Sale reports / Arkansas / Ouachita Livestock Auction / 2022-03-29

Ouachita Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, Mar 29
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054
Feeder Cattle receipts
249 head
▲ 121 vs last sale 128▲ 69 vs year ago 180 · +38.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 32▲ 55 vs year ago 19 · +289.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 7▼ 13 vs year ago 28 · −46.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 9.00 - 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 4.00 - 13.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls sold 7.00 - 8.00 lower. Cattle was plain to average, with feeders in high demand. Next week a pre-vaccination sale is scheduled.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.48/cwt on 95 head.
Average price
$153.48
95 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$713
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$174
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.73
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1475160.5476356
Medium and Large 2461148.0968324
Medium and Large 3433135.7558815thin
One grade step is worth $24.79/cwt here — about $174 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 sale95 hd
153.48
—
AR average9 barns · 1,160 hd
151.75
+1.73
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—Low1,64098.721,61914
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47878.971,1673thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,17878.8192841
CowsLean 85-90%Low93839.133674thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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—605115.00/cwt115.00–115.006961
HeifersMedium and Large 1—424164.50/cwt159.00–171.006976
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523157.56/cwt152.00–163.0082410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470160.81/cwt153.00–167.0075621
HeifersMedium and Large 2—573132.64/cwt128.00–140.007606
HeifersMedium and Large 3—565124.00/cwt124.00–124.007011
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425153.41/cwt144.00–160.006525
HeifersMedium and Large 3—420139.00/cwt139.00–139.005841
HeifersMedium and Large 3—321145.44/cwt140.00–151.004674
HeifersMedium and Large 3—378137.53/cwt132.00–146.005203
SteersMedium and Large 1—466198.21/cwt191.00–202.0092414
HeifersMedium and Large 1—574150.27/cwt143.00–157.008639
HeifersMedium and Large 3—530135.51/cwt134.00–137.007182
HeifersMedium and Large 2—481146.55/cwt140.00–153.007056
HeifersMedium and Large 2—357161.61/cwt155.00–165.005775
HeifersMedium and Large 2—505139.00/cwt139.00–139.007021
SteersMedium and Large 1—364204.21/cwt198.00–207.007434
SteersMedium and Large 2—325195.00/cwt195.00–195.006341
SteersMedium and Large 2—413179.51/cwt179.00–180.007412
SteersMedium and Large 3—545132.00/cwt132.00–132.007191
SteersMedium and Large 3—405141.00/cwt141.00–141.005711
SteersMedium and Large 1—815138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1251
SteersMedium and Large 1—428202.04/cwt198.00–204.008655
SteersMedium and Large 1—511185.66/cwt184.00–187.009496
SteersMedium and Large 2—530142.75/cwt139.50–146.007572
SteersMedium and Large 2—495179.00/cwt179.00–179.008862
SteersMedium and Large 1—720155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1161
SteersMedium and Large 1—340207.00/cwt207.00–207.007041
SteersMedium and Large 1—788146.50/cwt146.00–147.001,1542
SteersMedium and Large 2—559151.49/cwt148.00–156.008474
SteersMedium and Large 2—615152.00/cwt152.00–152.009351
SteersMedium and Large 2—705126.00/cwt126.00–126.008881
SteersMedium and Large 1—633162.40/cwt154.00–171.001,0282
BullsMedium and Large 1—928116.55/cwt113.00–120.001,0822
BullsMedium and Large 1—700134.00/cwt134.00–134.009381
BullsMedium and Large 1—388200.34/cwt199.00–202.007773
BullsMedium and Large 1—461184.72/cwt178.00–195.008526
BullsMedium and Large 1—428194.06/cwt184.00–204.008313
BullsMedium and Large 1—518168.81/cwt167.00–174.008746
CowsLean 85-90%—1,14550.00/cwt50.00–50.005731
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47878.97/cwt78.00–80.001,1673
CowsBoner 80-85%—91564.53/cwt64.00–65.005902
CowsBoner 80-85%—96670.89/cwt68.00–76.006857
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13378.31/cwt72.50–82.5088712
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—83574.00/cwt74.00–74.006181
CowsLean 85-90%—88837.01/cwt34.00–40.003292
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—83555.00/cwt55.00–55.004591
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—83032.50/cwt32.50–32.502701
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35885.40/cwt84.00–87.501,16018
Bulls——1,24781.35/cwt78.00–85.001,0143
Bulls——1,785114.33/cwt110.50–118.002,0412
Bulls——1,739101.04/cwt92.00–105.001,7579
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,43588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,2631
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,175880.00/cwt880.00–880.0010,3401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,180900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,6201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,33590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2021
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,14586.50/cwt86.50–86.509901
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—92985.76/cwt64.00–94.007977
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—80588.00/cwt88.00–88.007081
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,14382.21/cwt82.00–82.509402
BullsMedium and Large 2—705127.00/cwt127.00–127.008951
BullsMedium and Large 3—535125.00/cwt125.00–125.006691
BullsMedium and Large 3—483144.67/cwt138.00–151.006992
BullsMedium and Large 3—325155.57/cwt151.00–160.005062
BullsMedium and Large 2—765120.00/cwt120.00–120.009181
BullsMedium and Large 3—353165.99/cwt164.00–168.005863
BullsMedium and Large 1—625152.26/cwt148.00–156.009523
BullsMedium and Large 3—420150.00/cwt150.00–150.006301
BullsMedium and Large 2—484160.80/cwt155.00–171.007785
BullsMedium and Large 2—419176.06/cwt170.00–186.007386
BullsMedium and Large 2—366185.89/cwt176.00–191.006805
BullsMedium and Large 2—566145.76/cwt141.00–151.008254
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325165.00/cwt165.00–165.005361
BullsMedium and Large 2—500160.00/cwt160.00–160.008001
HeifersMedium and Large 1—379169.81/cwt166.00–173.0064410
BullsMedium and Large 2—319186.84/cwt180.00–194.005967
BullsMedium and Large 1—578156.21/cwt149.00–164.009034
BullsMedium and Large 1—334200.74/cwt197.00–203.006704
HeifersMedium and Large 3—477130.97/cwt126.00–135.006253

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.