Sale reports / Arkansas / Hope Livestock Auction Inc. / 2022-08-11

Hope Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hope, Arkansas · Thu, Aug 11
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2058
Feeder Cattle receipts
539 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 592▲ 539 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 110▲ 77 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows 5.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 5.00-9.00 higher. Quality was average to attractive. Market was strong on all classes of cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.69/cwt on 108 head.
Average price
$147.69
108 head · 493 lb average
Value per head Derived
$729
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$187
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.96
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511149.9276787
Medium and Large 2419138.4758021
One grade step is worth $11.44/cwt here — about $187 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 sale108 hd
147.69
—
AR average8 barns · 1,173 hd
156.65
−8.96
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—Average1,63691.541,4988thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35378.551,0632thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17974.8488224
CowsLean 85-90%Average97960.525927thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2325160.94/cwt155.00–165.005235
Steers—Medium and Large 1326194.82/cwt185.00–210.0063514
Steers—Medium and Large 1371196.51/cwt185.00–215.0072911
Steers—Medium and Large 2378155.60/cwt154.00–158.005886
Steers—Medium and Large 1423183.63/cwt178.00–190.0077713
Steers—Medium and Large 2423145.79/cwt142.00–150.006174
Steers—Medium and Large 2465145.00/cwt145.00–145.006742
Steers—Medium and Large 2520142.94/cwt140.00–145.007435
Steers—Medium and Large 1521173.57/cwt165.00–180.0090412
Steers—Medium and Large 1566168.07/cwt160.00–175.0095110
Steers—Medium and Large 1626161.86/cwt155.00–168.001,0138
Steers—Medium and Large 1671154.93/cwt150.00–160.001,0407
Steers—Medium and Large 1718142.44/cwt140.00–145.001,0234
Steers—Medium and Large 1772141.63/cwt140.00–144.001,0936
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1321157.49/cwt140.00–170.0050611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2345145.00/cwt145.00–145.005002
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372142.43/cwt140.00–145.005306
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375162.94/cwt158.00–168.0061111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423157.99/cwt150.00–165.006688
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428139.98/cwt135.00–145.005996
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469151.22/cwt145.00–157.0070911
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472131.93/cwt130.00–135.006237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525150.32/cwt145.00–155.0078910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569146.60/cwt140.00–155.008348
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630144.25/cwt135.00–150.0090912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671138.00/cwt134.00–145.0092612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720131.94/cwt130.00–134.009504
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1478156.90/cwt150.00–160.007508
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523148.85/cwt145.00–155.007786
Bulls—Medium and Large 1567140.56/cwt135.00–145.007976
Bulls—Medium and Large 1628130.05/cwt128.00–132.008176
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665127.49/cwt127.00–128.008484
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,35580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0841
Bulls——1,67693.19/cwt90.00–96.001,5627
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97960.52/cwt55.00–65.005927
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03353.96/cwt51.00–60.005573
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13588.00/cwt88.00–88.009991
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20377.32/cwt71.00–80.0093020
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35378.55/cwt77.00–80.001,0632

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.