Sale reports / Arkansas / Ouachita Livestock Auction / 2022-03-01

Ouachita Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, Mar 1
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054
Feeder Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 219 vs last sale 243▼ 78 vs year ago 102 · −76.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
126 head
▲ 99 vs last sale 27▲ 110 vs year ago 16 · +687.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 13▲ 0 vs year ago 11 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week. Feeder steers - no trend due to limited comparable offerings. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 lower on limited comparable offerings. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 - 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold on average 3.00 lower on a meager test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.22/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$150.22
57 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$722
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$259
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.26
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505154.0077737
Medium and Large 2462145.9667414thin
Medium and Large 3379136.895186thin
One grade step is worth $17.11/cwt here — about $259 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 sale57 hd
150.22
—
AR average2 barns · 421 hd
146.96
+3.26
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—Average1,550101.691,5767thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,11172.3180415

Every lot, as filed

61 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
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—483189.52/cwt185.00–194.009152
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—625170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0631
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—510187.00/cwt187.00–187.009541
SteersMedium and Large 1—420193.17/cwt186.00–200.008112
SteersMedium and Large 1—770146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,1241
BullsMedium and Large 2—535140.40/cwt135.00–146.007512
HeifersMedium and Large 1—521153.99/cwt151.00–157.008025
HeifersMedium and Large 1—486155.60/cwt150.00–159.007568
HeifersMedium and Large 1—670137.34/cwt132.00–143.009202
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375162.79/cwt157.00–168.006102
HeifersMedium and Large 1—780130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0141
HeifersMedium and Large 2—372155.46/cwt148.00–159.005785
SteersMedium and Large 1—635161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0221
SteersMedium and Large 1—319202.44/cwt197.00–207.006464
SteersMedium and Large 1—532171.97/cwt169.00–175.009153
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415166.98/cwt165.00–169.006932
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—545156.00/cwt156.00–156.008501
HeifersMedium and Large 2—725121.00/cwt121.00–121.008771
SteersMedium and Large 1—725150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0881
SteersMedium and Large 2—338185.11/cwt180.00–190.006262
SteersMedium and Large 2—365160.00/cwt160.00–160.005841
SteersMedium and Large 1—565168.33/cwt164.00–172.009513
SteersMedium and Large 1—378195.73/cwt185.00–205.007403
SteersMedium and Large 1—450183.00/cwt176.00–190.008242
SteersMedium and Large 1—285214.00/cwt214.00–214.006101
BullsMedium and Large 1—320190.00/cwt190.00–190.006081
BullsMedium and Large 1—578150.00/cwt150.00–150.008672
BullsMedium and Large 1—395179.00/cwt179.00–179.007071
BullsMedium and Large 1—620151.00/cwt151.00–151.009361
BullsMedium and Large 1—515159.35/cwt152.00–167.008212
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,04561.54/cwt58.00–66.006432
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06972.74/cwt69.00–77.007788
CowsBoner 80-85%—97049.00/cwt49.00–49.004751
Bulls——1,518100.75/cwt99.00–103.001,5292
Bulls——1,49078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,1621
Bulls——1,581108.09/cwt105.00–110.001,7094
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26482.68/cwt81.00–86.001,0454
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2431,037.32/cwt1,025.00–1,050.0012,8942
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—985600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,9101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,65583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,3741
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,150900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,3501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,28083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,0621
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,29587.55/cwt85.00–90.001,1344
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—695400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,7801
BullsMedium and Large 2—338170.50/cwt170.00–171.005762
BullsMedium and Large 2—440141.00/cwt141.00–141.006201
HeifersMedium and Large 3—318141.54/cwt140.00–143.004502
BullsMedium and Large 2—373142.45/cwt140.00–145.005312
BullsMedium and Large 3—350140.00/cwt140.00–140.004901
BullsMedium and Large 3—480135.00/cwt135.00–135.006481
HeifersMedium and Large 3—495125.00/cwt125.00–125.006191
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575146.19/cwt140.00–149.008416
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—380167.00/cwt167.00–167.006351
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618146.71/cwt144.00–150.009074
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423147.08/cwt145.00–149.006222
BullsMedium and Large 3—320150.00/cwt150.00–150.004801
HeifersMedium and Large 2—585125.00/cwt125.00–125.007311
HeifersMedium and Large 1—326166.40/cwt160.00–175.005425
HeifersMedium and Large 3—380137.75/cwt130.00–143.005233
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330154.00/cwt154.00–154.005081
HeifersMedium and Large 2—529142.98/cwt136.00–146.007564

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.