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
View

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
BullsLow1,768100.091,7706thin
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 2322165.86/cwt160.00–172.005349
HeifersMedium and Large 2570126.04/cwt121.00–131.007182
HeifersMedium and Large 2476151.24/cwt143.00–155.007206
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added724150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,09010
HeifersMedium and Large 1820124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0171
HeifersMedium and Large 3335143.61/cwt136.00–151.004812
HeifersMedium and Large 1308187.78/cwt179.00–197.005782
HeifersMedium and Large 1466163.47/cwt157.00–173.007627
HeifersMedium and Large 1525152.28/cwt145.00–159.0079910
SteersMedium and Large 1635168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,0672
HeifersMedium and Large 1425167.36/cwt164.00–175.007114
HeifersMedium and Large 2705116.00/cwt116.00–116.008181
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added543156.00/cwt156.00–156.008475
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added675153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,0365
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added470168.00/cwt168.00–168.007901
SteersMedium and Large 3590148.00/cwt148.00–148.008731
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added511193.00/cwt193.00–193.009868
HeifersMedium and Large 1617135.60/cwt131.00–139.008378
SteersMedium and Large 1392210.99/cwt202.00–212.0082710
SteersMedium and Large 1823147.49/cwt145.00–150.001,2142
SteersMedium and Large 1703151.52/cwt145.00–158.001,0652
SteersMedium and Large 2705143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0081
SteersMedium and Large 3540156.00/cwt156.00–156.008421
HeifersMedium and Large 1365163.45/cwt159.00–170.005974
SteersMedium and Large 2380189.49/cwt189.00–190.007202
SteersMedium and Large 3420162.41/cwt155.00–170.006822
SteersMedium and Large 2665144.00/cwt141.00–149.009583
SteersMedium and Large 1558173.28/cwt170.00–175.009673
SteersMedium and Large 1529181.36/cwt180.00–182.009597
SteersMedium and Large 1428195.61/cwt183.00–201.0083715
SteersMedium and Large 1480183.84/cwt179.00–189.008822
SteersMedium and Large 2580158.97/cwt154.00–166.009223
SteersMedium and Large 2479181.22/cwt179.00–182.008684
SteersMedium and Large 2415188.00/cwt188.00–188.007801
SteersMedium and Large 3370168.00/cwt168.00–168.006221
BullsMedium and Large 1631145.15/cwt141.00–151.009165
BullsMedium and Large 1475178.82/cwt172.00–189.0084911
BullsMedium and Large 1560162.38/cwt156.00–168.009097
BullsMedium and Large 1378186.61/cwt179.00–195.007054
BullsMedium and Large 1422190.47/cwt186.00–197.008043
BullsMedium and Large 1315196.39/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
Bulls1,46075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0951
Bulls1,960109.39/cwt105.00–114.502,1444
Bulls1,31088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,1531
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2822101.24/cwt95.00–110.008323
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-287492.18/cwt83.00–103.008064
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,193868.82/cwt835.00–925.0010,3654
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2795400.00/cwt400.00–400.003,1801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,255940.00/cwt940.00–940.0011,7971
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,15573.00/cwt73.00–73.008431
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0851,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0014,1051
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-268571.00/cwt71.00–71.004861
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28001,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.009,6001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2081,425.90/cwt1,370.00–1,485.0017,2253
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2181,258.32/cwt1,100.00–1,375.0015,3264
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0351,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0010,3502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2800700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,6001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0551,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0012,6601
BullsMedium and Large 3333162.44/cwt154.00–171.005412
BullsMedium and Large 2635139.00/cwt139.00–139.008831
BullsMedium and Large 2385172.18/cwt166.00–179.0066312
BullsMedium and Large 2315185.13/cwt175.00–193.005835
BullsMedium and Large 2413170.95/cwt165.00–178.007068
BullsMedium and Large 2580145.79/cwt141.00–150.008466
BullsMedium and Large 2675136.51/cwt136.00–137.009212
BullsMedium and Large 288094.00/cwt94.00–94.008271
BullsMedium and Large 2795125.00/cwt125.00–125.009941
BullsMedium and Large 1767139.07/cwt133.00–145.001,0673
BullsMedium and Large 2516157.71/cwt151.00–164.008144
BullsMedium and Large 3405153.00/cwt153.00–153.006201
HeifersMedium and Large 3367134.10/cwt130.00–137.004923
BullsMedium and Large 1513174.57/cwt167.00–181.0089611
HeifersMedium and Large 2383158.13/cwt151.00–162.006066
HeifersMedium and Large 3433137.98/cwt135.00–141.005972
BullsMedium and Large 2715131.00/cwt131.00–131.009371
BullsMedium and Large 2450161.00/cwt161.00–161.007251
HeifersMedium and Large 2422152.56/cwt142.00–157.006445
HeifersMedium and Large 2525140.46/cwt135.00–143.007373
HeifersMedium and Large 1577142.69/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.