Sale reports / Arkansas / Hope Livestock Auction Inc. / 2020-04-16

Hope Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hope, Arkansas · Thu, Apr 16
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2058
Feeder Cattle receipts
301 head
▲ 91 vs last sale 210▲ 301 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 102▲ 95 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 0▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to no report last few weeks. Market was strong on slaughter cattle and feeder cattle. Quality was average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.28/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$143.28
66 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$737
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$268
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$2.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.25
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528143.4575761
Medium and Large 2346141.204895thin
One grade step is worth $2.24/cwt here — about $268 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 sale66 hd
143.28
—
AR average7 barns · 877 hd
156.53
−13.25
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—Low1,69479.971,3547thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19354.3664821
CowsLean 85-90%Low97641.934099thin

Every lot

42 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2322144.67/cwt144.00–145.004663
Steers—Medium and Large 1323172.08/cwt165.00–185.005563
Steers—Medium and Large 2355137.00/cwt137.00–137.004861
Steers—Medium and Large 1359161.48/cwt155.00–165.005805
Steers—Medium and Large 2410135.00/cwt135.00–135.005541
Steers—Medium and Large 1429152.28/cwt150.00–155.006537
Steers—Medium and Large 1470150.55/cwt145.00–153.0070817
Steers—Medium and Large 1520147.34/cwt141.00–153.0076615
Steers—Medium and Large 1577141.36/cwt137.00–144.008163
Steers—Medium and Large 1633129.49/cwt129.00–130.008202
Steers—Medium and Large 1660127.00/cwt127.00–127.008381
Steers—Medium and Large 1755106.00/cwt106.00–106.008001
Steers—Medium and Large 1810104.00/cwt104.00–104.008421
Steers—Medium and Large 185897.36/cwt95.00–100.008353
Steers—Medium and Large 191092.00/cwt92.00–92.008371
Steers—Medium and Large 196893.50/cwt93.00–94.009052
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330144.36/cwt140.00–149.004762
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330122.46/cwt120.00–125.004042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390145.00/cwt145.00–145.005661
Heifers—Medium and Large 2395123.00/cwt123.00–123.004861
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420120.00/cwt120.00–120.005041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423139.16/cwt136.00–151.0058912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474133.72/cwt127.00–140.0063410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513130.34/cwt127.00–137.006696
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577124.59/cwt122.00–129.007193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626113.12/cwt108.00–118.007088
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663110.50/cwt110.00–111.007332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1735101.00/cwt101.00–101.007421
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473140.81/cwt137.00–145.006662
Bulls—Medium and Large 1543132.50/cwt132.00–133.007192
Bulls—Medium and Large 1585125.00/cwt125.00–125.007311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1745102.00/cwt102.00–102.007601
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,46066.94/cwt64.00–70.009772
Bulls——1,70380.36/cwt79.00–82.001,3693
Bulls——1,91392.42/cwt90.00–95.001,7682
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%82833.50/cwt33.00–34.002772
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01844.34/cwt41.00–47.004517
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08645.29/cwt44.00–47.004924
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21862.49/cwt62.00–63.007612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21855.69/cwt52.00–60.0067815
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,130900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,1701
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-293085.00/cwt85.00–85.007911

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.