Sale reports / Arkansas / Hope Livestock Auction Inc. / 2019-07-11

Hope Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hope, Arkansas · Thu, Jul 11
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2058
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,181 head
▲ 508 vs last sale 673▲ 1,181 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
173 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 120▲ 173 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 10▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers 2.00-4.00 higher; except 400-500 lbs were 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 2.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.37/cwt on 168 head.
Average price
$141.37
168 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$714
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$205
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.10
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532143.11761131
Medium and Large 2411135.2155637
One grade step is worth $7.90/cwt here — about $205 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 sale168 hd
141.37
—
AR average8 barns · 1,341 hd
142.46
−1.10
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—Low1,60678.541,2617thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,32354.007142thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15551.7859844
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00144.8344919

Every lot

48 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1316167.61/cwt163.00–173.0053011
Steers—Medium and Large 2329142.62/cwt140.00–147.004698
Steers—Medium and Large 1369161.28/cwt155.00–171.0059512
Steers—Medium and Large 2370138.91/cwt135.00–145.0051411
Steers—Medium and Large 2415134.57/cwt130.00–140.005587
Steers—Medium and Large 1419153.49/cwt145.00–160.0064317
Steers—Medium and Large 1471145.40/cwt141.00–151.0068514
Steers—Medium and Large 2473129.25/cwt127.00–130.006114
Steers—Medium and Large 1518142.47/cwt140.00–149.0073818
Steers—Medium and Large 2531124.95/cwt120.00–130.006637
Steers—Medium and Large 1579136.11/cwt133.00–140.007888
Steers—Medium and Large 1618133.31/cwt128.00–137.0082422
Steers—Medium and Large 1672132.22/cwt130.00–136.0088917
Steers—Medium and Large 1720126.75/cwt121.00–130.009138
Steers—Medium and Large 1821118.75/cwt115.00–122.009754
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320121.79/cwt120.00–125.003904
Heifers—Medium and Large 1334138.26/cwt135.00–141.004624
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372121.57/cwt120.00–125.004523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374137.99/cwt135.00–145.005164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432136.25/cwt132.00–140.0058912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435124.49/cwt124.00–125.005422
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468119.74/cwt115.00–122.005609
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472133.88/cwt131.00–137.0063215
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518115.67/cwt115.00–118.005996
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525132.28/cwt125.00–141.0069430
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy526119.21/cwt115.00–122.006274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569129.41/cwt123.00–134.0073623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616123.67/cwt120.00–130.0076215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673120.36/cwt117.00–124.008106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718111.84/cwt105.00–120.0080310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1783101.48/cwt100.00–103.007954
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463137.40/cwt135.00–140.006365
Bulls—Medium and Large 1522133.08/cwt128.00–137.006959
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580127.00/cwt127.00–127.007371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1619124.27/cwt122.00–126.007697
Bulls—Medium and Large 1678118.48/cwt117.00–120.008032
Bulls—Medium and Large 1725107.71/cwt105.00–110.007813
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59080.80/cwt77.00–85.001,2856
Bulls——1,70065.00/cwt65.00–65.001,1051
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%82035.00/cwt35.00–35.002871
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01145.38/cwt40.00–50.0045918
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04044.26/cwt40.00–48.0046013
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19854.70/cwt50.00–59.0065530
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32354.00/cwt54.00–54.007142
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35062.00/cwt62.00–62.008371
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,078107.66/cwt105.00–110.001,1612
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,10394.05/cwt91.00–97.001,0372
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,300931.15/cwt900.00–960.0012,1052

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.