Name: Ouachita Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 - 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower. Some added value cattle sold at a premium. Feeder cattle was in great supply with many groupings of preconditioned cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.12/cwt on 578 head.

Average price

$133.12

578 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$655

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$139

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

$25.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.51

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	493	136.88	674	428
Medium and Large 2	492	124.97	615	121
Medium and Large 3	480	111.53	535	29

One grade step is worth $25.35/cwt here — about $139 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 sale578 hd

133.12

—

AR average9 barns · 2,780 hd

131.60

+1.51

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	1,640	62.25	1,021	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,089	43.96	479	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	810	15.50	126	1thin

Every lot, as filed

149 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 1Value Added	—	820	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	976	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	472	135.43/cwt	131.00–142.00	639	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	121.97/cwt	118.00–126.00	878	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	569	133.96/cwt	131.00–138.00	762	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	124.23/cwt	120.00–129.00	834	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	163.09/cwt	157.00–171.00	690	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	130.68/cwt	125.00–134.00	821	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	619	133.72/cwt	127.00–137.00	828	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	143.31/cwt	131.00–156.00	540	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	157.00/cwt	155.00–159.00	714	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	127.42/cwt	123.00–135.00	728	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	886	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,034	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	626	127.60/cwt	123.00–136.00	799	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	125.45/cwt	121.00–131.00	652	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	141.04/cwt	135.00–149.00	588	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	121.22/cwt	115.00–123.00	806	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	123.38/cwt	118.00–127.00	775	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	138.40/cwt	131.00–145.00	782	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	771	105.00/cwt	100.00–110.00	810	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	130.34/cwt	123.00–136.00	607	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	162.19/cwt	153.00–165.00	751	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	164.15/cwt	157.00–174.00	689	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	308	189.39/cwt	181.00–198.00	583	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	182.32/cwt	179.00–191.00	691	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	465	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	744	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	115.54/cwt	112.00–120.00	833	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	815	96.00/cwt	95.00–97.00	782	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	682	106.86/cwt	105.00–114.00	729	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	724	99.17/cwt	95.00–104.00	718	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	151.01/cwt	137.00–159.00	489	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	472	143.55/cwt	135.00–148.00	678	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	132.38/cwt	127.00–139.00	768	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	718	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	865	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	777	114.59/cwt	110.00–119.00	890	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	380	145.23/cwt	144.00–148.00	552	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	864	116.79/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,009	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	153.51/cwt	150.00–155.00	791	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	414	153.91/cwt	148.00–160.00	637	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	186.08/cwt	181.00–190.00	631	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	575	147.74/cwt	141.00–155.00	850	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	762	124.30/cwt	120.00–129.00	947	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	379	185.27/cwt	184.00–186.00	702	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	730	126.81/cwt	124.00–135.00	926	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	420	176.47/cwt	172.00–177.00	741	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	368	156.44/cwt	150.00–160.00	576	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	493	166.01/cwt	161.00–178.00	818	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	330	155.00/cwt	146.00–168.00	512	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	745	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	894	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,070	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,017	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	822	104.34/cwt	102.00–106.00	858	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	790	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	956	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	990	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	891	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	522	156.40/cwt	147.00–163.00	816	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	671	128.84/cwt	123.00–136.00	865	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	614	141.13/cwt	133.00–147.00	867	32
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	5,226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	519	134.25/cwt	127.00–138.00	697	73
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	510	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	675	132.44/cwt	130.00–137.00	894	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	109.72/cwt	104.00–114.00	795	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	669	119.91/cwt	114.00–125.00	802	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	172.46/cwt	167.00–181.00	647	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	925	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	842	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	816	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,017	53.13/cwt	47.00–60.00	540	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	567	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,005	34.30/cwt	30.00–35.00	345	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,147	52.91/cwt	50.50–54.00	607	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	45.31/cwt	40.00–50.00	498	22
Bulls	—	—	1,833	71.01/cwt	67.50–75.00	1,302	3
Bulls	—	—	1,563	61.16/cwt	57.00–65.50	956	4
Bulls	—	—	1,505	51.31/cwt	49.50–53.00	772	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	798	51.71/cwt	40.00–68.00	413	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	1,725.00/cwt	1,725.00–1,725.00	19,234	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	745.00/cwt	745.00–745.00	8,642	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,395	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	12,555	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	810	15.50/cwt	15.50–15.50	126	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	833	38.25/cwt	38.00–38.50	319	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	419	133.53/cwt	129.00–143.00	559	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	29.49/cwt	25.00–33.00	333	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	426	139.44/cwt	132.00–146.00	594	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	623	99.80/cwt	90.00–110.00	622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	110.67/cwt	110.00–111.00	592	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,172	57.13/cwt	56.50–58.00	670	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	568	111.62/cwt	107.00–118.00	634	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	742.54/cwt	740.00–745.00	6,371	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	360	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	461	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	466	108.30/cwt	105.00–113.00	505	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	112.27/cwt	105.00–116.00	464	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	122.46/cwt	117.00–130.00	569	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	121.06/cwt	117.00–125.00	645	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	129.67/cwt	123.00–137.00	477	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	580	130.27/cwt	128.00–134.00	756	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	595	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	117.93/cwt	115.00–121.00	381	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	449	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	566	111.25/cwt	105.00–116.00	630	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	650	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	608	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	669	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	428	116.51/cwt	115.00–118.00	499	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	350	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	543	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	122.51/cwt	120.00–125.00	579	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	322	167.76/cwt	159.00–176.00	540	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	465	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	118.48/cwt	115.00–125.00	738	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	418	144.87/cwt	141.00–151.00	606	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	850	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	375	134.63/cwt	129.00–140.00	505	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	105.34/cwt	105.00–106.00	769	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	138.75/cwt	129.00–145.00	726	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	500	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	371	158.93/cwt	147.00–172.00	590	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	379	167.66/cwt	157.00–172.00	635	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	438	158.60/cwt	153.00–168.00	695	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	473	129.29/cwt	125.00–131.00	612	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	564	127.32/cwt	117.00–130.00	718	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	765	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	819	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	477	156.60/cwt	150.00–161.00	747	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	671	125.55/cwt	119.00–129.00	842	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	524	148.20/cwt	140.00–154.00	777	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	130.71/cwt	126.00–135.00	735	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	330	145.78/cwt	143.00–149.00	481	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	156.00/cwt	148.00–164.00	657	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	627	127.38/cwt	120.00–132.00	799	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	411	140.44/cwt	132.00–143.00	577	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	574	128.54/cwt	123.00–135.00	738	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	122.30/cwt	121.00–125.00	752	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	628	121.21/cwt	115.00–125.00	761	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	111.18/cwt	105.00–116.00	743	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	723	114.48/cwt	110.00–117.00	828	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	179.31/cwt	173.00–186.00	601	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	137.12/cwt	131.00–144.00	708	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	118.52/cwt	115.00–126.00	557	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	137.76/cwt	131.00–145.00	650	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	102.52/cwt	100.00–105.00	795	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	818	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	130.36/cwt	121.00–138.00	497	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	116.73/cwt	115.00–121.00	661	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	126.75/cwt	120.00–133.00	667	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	163.93/cwt	143.00–179.00	605	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	116.01/cwt	115.00–118.00	711	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	311	130.52/cwt	125.00–139.00	406	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	153.04/cwt	147.00–157.00	647	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	117.70/cwt	115.00–119.00	609	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	528	111.52/cwt	110.00–113.00	589	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	124.81/cwt	120.00–131.00	537	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	329	136.26/cwt	126.00–144.00	448	7

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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