530113.67/cwt113.00–114.006023
SteersMedium and Large 2435132.50/cwt132.50–132.505763
HeifersMedium and Large 2660104.00/cwt104.00–104.006861
BullsMedium and Large 2618111.87/cwt110.00–116.006917
SteersMedium and Large 281395.04/cwt91.00–99.007732
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added735127.00/cwt127.00–127.009331
SteersMedium and Large 2345138.00/cwt138.00–138.004761
HeifersMedium and Large 272095.00/cwt95.00–95.006841
SteersMedium and Large 2670121.00/cwt121.00–121.008111

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.