Name: Ouachita Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 8.00 lower on limited comparable offerings. Some value added cattle sold at a premium. Supply was good with fair, average and above average offerings. Demand was good with strong buyer activity.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.05/cwt on 248 head.

Average price

$132.05

248 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$651

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$15.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.67

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	510	134.00	684	180
Medium and Large 2	446	128.79	574	55
Medium and Large 3	449	118.78	533	13thin

One grade step is worth $15.22/cwt here — about $150 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 sale248 hd

132.05

—

AR average9 barns · 2,813 hd

129.38

+2.67

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	—	Average	1,665	71.01	1,182	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,330	54.00	718	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,093	46.21	505	50

Every lot, as filed

115 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	278	198.01/cwt	197.00–199.00	550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	685	134.21/cwt	132.00–138.75	919	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	143.79/cwt	138.00–151.00	825	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	158.42/cwt	153.00–168.00	749	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	134.44/cwt	131.00–138.00	707	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	615	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	772	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	415	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	492	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	792	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	153.14/cwt	143.00–157.00	784	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	167.24/cwt	161.00–177.00	709	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	118.66/cwt	116.50–123.50	781	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	996	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	131.61/cwt	129.00–133.50	896	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	522	156.77/cwt	155.00–161.00	818	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	141.15/cwt	132.00–143.10	875	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	283	161.55/cwt	156.00–167.00	457	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	102.54/cwt	100.00–105.00	782	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	109.00/cwt	104.00–110.00	792	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	907	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	732	129.68/cwt	126.00–133.50	949	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	126.56/cwt	120.00–133.00	724	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	153.55/cwt	149.00–158.00	502	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	624	131.79/cwt	128.00–135.00	822	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	147.79/cwt	141.00–155.00	551	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	310	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	140.86/cwt	135.00–149.00	590	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	125.32/cwt	124.00–128.00	840	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	374	166.47/cwt	160.00–177.00	623	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	611	142.03/cwt	137.50–144.50	868	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	176.88/cwt	169.00–185.00	658	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	572	149.91/cwt	142.00–151.00	857	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	711	120.04/cwt	118.50–123.00	853	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	755	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	861	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	562	135.16/cwt	134.50–136.00	760	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	5,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	658	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	832	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	545	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	736	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	6,424	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	164.18/cwt	154.00–169.00	688	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,046	673.05/cwt	590.00–750.00	7,040	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	385	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	578	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	539.69/cwt	500.00–575.00	5,073	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	910	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	901	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	51.30/cwt	45.00–56.00	439	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,385	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	14,543	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	557.54/cwt	550.00–565.00	5,715	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	58.50/cwt	58.50–58.50	684	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	512.43/cwt	460.00–560.00	5,278	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	693	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,062	46.05/cwt	40.00–50.00	489	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,330	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	718	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	770	33.10/cwt	28.00–38.00	255	2
Bulls	—	—	1,578	67.18/cwt	62.50–71.50	1,060	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	845	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	355	1
Bulls	—	—	1,925	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	1,588	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	973	636.26/cwt	470.00–795.00	6,191	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	53.56/cwt	50.00–57.00	672	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	950	27.22/cwt	26.00–28.50	259	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	963	37.12/cwt	34.50–39.00	357	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	275	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	391	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	1,010.00/cwt	1,010.00–1,010.00	8,838	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	510	119.19/cwt	115.00–121.00	608	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	50.50/cwt	50.50–50.50	591	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	6,080	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	801	90.41/cwt	85.00–98.00	724	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	126.70/cwt	120.00–133.00	599	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	856	45.24/cwt	33.50–54.50	387	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	106.01/cwt	105.00–107.00	615	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	124.51/cwt	124.00–125.00	598	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	320	148.38/cwt	146.00–151.00	475	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	412	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	472	115.66/cwt	115.00–117.00	546	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	116.52/cwt	115.00–119.00	664	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	682	105.99/cwt	100.00–111.00	723	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	607	114.02/cwt	110.00–116.00	692	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	432	117.73/cwt	115.00–119.00	509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	393	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	491	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	765	103.94/cwt	100.00–109.00	795	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	134.54/cwt	126.00–139.00	510	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	140.42/cwt	133.00–147.00	456	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	360	137.96/cwt	135.00–141.00	497	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	740	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	733	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	733	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	464	157.76/cwt	149.00–165.00	732	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	123.56/cwt	118.00–126.50	756	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	136.36/cwt	131.00–141.00	649	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	683	118.34/cwt	118.00–119.00	808	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	322	166.58/cwt	158.00–175.00	536	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	143.67/cwt	139.00–152.00	601	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	118.69/cwt	114.00–120.00	861	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	517	144.73/cwt	139.00–153.00	748	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	139.47/cwt	137.00–148.00	792	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	123.63/cwt	119.00–126.00	581	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	159.77/cwt	156.00–165.00	596	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	157.47/cwt	155.00–160.00	685	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	598	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	831	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	378	154.07/cwt	150.00–159.00	582	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	111.96/cwt	110.00–114.00	801	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	116.23/cwt	112.00–119.50	676	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	286	151.64/cwt	149.00–160.00	434	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	126.92/cwt	121.00–132.50	660	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	115.50/cwt	112.00–119.00	739	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	149.00/cwt	146.00–153.00	705	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	482	138.34/cwt	132.00–146.00	667	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	588	130.04/cwt	125.00–135.00	765	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	127.46/cwt	122.50–133.00	558	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	121.02/cwt	116.00–127.00	634	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	134.35/cwt	129.00–137.00	707	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	410	133.31/cwt	129.00–136.00	547	3

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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