Sale reports / Arkansas / Ouachita Livestock Auction / 2021-02-09

Ouachita Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, Feb 9
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054
Feeder Cattle receipts
66 head
212 vs last sale 278 85 vs year ago 151 · 56.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
18 vs last sale 29 4 vs year ago 15 · 26.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
59 vs last sale 65 10 vs year ago 16 · 62.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 3.00 -6.00 lower on a slight test. Feeder heifers sold 9,00 - 11.00 lower on a meager test. Slaughter cows sold on average 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls not well tested due to limited comparable offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.15/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$129.15
30 head · 460 lb average
Value per head Derived
$594
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$137
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.95
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1451133.7760322
Medium and Large 2506118.506006thin
Medium and Large 3423110.214662thin
One grade step is worth $23.56/cwt here — about $137 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 sale30 hd
129.15
AR average7 barns · 1,264 hd
136.09
−6.95
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60555.008831thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15052.956094thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15052.95/cwt50.00–54.506094
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60555.00/cwt55.00–55.008831
BullsMedium and Large 1275180.00/cwt180.00–180.004951
BullsMedium and Large 1315180.00/cwt180.00–180.005671
BullsMedium and Large 1350165.00/cwt165.00–165.005781
BullsMedium and Large 1555132.00/cwt132.00–132.007331
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added402138.00/cwt138.00–138.005552
SteersMedium and Large 1505149.00/cwt149.00–149.007521
HeifersMedium and Large 1466127.99/cwt125.00–131.005964
SteersMedium and Large 1643130.00/cwt130.00–130.008362
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,26551.50/cwt51.50–51.506511
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,365870.00/cwt870.00–870.0011,8761
BullsMedium and Large 1750118.00/cwt118.00–118.008851
HeifersMedium and Large 1383137.01/cwt135.00–139.005252
HeifersMedium and Large 1580121.51/cwt121.00–122.007052
BullsMedium and Large 1800112.00/cwt112.00–112.008961
SteersMedium and Large 1655125.00/cwt125.00–125.008191
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29751,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.009,7501
HeifersMedium and Large 1518129.00/cwt129.00–129.006682
SteersMedium and Large 1466154.01/cwt150.00–158.007184
BullsMedium and Large 2525134.00/cwt134.00–134.007041
HeifersMedium and Large 2475113.00/cwt113.00–113.005371
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added555138.00/cwt138.00–138.007661
BullsMedium and Large 1680120.00/cwt120.00–120.008161
BullsMedium and Large 1467153.09/cwt145.00–156.007156
HeifersMedium and Large 1427136.87/cwt132.00–145.005848
SteersMedium and Large 2460146.00/cwt146.00–146.006721
BullsMedium and Large 2380145.00/cwt145.00–145.005511
BullsMedium and Large 1527141.80/cwt135.00–147.007475
SteersMedium and Large 1323177.81/cwt170.00–186.005742
HeifersMedium and Large 2520116.50/cwt115.00–118.006062
HeifersMedium and Large 2428127.01/cwt125.00–129.005442
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added472151.00/cwt151.00–151.007132
HeifersMedium and Large 3423110.21/cwt105.00–115.004662
HeifersMedium and Large 2665111.00/cwt111.00–111.007381
SteersMedium and Large 1390162.00/cwt159.00–165.006322
BullsMedium and Large 2430140.00/cwt140.00–140.006021
SteersMedium and Large 2425154.00/cwt154.00–154.006551
SteersMedium and Large 3370135.00/cwt135.00–135.005001
SteersMedium and Large 2388153.41/cwt149.00–158.005952
SteersMedium and Large 2560136.00/cwt136.00–136.007621
HeifersMedium and Large 1320147.00/cwt147.00–147.004701
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-299058.05/cwt53.00–62.005752
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,76080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,4081

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.