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Ouachita Livestock Auction

Name: Ouachita Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Fri, Nov 8

● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054

← Nov 1Nov 8Nov 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

347 head

▲ 50 vs last sale 297▲ 347 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

19 head

▼ 32 vs last sale 51▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 22 vs last sale 32▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder bulls sold 1.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.40/cwt on 157 head.

Average price

$120.40

157 head · 467 lb average

Value per head Derived

$562

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$25.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.55

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	469	123.05	577	111
Medium and Large 2	457	115.59	529	42
Medium and Large 3	520	97.50	507	4thin

One grade step is worth $25.55/cwt here — about $70 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale157 hd

120.40

—

AR average10 barns · 2,445 hd

125.95

−5.55

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

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	1,452	58.75	853	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,065	35.77	381	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	909	12.56	114	10

Every lot

82 lots · USDA AMS · Ouachita Livestock Auction - Ola, 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	320	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	554	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	323	159.15/cwt	153.00–166.00	514	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	382	170.01/cwt	167.00–174.00	649	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	597	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	416	164.13/cwt	161.00–171.00	683	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	149.85/cwt	144.00–155.00	644	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	438	135.66/cwt	133.00–138.00	594	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	463	118.48/cwt	117.00–120.00	549	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	698	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	472	158.26/cwt	156.00–162.00	747	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	132.17/cwt	129.00–137.00	641	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	509	127.14/cwt	120.00–132.00	647	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	140.04/cwt	139.00–141.00	735	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	545	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	624	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	550	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	721	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	556	129.23/cwt	126.00–131.00	719	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	318	139.93/cwt	137.00–143.00	445	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	321	134.53/cwt	131.00–139.00	432	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	330	125.38/cwt	120.00–130.00	414	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	368	137.53/cwt	136.00–139.00	506	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	121.12/cwt	111.00–129.00	448	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	131.19/cwt	127.00–134.00	495	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	390	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	423	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	405	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	543	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	125.44/cwt	119.00–129.00	534	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	433	116.03/cwt	110.00–121.00	502	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	445	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	592	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	463	123.57/cwt	121.00–125.50	572	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	114.47/cwt	111.00–117.00	536	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	521	112.34/cwt	105.00–116.00	585	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	116.10/cwt	115.00–121.00	608	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	529	127.10/cwt	121.50–130.00	672	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	545	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	561	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	560	127.32/cwt	126.00–129.00	713	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	119.67/cwt	115.00–125.00	673	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	580	109.50/cwt	105.00–114.00	635	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	720	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	670	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	769	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	755	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	529	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	317	135.24/cwt	127.00–149.00	429	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	328	162.21/cwt	145.00–178.00	532	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	340	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	500	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	345	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	459	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	372	157.33/cwt	131.00–168.00	585	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	377	136.74/cwt	120.00–149.00	516	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	385	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	462	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Full	400	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	480	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	418	135.54/cwt	133.00–138.00	567	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	421	148.20/cwt	141.00–154.00	624	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	662	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	431	112.35/cwt	106.50–116.00	484	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	470	134.68/cwt	132.00–145.00	633	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	479	123.59/cwt	117.00–127.00	592	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	479	111.83/cwt	109.00–116.00	536	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 4	490	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	441	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	514	107.99/cwt	103.00–114.00	555	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	516	114.52/cwt	112.00–117.00	591	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	529	131.68/cwt	127.00–134.00	697	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	567	123.91/cwt	120.00–132.00	703	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	588	111.10/cwt	106.00–117.00	653	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	605	108.76/cwt	107.50–110.00	658	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	630	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	567	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	645	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	677	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	655	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	753	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	670	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	643	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	690	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	656	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	720	105.49/cwt	105.00–106.00	760	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	730	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	781	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	750	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	825	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,390	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	556	1
Bulls	—	—	1,473	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	957	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	835	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	167	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	850	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	85	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	915	12.84/cwt	10.00–15.00	117	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	950	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	295	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,123	39.19/cwt	35.00–42.50	440	6
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	990	1,077.59/cwt	1,060.00–1,095.00	10,668	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,605	76.50/cwt	76.50–76.50	1,228	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,062	53.39/cwt	50.00–56.50	567	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,105	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	608	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	540	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	908	777.44/cwt	760.00–790.00	7,059	2

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 →

Ouachita Livestock Auction - Ola, AR

Fri Nov 8, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 347Last week 297Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 51Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 32Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	328	145.00–178.00	162.21
11	—	529	127.00–134.00	131.68
1	—	750	110.00	110.00
15	—	372	131.00–168.00	157.33
10	—	421	141.00–154.00	148.20
2	—	720	105.00–106.00	105.49
1	—	645	105.00	105.00
10	—	470	132.00–145.00	134.68
5	—	567	120.00–132.00	123.91
1	—	690	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	133.00	133.00
5	—	431	106.50–116.00	112.35
1	—	630	90.00	90.00
6	—	479	109.00–116.00	111.83
1	—	670	96.00	96.00
7	—	514	103.00–114.00	107.99
2	—	385	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	377	120.00–149.00	136.74
4	—	588	106.00–117.00	111.10
2	—	418	133.00–138.00	135.54
5	—	317	127.00–149.00	135.24
2	—	605	107.50–110.00	108.76
1	—	655	115.00	115.00
5	—	479	117.00–127.00	123.59
4	—	516	112.00–117.00	114.52
1	—	730	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	430	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	131.00	131.00
5	—	509	120.00–132.00	127.14
3	—	438	133.00–138.00	135.66
6	—	485	129.00–137.00	132.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	382	167.00–174.00	170.01
5	—	416	161.00–171.00	164.13
1	—	320	173.00	173.00
3	—	472	156.00–162.00	158.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	556	126.00–131.00	129.23
1	—	465	150.00	150.00
2	—	525	139.00–141.00	140.04
1	—	385	155.00	155.00
5	—	430	144.00–155.00	149.85
2	—	323	153.00–166.00	159.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	117.00–120.00	118.48
1	—	545	114.50	114.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	136.00–139.00	137.53
3	—	560	126.00–129.00	127.32
1	—	445	133.00	133.00
4	—	529	121.50–130.00	127.10
2	—	318	137.00–143.00	139.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	524	115.00–121.00	116.10
8	—	463	121.00–125.50	123.57
1	—	725	106.00	106.00
17	—	377	127.00–134.00	131.19
3	—	562	115.00–125.00	119.67
19	—	426	119.00–129.00	125.44
4	—	321	131.00–139.00	134.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	433	110.00–121.00	116.03
10	—	468	111.00–117.00	114.47
2	—	580	105.00–114.00	109.50
9	—	370	111.00–129.00	121.12
11	—	521	105.00–116.00	112.34
3	—	330	120.00–130.00	125.38
1	—	720	93.00	93.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	70.00	70.00
2	—	390	108.50	108.50
1	—	545	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	134.00	134.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	990	1,060.00–1,095.00	1,077.59
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,605	76.50	76.50

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	3	—	1,062	50.00–56.50	53.39
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,105	55.00	55.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	720	75.00	75.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	908	760.00–790.00	777.44

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,123	35.00–42.50	39.19
1	—	950	31.00	31.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	20.00	20.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	915	10.00–15.00	12.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	40.00	40.00
3	—	1,473	65.00	65.00

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.