Name: Ouachita Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers sold mostly 3.00 - 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 4.00 - 12.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher on a limited comparable test.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $137.43/cwt on 128 head.

Average price

$137.43

128 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$704

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

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

$27.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.64

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	511	148.00	756	67
Medium and Large 2	534	128.77	687	40
Medium and Large 3	478	120.16	575	21

One grade step is worth $27.84/cwt here — about $181 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 sale128 hd

137.43

—

AR average4 barns · 252 hd

128.79

+8.64

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	1,575	66.93	1,054	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,485	50.00	743	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,128	43.88	495	35

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	620	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	787	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	126.94/cwt	122.00–132.00	848	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	875	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	120.66/cwt	119.00–123.00	794	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	969	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	119.82/cwt	115.00–127.00	696	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	327	174.47/cwt	168.00–194.00	571	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	124.30/cwt	120.00–129.00	654	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	820	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	836	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	145.17/cwt	141.00–150.00	753	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	611	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	626	130.32/cwt	123.00–136.00	816	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	166.71/cwt	153.00–177.00	617	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	112.58/cwt	110.00–115.00	758	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	603	145.00/cwt	144.00–146.00	874	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	144.12/cwt	140.00–146.00	468	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	750	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	803	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	875	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	823	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	108.49/cwt	107.00–110.00	732	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	119.72/cwt	116.00–122.00	567	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	525	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	793	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	128.15/cwt	120.00–132.00	611	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	155.88/cwt	149.00–161.00	739	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	157.53/cwt	150.00–162.00	662	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	120.51/cwt	120.00–121.00	880	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,204	56.84/cwt	55.50–59.50	684	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	915	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	842	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	133.19/cwt	127.00–138.00	574	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	526	146.83/cwt	143.00–152.00	772	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	579	137.91/cwt	134.00–141.00	798	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	153.91/cwt	147.00–162.00	720	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	51.74/cwt	49.50–53.50	572	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	56.73/cwt	52.50–60.00	624	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	753	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,425	915.00/cwt	915.00–915.00	13,039	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	669.80/cwt	650.00–690.00	5,010	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	614	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,048	36.12/cwt	33.50–39.50	379	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	52.62/cwt	50.00–56.00	680	6
Bulls	—	—	1,790	73.50/cwt	73.50–73.50	1,316	1
Bulls	—	—	1,468	63.65/cwt	62.50–65.00	934	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,132	43.81/cwt	39.00–48.50	496	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	743	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	90.99/cwt	86.00–93.00	681	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	753	34.02/cwt	30.50–37.00	256	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	740	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	703	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	558	113.43/cwt	108.00–119.00	633	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	396	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	767.45/cwt	750.00–785.00	6,431	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	113.41/cwt	111.00–116.00	482	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	46.97/cwt	38.50–54.50	524	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	427	133.03/cwt	128.00–142.00	568	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	490.78/cwt	350.00–610.00	3,966	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	6,942	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	645	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	433	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	132.68/cwt	126.00–137.00	499	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	109.61/cwt	104.00–114.00	590	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	119.72/cwt	115.00–125.00	614	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	379	116.91/cwt	110.00–121.00	443	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	118.52/cwt	116.00–124.00	626	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	412	123.12/cwt	119.00–129.00	507	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	118.20/cwt	115.00–121.00	376	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	518	115.72/cwt	108.00–120.00	599	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	390	120.51/cwt	120.00–121.00	470	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	343	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	377	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	150.75/cwt	147.00–154.00	626	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	697	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	119.68/cwt	111.00–123.00	560	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	745	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	782	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	131.64/cwt	126.00–136.00	682	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	148.36/cwt	143.00–156.00	549	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	361	141.55/cwt	131.00–149.00	511	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	580	109.99/cwt	109.00–111.00	638	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	132.08/cwt	128.00–142.00	630	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	139.88/cwt	134.00–144.00	518	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	153.64/cwt	149.00–159.00	668	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	143.48/cwt	143.00–144.00	686	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	131.10/cwt	125.00–138.00	746	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	168.50/cwt	162.00–178.00	696	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	117.02/cwt	116.00–118.00	778	2

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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