Sale reports / Arkansas / Ouachita Livestock Auction / 2022-02-15

Ouachita Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, Feb 15
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054
Feeder Cattle receipts
326 head
▲ 212 vs last sale 114▲ 326 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 15▲ 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 1▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 9.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 -3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher. Today's sale offered plain to average cattle with a few groupings of value added cattle which some sold at a premium.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.05/cwt on 103 head.
Average price
$152.05
103 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$769
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$15.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.41
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2424153.1665032
Medium and Large 1561153.0385864
Medium and Large 3377137.935207thin
One grade step is worth $15.24/cwt here — about $130 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 sale103 hd
152.05
—
AR average9 barns · 2,218 hd
156.45
−4.41
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—Low1,768100.091,7706thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49585.001,2711thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23972.0489336

Every lot, as filed

83 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 2—322165.86/cwt160.00–172.005349
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570126.04/cwt121.00–131.007182
HeifersMedium and Large 2—476151.24/cwt143.00–155.007206
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—724150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,09010
HeifersMedium and Large 1—820124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0171
HeifersMedium and Large 3—335143.61/cwt136.00–151.004812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—308187.78/cwt179.00–197.005782
HeifersMedium and Large 1—466163.47/cwt157.00–173.007627
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525152.28/cwt145.00–159.0079910
SteersMedium and Large 1—635168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,0672
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425167.36/cwt164.00–175.007114
HeifersMedium and Large 2—705116.00/cwt116.00–116.008181
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—543156.00/cwt156.00–156.008475
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—675153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,0365
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—470168.00/cwt168.00–168.007901
SteersMedium and Large 3—590148.00/cwt148.00–148.008731
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—511193.00/cwt193.00–193.009868
HeifersMedium and Large 1—617135.60/cwt131.00–139.008378
SteersMedium and Large 1—392210.99/cwt202.00–212.0082710
SteersMedium and Large 1—823147.49/cwt145.00–150.001,2142
SteersMedium and Large 1—703151.52/cwt145.00–158.001,0652
SteersMedium and Large 2—705143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0081
SteersMedium and Large 3—540156.00/cwt156.00–156.008421
HeifersMedium and Large 1—365163.45/cwt159.00–170.005974
SteersMedium and Large 2—380189.49/cwt189.00–190.007202
SteersMedium and Large 3—420162.41/cwt155.00–170.006822
SteersMedium and Large 2—665144.00/cwt141.00–149.009583
SteersMedium and Large 1—558173.28/cwt170.00–175.009673
SteersMedium and Large 1—529181.36/cwt180.00–182.009597
SteersMedium and Large 1—428195.61/cwt183.00–201.0083715
SteersMedium and Large 1—480183.84/cwt179.00–189.008822
SteersMedium and Large 2—580158.97/cwt154.00–166.009223
SteersMedium and Large 2—479181.22/cwt179.00–182.008684
SteersMedium and Large 2—415188.00/cwt188.00–188.007801
SteersMedium and Large 3—370168.00/cwt168.00–168.006221
BullsMedium and Large 1—631145.15/cwt141.00–151.009165
BullsMedium and Large 1—475178.82/cwt172.00–189.0084911
BullsMedium and Large 1—560162.38/cwt156.00–168.009097
BullsMedium and Large 1—378186.61/cwt179.00–195.007054
BullsMedium and Large 1—422190.47/cwt186.00–197.008043
BullsMedium and Large 1—315196.39/cwt193.00–200.006192
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,04031.13/cwt27.00–35.003242
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,49585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,2711
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32078.20/cwt75.00–85.001,03224
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08465.45/cwt61.00–71.0070910
Bulls——1,46075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0951
Bulls——1,960109.39/cwt105.00–114.502,1444
Bulls——1,31088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,1531
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—822101.24/cwt95.00–110.008323
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—87492.18/cwt83.00–103.008064
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,193868.82/cwt835.00–925.0010,3654
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—795400.00/cwt400.00–400.003,1801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,255940.00/cwt940.00–940.0011,7971
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,15573.00/cwt73.00–73.008431
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0851,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0014,1051
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—68571.00/cwt71.00–71.004861
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—8001,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.009,6001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2081,425.90/cwt1,370.00–1,485.0017,2253
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2181,258.32/cwt1,100.00–1,375.0015,3264
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0351,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0010,3502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—800700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,6001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0551,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0012,6601
BullsMedium and Large 3—333162.44/cwt154.00–171.005412
BullsMedium and Large 2—635139.00/cwt139.00–139.008831
BullsMedium and Large 2—385172.18/cwt166.00–179.0066312
BullsMedium and Large 2—315185.13/cwt175.00–193.005835
BullsMedium and Large 2—413170.95/cwt165.00–178.007068
BullsMedium and Large 2—580145.79/cwt141.00–150.008466
BullsMedium and Large 2—675136.51/cwt136.00–137.009212
BullsMedium and Large 2—88094.00/cwt94.00–94.008271
BullsMedium and Large 2—795125.00/cwt125.00–125.009941
BullsMedium and Large 1—767139.07/cwt133.00–145.001,0673
BullsMedium and Large 2—516157.71/cwt151.00–164.008144
BullsMedium and Large 3—405153.00/cwt153.00–153.006201
HeifersMedium and Large 3—367134.10/cwt130.00–137.004923
BullsMedium and Large 1—513174.57/cwt167.00–181.0089611
HeifersMedium and Large 2—383158.13/cwt151.00–162.006066
HeifersMedium and Large 3—433137.98/cwt135.00–141.005972
BullsMedium and Large 2—715131.00/cwt131.00–131.009371
BullsMedium and Large 2—450161.00/cwt161.00–161.007251
HeifersMedium and Large 2—422152.56/cwt142.00–157.006445
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525140.46/cwt135.00–143.007373
HeifersMedium and Large 1—577142.69/cwt140.00–146.008237

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.