Sale reports / Arkansas / Ouachita Livestock Auction / 2021-12-14

Ouachita Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, Dec 14
● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054
Feeder Cattle receipts
305 head
▼ 665 vs last sale 970▲ 64 vs year ago 241 · +26.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 49▲ 24 vs year ago 16 · +150.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 20▼ 3 vs year ago 25 · −12.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 1.00 - 11.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 14.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 - 10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

*Special note: This was the last sale for 2021. Sale will resume January 11, 2022.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.96/cwt on 109 head.
Average price
$144.96
109 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$712
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$220
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.84
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1507155.1278759
Medium and Large 2482138.9167030
Medium and Large 3457124.0656720
One grade step is worth $31.06/cwt here — about $220 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 sale109 hd
144.96
—
AR average8 barns · 2,040 hd
144.12
+0.84
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—Low1,62670.021,1395thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45256.678233thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17651.5760624
CowsLean 85-90%Average83729.912504thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 3—477130.06/cwt124.00–136.006203
HeifersMedium and Large 2—690125.00/cwt125.00–125.008631
HeifersMedium and Large 3—455127.59/cwt121.00–131.005813
HeifersMedium and Large 2—567132.01/cwt125.00–136.007483
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523129.99/cwt125.00–137.006804
HeifersMedium and Large 1—336161.90/cwt157.00–170.005444
HeifersMedium and Large 1—379156.95/cwt151.00–167.0059511
HeifersMedium and Large 3—79091.00/cwt91.00–91.007191
HeifersMedium and Large 1—682134.48/cwt127.00–139.009175
HeifersMedium and Large 2—318136.31/cwt133.00–140.004332
HeifersMedium and Large 2—478143.45/cwt141.00–150.006864
HeifersMedium and Large 3—420133.23/cwt126.00–140.005606
HeifersMedium and Large 2—700119.00/cwt119.00–119.008331
HeifersMedium and Large 1—610154.05/cwt151.00–157.009402
SteersMedium and Large 3—453132.49/cwt130.00–135.006002
SteersMedium and Large 2—475153.00/cwt153.00–153.007271
HeifersMedium and Large 3—553115.97/cwt110.00–122.006412
HeifersMedium and Large 3—323121.99/cwt121.00–123.003942
HeifersMedium and Large 2—383145.02/cwt138.00–150.005556
HeifersMedium and Large 1—571152.51/cwt150.00–158.008716
SteersMedium and Large 1—475188.16/cwt184.00–192.0089415
SteersMedium and Large 3—435141.00/cwt141.00–141.006131
HeifersMedium and Large 1—524158.81/cwt151.00–163.0083211
HeifersMedium and Large 2—635131.00/cwt131.00–131.008321
HeifersMedium and Large 2—424150.66/cwt142.00–156.006397
SteersMedium and Large 2—585143.00/cwt143.00–143.008371
SteersMedium and Large 1—513183.23/cwt178.00–190.009403
SteersMedium and Large 2—523142.46/cwt135.00–150.007452
SteersMedium and Large 1—910130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1831
HeifersMedium and Large 1—868119.99/cwt115.00–125.001,0422
HeifersMedium and Large 1—427166.49/cwt160.00–175.007118
SteersMedium and Large 1—775148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,1471
SteersMedium and Large 1—338198.63/cwt195.00–203.006713
SteersMedium and Large 1—723147.45/cwt146.00–149.001,0662
SteersMedium and Large 1—440191.28/cwt187.00–193.008427
SteersMedium and Large 1—565163.46/cwt159.00–167.009246
SteersMedium and Large 2—380180.92/cwt175.00–187.006872
SteersMedium and Large 1—622154.42/cwt152.00–161.009605
SteersMedium and Large 1—683145.28/cwt142.00–150.009923
SteersMedium and Large 1—830136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,1291
BullsMedium and Large 1—376182.54/cwt176.00–189.006865
BullsMedium and Large 2—324172.13/cwt170.00–174.005585
BullsMedium and Large 2—570141.99/cwt141.00–143.008093
BullsMedium and Large 1—705131.00/cwt131.00–131.009241
BullsMedium and Large 1—524170.06/cwt161.00–178.008917
BullsMedium and Large 1—477168.34/cwt167.00–170.008033
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,51058.50/cwt58.50–58.508831
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42355.76/cwt55.50–56.007932
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32560.70/cwt59.00–62.508044
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20754.23/cwt49.00–58.5065513
CowsLean 85-90%—97533.50/cwt33.50–33.503271
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05647.35/cwt47.00–48.005004
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—75832.56/cwt31.00–34.002472
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,00033.53/cwt31.50–35.003353
CowsLean 85-90%—85521.00/cwt21.00–21.001801
Bulls——1,13540.00/cwt40.00–40.004541
Bulls——1,74977.53/cwt75.00–80.001,3564
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,08057.50/cwt57.50–57.506211
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—620275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7051
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—780600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,6801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—620360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2321
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—58045.00/cwt45.00–45.002611
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—86365.27/cwt55.00–80.005633
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—93769.82/cwt48.00–85.006543
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,07064.50/cwt64.50–64.506901
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—92176.59/cwt70.00–91.007054
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—720400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,8801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,098745.42/cwt360.00–1,080.008,1852
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,13063.83/cwt62.50–65.007213
BullsMedium and Large 3—543136.02/cwt131.00–141.007392
BullsMedium and Large 2—625135.52/cwt134.00–137.008472
BullsMedium and Large 3—560121.53/cwt118.00–125.006812
BullsMedium and Large 1—613149.64/cwt146.00–153.009176
BullsMedium and Large 3—323147.33/cwt145.00–150.004762
BullsMedium and Large 3—618102.53/cwt100.00–105.006342
BullsMedium and Large 1—328190.17/cwt180.00–196.006246
BullsMedium and Large 2—845101.00/cwt101.00–101.008531
BullsMedium and Large 2—437156.93/cwt151.00–164.006863
BullsMedium and Large 1—424182.17/cwt175.00–190.007727
BullsMedium and Large 2—655135.00/cwt135.00–135.008841
BullsMedium and Large 2—355162.50/cwt156.00–169.005772
HeifersMedium and Large 1—845121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0221
HeifersMedium and Large 1—795123.00/cwt123.00–123.009781
BullsMedium and Large 2—473146.24/cwt141.00–152.006922
BullsMedium and Large 1—574153.74/cwt144.00–158.0088220
BullsMedium and Large 1—669142.25/cwt136.00–151.009527
BullsMedium and Large 2—545154.50/cwt149.00–160.008422
HeifersMedium and Large 1—476164.94/cwt160.00–174.007858
HeifersMedium and Large 3—645105.00/cwt105.00–105.006771
HeifersMedium and Large 2—840105.00/cwt105.00–105.008821
HeifersMedium and Large 3—383128.04/cwt125.00–131.004904
HeifersMedium and Large 3—535115.00/cwt115.00–115.006151

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.