Sale reports / Arkansas / Ouachita Livestock Auction / 2021-09-28

Ouachita Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, Sep 28
● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054
Feeder Cattle receipts
416 head
47 vs last sale 463 178 vs year ago 594 · 30.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
65 vs last sale 124 20 vs year ago 79 · 25.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
6 vs last sale 23 5 vs year ago 22 · 22.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly 2.00-16.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs. sold 1.00-6.00 lower, however feeder heifers over 600 lbs. sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00-8.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.58/cwt on 165 head.
Average price
$121.58
165 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$618
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$202
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.87
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547126.0369088
Medium and Large 2473118.4556157
Medium and Large 3440110.9048720
One grade step is worth $15.14/cwt here — about $202 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 sale165 hd
121.58
AR average8 barns · 1,613 hd
127.45
−5.87
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
BullsHigh1,50676.511,15211
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62362.871,0205thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13558.6166531

Every lot, as filed

92 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2419117.23/cwt115.00–120.004917
HeifersMedium and Large 1850115.00/cwt115.00–115.009781
HeifersMedium and Large 1712127.00/cwt127.00–127.009042
HeifersMedium and Large 2335125.23/cwt120.00–130.004206
HeifersMedium and Large 3585105.00/cwt105.00–105.006142
HeifersMedium and Large 3415112.48/cwt105.00–116.004674
HeifersMedium and Large 2560110.21/cwt109.00–113.006175
HeifersMedium and Large 1659127.24/cwt126.00–129.008394
HeifersMedium and Large 1773117.46/cwt115.00–120.009082
HeifersMedium and Large 2643112.49/cwt110.00–115.007232
HeifersMedium and Large 3325116.69/cwt115.00–120.003793
HeifersMedium and Large 2528119.21/cwt113.00–124.0062915
HeifersMedium and Large 3381111.00/cwt109.00–115.004235
SteersMedium and Large 3335143.00/cwt143.00–143.004791
SteersMedium and Large 3472130.67/cwt130.00–131.006173
HeifersMedium and Large 1617128.95/cwt118.00–131.0079619
HeifersMedium and Large 1479125.16/cwt121.00–130.0060015
HeifersMedium and Large 3523108.19/cwt105.00–111.005665
HeifersMedium and Large 2770110.00/cwt110.00–110.008471
SteersMedium and Large 2665125.00/cwt125.00–125.008311
SteersMedium and Large 2562127.20/cwt125.00–135.007155
HeifersMedium and Large 11,00095.00/cwt95.00–95.009501
HeifersMedium and Large 280595.00/cwt95.00–95.007651
HeifersMedium and Large 1418125.97/cwt122.00–131.005274
HeifersMedium and Large 1323135.74/cwt134.00–138.004384
SteersMedium and Large 1318189.96/cwt182.00–197.006044
SteersMedium and Large 1568142.23/cwt135.00–148.008083
SteersMedium and Large 3428130.73/cwt125.00–136.005602
SteersMedium and Large 1723130.49/cwt128.00–133.009432
SteersMedium and Large 1620135.00/cwt135.00–135.008371
HeifersMedium and Large 1374128.94/cwt125.00–131.004825
SteersMedium and Large 1518140.75/cwt136.00–146.007298
SteersMedium and Large 1454159.51/cwt151.00–166.007244
SteersMedium and Large 2333162.92/cwt161.00–165.005432
SteersMedium and Large 2474148.02/cwt146.00–149.007024
SteersMedium and Large 2430151.38/cwt150.00–155.006515
SteersMedium and Large 3555120.00/cwt120.00–120.006661
SteersMedium and Large 1362177.96/cwt169.00–185.006443
SteersMedium and Large 2760110.00/cwt110.00–110.008361
SteersMedium and Large 2380162.64/cwt159.00–166.006182
BullsMedium and Large 1664122.78/cwt120.00–125.008155
BullsMedium and Large 1705120.00/cwt120.00–120.008461
BullsMedium and Large 1295195.00/cwt195.00–195.005751
BullsMedium and Large 1526133.57/cwt129.00–139.0070312
BullsMedium and Large 1576131.32/cwt129.00–138.0075610
BullsMedium and Large 1466138.88/cwt134.00–147.0064710
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13861.08/cwt56.50–65.0069512
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62362.87/cwt61.00–66.001,0205
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31066.87/cwt65.50–70.0087610
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight84523.00/cwt23.00–23.001941
CowsBoner 80-85%96542.00/cwt42.00–42.004052
CowsBoner 80-85%94151.38/cwt48.00–54.004836
Bulls1,75084.75/cwt84.50–85.001,4832
Bulls1,39063.00/cwt63.00–63.008761
Bulls1,45976.14/cwt71.00–79.501,1118
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,33067.67/cwt66.00–69.009004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,23068.00/cwt68.00–68.008361
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,38569.48/cwt67.00–72.009622
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01576.23/cwt66.50–84.007743
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-296369.98/cwt63.00–83.006743
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,30569.18/cwt65.00–73.009032
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,015710.00/cwt710.00–710.007,2071
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,80591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,6431
BullsMedium and Large 3550110.00/cwt110.00–110.006051
BullsMedium and Large 3400120.00/cwt120.00–120.004801
BullsMedium and Large 3630105.00/cwt105.00–105.006621
BullsMedium and Large 3315139.00/cwt139.00–139.004381
BullsMedium and Large 3460110.00/cwt110.00–110.005061
BullsMedium and Large 3670105.50/cwt105.00–106.007072
BullsMedium and Large 1424144.63/cwt138.00–153.0061311
BullsMedium and Large 1619125.57/cwt121.00–131.0077710
BullsMedium and Large 2384141.47/cwt135.00–145.005435
BullsMedium and Large 2700107.00/cwt107.00–107.007491
BullsMedium and Large 2424128.40/cwt123.00–136.005447
BullsMedium and Large 2665112.99/cwt110.00–120.007515
BullsMedium and Large 2613113.24/cwt110.00–117.006944
BullsMedium and Large 1323178.64/cwt175.00–182.005772
BullsMedium and Large 2485127.31/cwt125.00–131.006173
BullsMedium and Large 2572122.75/cwt120.00–125.007029
BullsMedium and Large 2528122.57/cwt116.00–126.006478
BullsMedium and Large 3385127.01/cwt126.00–128.004892
HeifersMedium and Large 2367122.53/cwt120.00–125.0045011
BullsMedium and Large 2334144.73/cwt139.00–151.004835
HeifersMedium and Large 3465112.00/cwt112.00–112.005211
HeifersMedium and Large 1925110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0181
BullsMedium and Large 1381152.13/cwt145.00–159.005808
BullsMedium and Large 1768112.95/cwt111.00–115.008672
HeifersMedium and Large 2670116.00/cwt116.00–116.007771
HeifersMedium and Large 2468118.35/cwt115.00–122.005548
HeifersMedium and Large 1290141.00/cwt141.00–141.004091
HeifersMedium and Large 1520125.07/cwt122.00–135.0065016
HeifersMedium and Large 1571124.00/cwt119.00–128.0070813

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.