Name: Ouachita Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold steady to 8.00 lower, mostly 2.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls lightly tested. Today's sale had a good supply of feeder, replacement, and slaughter cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.32/cwt on 239 head.

Average price

$137.32

239 head · 496 lb average

Value per head Derived

$681

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$20.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.38

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	512	140.57	719	166
Medium and Large 2	465	131.90	613	61
Medium and Large 3	431	120.01	517	12thin

One grade step is worth $20.56/cwt here — about $203 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 sale239 hd

137.32

—

AR average6 barns · 834 hd

140.70

−3.38

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	1,637	91.19	1,493	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,490	68.49	1,021	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,171	64.51	755	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	920	53.14	489	28

Every lot, as filed

124 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,053	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	658	156.51/cwt	156.00–157.00	1,030	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	991	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	292	194.69/cwt	186.00–200.00	568	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	476	150.97/cwt	147.00–155.00	719	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	711	123.50/cwt	119.00–126.00	878	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	154.76/cwt	149.00–164.00	890	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	151.91/cwt	148.00–164.00	794	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	181.10/cwt	173.00–187.00	679	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	630	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	171.37/cwt	163.00–181.00	723	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	158.72/cwt	151.00–166.00	748	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	468	163.64/cwt	162.00–166.00	766	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	510	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	831	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	355	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	604	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	192.36/cwt	190.00–196.00	641	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	703	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	318	197.82/cwt	190.00–203.00	629	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	152.27/cwt	144.00–159.00	943	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	515	147.47/cwt	146.00–149.00	759	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	423	155.51/cwt	154.00–157.00	658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	136.85/cwt	128.00–142.00	718	59
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	328	173.54/cwt	164.00–182.00	569	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	614	137.09/cwt	131.00–141.00	842	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	155.34/cwt	151.00–166.00	817	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	180.54/cwt	171.00–186.00	751	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	135.80/cwt	131.00–139.00	778	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	144.00/cwt	138.00–153.00	684	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	480	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	813	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	131.00/cwt	125.00–137.00	863	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	11,531	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	983.31/cwt	930.00–1,025.00	9,243	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,145	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	9,538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	161.50/cwt	159.00–164.00	557	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	142.09/cwt	138.00–150.00	942	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,935	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,240	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,359	70.80/cwt	69.50–73.00	962	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	1,275.00/cwt	1,275.00–1,275.00	15,491	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	674	125.09/cwt	120.00–127.00	843	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	144.43/cwt	139.00–154.00	826	13
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	815	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	525	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,143	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	11,605	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	1,450.00/cwt	1,450.00–1,450.00	17,255	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	72.81/cwt	50.00–124.00	527	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,455	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	823.29/cwt	735.00–875.00	8,645	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	121.81/cwt	119.00–125.00	773	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	983	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	688	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,241	71.09/cwt	68.50–75.00	882	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,138	65.76/cwt	56.00–74.50	748	4
Bulls	—	—	1,915	99.01/cwt	98.50–99.50	1,896	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	810	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	324	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	793	48.76/cwt	45.00–53.00	387	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	73.13/cwt	72.00–75.00	1,070	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,487	68.35/cwt	67.50–69.50	1,016	3
Bulls	—	—	1,663	92.33/cwt	90.50–93.00	1,535	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	71.50/cwt	71.50–71.50	994	1
Bulls	—	—	975	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	692	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	916	62.84/cwt	60.00–67.00	576	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	71.67/cwt	69.50–75.50	907	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	64.72/cwt	60.00–69.00	756	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	941	45.62/cwt	40.00–49.00	429	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	132.37/cwt	126.00–135.00	428	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,283	72.46/cwt	70.50–74.00	930	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	869	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,074	55.69/cwt	52.00–59.50	598	8
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	6,369	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	929	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	110.26/cwt	105.00–113.00	509	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	743	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	810	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	527	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	972	54.02/cwt	50.00–59.50	525	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	732	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	439	138.75/cwt	136.00–141.00	609	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	293	161.55/cwt	156.00–167.00	473	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	385	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	558	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	6,355	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	14,025	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	125.00/cwt	121.00–129.00	488	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	141.08/cwt	135.00–147.00	741	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	432	151.07/cwt	147.00–158.00	653	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	125.52/cwt	125.00–126.00	782	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	533	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	675	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	776	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	681	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	104.99/cwt	104.00–106.00	798	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	292	152.70/cwt	148.00–159.00	446	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	134.50/cwt	129.00–137.00	826	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	148.07/cwt	141.00–156.00	619	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	910	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	150.58/cwt	147.00–154.00	557	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	564	146.44/cwt	141.00–150.00	826	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	469	139.43/cwt	135.00–146.00	654	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	151.65/cwt	146.00–162.00	566	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	125.48/cwt	120.00–131.00	895	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	154.41/cwt	149.00–163.00	723	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	550	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	131.41/cwt	126.00–136.00	620	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	824	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	858	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	755	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	143.67/cwt	143.00–145.00	886	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	144.03/cwt	140.00–153.00	470	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	133.36/cwt	125.00–138.00	564	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	161.35/cwt	156.00–167.00	713	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	122.47/cwt	120.00–125.00	708	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	146.25/cwt	142.00–151.00	774	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	878	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	109.95/cwt	107.00–113.00	627	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	133.15/cwt	129.00–137.00	772	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	120.63/cwt	116.00–125.00	752	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	116.99/cwt	114.00–123.00	787	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	147.72/cwt	140.00–155.00	696	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	125.56/cwt	122.00–129.00	652	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	482	132.46/cwt	125.00–136.00	638	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	332	154.73/cwt	153.00–158.00	514	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	138.40/cwt	131.00–144.00	525	15

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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