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
BullsAverage1,656112.851,8696thin
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 1575153.93/cwt150.00–158.008853
HeifersMedium and Large 2513129.10/cwt125.00–133.006622
HeifersMedium and Large 2381150.45/cwt145.00–158.005736
HeifersMedium and Large 2330160.98/cwt159.00–164.005315
HeifersMedium and Large 3318138.83/cwt131.00–145.004414
HeifersMedium and Large 1475153.80/cwt147.00–160.007315
SteersMedium and Large 2310188.00/cwt188.00–188.005831
HeifersMedium and Large 1740121.00/cwt121.00–121.008951
HeifersMedium and Large 2482139.28/cwt133.00–143.006713
HeifersMedium and Large 1383165.97/cwt165.00–167.006364
HeifersMedium and Large 1563147.65/cwt145.00–149.008313
SteersMedium and Large 1695140.00/cwt140.00–140.009731
SteersMedium and Large 3330162.00/cwt162.00–162.005351
SteersMedium and Large 1523157.99/cwt157.00–159.008262
SteersMedium and Large 1308203.00/cwt203.00–203.006252
SteersMedium and Large 1483177.92/cwt171.00–186.008595
HeifersMedium and Large 2433145.85/cwt136.00–151.006326
SteersMedium and Large 1419192.40/cwt184.00–199.008064
SteersMedium and Large 2528141.67/cwt140.00–145.007483
SteersMedium and Large 2413171.75/cwt166.00–179.007094
SteersMedium and Large 2369180.42/cwt178.00–183.006664
SteersMedium and Large 2465158.00/cwt158.00–158.007351
BullsMedium and Large 1472177.30/cwt172.00–182.008373
BullsMedium and Large 1423178.03/cwt177.00–179.007532
BullsMedium and Large 1650140.00/cwt140.00–140.009101
BullsMedium and Large 1545151.00/cwt151.00–151.008231
BullsMedium and Large 2575130.50/cwt126.00–135.007502
BullsMedium and Large 1340197.00/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 Weight83546.00/cwt46.00–46.003841
Bulls1,190108.08/cwt106.00–110.001,2862
Bulls1,63595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,5531
Bulls1,973121.99/cwt116.50–126.502,4073
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight80070.00/cwt70.00–70.005601
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight70030.00/cwt30.00–30.002101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,21585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0331
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-280088.00/cwt88.00–88.007041
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,050945.00/cwt945.00–945.009,9231
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2745107.00/cwt107.00–107.007971
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2805870.00/cwt870.00–870.007,0041
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2905850.00/cwt850.00–850.007,6931
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,210980.00/cwt980.00–980.0011,8581
BullsMedium and Large 2500139.00/cwt139.00–139.006951
HeifersMedium and Large 2565123.00/cwt123.00–123.006951
HeifersMedium and Large 3360127.00/cwt127.00–127.004571
BullsMedium and Large 2415164.50/cwt159.00–170.006832
BullsMedium and Large 3435149.00/cwt149.00–149.006481
BullsMedium and Large 1383183.63/cwt180.00–190.007034
HeifersMedium and Large 1516144.99/cwt140.00–153.007484
HeifersMedium and Large 1417160.26/cwt154.00–167.006686
HeifersMedium and Large 1605131.00/cwt131.00–131.007931
HeifersMedium and Large 1330166.05/cwt165.00–167.005482
BullsMedium and Large 2375166.00/cwt166.00–166.006231
BullsMedium and Large 2465151.00/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.