Sale reports / Arkansas / Ouachita Livestock Auction / 2021-01-12

Ouachita Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, Jan 12
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054
Feeder Cattle receipts
212 head
2 vs last sale 214 7 vs year ago 205 · +3.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
6 vs last sale 17 15 vs year ago 8 · +187.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
4 vs last sale 10 7 vs year ago 7 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 6.00 - 18.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 - 18.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 - 11.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 - 2.00 higher. Quality was mostly good to attractive, with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.45/cwt on 82 head.
Average price
$137.45
82 head · 428 lb average
Value per head Derived
$589
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$181
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.23
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1446138.8261960
Medium and Large 2381134.3951121
Medium and Large 3365120.004381thin
One grade step is worth $18.82/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 sale82 hd
137.45
AR average9 barns · 1,782 hd
131.22
+6.23
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
BullsHigh1,71576.361,3107thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55856.248762thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,03851.9954010
CowsLean 85-90%Average81538.503141thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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 2550137.00/cwt137.00–137.007541
SteersMedium and Large 1458170.41/cwt165.00–176.007802
SteersMedium and Large 1750126.00/cwt126.00–126.009451
SteersMedium and Large 1517153.47/cwt144.00–160.007935
BullsMedium and Large 2320177.53/cwt172.00–184.005683
BullsMedium and Large 2440154.00/cwt154.00–154.006781
BullsMedium and Large 2545125.00/cwt125.00–125.006811
BullsMedium and Large 1608128.99/cwt127.00–131.007842
BullsMedium and Large 1830112.00/cwt112.00–112.009301
BullsMedium and Large 1520140.35/cwt131.00–145.007305
BullsMedium and Large 1316194.58/cwt186.00–200.006159
HeifersMedium and Large 1375142.66/cwt137.00–150.0053512
HeifersMedium and Large 1469137.60/cwt133.00–142.006459
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-287563.00/cwt63.00–63.005511
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2651,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.0012,7771
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-299061.17/cwt59.00–64.006062
HeifersMedium and Large 1625131.00/cwt131.00–131.008191
HeifersMedium and Large 1416140.99/cwt138.00–144.0058714
SteersMedium and Large 1800124.00/cwt124.00–124.009921
BullsMedium and Large 1571135.25/cwt131.00–138.007724
BullsMedium and Large 1780114.00/cwt114.00–114.008891
BullsMedium and Large 1445171.00/cwt171.00–171.007611
SteersMedium and Large 1563146.09/cwt139.00–151.008227
SteersMedium and Large 1313188.52/cwt186.00–191.005902
SteersMedium and Large 1725129.51/cwt129.00–130.009392
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added420187.00/cwt187.00–187.007851
SteersMedium and Large 1630139.50/cwt139.00–140.008792
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added660141.00/cwt141.00–141.009311
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight81548.50/cwt48.50–48.503951
CowsBoner 80-85%93343.34/cwt41.50–45.004042
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35060.50/cwt60.50–60.508171
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05854.04/cwt51.00–57.005726
Bulls1,90079.50/cwt79.50–79.501,5112
Bulls1,64175.11/cwt73.00–78.001,2335
BullsMedium and Large 3485144.34/cwt140.00–147.007003
BullsMedium and Large 3310152.00/cwt152.00–152.004711
HeifersMedium and Large 2290148.00/cwt148.00–148.004291
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1251,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,2501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 292061.00/cwt61.00–61.005611
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-283570.79/cwt66.00–77.005913
HeifersMedium and Large 2565122.00/cwt122.00–122.006891
BullsMedium and Large 2365159.86/cwt155.00–165.005832
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added430166.00/cwt166.00–166.007141
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,17065.00/cwt65.00–65.007611
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight81538.50/cwt38.50–38.503141
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55856.24/cwt55.00–57.508762
SteersMedium and Large 2385155.00/cwt155.00–155.005971
HeifersMedium and Large 2545126.00/cwt126.00–126.006871
BullsMedium and Large 2780111.00/cwt111.00–111.008661
SteersMedium and Large 3470138.00/cwt138.00–138.006491
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,13063.25/cwt61.50–66.007153
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01065.00/cwt65.00–65.006571
BullsMedium and Large 2280180.00/cwt180.00–180.005041
BullsMedium and Large 2463157.88/cwt152.00–164.007314
HeifersMedium and Large 1512132.52/cwt128.00–135.006796
SteersMedium and Large 3410138.49/cwt138.00–139.005682
SteersMedium and Large 3555126.00/cwt126.00–126.006991
HeifersMedium and Large 3365120.00/cwt120.00–120.004381
BullsMedium and Large 1457168.01/cwt155.00–171.007688
BullsMedium and Large 1373176.03/cwt170.00–186.006577
SteersMedium and Large 1405174.00/cwt174.00–174.007051
HeifersMedium and Large 2322138.90/cwt133.00–145.004477
HeifersMedium and Large 2427128.23/cwt122.00–132.005483
HeifersMedium and Large 2382133.65/cwt127.00–140.005118
HeifersMedium and Large 1569131.55/cwt128.00–134.0074911
HeifersMedium and Large 1324147.38/cwt144.00–153.004787
SteersMedium and Large 1358187.02/cwt184.00–190.006702
SteersMedium and Large 2476151.88/cwt147.00–157.007235
SteersMedium and Large 2500141.00/cwt141.00–141.007051

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.