Sale reports / Arkansas / Ouachita Livestock Auction / 2020-10-20

Ouachita Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, Oct 20
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054
Feeder Cattle receipts
275 head
21 vs last sale 296 37 vs year ago 238 · +15.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
51 vs last sale 19 18 vs year ago 88 · 20.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
6 vs last sale 10 29 vs year ago 45 · 64.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold on average mostly steady to 3.00 less. Feeder heifers sold on average mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 - 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls not well tested due to limited comparable offerings. Cattle was plain to average, with a fair number of calves under 300 lbs.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $127.80/cwt on 132 head.
Average price
$127.80
132 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$615
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.04
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1498134.7667252
Medium and Large 2461127.7558961
Medium and Large 3500108.9254519thin
One grade step is worth $25.84/cwt here — about $127 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 sale132 hd
127.80
AR average9 barns · 1,018 hd
123.76
+4.04
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
BullsHigh1,79070.891,2694thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,16243.9451156

Every lot, as filed

83 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 1305162.03/cwt160.00–164.004942
SteersMedium and Large 2325140.00/cwt140.00–140.004551
BullsMedium and Large 1325163.58/cwt155.00–170.005325
HeifersMedium and Large 2373124.60/cwt120.00–129.004656
BullsMedium and Large 176092.00/cwt92.00–92.006991
HeifersMedium and Large 166597.00/cwt97.00–97.006451
SteersMedium and Large 1520128.44/cwt127.00–130.006682
HeifersMedium and Large 2290128.50/cwt126.00–131.003734
BullsMedium and Large 1575125.17/cwt124.50–126.007203
BullsMedium and Large 2293144.10/cwt132.00–156.004222
HeifersMedium and Large 1632112.66/cwt108.00–118.007123
HeifersMedium and Large 1513120.33/cwt120.00–121.006173
HeifersMedium and Large 1322132.35/cwt130.00–134.004269
BullsMedium and Large 1621120.87/cwt117.00–127.007516
SteersMedium and Large 1474130.95/cwt129.00–136.006214
BullsMedium and Large 181086.50/cwt86.50–86.507011
SteersMedium and Large 1375146.00/cwt146.00–146.005481
SteersMedium and Large 1580124.68/cwt124.00–125.007233
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added615126.00/cwt126.00–126.007751
BullsMedium and Large 1481128.55/cwt127.00–134.006185
HeifersMedium and Large 1428123.36/cwt120.00–126.005288
BullsMedium and Large 1280169.00/cwt169.00–169.004731
HeifersMedium and Large 1283132.98/cwt131.00–135.003762
SteersMedium and Large 1665119.00/cwt119.00–119.007911
BullsMedium and Large 1658115.98/cwt110.00–121.007633
HeifersMedium and Large 1485121.57/cwt119.00–124.005907
BullsMedium and Large 1419148.33/cwt144.00–156.006228
HeifersMedium and Large 1367129.63/cwt127.00–132.004766
BullsMedium and Large 170897.84/cwt93.50–102.006933
BullsMedium and Large 189583.00/cwt83.00–83.007431
HeifersMedium and Large 1565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006781
SteersMedium and Large 1440133.00/cwt133.00–133.005851
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-274555.00/cwt55.00–55.004101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,17552.78/cwt49.00–54.506206
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,20355.16/cwt53.00–57.006643
BullsMedium and Large 1515126.20/cwt123.00–129.006505
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-275350.37/cwt50.00–51.003792
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,6401,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0021,3201
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,54079.00/cwt79.00–79.001,2171
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01560.00/cwt60.00–60.006091
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,315800.00/cwt800.00–800.0010,5201
HeifersMedium and Large 3425111.00/cwt111.00–111.004721
CowsBoner 80-85%97525.00/cwt25.00–25.002441
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01532.85/cwt30.00–37.003337
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20749.93/cwt48.50–51.0060316
Bulls1,84776.19/cwt71.00–81.001,4073
Bulls1,62055.00/cwt55.00–55.008911
BullsMedium and Large 367092.00/cwt92.00–92.006161
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17743.97/cwt38.00–48.0051832
HeifersMedium and Large 3290116.00/cwt116.00–116.003361
SteersMedium and Large 3485107.00/cwt107.00–107.005191
SteersMedium and Large 3415124.00/cwt124.00–124.005151
HeifersMedium and Large 359592.00/cwt92.00–92.005471
HeifersMedium and Large 2560105.00/cwt105.00–105.005881
HeifersMedium and Large 3478104.66/cwt104.00–105.005003
BullsMedium and Large 3420118.87/cwt115.00–125.004993
HeifersMedium and Large 3363114.45/cwt113.00–116.004152
BullsMedium and Large 3460113.50/cwt113.00–114.005222
BullsMedium and Large 3325122.75/cwt119.00–127.003992
BullsMedium and Large 266099.00/cwt99.00–99.006531
HeifersMedium and Large 3520100.49/cwt100.00–101.005232
BullsMedium and Large 2631110.79/cwt105.00–116.006995
BullsMedium and Large 363598.00/cwt98.00–98.006221
BullsMedium and Large 2329143.57/cwt130.00–161.0047214
BullsMedium and Large 2517119.83/cwt115.00–125.0062012
BullsMedium and Large 2371139.00/cwt134.00–145.005165
BullsMedium and Large 3529107.40/cwt100.00–111.005688
HeifersMedium and Large 261597.00/cwt97.00–97.005971
BullsMedium and Large 356895.58/cwt93.00–98.005432
HeifersMedium and Large 2328126.21/cwt124.00–129.004144
HeifersMedium and Large 2463118.29/cwt117.00–119.005483
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added600121.00/cwt121.00–121.007261
BullsMedium and Large 2429135.26/cwt130.00–140.005808
HeifersMedium and Large 2421121.06/cwt114.00–125.005106
HeifersMedium and Large 2526110.22/cwt106.00–116.005805
BullsMedium and Large 2563114.95/cwt109.00–119.006478
BullsMedium and Large 2467124.15/cwt121.00–129.005805
BullsMedium and Large 1367155.66/cwt151.00–164.0057110
SteersMedium and Large 2550118.00/cwt118.00–118.006491
BullsMedium and Large 278586.00/cwt86.00–86.006751
SteersMedium and Large 2380138.00/cwt138.00–138.005241
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added440144.00/cwt144.00–144.006341
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added395151.00/cwt151.00–151.005961

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.