Sale reports / Arkansas / Hope Livestock Auction Inc. / 2019-09-19

Hope Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hope, Arkansas · Thu, Sep 19
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2058
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,042 head
▲ 212 vs last sale 830▲ 1,042 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
236 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 204▲ 236 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 25▲ 20 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 500 lbs. 6.00-15.00 higher; over 500 lbs. steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls 1.00-3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.00/cwt on 151 head.
Average price
$141.00
151 head · 460 lb average
Value per head Derived
$649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$166
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.16
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1476143.53683121
Medium and Large 2395130.8051730
One grade step is worth $12.73/cwt here — about $166 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 sale151 hd
141.00
—
AR average9 barns · 860 hd
140.84
+0.16
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—Low1,68372.731,22411
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37047.006441thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16744.7552248
CowsLean 85-90%Average98238.1837520

Every lot

46 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 1319168.43/cwt160.00–175.0053713
Steers—Medium and Large 2319138.88/cwt133.00–145.004439
Steers—Medium and Large 1371162.09/cwt155.00–175.0060116
Steers—Medium and Large 2371136.03/cwt130.00–145.005059
Steers—Medium and Large 1420151.14/cwt140.00–160.0063522
Steers—Medium and Large 2426125.76/cwt115.00–130.005364
Steers—Medium and Large 1467142.77/cwt135.00–152.0066719
Steers—Medium and Large 2481122.40/cwt120.00–127.005895
Steers—Medium and Large 2512111.58/cwt105.00–115.005713
Steers—Medium and Large 1520130.03/cwt125.00–135.0067619
Steers—Medium and Large 1560126.76/cwt125.00–129.007109
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added609132.96/cwt130.00–137.008107
Steers—Medium and Large 1627125.41/cwt124.00–130.0078612
Steers—Medium and Large 1660125.02/cwt124.00–127.008253
Steers—Medium and Large 1715124.00/cwt124.00–124.008871
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1317140.62/cwt130.00–150.0044613
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318121.23/cwt120.00–122.003865
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360135.04/cwt129.00–140.004865
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373117.50/cwt115.00–120.004386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420128.91/cwt125.00–135.005416
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431116.52/cwt115.00–118.005026
Heifers—Medium and Large 2466113.89/cwt110.00–115.0053110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471124.78/cwt122.00–127.0058814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524121.49/cwt118.00–125.0063714
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524109.48/cwt105.00–115.005748
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565119.18/cwt115.00–125.0067317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement573154.93/cwt150.00–160.008883
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626117.84/cwt117.00–119.007386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672118.43/cwt117.00–120.007967
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711111.19/cwt110.00–114.007915
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473126.65/cwt125.00–129.005999
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528121.50/cwt118.00–125.0064212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1574117.50/cwt115.00–120.0067410
Bulls—Medium and Large 1619117.34/cwt115.00–119.007266
Bulls—Medium and Large 1663114.02/cwt112.00–115.007563
Bulls—Medium and Large 1750108.00/cwt108.00–108.008101
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,43857.32/cwt55.00–60.008242
Bulls——1,73876.15/cwt70.00–80.001,3239
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight77529.51/cwt29.00–30.002292
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00539.14/cwt35.00–42.0039318
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03035.21/cwt31.00–38.0036311
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20847.58/cwt44.00–53.0057537
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37047.00/cwt47.00–47.006441
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,050110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1551
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,08074.40/cwt70.00–80.008042
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,10657.01/cwt55.00–60.006315

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.