Sale reports / Arkansas / Ouachita Livestock Auction / 2022-03-22

Ouachita Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, Mar 22
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054
Feeder Cattle receipts
128 head
▼ 98 vs last sale 226▼ 135 vs year ago 263 · −51.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 53▲ 14 vs year ago 18 · +77.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 28▲ 4 vs year ago 3 · +133.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers not well tested due to limited comparable offerings. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs. sold steady to 11.00 higher, and feeder heifers over 500 lbs. sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 - 9.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 10.00 - 16.00 higher. Cattle was plain to average with slaughter cattle in high demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.36/cwt on 54 head.
Average price
$149.36
54 head · 433 lb average
Value per head Derived
$646
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$275
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.50
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1468153.9072026
Medium and Large 2416147.0361223
Medium and Large 3326136.464455thin
One grade step is worth $17.44/cwt here — about $275 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 sale54 hd
149.36
—
AR average10 barns · 1,519 hd
148.86
+0.50
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—Average1,656112.851,8696thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16277.8990520
CowsLean 85-90%Low70030.002101thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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 1—575153.93/cwt150.00–158.008853
HeifersMedium and Large 2—513129.10/cwt125.00–133.006622
HeifersMedium and Large 2—381150.45/cwt145.00–158.005736
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330160.98/cwt159.00–164.005315
HeifersMedium and Large 3—318138.83/cwt131.00–145.004414
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475153.80/cwt147.00–160.007315
SteersMedium and Large 2—310188.00/cwt188.00–188.005831
HeifersMedium and Large 1—740121.00/cwt121.00–121.008951
HeifersMedium and Large 2—482139.28/cwt133.00–143.006713
HeifersMedium and Large 1—383165.97/cwt165.00–167.006364
HeifersMedium and Large 1—563147.65/cwt145.00–149.008313
SteersMedium and Large 1—695140.00/cwt140.00–140.009731
SteersMedium and Large 3—330162.00/cwt162.00–162.005351
SteersMedium and Large 1—523157.99/cwt157.00–159.008262
SteersMedium and Large 1—308203.00/cwt203.00–203.006252
SteersMedium and Large 1—483177.92/cwt171.00–186.008595
HeifersMedium and Large 2—433145.85/cwt136.00–151.006326
SteersMedium and Large 1—419192.40/cwt184.00–199.008064
SteersMedium and Large 2—528141.67/cwt140.00–145.007483
SteersMedium and Large 2—413171.75/cwt166.00–179.007094
SteersMedium and Large 2—369180.42/cwt178.00–183.006664
SteersMedium and Large 2—465158.00/cwt158.00–158.007351
BullsMedium and Large 1—472177.30/cwt172.00–182.008373
BullsMedium and Large 1—423178.03/cwt177.00–179.007532
BullsMedium and Large 1—650140.00/cwt140.00–140.009101
BullsMedium and Large 1—545151.00/cwt151.00–151.008231
BullsMedium and Large 2—575130.50/cwt126.00–135.007502
BullsMedium and Large 1—340197.00/cwt197.00–197.006701
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09361.91/cwt58.00–66.006774
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,34689.81/cwt86.00–94.001,2098
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07679.29/cwt76.00–84.008536
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—83546.00/cwt46.00–46.003841
Bulls——1,190108.08/cwt106.00–110.001,2862
Bulls——1,63595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,5531
Bulls——1,973121.99/cwt116.50–126.502,4073
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—80070.00/cwt70.00–70.005601
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—70030.00/cwt30.00–30.002101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,21585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0331
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—80088.00/cwt88.00–88.007041
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,050945.00/cwt945.00–945.009,9231
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—745107.00/cwt107.00–107.007971
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—805870.00/cwt870.00–870.007,0041
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—905850.00/cwt850.00–850.007,6931
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,210980.00/cwt980.00–980.0011,8581
BullsMedium and Large 2—500139.00/cwt139.00–139.006951
HeifersMedium and Large 2—565123.00/cwt123.00–123.006951
HeifersMedium and Large 3—360127.00/cwt127.00–127.004571
BullsMedium and Large 2—415164.50/cwt159.00–170.006832
BullsMedium and Large 3—435149.00/cwt149.00–149.006481
BullsMedium and Large 1—383183.63/cwt180.00–190.007034
HeifersMedium and Large 1—516144.99/cwt140.00–153.007484
HeifersMedium and Large 1—417160.26/cwt154.00–167.006686
HeifersMedium and Large 1—605131.00/cwt131.00–131.007931
HeifersMedium and Large 1—330166.05/cwt165.00–167.005482
BullsMedium and Large 2—375166.00/cwt166.00–166.006231
BullsMedium and Large 2—465151.00/cwt151.00–151.007021

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.