Sale reports / Arkansas / Ouachita Livestock Auction / 2021-06-01

Ouachita Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, Jun 1
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054
Feeder Cattle receipts
65 head
427 vs last sale 492 454 vs year ago 519 · 87.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
45 vs last sale 54 60 vs year ago 69 · 87.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
18 vs last sale 22 41 vs year ago 45 · 91.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold on average 4.00 lower. All trends are based on a sparse test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.02/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$124.02
35 head · 652 lb average
Value per head Derived
$809
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$257
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.65
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1674125.8584828
Medium and Large 2472123.335823thin
Medium and Large 1-2688122.008392thin
Medium and Large 3583101.505912thin
One grade step is worth $24.35/cwt here — about $257 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 sale35 hd
124.02
AR average9 barns · 1,032 hd
133.68
−9.65
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
BullsAverage1,54989.481,3864thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09862.436866thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Bulls1,49584.45/cwt82.50–86.501,2632
Bulls1,60394.50/cwt93.00–96.001,5152
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20568.03/cwt66.00–71.508204
CowsBoner 80-85%88551.23/cwt48.00–54.504532
BullsMedium and Large 1535151.00/cwt151.00–151.008081
BullsMedium and Large 1575131.00/cwt131.00–131.007531
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-274585.00/cwt85.00–85.006331
BullsMedium and Large 1-2955102.00/cwt102.00–102.009741
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2688122.00/cwt122.00–122.008392
BullsMedium and Large 2500142.00/cwt142.00–142.007101
BullsMedium and Large 1620125.00/cwt125.00–125.007751
HeifersMedium and Large 1410138.00/cwt138.00–138.005661
HeifersMedium and Large 1460136.00/cwt136.00–136.006261
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added559150.50/cwt150.50–150.5084113
HeifersMedium and Large 2440127.00/cwt127.00–127.005591
SteersMedium and Large 2405155.00/cwt155.00–155.006281
HeifersMedium and Large 1525134.69/cwt130.00–135.507077
SteersMedium and Large 1375165.00/cwt165.00–165.006191
SteersMedium and Large 1675125.00/cwt125.00–125.008441
SteersMedium and Large 1535145.50/cwt145.00–146.007782
HeifersMedium and Large 368592.00/cwt92.00–92.006301
HeifersMedium and Large 3480111.00/cwt111.00–111.005331
HeifersMedium and Large 2455129.00/cwt129.00–129.005871
HeifersMedium and Large 2520114.00/cwt114.00–114.005931
HeifersMedium and Large 1763121.00/cwt121.00–121.0092318
HeifersMedium and Large 1590129.00/cwt129.00–129.007611
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,050875.00/cwt875.00–875.009,1881
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,29073.50/cwt73.50–73.509481
SteersMedium and Large 2525131.00/cwt131.00–131.006881
SteersMedium and Large 2368156.90/cwt155.00–159.005772

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.