Sale reports / Arkansas / Ouachita Livestock Auction / 2021-03-23

Ouachita Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, Mar 23
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054
Feeder Cattle receipts
263 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 255▲ 99 vs year ago 164 · +60.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 19▼ 18 vs year ago 36 · −50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 12▼ 17 vs year ago 20 · −85.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers on average sold 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 - 14.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 3,00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 14.00 higher on a meager test. Feeder offerings today were mostly thin cattle with some moderate to attractive offerings. Supply and demand was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.09/cwt on 113 head.
Average price
$135.09
113 head · 485 lb average
Value per head Derived
$655
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.03
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1506139.4770667
Medium and Large 2454132.3160128
Medium and Large 3453123.1355818thin
One grade step is worth $16.34/cwt here — about $148 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 sale113 hd
135.09
—
AR average11 barns · 1,367 hd
135.07
+0.03
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
Bulls—High1,65284.191,3904thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17059.937019thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63059.009621thin
CowsLean 85-90%High89444.533983thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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
BullsMedium and Large 2—468144.54/cwt142.00–147.006762
HeifersMedium and Large 2—285149.00/cwt149.00–149.004251
HeifersMedium and Large 2—593124.00/cwt124.00–124.007352
SteersMedium and Large 2—308177.93/cwt175.00–181.005482
HeifersMedium and Large 1—426146.28/cwt141.00–155.0062311
BullsMedium and Large 1—845112.00/cwt112.00–112.009461
BullsMedium and Large 1—295189.00/cwt189.00–189.005581
SteersMedium and Large 2—417150.26/cwt147.00–155.006273
HeifersMedium and Large 2—327139.65/cwt135.00–145.004573
BullsMedium and Large 2—725110.00/cwt110.00–110.007981
HeifersMedium and Large 1—381148.54/cwt141.00–156.0056610
HeifersMedium and Large 1—522140.32/cwt136.00–143.007323
HeifersMedium and Large 1—328155.46/cwt151.00–161.005103
BullsMedium and Large 2—430154.77/cwt150.00–158.006663
BullsMedium and Large 2—290174.29/cwt169.00–178.005053
BullsMedium and Large 1—715117.38/cwt112.00–123.008392
HeifersMedium and Large 1—666123.56/cwt121.00–128.008236
SteersMedium and Large 1—585140.00/cwt140.00–140.008191
SteersMedium and Large 1—455169.00/cwt169.00–169.007691
BullsMedium and Large 1—565139.19/cwt134.00–145.007868
BullsMedium and Large 1—426175.39/cwt168.00–185.007476
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573132.60/cwt129.00–138.0076014
SteersMedium and Large 1—320190.49/cwt190.00–191.006102
SteersMedium and Large 1—428170.05/cwt163.00–179.007286
BullsMedium and Large 1—643127.00/cwt126.00–128.008172
HeifersMedium and Large 1—825107.96/cwt106.00–110.008912
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471143.78/cwt138.00–151.0067714
SteersMedium and Large 1—371182.47/cwt178.00–189.006775
BullsMedium and Large 1—514151.50/cwt149.00–153.007794
BullsMedium and Large 1—473156.57/cwt151.00–165.007414
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—652137.00/cwt137.00–137.008932
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—645135.00/cwt135.00–135.008711
SteersMedium and Large 1—525154.26/cwt151.00–159.008103
CowsLean 85-90%—91547.00/cwt47.00–47.004301
CowsLean 85-90%—88343.29/cwt41.50–45.003822
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,63059.00/cwt59.00–59.009621
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31563.57/cwt62.00–65.008365
CowsBoner 80-85%—98955.37/cwt52.50–59.505484
Bulls——1,72286.75/cwt84.00–89.001,4943
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,13062.00/cwt62.00–62.007011
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,535960.00/cwt960.00–960.0014,7361
HeifersMedium and Large 1—635127.00/cwt127.00–127.008061
BullsMedium and Large 1—372180.57/cwt176.00–187.0067212
BullsMedium and Large 1—333181.54/cwt176.00–187.0060512
Bulls——1,44076.50/cwt76.50–76.501,1021
SteersMedium and Large 3—310167.00/cwt167.00–167.005181
SteersMedium and Large 3—575125.00/cwt125.00–125.007191
SteersMedium and Large 3—475131.00/cwt131.00–131.006221
HeifersMedium and Large 3—553114.66/cwt108.00–118.006343
HeifersMedium and Large 3—313137.95/cwt136.00–140.004322
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—95071.00/cwt71.00–71.006751
HeifersMedium and Large 3—290137.00/cwt137.00–137.003971
BullsMedium and Large 3—600112.00/cwt112.00–112.006721
BullsMedium and Large 3—540115.50/cwt110.00–121.006242
BullsMedium and Large 3—470128.49/cwt128.00–129.006042
HeifersMedium and Large 3—380125.99/cwt125.00–127.004792
BullsMedium and Large 3—390125.00/cwt125.00–125.004881
HeifersMedium and Large 3—435127.42/cwt124.00–131.005542
HeifersMedium and Large 2—617119.03/cwt115.00–121.007344
BullsMedium and Large 2—695122.50/cwt121.00–124.008512
HeifersMedium and Large 2—414137.16/cwt133.00–139.005686
HeifersMedium and Large 3—522114.10/cwt110.00–118.005963
HeifersMedium and Large 3—477122.08/cwt117.00–128.005825
BullsMedium and Large 3—305129.00/cwt129.00–129.003931
HeifersMedium and Large 2—725108.00/cwt108.00–108.007831
HeifersMedium and Large 2—362136.54/cwt130.00–141.004945
BullsMedium and Large 2—573122.08/cwt120.00–124.007002
BullsMedium and Large 3—430132.59/cwt130.00–135.005702
BullsMedium and Large 3—660111.00/cwt111.00–111.007331
BullsMedium and Large 2—375149.41/cwt143.00–157.005607
SteersMedium and Large 2—613129.92/cwt126.00–134.007962
SteersMedium and Large 2—545143.00/cwt143.00–143.007791
SteersMedium and Large 2—460152.00/cwt152.00–152.006991
BullsMedium and Large 2—618116.36/cwt115.00–119.007193
BullsMedium and Large 2—800107.00/cwt107.00–107.008561
HeifersMedium and Large 2—464133.16/cwt129.00–140.006186
BullsMedium and Large 2—330167.00/cwt167.00–167.005511
BullsMedium and Large 2—515140.38/cwt132.00–145.007234

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.