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Ouachita Livestock Auction

Name: Ouachita Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, Aug 11

● Final111 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054

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Feeder Cattle receipts

476 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 472▲ 476 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

142 head

▲ 82 vs last sale 60▲ 142 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

40 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 40▲ 40 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 6.00 - 13.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 - 13.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 9.00 - 13.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 7.00 - 10.00 lower. Some value added cattle sold at a premium. Today, we had many stock and slaughter cow offerings with low demand.

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 $126.58/cwt on 189 head.

Average price

$126.58

189 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$649

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$20.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.00

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	130.19	691	137
Medium and Large 2	478	120.50	576	35
Medium and Large 3	437	109.98	481	17thin

One grade step is worth $20.22/cwt here — about $210 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 sale189 hd

126.58

—

AR average9 barns · 2,116 hd

133.58

−7.00

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	—	High	1,689	78.45	1,325	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,513	59.55	901	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,112	51.09	568	109

Every lot

111 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	323	185.43/cwt	176.00–195.00	599	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	166.34/cwt	152.00–177.00	620	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	395	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	573	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	414	152.49/cwt	147.00–157.00	631	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	420	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	533	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	435	134.25/cwt	128.00–138.00	584	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	460	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	695	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	468	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	562	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	141.40/cwt	139.00–144.00	666	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	478	137.23/cwt	132.00–141.00	656	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	517	129.46/cwt	125.00–133.00	669	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	141.25/cwt	134.00–147.00	747	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	540	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	778	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	562	131.99/cwt	131.50–132.50	742	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	135.00/cwt	132.00–138.00	776	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	581	141.91/cwt	136.00–142.50	824	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	610	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	799	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	135.37/cwt	129.00–138.00	833	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	659	135.82/cwt	134.00–136.75	895	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	660	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	779	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	675	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	945	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	685	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	884	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	700	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	910	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	134.12/cwt	130.00–138.00	963	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	755	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,042	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	130.48/cwt	128.00–133.00	985	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	760	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	950	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,085	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	327	137.84/cwt	131.00–150.00	451	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	338	126.50/cwt	124.00–130.00	428	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	339	114.60/cwt	114.00–115.00	388	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	378	122.29/cwt	117.00–127.00	462	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	378	109.68/cwt	104.00–115.00	415	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	132.66/cwt	130.00–135.00	504	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	415	102.56/cwt	100.00–105.00	426	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	421	124.77/cwt	121.00–128.00	525	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	131.25/cwt	126.00–138.00	555	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	118.95/cwt	113.00–125.00	557	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	130.30/cwt	128.00–133.00	614	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	472	110.69/cwt	110.00–112.00	522	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	130.95/cwt	125.00–138.00	682	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	526	108.76/cwt	105.00–115.00	572	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	569	119.64/cwt	113.00–125.00	681	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	127.90/cwt	121.00–132.00	742	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	590	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	702	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	620	115.28/cwt	112.00–118.00	715	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	125.61/cwt	120.00–132.00	784	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	627	131.73/cwt	131.00–132.50	826	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	635	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	667	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	650	115.50/cwt	114.00–117.00	751	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	122.21/cwt	118.00–128.00	819	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	725	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	798	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	898	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	790	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	940	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	800	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	936	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	300	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	465	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	318	181.04/cwt	158.00–197.00	576	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	335	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	419	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	372	123.78/cwt	120.00–130.00	460	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	375	164.35/cwt	145.00–172.00	616	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	385	144.27/cwt	139.00–148.00	555	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	414	157.33/cwt	152.00–163.00	651	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	421	135.34/cwt	131.00–143.00	570	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	425	123.64/cwt	121.00–125.00	525	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	469	133.38/cwt	127.00–137.00	626	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	475	140.62/cwt	137.00–143.00	668	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	512	124.46/cwt	120.00–128.50	637	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	524	135.46/cwt	130.00–140.00	710	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	525	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	614	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	565	114.95/cwt	112.00–118.00	649	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	569	133.76/cwt	131.00–139.00	761	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	570	126.52/cwt	125.00–128.00	721	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	628	120.11/cwt	115.00–126.00	754	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	630	131.22/cwt	129.00–135.00	827	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	677	125.32/cwt	124.00–127.00	848	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	710	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	880	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	715	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	844	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	765	112.47/cwt	108.00–117.00	860	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	765	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	803	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	790	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	940	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	815	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	856	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,420	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	817	1
Bulls	—	—	1,696	85.82/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,456	4
Bulls	—	—	1,749	76.31/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,335	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	778	44.25/cwt	39.50–48.50	344	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	850	22.00/cwt	22.00–22.00	187	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	998	43.18/cwt	40.00–44.50	431	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,026	33.06/cwt	31.00–35.00	339	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,135	50.83/cwt	45.00–55.00	577	62
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,161	59.76/cwt	56.00–66.00	694	27
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,497	55.12/cwt	53.00–57.50	825	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,538	66.20/cwt	62.00–70.00	1,018	2
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,030	70.50/cwt	70.50–70.50	726	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	980	64.15/cwt	61.50–67.50	629	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,005	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,045	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,105	930.00/cwt	930.00–930.00	10,277	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,141	752.77/cwt	600.00–880.00	8,589	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,155	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,085	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,179	65.65/cwt	55.00–77.50	774	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,188	58.67/cwt	57.50–60.00	697	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,200	60.50/cwt	60.50–60.50	726	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,230	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,610	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,260	749.01/cwt	700.00–800.00	9,438	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,275	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	765	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	4,028	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,032	941.63/cwt	750.00–1,300.00	9,718	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,055	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,913	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,420	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	12,780	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	722	66.97/cwt	62.00–70.00	484	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	858	92.68/cwt	87.00–98.00	795	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

