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

Hope Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hope, Arkansas · Thu, Nov 7
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2058
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,232 head
▲ 481 vs last sale 751▲ 1,232 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
243 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 233▲ 243 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 25▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00-5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs. 1.00-300 lower; over 400 lbs. 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 4.00-5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.39/cwt on 195 head.
Average price
$139.39
195 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$682
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$177
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.06
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1508142.45723152
Medium and Large 2425128.5554643
One grade step is worth $13.91/cwt here — about $177 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 sale195 hd
139.39
—
AR average10 barns · 2,452 hd
144.45
−5.06
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—Low1,48460.979057thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43846.006612thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22045.1655138
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03134.4935613

Every lot

52 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 1317157.31/cwt155.00–160.004993
Steers—Medium and Large 2317134.36/cwt125.00–140.004267
Steers—Medium and Large 1368154.15/cwt150.00–160.0056714
Steers—Medium and Large 2369132.67/cwt130.00–135.004906
Steers—Medium and Large 1421153.08/cwt145.00–165.0064430
Steers—Medium and Large 2421132.17/cwt130.00–135.0055612
Steers—Medium and Large 2462125.38/cwt120.00–130.0057910
Steers—Medium and Large 1469150.60/cwt143.00–157.0070623
Steers—Medium and Large 2516119.44/cwt117.00–120.006167
Steers—Medium and Large 1518140.49/cwt135.00–150.0072834
Steers—Medium and Large 2550115.00/cwt115.00–115.006331
Steers—Medium and Large 1571134.42/cwt130.00–140.0076818
Steers—Medium and Large 1612125.86/cwt120.00–133.0077012
Steers—Medium and Large 1662127.42/cwt122.00–133.0084410
Steers—Medium and Large 1721123.26/cwt120.00–126.008898
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315129.63/cwt125.00–134.004084
Heifers—Medium and Large 2337111.99/cwt110.00–120.003775
Heifers—Medium and Large 1367126.45/cwt120.00–135.004649
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390115.00/cwt115.00–115.004491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421129.50/cwt120.00–134.0054512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428112.84/cwt108.00–115.004837
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474112.16/cwt110.00–115.005325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475129.35/cwt124.00–138.006149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522125.00/cwt120.00–130.0065311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533106.18/cwt105.00–110.005666
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565122.32/cwt120.00–126.0069112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615117.55/cwt115.00–125.007237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650110.00/cwt110.00–110.007151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705112.00/cwt112.00–112.007901
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1476135.83/cwt130.00–140.006477
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523124.99/cwt121.00–127.006547
Bulls—Medium and Large 1577119.68/cwt115.00–125.0069112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1617114.88/cwt110.00–117.007097
Bulls—Medium and Large 1672112.70/cwt110.00–115.007573
Bulls—Medium and Large 1728104.49/cwt104.00–105.007612
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,31955.55/cwt50.00–58.007335
Bulls——1,89574.52/cwt70.00–78.001,4122
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90225.00/cwt24.00–26.002263
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07037.34/cwt34.00–41.0040010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11234.08/cwt30.00–37.003795
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23046.61/cwt41.00–52.0057332
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43846.00/cwt46.00–46.006612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45054.00/cwt54.00–54.007831
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2935100.00/cwt100.00–100.009351
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,05555.00/cwt55.00–55.005801
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,07593.43/cwt82.00–103.001,0042
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,09477.44/cwt70.00–87.008478
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,15058.00/cwt58.00–58.006671
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,17497.52/cwt88.00–112.001,1455
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,30070.00/cwt70.00–70.009101
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,150880.00/cwt880.00–880.0010,1201
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2501,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,5001

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.