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Hope Livestock Auction Inc.

Name: Hope Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hope, Arkansas · Thu, Feb 13

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2058

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Feeder Cattle receipts

212 head

▼ 316 vs last sale 528▼ 432 vs year ago 644 · −67.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

49 head

▼ 31 vs last sale 80▼ 33 vs year ago 82 · −40.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 4.00-9.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00-5.00 higher. Quality was average. Most classes were higher this week on a limited number of receipts.

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 $314.28/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −68.83 against this barn's trailing median of $383.11.

Average price

$314.28

14 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,721

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$276

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

$69.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.24

vs AR average

−24.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	319.23	1,739	13thin
Medium and Large 2	585	250.00	1,463	1thin

One grade step is worth $69.23/cwt here — about $276 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale14 hd

314.28

—

AR average9 barns · 147 hd

315.52

−1.24

National average155 barns · 9,244 hd

338.67

−24.39

This barn, trailing median30 sales

383.11

−68.83

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	1,693	146.16	2,475	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,151	128.85	1,483	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	971	110.69	1,075	7thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	319.85/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,056	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	389.80/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,298	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	376.87/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,417	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	370.25/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,559	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	307.28/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,300	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	335.77/cwt	325.00–347.50	1,578	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	325.59/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,703	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	311.80/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,777	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,463	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,445	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	299.12/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,861	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	294.12/cwt	290.00–297.50	1,962	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,944	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,963	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	321	350.75/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,126	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	336.55/cwt	325.00–357.50	1,235	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	337.22/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,416	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	305.48/cwt	290.00–317.50	1,460	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	295.14/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,538	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	275.35/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,569	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	264.00/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,650	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	248.27/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,644	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,519	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,458	129.08/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,882	2
Bulls	—	—	1,811	154.70/cwt	146.00–165.00	2,802	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	971	110.69/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,075	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,151	128.85/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,483	11

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 Feb 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 212Last week 528Year ago 644

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 80Year ago 82

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	385.00–400.00	389.80
8	350–400	376	365.00–390.00	376.87
5	400–450	421	350.00–390.00	370.25
4	450–500	470	325.00–347.50	335.77
7	500–550	523	320.00–330.00	325.59
6	550–600	570	300.00–330.00	311.80
6	600–650	622	290.00–310.00	299.12
3	650–700	667	290.00–297.50	294.12
1	700–750	720	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	785	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	315.00–325.00	319.85
4	400–450	423	300.00–315.00	307.28
1	550–600	585	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	615	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	321	330.00–360.00	350.75
6	350–400	367	325.00–357.50	336.55
6	400–450	420	320.00–350.00	337.22
8	450–500	478	290.00–317.50	305.48
7	500–550	521	285.00–302.50	295.14
6	550–600	570	265.00–290.00	275.35
2	600–650	625	260.00–268.00	264.00
3	650–700	662	240.00–260.00	248.27

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,458	125.00–133.00	129.08
4	—	1,811	146.00–165.00	154.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,151	125.00–135.00	128.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	971	105.00–115.00	110.69

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.