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
BullsAverage1,60896.351,5494thin
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 1466163.00/cwt158.00–167.007609
HeifersMedium and Large 3330147.00/cwt147.00–147.004851
HeifersMedium and Large 1620151.00/cwt151.00–151.009361
SteersMedium and Large 1585161.00/cwt161.00–161.009421
SteersMedium and Large 1529172.74/cwt163.00–178.009144
HeifersMedium and Large 1710129.00/cwt129.00–129.009161
HeifersMedium and Large 2490155.00/cwt155.00–155.007602
HeifersMedium and Large 1340173.00/cwt173.00–173.005881
SteersMedium and Large 1645156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0061
SteersMedium and Large 2470178.68/cwt170.00–187.008402
SteersMedium and Large 1423192.49/cwt192.00–193.008142
SteersMedium and Large 1703148.51/cwt147.00–150.001,0442
SteersMedium and Large 1480190.00/cwt190.00–190.009121
HeifersMedium and Large 2508151.02/cwt143.00–156.007673
SteersMedium and Large 2390184.52/cwt183.00–186.007202
SteersMedium and Large 2525164.00/cwt164.00–164.008611
BullsMedium and Large 1533165.51/cwt165.00–166.008822
BullsMedium and Large 1815133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0841
BullsMedium and Large 1613152.47/cwt151.00–154.009352
BullsMedium and Large 1395188.00/cwt188.00–188.007431
BullsMedium and Large 1571156.94/cwt154.00–165.008967
BullsMedium and Large 1465178.18/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
Bulls1,34588.08/cwt85.00–90.001,1852
Bulls1,870104.61/cwt99.50–109.001,9562
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,08079.00/cwt79.00–79.008531
BullsMedium and Large 1425184.34/cwt179.00–189.007834
BullsMedium and Large 3428141.47/cwt140.00–143.006052
BullsMedium and Large 2373167.38/cwt165.00–170.006242
BullsMedium and Large 11,01084.00/cwt84.00–84.008481
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added485168.00/cwt168.00–168.008151
HeifersMedium and Large 1523156.09/cwt153.00–161.008167
HeifersMedium and Large 3480130.88/cwt125.00–137.006282
HeifersMedium and Large 1573148.02/cwt143.00–153.008482
HeifersMedium and Large 1423165.61/cwt164.00–168.007013
HeifersMedium and Large 1370166.57/cwt159.00–170.006164
HeifersMedium and Large 2680123.00/cwt123.00–123.008361
HeifersMedium and Large 2369162.41/cwt159.00–167.005994
HeifersMedium and Large 2423156.57/cwt154.00–159.006629
SteersMedium and Large 2590156.00/cwt156.00–156.009201
SteersMedium and Large 1680153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,0401
HeifersMedium and Large 3370147.03/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.