Sale reports / Arkansas / Ouachita Livestock Auction / 2021-05-11

Ouachita Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, May 11
● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054
Feeder Cattle receipts
251 head
0 vs last sale 251 83 vs year ago 168 · +49.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
13 vs last sale 21 2 vs year ago 36 · 5.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
4 vs last sale 23 7 vs year ago 12 · +58.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly 3.00 - 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 - 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher. Cattle was fair to average with some offerings of weaned and value added cattle. Some weaned and value added cattle sold at at premium.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $136.45/cwt on 84 head.
Average price
$136.45
84 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$723
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$183
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.98
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544139.7176050
Medium and Large 2500134.1167025
Medium and Large 1-2599132.507944thin
Medium and Large 3486118.605765thin
One grade step is worth $21.11/cwt here — about $183 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 sale84 hd
136.45
AR average8 barns · 624 hd
130.46
+5.98
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
BullsAverage1,55678.301,2184thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44162.378994thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14154.7262523

Every lot, as filed

85 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 1518141.59/cwt137.00–148.007336
HeifersMedium and Large 1635116.00/cwt116.00–116.007371
BullsMedium and Large 1586134.09/cwt129.00–136.0078613
HeifersMedium and Large 1469130.61/cwt129.00–134.006135
HeifersMedium and Large 2529117.71/cwt115.00–125.006235
SteersMedium and Large 1560145.31/cwt139.00–149.0081417
SteersMedium and Large 1525148.01/cwt146.00–149.007774
SteersMedium and Large 1377154.86/cwt149.00–160.005843
HeifersMedium and Large 1725113.00/cwt113.00–113.008191
BullsMedium and Large 1620130.23/cwt128.00–132.008074
BullsMedium and Large 1-2599132.50/cwt132.50–132.507944
SteersMedium and Large 1627136.92/cwt131.00–143.008583
HeifersMedium and Large 1675115.66/cwt115.00–116.007813
HeifersMedium and Large 1388141.46/cwt135.00–148.005492
HeifersMedium and Large 1325148.97/cwt148.00–150.004842
HeifersMedium and Large 1524129.09/cwt121.00–132.0067616
BullsMedium and Large 1424154.46/cwt151.00–160.006555
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added467161.90/cwt154.00–164.007565
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added429162.77/cwt160.00–167.006987
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4651,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.0015,5291
SteersMedium and Large 1680126.00/cwt126.00–126.008571
BullsMedium and Large 1475150.71/cwt148.00–155.007164
HeifersMedium and Large 1420133.72/cwt128.00–139.005629
BullsMedium and Large 1385156.90/cwt153.00–161.006042
BullsMedium and Large 1710122.00/cwt122.00–122.008661
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01063.00/cwt63.00–63.006361
BullsMedium and Large 1290179.00/cwt179.00–179.005191
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,105710.00/cwt710.00–710.007,8461
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added403140.99/cwt140.00–142.005682
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,170730.00/cwt730.00–730.008,5411
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,010770.00/cwt770.00–770.007,7771
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-294563.04/cwt62.00–64.005962
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,010925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,3431
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2685810.00/cwt810.00–810.005,5491
BullsMedium and Large 1320166.05/cwt164.00–167.005313
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,40569.00/cwt69.00–69.009691
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09534.00/cwt34.00–34.003721
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27064.09/cwt60.00–66.0081410
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10152.75/cwt46.00–56.005819
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44162.37/cwt60.00–63.508994
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight85031.00/cwt31.00–31.002641
Bulls1,55678.30/cwt66.00–89.001,2184
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-289565.00/cwt65.00–65.005821
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2875720.00/cwt720.00–720.006,3001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-279078.00/cwt78.00–78.006161
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight84839.00/cwt38.00–40.003312
BullsMedium and Large 2531129.74/cwt125.00–133.006893
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,173802.73/cwt610.00–1,010.009,4163
HeifersMedium and Large 3380119.53/cwt117.00–122.004542
BullsMedium and Large 3320132.00/cwt132.00–132.004221
HeifersMedium and Large 3558113.48/cwt112.00–115.006332
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,455966.92/cwt930.00–1,000.0014,0692
HeifersMedium and Large 2605117.00/cwt117.00–117.007081
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,020625.00/cwt625.00–625.006,3751
BullsMedium and Large 3575116.00/cwt116.00–116.006671
BullsMedium and Large 3475115.00/cwt115.00–115.005461
BullsMedium and Large 3355125.00/cwt125.00–125.004441
SteersMedium and Large 2335151.00/cwt151.00–151.005061
SteersMedium and Large 2520133.00/cwt129.00–139.006924
SteersMedium and Large 3280147.00/cwt147.00–147.004121
HeifersMedium and Large 2474126.01/cwt119.00–130.005979
BullsMedium and Large 2571126.17/cwt124.00–127.007205
HeifersMedium and Large 2376133.00/cwt128.00–137.005008
SteersMedium and Large 2585131.00/cwt131.00–131.007661
BullsMedium and Large 2692121.00/cwt121.00–121.008372
BullsMedium and Large 3705105.00/cwt105.00–105.007401
BullsMedium and Large 2705118.00/cwt118.00–118.008321
BullsMedium and Large 2285163.00/cwt163.00–163.004651
HeifersMedium and Large 2335143.40/cwt140.00–147.004802
SteersMedium and Large 2420144.29/cwt139.00–150.006063
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added473146.50/cwt146.50–146.506935
BullsMedium and Large 2323153.04/cwt145.00–157.004943
SteersMedium and Large 2373150.91/cwt149.00–153.005632
HeifersMedium and Large 2427127.33/cwt125.00–129.005443
SteersMedium and Large 2800105.00/cwt105.00–105.008401
BullsMedium and Large 2613120.73/cwt115.00–126.507402
BullsMedium and Large 1658125.81/cwt124.00–126.0082811
SteersMedium and Large 2483144.68/cwt139.00–148.006993
BullsMedium and Large 2470135.23/cwt131.00–138.006364
BullsMedium and Large 2423142.63/cwt140.00–145.006032
BullsMedium and Large 2373141.52/cwt141.00–142.005282
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added560144.00/cwt144.00–144.008066
SteersMedium and Large 1740121.00/cwt121.00–121.008951
HeifersMedium and Large 2280148.00/cwt148.00–148.004141
HeifersMedium and Large 1564127.11/cwt123.00–131.007177

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.