Tue Aug 11, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 476Last week 472Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 142Last week 60Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 40Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	575	132.00–138.00	135.00
2	—	323	176.00–195.00	185.43
6	—	529	134.00–147.00	141.25
1	—	810	134.00	134.00
5	—	471	139.00–144.00	141.40
2	—	755	128.00–133.00	130.48
15	—	615	129.00–138.00	135.37
4	—	414	147.00–157.00	152.49
20	—	659	134.00–136.75	135.82
4	—	718	130.00–138.00	134.12
5	—	373	152.00–177.00	166.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	138.00	138.00
1	—	675	140.00	140.00
15	—	581	136.00–142.50	141.91
1	—	460	151.00	151.00
1	—	540	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	118.00	118.00
1	—	420	127.00	127.00
2	—	468	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	130.00	130.00
1	—	685	129.00	129.00
1	—	760	125.00	125.00
3	—	562	131.50–132.50	131.99
4	—	435	128.00–138.00	134.25
1	—	395	145.00	145.00
6	—	517	125.00–133.00	129.46
1	—	610	131.00	131.00
4	—	478	132.00–141.00	137.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	423	126.00–138.00	131.25
13	—	624	120.00–132.00	125.61
1	—	730	123.00	123.00
14	—	327	131.00–150.00	137.84
1	—	790	119.00	119.00
15	—	471	128.00–133.00	130.30
6	—	380	130.00–135.00	132.66
20	—	580	121.00–132.00	127.90
5	—	670	118.00–128.00	122.21
19	—	521	125.00–138.00	130.95
1	—	800	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	555	130.00	130.00
25	—	627	131.00–132.50	131.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	421	121.00–128.00	124.77
6	—	569	113.00–125.00	119.64
7	—	378	117.00–127.00	122.29
1	—	725	110.00	110.00
8	—	468	113.00–125.00	118.95
2	—	650	114.00–117.00	115.50
4	—	338	124.00–130.00	126.50
3	—	620	112.00–118.00	115.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	105.00	105.00
2	—	378	104.00–115.00	109.68
2	—	415	100.00–105.00	102.56
5	—	339	114.00–115.00	114.60
4	—	526	105.00–115.00	108.76
3	—	472	110.00–112.00	110.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	105.00	105.00
8	—	569	131.00–139.00	133.76
3	—	677	124.00–127.00	125.32
15	—	524	130.00–140.00	135.46
4	—	318	158.00–197.00	181.04
4	—	630	129.00–135.00	131.22
8	—	475	137.00–143.00	140.62
1	—	790	119.00	119.00
6	—	375	145.00–172.00	164.35
1	—	710	124.00	124.00
5	—	414	152.00–163.00	157.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	570	125.00–128.00	126.52
5	—	512	120.00–128.50	124.46
6	—	628	115.00–126.00	120.11
1	—	300	155.00	155.00
7	—	469	127.00–137.00	133.38
1	—	715	118.00	118.00
3	—	385	139.00–148.00	144.27
2	—	765	108.00–117.00	112.47
9	—	421	131.00–143.00	135.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	117.00	117.00
1	—	335	125.00	125.00
2	—	565	112.00–118.00	114.95
3	—	425	121.00–125.00	123.64
1	—	765	105.00	105.00
3	—	372	120.00–130.00	123.78

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	22.00	22.00
2	—	778	39.50–48.50	44.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,135	45.00–55.00	50.83
27	—	1,161	56.00–66.00	59.76
13	—	998	40.00–44.50	43.18
4	—	1,026	31.00–35.00	33.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,497	53.00–57.50	55.12
2	—	1,538	62.00–70.00	66.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,696	84.00–90.00	85.82
1	—	1,420	57.50	57.50
4	—	1,749	70.00–80.00	76.31

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,230	700.00	700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,155	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,260	700.00–800.00	749.01
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	60.50	60.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,179	55.00–77.50	65.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,005	900.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,275	60.00	60.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,141	600.00–880.00	752.77
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,105	930.00	930.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,188	57.50–60.00	58.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	980	61.50–67.50	64.15

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	750.00	750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,420	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,032	750.00–1,300.00	941.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	615	655.00	655.00

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	1	—	1,030	70.50	70.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	858	87.00–98.00	92.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	722	62.00–70.00	66.97

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.