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Hope Livestock Auction Inc.

Name: Hope Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-10-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hope, Arkansas · Thu, Oct 10

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2058

← Oct 3Oct 10Oct 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

679 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 695▼ 254 vs year ago 933 · −27.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

114 head

▼ 46 vs last sale 160▼ 108 vs year ago 222 · −48.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 10▼ 5 vs year ago 15 · −33.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers 2.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Quality was average to attractive. Market was stronger in most classes. Lightweight calves were in high demand again this week. Sold two loads on video this week for a premium. . 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 $260.80/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −122.31 against this barn's trailing median of $383.11.

Average price

$260.80

20 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,393

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$219

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

$34.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.76

vs AR average

−33.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	264.22	1,415	18thin
Medium and Large 2	520	230.00	1,196	2thin

One grade step is worth $34.22/cwt here — about $219 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 sale20 hd

260.80

—

AR average10 barns · 545 hd

269.56

−8.76

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

−33.51

This barn, trailing median30 sales

383.11

−122.31

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	1,741	133.75	2,328	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,208	118.92	1,437	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,585	115.00	1,823	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	973	104.84	1,020	10

Every lot

56 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	355.14/cwt	315.00–375.00	1,133	12
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	327	283.97/cwt	275.00–300.00	929	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	274.80/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,017	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	348.34/cwt	320.00–372.50	1,299	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	301.12/cwt	285.00–345.00	1,280	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	258.50/cwt	237.00–265.00	1,099	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	430	306.79/cwt	297.50–325.00	1,319	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	435	327.50/cwt	322.50–337.50	1,425	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	453	242.54/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,099	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	278.57/cwt	270.00–289.00	1,306	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	490	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,397	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,196	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	264.51/cwt	250.00–277.50	1,378	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	525	272.60/cwt	267.50–277.50	1,431	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	258.26/cwt	250.00–262.50	1,451	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	242.89/cwt	237.50–247.00	1,494	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	239.70/cwt	234.00–247.50	1,604	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	730	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,737	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,701	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	224.01/cwt	223.00–225.00	1,732	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,755	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,903	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	286.44/cwt	272.50–310.00	937	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	336	236.79/cwt	235.00–240.00	796	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	345	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,061	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	364	236.81/cwt	225.00–245.00	862	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	286.07/cwt	257.00–305.00	1,053	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	400	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	952	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	257.92/cwt	245.00–277.50	1,070	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	423	281.38/cwt	272.50–300.00	1,190	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	467	259.88/cwt	250.00–272.50	1,214	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	247.01/cwt	235.00–275.00	1,173	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	517	217.95/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,127	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	234.95/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,217	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	231.66/cwt	228.00–237.50	1,332	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	223.64/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,384	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	217.44/cwt	212.00–223.00	1,442	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	198.71/cwt	195.00–202.50	1,466	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	188.26/cwt	180.00–195.00	1,450	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	192.50/cwt	185.00–200.00	1,540	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	840	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,680	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	254.94/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,214	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	236.03/cwt	225.00–242.00	1,263	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	230.35/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,308	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	225.37/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,388	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	190.13/cwt	185.00–195.00	1,464	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,358	122.99/cwt	122.00–124.00	1,670	2
Bulls	—	—	1,721	134.88/cwt	131.00–140.00	2,321	8
Bulls	—	—	2,203	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	3,084	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	973	104.84/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,020	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,052	106.01/cwt	105.00–108.00	1,115	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,230	120.15/cwt	112.00–127.00	1,478	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,326	131.37/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,742	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,585	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,823	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,220	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,610	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	987	160.23/cwt	145.00–171.00	1,581	7

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 Oct 10, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 679Last week 695Year ago 933

Slaughter CattleReceipts 114Last week 160Year ago 222

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 10Year ago 15

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,326	130.00–132.00	131.37
7	—	1,052	105.00–108.00	106.01
23	—	1,230	112.00–127.00	120.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	973	100.00–108.00	104.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,585	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,358	122.00–124.00	122.99
8	—	1,721	131.00–140.00	134.88
2	—	2,203	140.00	140.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	476	250.00–260.00	254.94
7	500–550	535	225.00–242.00	236.03
8	550–600	568	225.00–237.00	230.35
5	600–650	616	220.00–230.00	225.37
2	750–800	770	185.00–195.00	190.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	327	272.50–310.00	286.44
11	350–400	368	257.00–305.00	286.07
16	400–450	415	245.00–277.50	257.92
14	450–500	475	235.00–275.00	247.01
11	500–550	518	230.00–240.00	234.95
4	550–600	575	228.00–237.50	231.66
6	600–650	619	220.00–228.00	223.64
2	650–700	663	212.00–223.00	217.44
2	700–750	738	195.00–202.50	198.71
3	750–800	770	180.00–195.00	188.26
2	800–850	800	185.00–200.00	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	272.50–300.00	281.38
6	450–500	467	250.00–272.50	259.88
3	800–850	840	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	336	235.00–240.00	236.79
9	350–400	364	225.00–245.00	236.81
2	400–450	400	238.00	238.00
6	500–550	517	215.00–220.00	217.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	319	315.00–375.00	355.14
15	350–400	373	320.00–372.50	348.34
9	400–450	425	285.00–345.00	301.12
9	450–500	469	270.00–289.00	278.57
8	500–550	521	250.00–277.50	264.51
6	550–600	562	250.00–262.50	258.26
4	600–650	615	237.50–247.00	242.89
5	650–700	669	234.00–247.50	239.70
1	700–750	730	233.00	233.00
2	750–800	773	223.00–225.00	224.01
1	800–850	805	218.00	218.00
1	850–900	885	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	430	297.50–325.00	306.79
2	450–500	490	285.00	285.00
4	500–550	525	267.50–277.50	272.60
3	700–750	730	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	327	275.00–300.00	283.97
4	350–400	370	270.00–280.00	274.80
10	400–450	425	237.00–265.00	258.50
4	450–500	453	235.00–250.00	242.54
2	500–550	520	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	322.50–337.50	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 cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,220	132.00	132.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	987	145.00–171.00	160.23

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.