Sale reports / Arkansas / Hope Livestock Auction Inc. / 2022-04-28

Hope Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hope, Arkansas · Thu, Apr 28
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2058
Feeder Cattle receipts
435 head
▲ 126 vs last sale 309▼ 20 vs year ago 455 · −4.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 87▼ 70 vs year ago 186 · −37.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 20▼ 25 vs year ago 40 · −62.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers 3.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers unevenly steady except 450-600 lbs. were 8.00-12.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00-3.00 lower. Quality was average to plain. Buyers were very aggressive on cattle suitable to go to grass.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $183.74/cwt on 99 head.
Average price
$183.74
99 head · 474 lb average
Value per head Derived
$871
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$218
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$39.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.40
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1476187.6889489
Medium and Large 2455148.6667610thin
One grade step is worth $39.02/cwt here — about $218 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 sale99 hd
183.74
—
AR average8 barns · 1,131 hd
179.34
+4.40
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—Average1,76589.841,58612
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21169.9284733
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49365.649803thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average90548.4943910

Every lot

55 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1328215.87/cwt200.00–230.0070811
Steers—Medium and Large 1376203.86/cwt190.00–220.0076719
Steers—Medium and Large 2385158.50/cwt157.00–160.006102
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added416208.77/cwt201.00–215.008688
Steers—Medium and Large 2420150.69/cwt148.00–155.006334
Steers—Medium and Large 1425189.29/cwt187.00–191.008043
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added465189.40/cwt187.00–191.008815
Steers—Medium and Large 1465178.79/cwt172.00–188.008315
Steers—Medium and Large 2475140.00/cwt140.00–140.006651
Steers—Medium and Large 1517174.65/cwt165.00–188.009038
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added518185.49/cwt185.00–186.009614
Steers—Medium and Large 2535143.43/cwt140.00–147.007672
Steers—Medium and Large 2550140.00/cwt140.00–140.007701
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added578175.87/cwt172.50–182.501,0173
Steers—Medium and Large 1578166.00/cwt165.00–168.009593
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added608171.86/cwt170.00–175.001,0458
Steers—Medium and Large 1625155.70/cwt145.00–165.009736
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added650161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0472
Steers—Medium and Large 1685145.00/cwt145.00–145.009931
Steers—Medium and Large 1702145.34/cwt144.00–147.001,0203
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325140.00/cwt140.00–140.004551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328164.19/cwt160.00–175.005394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368164.72/cwt155.00–173.006066
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375140.00/cwt140.00–140.005252
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421134.72/cwt130.00–139.005674
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426156.63/cwt150.00–162.006676
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added440170.00/cwt170.00–170.007482
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added460167.50/cwt167.50–167.507712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466153.35/cwt146.00–161.007155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521153.59/cwt146.00–165.008006
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added535167.00/cwt167.00–167.008932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added560152.73/cwt150.00–155.008558
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568147.96/cwt140.00–159.008406
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added613148.46/cwt145.00–152.009108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618137.49/cwt134.00–140.008506
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673137.49/cwt137.00–138.009252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723131.01/cwt130.00–132.009472
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1466160.30/cwt155.00–165.007476
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518151.66/cwt145.00–155.007863
Bulls—Medium and Large 1584141.97/cwt133.00–145.008294
Bulls—Medium and Large 1630136.61/cwt135.00–140.008613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650125.00/cwt125.00–125.008131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1715125.00/cwt125.00–125.008941
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,38565.00/cwt65.00–65.009001
Bulls——1,66689.70/cwt85.00–95.001,4948
Bulls——2,15798.49/cwt97.00–100.002,1243
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%81335.69/cwt30.00–38.002904
Cows—Lean 85-90%96657.02/cwt53.00–62.005516
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02050.99/cwt50.00–52.005204
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18266.96/cwt63.00–73.0079115
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29678.51/cwt75.00–83.001,01714
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49365.64/cwt65.00–67.009803
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4631,251.63/cwt1,200.00–1,285.0018,3113
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,124792.77/cwt750.00–850.008,9114
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,230940.00/cwt940.00–940.0011,5621

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.