Sale reports / Arkansas / Ouachita Livestock Auction / 2022-02-08

Ouachita Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, Feb 8
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054
Feeder Cattle receipts
114 head
▼ 212 vs last sale 326▲ 48 vs year ago 66 · +72.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 56▲ 4 vs year ago 11 · +36.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 15▼ 5 vs year ago 6 · −83.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 4.00 - 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 11.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 - 8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher. Trends are based off of limited comparable offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $156.37/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$156.37
53 head · 460 lb average
Value per head Derived
$720
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$196
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.67
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1479159.9976729
Medium and Large 2446154.9969119thin
Medium and Large 3406140.565715thin
One grade step is worth $19.43/cwt here — about $196 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 sale53 hd
156.37
—
AR average2 barns · 144 hd
151.70
+4.67
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—Average1,60896.351,5494thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16471.6783411

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1—466163.00/cwt158.00–167.007609
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330147.00/cwt147.00–147.004851
HeifersMedium and Large 1—620151.00/cwt151.00–151.009361
SteersMedium and Large 1—585161.00/cwt161.00–161.009421
SteersMedium and Large 1—529172.74/cwt163.00–178.009144
HeifersMedium and Large 1—710129.00/cwt129.00–129.009161
HeifersMedium and Large 2—490155.00/cwt155.00–155.007602
HeifersMedium and Large 1—340173.00/cwt173.00–173.005881
SteersMedium and Large 1—645156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0061
SteersMedium and Large 2—470178.68/cwt170.00–187.008402
SteersMedium and Large 1—423192.49/cwt192.00–193.008142
SteersMedium and Large 1—703148.51/cwt147.00–150.001,0442
SteersMedium and Large 1—480190.00/cwt190.00–190.009121
HeifersMedium and Large 2—508151.02/cwt143.00–156.007673
SteersMedium and Large 2—390184.52/cwt183.00–186.007202
SteersMedium and Large 2—525164.00/cwt164.00–164.008611
BullsMedium and Large 1—533165.51/cwt165.00–166.008822
BullsMedium and Large 1—815133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0841
BullsMedium and Large 1—613152.47/cwt151.00–154.009352
BullsMedium and Large 1—395188.00/cwt188.00–188.007431
BullsMedium and Large 1—571156.94/cwt154.00–165.008967
BullsMedium and Large 1—465178.18/cwt171.00–184.008293
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10968.08/cwt65.00–71.007556
CowsBoner 80-85%—88561.00/cwt61.00–61.005401
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31679.73/cwt79.00–80.001,0494
Bulls——1,34588.08/cwt85.00–90.001,1852
Bulls——1,870104.61/cwt99.50–109.001,9562
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,08079.00/cwt79.00–79.008531
BullsMedium and Large 1—425184.34/cwt179.00–189.007834
BullsMedium and Large 3—428141.47/cwt140.00–143.006052
BullsMedium and Large 2—373167.38/cwt165.00–170.006242
BullsMedium and Large 1—1,01084.00/cwt84.00–84.008481
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—485168.00/cwt168.00–168.008151
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523156.09/cwt153.00–161.008167
HeifersMedium and Large 3—480130.88/cwt125.00–137.006282
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573148.02/cwt143.00–153.008482
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423165.61/cwt164.00–168.007013
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370166.57/cwt159.00–170.006164
HeifersMedium and Large 2—680123.00/cwt123.00–123.008361
HeifersMedium and Large 2—369162.41/cwt159.00–167.005994
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423156.57/cwt154.00–159.006629
SteersMedium and Large 2—590156.00/cwt156.00–156.009201
SteersMedium and Large 1—680153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,0401
HeifersMedium and Large 3—370147.03/cwt146.00–148.005442

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.