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Hope Livestock Auction Inc.

Name: Hope Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hope, Arkansas · Thu, Sep 26

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2058

← Sep 19Sep 26Oct 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

719 head

▲ 131 vs last sale 588▼ 150 vs year ago 869 · −17.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

168 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 164▼ 43 vs year ago 211 · −20.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 25▼ 5 vs year ago 25 · −20.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 4.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00-5.00 lower. Quality was average.

six video loads to view results click this link ( https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3628.pdf ).

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 $260.36/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −122.75 against this barn's trailing median of $383.11.

Average price

$260.36

61 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,417

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$30.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.39

vs AR average

−13.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	260.87	1,421	60
Medium and Large 2	535	230.00	1,231	1thin

One grade step is worth $30.87/cwt here — about $190 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale61 hd

260.36

—

AR average10 barns · 442 hd

259.97

+0.39

National average169 barns · 10,664 hd

274.29

−13.93

This barn, trailing median30 sales

383.11

−122.75

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	—	Average	1,726	133.15	2,298	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,111	112.79	1,253	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	967	98.21	950	18

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,100	$2,125	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,097	$1,690	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,045	$1,600	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,295	$2,200	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,255	$2,150	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,323	$2,108	4thin

Every lot

59 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	310	377.42/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,170	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	313	281.72/cwt	275.00–295.00	882	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	338.32/cwt	320.00–365.00	1,096	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	327.46/cwt	300.00–350.00	1,248	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	387	281.94/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,091	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	417	238.22/cwt	230.00–245.00	993	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	306.46/cwt	275.00–342.50	1,302	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	430	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,247	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	445	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,513	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	234.10/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,100	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	281.56/cwt	265.00–302.50	1,337	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	480	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,572	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	263.41/cwt	250.00–277.50	1,372	32
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,231	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	545	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,444	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	256.62/cwt	240.00–272.50	1,463	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	585	260.09/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,522	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	610	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,495	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	240.02/cwt	231.00–259.00	1,483	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	231.08/cwt	223.00–235.00	1,532	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,600	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	276.93/cwt	265.00–282.50	917	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	369	238.47/cwt	235.00–240.00	880	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	375	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,125	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	278.96/cwt	265.00–287.50	1,046	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	403	268.73/cwt	265.00–272.50	1,083	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	252.31/cwt	242.50–267.50	1,047	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	222.50/cwt	210.00–225.00	948	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	251.67/cwt	243.00–260.00	1,170	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	470	242.23/cwt	241.00–243.00	1,138	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	221.61/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,057	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	520	239.71/cwt	235.00–243.00	1,246	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	524	210.58/cwt	210.00–212.00	1,103	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	226.64/cwt	222.00–235.00	1,190	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	560	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,288	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	224.70/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,301	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	204.42/cwt	200.00–209.00	1,196	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	213.45/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,340	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,376	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	665	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,845	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	204.14/cwt	195.00–210.00	1,476	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	730	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,898	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,473	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	253.24/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,216	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	245.19/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,265	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	233.51/cwt	225.00–237.50	1,350	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	223.14/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,363	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,463	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,456	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,726	133.15/cwt	128.00–142.00	2,298	12
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	967	98.21/cwt	92.00–107.00	950	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,044	103.71/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,083	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,153	118.47/cwt	112.00–126.00	1,366	24
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,045	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,097	1,689.59/head	1,600.00–1,775.00	1,690	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	2,125.00/head	2,125.00–2,125.00	2,125	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,255	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,295	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,323	2,108.13/head	2,000.00–2,200.00	2,108	4

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 Sep 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 719Last week 588Year ago 869

Slaughter CattleReceipts 168Last week 164Year ago 211

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 25Year ago 25

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 4.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00-5.00 lower. Quality was average.

six video loads to view results click this link ( https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3628.pdf ).

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	403	265.00–272.50	268.73
5	450–500	470	241.00–243.00	242.23
5	500–550	520	235.00–243.00	239.71
2	550–600	560	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	331	265.00–282.50	276.93
11	350–400	375	265.00–287.50	278.96
13	400–450	415	242.50–267.50	252.31
6	450–500	465	243.00–260.00	251.67
4	500–550	525	222.00–235.00	226.64
14	550–600	579	220.00–230.00	224.70
7	600–650	628	210.00–220.00	213.45
1	650–700	655	210.00	210.00
3	700–750	723	195.00–210.00	204.14
1	750–800	775	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	369	235.00–240.00	238.47
6	400–450	426	210.00–225.00	222.50
3	450–500	477	220.00–225.00	221.61
7	500–550	524	210.00–212.00	210.58
4	550–600	585	200.00–209.00	204.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	665	277.50	277.50
1	700–750	730	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	480	250.00–255.00	253.24
4	500–550	516	240.00–247.00	245.19
8	550–600	578	225.00–237.50	233.51
6	600–650	611	220.00–227.00	223.14
1	650–700	665	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	710	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	313	275.00–295.00	281.72
5	350–400	387	270.00–290.00	281.94
7	400–450	417	230.00–245.00	238.22
7	450–500	470	230.00–240.00	234.10
1	500–550	535	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	324	320.00–365.00	338.32
11	350–400	381	300.00–350.00	327.46
21	400–450	425	275.00–342.50	306.46
12	450–500	475	265.00–302.50	281.56
32	500–550	521	250.00–277.50	263.41
20	550–600	570	240.00–272.50	256.62
16	600–650	618	231.00–259.00	240.02
10	650–700	663	223.00–235.00	231.08
3	700–750	705	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	430	290.00	290.00
2	500–550	545	265.00	265.00
6	550–600	585	255.00–265.00	260.09
2	600–650	610	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	375.00–380.00	377.42
1	400–450	445	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	480	327.50	327.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,100	2,125.00	2,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,097	1,600.00–1,775.00	1,689.59
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,045	1,600.00	1,600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,295	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,255	2,150.00	2,150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,323	2,000.00–2,200.00	2,108.13

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,726	128.00–142.00	133.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,044	100.00–107.00	103.71
24	—	1,153	112.00–126.00	118.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	967	92.00–107.00	98.21

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.