Sale reports / Arkansas / Ouachita Livestock Auction / 2022-05-10

Ouachita Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, May 10
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054
Feeder Cattle receipts
317 head
▲ 167 vs last sale 150▲ 66 vs year ago 251 · +26.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 28▲ 52 vs year ago 34 · +152.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 6▲ 20 vs year ago 19 · +105.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 5.00 higher on a meager test. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 - 8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 12.00 lower on a meager test. Cattle was plain to average with a decent quantity of crossbred offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.19/cwt on 99 head.
Average price
$141.19
99 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$683
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$231
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.07
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1512156.0279937
Medium and Large 2475146.2969525
Medium and Large 3462122.9256837
One grade step is worth $33.11/cwt here — about $231 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 sale99 hd
141.19
—
AR average10 barns · 1,138 hd
151.27
−10.07
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—Average1,37280.591,1065thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,42273.231,0418thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,11966.2074161

Every lot, as filed

90 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 3—450151.00/cwt151.00–151.006801
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618139.00/cwt139.00–139.008593
HeifersMedium and Large 1—726143.34/cwt142.00–144.001,0413
HeifersMedium and Large 1—807122.00/cwt120.00–123.009853
SteersMedium and Large 1—417190.25/cwt181.00–198.007933
SteersMedium and Large 1—769150.33/cwt149.00–151.001,1563
SteersMedium and Large 1—521183.49/cwt175.00–188.0095615
HeifersMedium and Large 2—715117.00/cwt117.00–117.008371
HeifersMedium and Large 2—328151.84/cwt145.00–159.004982
HeifersMedium and Large 1—376170.63/cwt166.00–177.006426
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425166.33/cwt159.00–174.0070711
HeifersMedium and Large 1—560145.00/cwt145.00–145.008121
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520148.86/cwt143.00–154.007743
HeifersMedium and Large 2—527146.38/cwt144.00–148.007713
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475120.00/cwt120.00–120.0057026
HeifersMedium and Large 3—700105.00/cwt105.00–105.007351
HeifersMedium and Large 2—617131.62/cwt129.00–135.008123
HeifersMedium and Large 2—381151.69/cwt144.00–159.005786
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473150.27/cwt147.00–157.007116
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425133.14/cwt130.00–136.005662
HeifersMedium and Large 3—563119.03/cwt113.00–125.006702
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330137.67/cwt131.00–141.004543
SteersMedium and Large 3—385163.00/cwt163.00–163.006281
SteersMedium and Large 3—506129.50/cwt129.50–129.5065515
SteersMedium and Large 3—705125.00/cwt125.00–125.008811
SteersMedium and Large 3—580129.00/cwt129.00–129.007481
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—905133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,2043
SteersMedium and Large 2—445170.00/cwt170.00–170.007571
SteersMedium and Large 2—683141.53/cwt131.00–144.009678
SteersMedium and Large 1—635170.46/cwt168.00–173.001,0822
SteersMedium and Large 2—632155.00/cwt155.00–155.009802
SteersMedium and Large 2—383185.65/cwt181.00–190.007112
SteersMedium and Large 2—730143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0441
SteersMedium and Large 1—557175.90/cwt172.00–181.0098012
SteersMedium and Large 1—885132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1681
SteersMedium and Large 1—468185.49/cwt176.00–193.008684
SteersMedium and Large 1—810136.93/cwt131.00–143.001,1092
SteersMedium and Large 1—670152.00/cwt145.00–159.001,0182
SteersMedium and Large 2—570165.00/cwt165.00–165.009411
BullsMedium and Large 1—650145.00/cwt145.00–145.009431
BullsMedium and Large 1—715130.00/cwt130.00–130.009301
BullsMedium and Large 1—473169.84/cwt165.00–177.008038
BullsMedium and Large 1—428171.52/cwt167.00–180.007345
BullsMedium and Large 1—370190.32/cwt183.00–196.007045
BullsMedium and Large 1—618152.93/cwt146.00–156.009454
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,34566.00/cwt66.00–66.008881
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43374.26/cwt71.00–77.001,0647
CowsBoner 80-85%—95348.45/cwt43.00–53.004626
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05457.86/cwt52.00–62.0061014
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27378.06/cwt74.00–84.0099415
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11568.83/cwt63.00–73.0076725
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—79546.00/cwt46.00–46.003661
Bulls——1,41382.99/cwt81.00–85.001,1734
Bulls——1,21071.00/cwt71.00–71.008591
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—695475.00/cwt475.00–475.003,3011
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,093824.50/cwt735.00–900.009,0125
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,215850.00/cwt850.00–850.0010,3281
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—93086.00/cwt86.00–86.008001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—985715.01/cwt540.00–840.007,0435
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,10876.20/cwt73.00–79.008442
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—91579.71/cwt64.00–105.007293
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—850100.00/cwt100.00–100.008501
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—94289.54/cwt80.00–100.008433
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,05579.00/cwt79.00–79.008331
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,17578.20/cwt75.00–82.009193
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—896791.72/cwt600.00–920.007,0946
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—900600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,4001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—872798.15/cwt585.00–900.006,9605
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0651,500.00/cwt1,500.00–1,500.0015,9751
BullsMedium and Large 2—685126.00/cwt122.00–128.008633
BullsMedium and Large 1—579156.23/cwt151.00–164.009054
BullsMedium and Large 3—345150.00/cwt150.00–150.005181
BullsMedium and Large 3—520132.87/cwt126.00–140.006912
BullsMedium and Large 3—480143.00/cwt143.00–143.006861
BullsMedium and Large 2—630138.00/cwt132.00–144.008692
BullsMedium and Large 1—518167.02/cwt165.00–170.008654
BullsMedium and Large 1—820123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0091
BullsMedium and Large 3—678113.05/cwt111.00–115.007662
BullsMedium and Large 2—420162.70/cwt155.00–172.0068310
BullsMedium and Large 2—519149.74/cwt144.00–160.007776
BullsMedium and Large 2—376173.37/cwt169.00–181.006524
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—645151.00/cwt151.00–151.009741
HeifersMedium and Large 1—466160.65/cwt156.00–164.007496
BullsMedium and Large 1—322203.09/cwt197.00–208.006543
BullsMedium and Large 1—900117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0531
BullsMedium and Large 2—590144.00/cwt144.00–144.008501
BullsMedium and Large 2—483155.17/cwt147.00–161.007495
HeifersMedium and Large 2—565139.38/cwt133.00–146.007872
HeifersMedium and Large 2—410156.00/cwt156.00–156.006402
HeifersMedium and Large 3—362135.22/cwt127.00–141.004893

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.