Sale reports / Arkansas / Ouachita Livestock Auction / 2022-03-15

Ouachita Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, Mar 15
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054
Feeder Cattle receipts
226 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 259▼ 29 vs year ago 255 · −11.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 37▲ 34 vs year ago 19 · +178.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 13▲ 16 vs year ago 12 · +133.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 1.00 higher on a sparse test. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly 1.00 - 7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 - 9.00 higher. Cattle was plain, with many thin options.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.58/cwt on 104 head.
Average price
$137.58
104 head · 494 lb average
Value per head Derived
$680
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.03
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528143.7676041
Medium and Large 2463137.9663944
Medium and Large 3492123.3560619thin
One grade step is worth $20.41/cwt here — about $153 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 sale104 hd
137.58
—
AR average9 barns · 1,335 hd
142.61
−5.03
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—Average1,55994.761,47711
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57579.501,2521thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,09669.9876735
CowsLean 85-90%Low97530.502971thin

Every lot, as filed

84 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 3—433126.94/cwt125.00–129.005502
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375131.84/cwt128.00–136.004942
HeifersMedium and Large 3—710115.00/cwt115.00–115.008171
HeifersMedium and Large 3—670121.00/cwt121.00–121.008111
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525117.80/cwt114.00–123.006185
HeifersMedium and Large 3—600116.67/cwt115.00–120.007003
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468134.93/cwt130.00–141.0063111
HeifersMedium and Large 2—422139.80/cwt135.00–147.0059010
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373146.16/cwt144.00–153.005459
HeifersMedium and Large 2—573127.49/cwt126.00–129.007312
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330133.69/cwt126.00–140.004413
HeifersMedium and Large 3—465125.00/cwt125.00–125.005812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—535145.19/cwt140.00–148.0077710
HeifersMedium and Large 1—371158.19/cwt151.00–166.005875
HeifersMedium and Large 1—640135.90/cwt133.00–138.0087011
HeifersMedium and Large 2—670128.10/cwt125.00–136.008584
HeifersMedium and Large 2—531132.42/cwt126.00–138.007034
HeifersMedium and Large 2—323154.54/cwt151.00–157.004993
SteersMedium and Large 2—530153.62/cwt149.00–156.008143
SteersMedium and Large 2—380175.00/cwt175.00–175.006651
SteersMedium and Large 3—525129.00/cwt129.00–129.006771
SteersMedium and Large 1—625157.00/cwt157.00–157.009811
HeifersMedium and Large 1—680131.49/cwt130.00–133.008942
HeifersMedium and Large 2—725112.00/cwt112.00–112.008121
SteersMedium and Large 2—690137.00/cwt137.00–137.009451
SteersMedium and Large 3—495129.00/cwt129.00–129.006391
SteersMedium and Large 3—385137.00/cwt137.00–137.005271
SteersMedium and Large 2—420171.56/cwt169.00–174.007212
SteersMedium and Large 2—940118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,1091
SteersMedium and Large 2—745135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0061
SteersMedium and Large 1—515166.20/cwt160.00–175.008563
SteersMedium and Large 1—465191.20/cwt181.00–200.008893
SteersMedium and Large 2—555152.00/cwt151.00–153.008442
SteersMedium and Large 2—468167.18/cwt159.00–176.007822
SteersMedium and Large 1—358205.50/cwt205.00–206.007362
SteersMedium and Large 2—315185.00/cwt185.00–185.005831
BullsMedium and Large 1—476168.48/cwt167.00–170.008024
BullsMedium and Large 1—418177.04/cwt175.00–179.007402
BullsMedium and Large 1—536138.69/cwt135.00–145.007434
BullsMedium and Large 1—305186.00/cwt186.00–186.005671
BullsMedium and Large 1—720127.00/cwt127.00–127.009141
BullsMedium and Large 1—570131.00/cwt131.00–131.007471
CowsLean 85-90%—97530.50/cwt30.50–30.502971
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,57579.50/cwt79.50–79.501,2521
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,01954.21/cwt51.00–57.505528
CowsBoner 80-85%—99164.18/cwt61.00–69.006367
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30481.33/cwt77.00–86.501,06111
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02776.33/cwt72.00–80.507848
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—72061.00/cwt61.00–61.004391
Bulls——1,42297.64/cwt93.00–99.001,3885
Bulls——1,44378.76/cwt74.50–84.501,1373
Bulls——1,903105.95/cwt100.00–111.002,0163
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—814108.91/cwt88.00–131.008874
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,42582.50/cwt82.50–82.501,1761
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—980840.00/cwt840.00–840.008,2321
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,043833.31/cwt770.00–890.008,6912
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,260980.00/cwt980.00–980.0012,3481
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—70379.84/cwt57.50–108.005613
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,18085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0031
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,15085.00/cwt85.00–85.009781
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,04574.63/cwt55.00–83.007802
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,14580.18/cwt79.00–81.009183
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,073934.37/cwt760.00–1,030.0010,0265
BullsMedium and Large 3—390147.00/cwt147.00–147.005731
HeifersMedium and Large 1—472142.32/cwt140.00–144.006723
HeifersMedium and Large 1—338161.53/cwt160.00–163.005462
HeifersMedium and Large 1—416149.42/cwt143.00–156.006226
HeifersMedium and Large 1—700126.00/cwt126.00–126.008821
HeifersMedium and Large 1—775121.00/cwt121.00–121.009381
BullsMedium and Large 3—440137.53/cwt135.00–140.006052
BullsMedium and Large 2—600126.00/cwt126.00–126.007561
BullsMedium and Large 2—373154.74/cwt149.00–165.005773
BullsMedium and Large 2—478146.02/cwt139.00–154.006986
BullsMedium and Large 2—415148.94/cwt145.00–155.006184
BullsMedium and Large 2—528139.43/cwt134.00–144.007364
BullsMedium and Large 3—540128.00/cwt128.00–128.006911
BullsMedium and Large 3—460137.00/cwt137.00–137.006301
BullsMedium and Large 2—320168.89/cwt166.00–174.005403
BullsMedium and Large 3—343135.95/cwt129.00–143.004662
BullsMedium and Large 3—590120.00/cwt120.00–120.007081
BullsMedium and Large 3—665119.00/cwt119.00–119.007911
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,065900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,5851
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0551,018.01/cwt900.00–1,100.0010,7402
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1001,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0012,9251

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.