Sale reports / Arkansas / Hope Livestock Auction Inc. / 2019-06-27

Hope Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hope, Arkansas · Thu, Jun 27
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2058
Feeder Cattle receipts
673 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 646▲ 673 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
120 head
▼ 83 vs last sale 203▲ 120 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 20▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 450 lbs. 4.00-5.00 higher; over 450 lbs. steady. Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 1.00-2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.67/cwt on 124 head.
Average price
$125.67
124 head · 474 lb average
Value per head Derived
$595
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$138
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.56
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1494127.9263292
Medium and Large 2415119.2149432
One grade step is worth $8.70/cwt here — about $138 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 sale124 hd
125.67
—
AR average8 barns · 1,462 hd
127.23
−1.56
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—Low1,68279.211,33211
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16554.7063742
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,32954.567254thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97549.1447910

Every lot

43 lots · USDA AMS · Hope Livestock Auction - Hope, AR
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1300165.00/cwt165.00–165.004951
Steers—Medium and Large 2310140.00/cwt140.00–140.004342
Steers—Medium and Large 1361156.65/cwt151.00–167.005668
Steers—Medium and Large 2368136.79/cwt135.00–144.005035
Steers—Medium and Large 2422136.74/cwt135.00–140.005779
Steers—Medium and Large 1429156.91/cwt152.00–165.0067314
Steers—Medium and Large 1463148.08/cwt145.00–155.0068610
Steers—Medium and Large 2467130.00/cwt130.00–130.006073
Steers—Medium and Large 2523123.81/cwt115.00–130.006486
Steers—Medium and Large 1534140.21/cwt137.00–145.007498
Steers—Medium and Large 1566134.69/cwt131.00–137.007626
Steers—Medium and Large 1603130.00/cwt130.00–130.007842
Steers—Medium and Large 1682127.80/cwt127.00–130.008725
Steers—Medium and Large 1723122.69/cwt120.00–124.008873
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1310137.24/cwt135.00–140.004254
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318123.24/cwt120.00–125.003928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370134.86/cwt130.00–140.0049913
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377120.78/cwt120.00–122.004559
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417133.00/cwt130.00–137.0055520
Heifers—Medium and Large 2436121.23/cwt120.00–125.005294
Heifers—Medium and Large 2466119.25/cwt118.00–120.005564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469131.66/cwt128.00–135.0061711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518126.23/cwt123.00–132.0065417
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522113.01/cwt110.00–115.005905
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555107.48/cwt105.00–110.005972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564123.63/cwt120.00–129.006978
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627119.84/cwt118.00–122.007516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666117.39/cwt115.00–122.0078210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720110.03/cwt105.00–115.007923
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468138.63/cwt135.00–142.006496
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520136.03/cwt135.00–137.007072
Bulls—Medium and Large 1583125.00/cwt125.00–125.007292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625120.00/cwt120.00–120.007501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1730108.27/cwt104.00–113.007903
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,40769.28/cwt68.00–70.009753
Bulls——1,78582.94/cwt78.00–87.001,4808
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97549.14/cwt44.00–53.0047910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04445.40/cwt44.00–47.004748
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18556.35/cwt52.00–60.0066832
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32954.56/cwt53.00–55.007254
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33565.51/cwt64.00–67.008752
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,245850.00/cwt850.00–850.0010,5831
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-295082.00/cwt82.00–82.007791

This sale against other markets

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.