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Hope Livestock Auction Inc.

Name: Hope Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hope, Arkansas · Thu, Jun 6

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2058

← May 30Jun 6Jun 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

390 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 386▼ 224 vs year ago 614 · −36.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

81 head

▼ 76 vs last sale 157▼ 96 vs year ago 177 · −54.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers unevenly steady. Feeder heifers 2.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls no trend on light test. Quality was average.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $281.60/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −101.51 against this barn's trailing median of $383.11.

Average price

$281.60

43 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,548

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$305

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$38.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.00

vs AR average

−27.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	286.98	1,592	37
Medium and Large 2	518	248.44	1,287	6thin

One grade step is worth $38.54/cwt here — about $305 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale43 hd

281.60

—

AR average10 barns · 533 hd

285.60

−4.00

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

−27.56

This barn, trailing median30 sales

383.11

−101.51

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $464.97, low $323.28, median $383.11 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,564	122.34	1,913	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,670	124.00	2,071	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,245	122.63	1,527	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	955	108.99	1,041	13

Every lot

50 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	943	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	361.96/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,220	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	348.66/cwt	325.00–375.00	1,311	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	388	288.39/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,119	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	317.93/cwt	295.00–350.00	1,354	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,233	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	301.77/cwt	280.00–317.50	1,427	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	518	248.44/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,287	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	291.07/cwt	285.00–307.50	1,516	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	285.25/cwt	270.00–305.00	1,623	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	276.56/cwt	267.00–295.00	1,698	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	615	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,737	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	670	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,843	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	257.94/cwt	245.00–275.00	1,733	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	253.69/cwt	243.00–262.00	1,794	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	243.34/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,857	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,820	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	984	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	313	263.97/cwt	260.00–268.00	826	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	255.07/cwt	250.00–260.00	944	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	301.36/cwt	285.00–317.50	1,148	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	290.25/cwt	265.00–310.00	1,222	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	249.45/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,055	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	466	240.55/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,121	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	281.41/cwt	265.00–295.00	1,331	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,200	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	262.09/cwt	255.00–272.50	1,392	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	226.64/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,213	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	570	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,539	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	246.69/cwt	243.00–270.00	1,428	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	595	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,755	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	240.76/cwt	233.00–255.00	1,488	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	670	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,625	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	232.38/cwt	220.00–247.50	1,569	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,943	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	228.14/cwt	218.00–232.00	1,627	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,382	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	271.11/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,385	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	256.13/cwt	250.00–262.00	1,468	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	228.19/cwt	220.00–237.00	1,422	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	239.06/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,595	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	230.02/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,663	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,398	116.01/cwt	115.00–117.00	1,622	2
Bulls	—	—	1,895	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,558	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	785	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	628	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	964	109.79/cwt	105.00–116.00	1,058	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	993	119.48/cwt	119.00–120.00	1,186	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,054	110.26/cwt	110.00–111.00	1,162	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,283	125.11/cwt	119.00–134.00	1,605	20
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,670	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	2,071	1

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.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Hope Livestock Auction - Hope, AR

Thu Jun 6, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 390Last week 386Year ago 614

Slaughter CattleReceipts 81Last week 157Year ago 177

Compared to last week: Feeder steers unevenly steady. Feeder heifers 2.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls no trend on light test. Quality was average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	317.50	317.50
9	350–400	381	285.00–317.50	301.36
11	400–450	421	265.00–310.00	290.25
7	450–500	473	265.00–295.00	281.41
7	500–550	531	255.00–272.50	262.09
16	550–600	579	243.00–270.00	246.69
4	600–650	618	233.00–255.00	240.76
3	650–700	675	220.00–247.50	232.38
6	700–750	713	218.00–232.00	228.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	295.00	295.00
1	700–750	700	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	570	270.00	270.00
2	650–700	670	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	260.00–268.00	263.97
4	350–400	370	250.00–260.00	255.07
3	400–450	423	245.00–255.00	249.45
8	450–500	466	235.00–245.00	240.55
3	500–550	535	225.00–230.00	226.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	337	350.00–375.00	361.96
10	350–400	376	325.00–375.00	348.66
14	400–450	426	295.00–350.00	317.93
8	450–500	473	280.00–317.50	301.77
11	500–550	521	285.00–307.50	291.07
26	550–600	569	270.00–305.00	285.25
11	600–650	614	267.00–295.00	276.56
19	650–700	672	245.00–275.00	257.94
3	700–750	707	243.00–262.00	253.69
3	750–800	763	240.00–250.00	243.34
1	800–850	800	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	290.00	290.00
3	350–400	388	285.00–295.00	288.39
1	450–500	460	268.00	268.00
6	500–550	518	235.00–255.00	248.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	615	282.50	282.50
3	650–700	670	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	485	285.00	285.00
4	500–550	511	260.00–275.00	271.11
4	550–600	573	250.00–262.00	256.13
2	600–650	623	220.00–237.00	228.19
3	650–700	667	235.00–245.00	239.06
2	700–750	723	225.00–235.00	230.02

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,398	115.00–117.00	116.01
1	—	1,895	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	964	105.00–116.00	109.79
1	—	785	80.00	80.00
2	—	993	119.00–120.00	119.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,670	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,283	119.00–134.00	125.11
4	—	1,054	110.00–111.00	110.26

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.