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Hope Livestock Auction Inc.

Name: Hope Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hope, Arkansas · Thu, May 8

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2058

← Apr 24May 8Nov 20 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

280 head

▼ 172 vs last sale 452▼ 34 vs year ago 314 · −10.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

62 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 82▲ 13 vs year ago 49 · +26.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to no report last week and limited receipts this week. Market was strong on all classes of cattle. Quality was average.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $294.40/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −75.11 against this barn's trailing median of $369.51.

Average price

$294.40

13 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,606

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−25.16

vs AR average

−38.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	294.40	1,606	13thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale13 hd

294.40

—

AR average8 barns · 413 hd

319.56

−25.16

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

−38.42

This barn, trailing median31 sales

369.51

−75.11

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

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $432.07, low $320.69, median $369.51 across 31 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	1,823	179.21	3,267	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,167	143.24	1,672	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,385	143.00	1,981	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	956	128.43	1,228	10

Every lot

29 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	437.58/cwt	420.00–470.00	1,457	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	428.73/cwt	410.00–475.00	1,625	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	398.68/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,698	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	401.70/cwt	373.00–440.00	1,884	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	357.46/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,859	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	346.30/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,998	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	309.79/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,927	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,120	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,155	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	905	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,308	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	402.97/cwt	360.00–427.50	1,285	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	387.49/cwt	350.00–425.00	1,418	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	341.63/cwt	330.00–352.50	1,438	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Replacement	425	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,806	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	335.03/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,555	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Replacement	490	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,911	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	297.40/cwt	275.00–320.00	1,561	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	289.60/cwt	270.00–320.00	1,674	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	279.16/cwt	260.00–287.50	1,731	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,839	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	271.32/cwt	260.00–287.50	1,948	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,508	137.15/cwt	130.00–144.00	2,068	2
Bulls	—	—	1,865	174.62/cwt	165.00–185.00	3,257	4
Bulls	—	—	1,915	199.70/cwt	193.00–207.00	3,824	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	956	128.43/cwt	123.00–133.00	1,228	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,045	123.51/cwt	122.00–125.00	1,291	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,178	144.24/cwt	135.00–152.00	1,699	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,225	156.93/cwt	155.00–159.00	1,922	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,385	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,981	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 May 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 280Last week 452Year ago 314

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 82Year ago 49

No trend due to no report last week and limited receipts this week. Market was strong on all classes of cattle. Quality was average.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,225	155.00–159.00	156.93
2	—	1,045	122.00–125.00	123.51
12	—	1,178	135.00–152.00	144.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	956	123.00–133.00	128.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,865	165.00–185.00	174.62
5	—	1,915	193.00–207.00	199.70
2	—	1,508	130.00–144.00	137.15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	333	420.00–470.00	437.58
4	350–400	379	410.00–475.00	428.73
9	400–450	426	380.00–420.00	398.68
11	450–500	469	373.00–440.00	401.70
6	500–550	520	345.00–370.00	357.46
3	550–600	577	330.00–360.00	346.30
3	600–650	622	300.00–320.00	309.79
1	750–800	785	270.00	270.00
1	800–850	845	255.00	255.00
1	900–950	905	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	319	360.00–427.50	402.97
7	350–400	366	350.00–425.00	387.49
7	400–450	421	330.00–352.50	341.63
8	450–500	464	320.00–355.00	335.03
8	500–550	525	275.00–320.00	297.40
5	550–600	578	270.00–320.00	289.60
4	600–650	620	260.00–287.50	279.16
1	650–700	675	272.50	272.50
4	700–750	718	260.00–287.50	271.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	425.00	425.00
1	450–500	490	390.00	390.00

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.