Name: Ouachita Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers under 500 lbs. sold 1.00 -3.00 higher. Feeder steers over 500 lbs. sold 4.00 - 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 8.00 - 11.00 higher, Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 - 8.00 higher. Today, was a herd sell out with some replacements selling at a premium, with much buyer interest.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.02/cwt on 128 head.

Average price

$134.02

128 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

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

$17.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.59

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	490	137.86	675	81
Medium and Large 2	473	129.38	612	37
Medium and Large 3	458	120.09	550	10thin

One grade step is worth $17.77/cwt here — about $125 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

134.02

—

AR average7 barns · 985 hd

133.43

+0.59

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	1,645	75.66	1,245	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,100	56.42	621	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	735	32.00	235	1thin

Every lot, as filed

89 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,171	813.07/cwt	670.00–950.00	9,521	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	126.11/cwt	123.00–130.00	776	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	492	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	807	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	800	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	156.90/cwt	149.00–164.00	742	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	139.79/cwt	138.00–141.00	801	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	1,610.00/cwt	1,610.00–1,610.00	16,825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	343	174.50/cwt	174.00–175.00	599	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	884	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	159.48/cwt	155.00–167.00	762	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	170.34/cwt	166.00–175.00	707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	540	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	147.56/cwt	138.00–153.00	637	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	149.68/cwt	144.00–154.00	552	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	156.24/cwt	155.00–162.00	514	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	383	163.79/cwt	161.00–167.00	627	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	94.99/cwt	94.00–96.00	839	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	414	148.79/cwt	140.00–155.00	616	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	531	136.51/cwt	133.00–142.50	725	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	126.50/cwt	126.00–127.00	788	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	750	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	848	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	876.61/cwt	650.00–1,020.00	9,231	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	135.13/cwt	134.00–136.00	828	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,370	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,153	1,312.41/cwt	950.00–1,550.00	15,132	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	594	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,183	813.64/cwt	735.00–900.00	9,625	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	62.24/cwt	59.00–65.00	607	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	526	145.79/cwt	139.00–154.00	767	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	1,171.02/cwt	950.00–1,410.00	12,003	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,037	63.88/cwt	55.00–70.00	662	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,168	73.11/cwt	72.50–74.00	854	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,118	1,153.02/cwt	1,000.00–1,300.00	12,891	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	1,410.00/cwt	1,410.00–1,410.00	18,048	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	797.93/cwt	600.00–950.00	5,785	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,129	1,232.56/cwt	1,000.00–1,450.00	13,916	4
Bulls	—	—	1,921	83.54/cwt	81.50–86.50	1,605	4
Bulls	—	—	1,448	75.48/cwt	70.00–79.50	1,093	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	735	32.00/cwt	32.00–32.00	235	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	795	40.50/cwt	40.50–40.50	322	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	63.74/cwt	60.50–67.50	774	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	57.08/cwt	51.00–60.00	614	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	83.28/cwt	77.50–93.00	607	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	8,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	1,063.77/cwt	800.00–1,275.00	11,436	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,044	1,046.75/cwt	720.00–1,310.00	10,928	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,258	1,713.42/cwt	1,700.00–1,725.00	21,555	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,045	45.78/cwt	43.50–48.00	478	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	365	140.27/cwt	135.00–146.00	512	2
Bulls	—	—	935	44.50/cwt	44.50–44.50	416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	125.47/cwt	121.00–130.00	474	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	310	139.51/cwt	139.00–140.00	432	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	158.50/cwt	151.00–164.00	523	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	980.00/cwt	980.00–980.00	10,388	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	779	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	121.26/cwt	116.00–128.00	631	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	540	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	124.50/cwt	123.00–126.00	715	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	128.22/cwt	126.00–135.00	612	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	137.04/cwt	134.00–143.00	655	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	131.01/cwt	124.00–137.00	561	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	735	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	142.00/cwt	140.00–144.00	660	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	477	119.64/cwt	118.00–121.00	571	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	605	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	137.05/cwt	131.00–142.00	650	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	730	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	708	119.00/cwt	118.00–120.00	843	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	773	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	140.12/cwt	131.00–145.00	504	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	120.30/cwt	117.00–122.00	761	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	579	136.07/cwt	131.00–143.00	788	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	770	98.42/cwt	92.00–105.00	758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	129.81/cwt	125.00–136.00	743	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	779	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	758	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	143.93/cwt	136.00–151.00	482	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	166.68/cwt	163.00–171.00	713	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	131.27/cwt	126.00–135.50	680	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	173.88/cwt	168.00–180.00	631	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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