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Ouachita Livestock Auction

Name: Ouachita Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, Oct 20

● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054

← Oct 13Oct 20Oct 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

275 head

▼ 21 vs last sale 296▲ 37 vs year ago 238 · +15.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

70 head

▲ 51 vs last sale 19▼ 18 vs year ago 88 · −20.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

16 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 10▼ 29 vs year ago 45 · −64.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold on average mostly steady to 3.00 less. Feeder heifers sold on average mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 - 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls not well tested due to limited comparable offerings. Cattle was plain to average, with a fair number of calves under 300 lbs.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $127.80/cwt on 132 head.

Average price

$127.80

132 head · 481 lb average

Value per head Derived

$615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$25.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.04

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	498	134.76	672	52
Medium and Large 2	461	127.75	589	61
Medium and Large 3	500	108.92	545	19thin

One grade step is worth $25.84/cwt here — about $127 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 sale132 hd

127.80

—

AR average9 barns · 1,018 hd

123.76

+4.04

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	1,790	70.89	1,269	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,162	43.94	511	56

Every lot

83 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	305	162.03/cwt	160.00–164.00	494	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	325	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	455	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	548	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	380	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	524	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	395	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	596	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	415	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	515	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	440	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	634	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	585	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	130.95/cwt	129.00–136.00	621	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	485	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	519	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	128.44/cwt	127.00–130.00	668	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	550	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	649	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	124.68/cwt	124.00–125.00	723	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	615	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	775	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	791	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	283	132.98/cwt	131.00–135.00	376	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	290	128.50/cwt	126.00–131.00	373	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	290	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	336	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	322	132.35/cwt	130.00–134.00	426	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	328	126.21/cwt	124.00–129.00	414	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	363	114.45/cwt	113.00–116.00	415	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	367	129.63/cwt	127.00–132.00	476	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	373	124.60/cwt	120.00–129.00	465	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	421	121.06/cwt	114.00–125.00	510	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	425	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	472	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	123.36/cwt	120.00–126.00	528	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	463	118.29/cwt	117.00–119.00	548	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	478	104.66/cwt	104.00–105.00	500	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	121.57/cwt	119.00–124.00	590	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	513	120.33/cwt	120.00–121.00	617	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	520	100.49/cwt	100.00–101.00	523	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	526	110.22/cwt	106.00–116.00	580	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	560	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	588	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	678	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	595	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	547	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	726	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	615	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	597	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	112.66/cwt	108.00–118.00	712	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	645	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	280	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	473	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	293	144.10/cwt	132.00–156.00	422	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	325	163.58/cwt	155.00–170.00	532	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	325	122.75/cwt	119.00–127.00	399	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	329	143.57/cwt	130.00–161.00	472	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	367	155.66/cwt	151.00–164.00	571	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	371	139.00/cwt	134.00–145.00	516	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	419	148.33/cwt	144.00–156.00	622	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	420	118.87/cwt	115.00–125.00	499	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	429	135.26/cwt	130.00–140.00	580	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	460	113.50/cwt	113.00–114.00	522	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	467	124.15/cwt	121.00–129.00	580	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	481	128.55/cwt	127.00–134.00	618	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	515	126.20/cwt	123.00–129.00	650	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	517	119.83/cwt	115.00–125.00	620	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	529	107.40/cwt	100.00–111.00	568	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	563	114.95/cwt	109.00–119.00	647	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	568	95.58/cwt	93.00–98.00	543	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	575	125.17/cwt	124.50–126.00	720	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	621	120.87/cwt	117.00–127.00	751	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	631	110.79/cwt	105.00–116.00	699	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	635	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	622	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	658	115.98/cwt	110.00–121.00	763	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	660	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	653	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	670	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	616	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	708	97.84/cwt	93.50–102.00	693	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	760	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	699	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	785	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	675	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	810	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	701	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	895	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	743	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,620	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	891	1
Bulls	—	—	1,847	76.19/cwt	71.00–81.00	1,407	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	975	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	244	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,015	32.85/cwt	30.00–37.00	333	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,177	43.97/cwt	38.00–48.00	518	32
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,207	49.93/cwt	48.50–51.00	603	16
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,540	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,217	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,640	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	21,320	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	410	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,175	52.78/cwt	49.00–54.50	620	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,203	55.16/cwt	53.00–57.00	664	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,315	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,520	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	753	50.37/cwt	50.00–51.00	379	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,015	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	609	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 →

Ouachita Livestock Auction - Ola, AR

Tue Oct 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 275Last week 296Year ago 238

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 19Year ago 88

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 10Year ago 45

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	305	160.00–164.00	162.03
2	—	520	127.00–130.00	128.44
4	—	474	129.00–136.00	130.95
1	—	375	146.00	146.00
3	—	580	124.00–125.00	124.68
1	—	665	119.00	119.00
1	—	440	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	140.00	140.00
1	—	550	118.00	118.00
1	—	380	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	126.00	126.00
1	—	440	144.00	144.00
1	—	395	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	107.00	107.00
1	—	415	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	325	155.00–170.00	163.58
1	—	760	92.00	92.00
3	—	575	124.50–126.00	125.17
6	—	621	117.00–127.00	120.87
1	—	810	86.50	86.50
5	—	481	127.00–134.00	128.55
1	—	280	169.00	169.00
3	—	658	110.00–121.00	115.98
8	—	419	144.00–156.00	148.33
3	—	708	93.50–102.00	97.84
1	—	895	83.00	83.00
5	—	515	123.00–129.00	126.20
10	—	367	151.00–164.00	155.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	293	132.00–156.00	144.10
1	—	660	99.00	99.00
5	—	631	105.00–116.00	110.79
14	—	329	130.00–161.00	143.57
12	—	517	115.00–125.00	119.83
5	—	371	134.00–145.00	139.00
8	—	429	130.00–140.00	135.26
8	—	563	109.00–119.00	114.95
5	—	467	121.00–129.00	124.15
1	—	785	86.00	86.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	92.00	92.00
3	—	420	115.00–125.00	118.87
2	—	460	113.00–114.00	113.50
2	—	325	119.00–127.00	122.75
1	—	635	98.00	98.00
8	—	529	100.00–111.00	107.40
2	—	568	93.00–98.00	95.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	373	120.00–129.00	124.60
4	—	290	126.00–131.00	128.50
1	—	560	105.00	105.00
1	—	615	97.00	97.00
4	—	328	124.00–129.00	126.21
3	—	463	117.00–119.00	118.29
6	—	421	114.00–125.00	121.06
5	—	526	106.00–116.00	110.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	97.00	97.00
3	—	632	108.00–118.00	112.66
3	—	513	120.00–121.00	120.33
9	—	322	130.00–134.00	132.35
8	—	428	120.00–126.00	123.36
2	—	283	131.00–135.00	132.98
7	—	485	119.00–124.00	121.57
6	—	367	127.00–132.00	129.63
1	—	565	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	111.00	111.00
1	—	290	116.00	116.00
1	—	595	92.00	92.00
3	—	478	104.00–105.00	104.66
2	—	363	113.00–116.00	114.45
2	—	520	100.00–101.00	100.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	121.00	121.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	745	55.00	55.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,175	49.00–54.50	52.78
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,203	53.00–57.00	55.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,315	800.00	800.00

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	2	—	753	50.00–51.00	50.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,015	60.00	60.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,640	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,540	79.00	79.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	25.00	25.00
7	—	1,015	30.00–37.00	32.85
16	—	1,207	48.50–51.00	49.93
32	—	1,177	38.00–48.00	43.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,847	71.00–81.00	76.19
1	—	1,620	55.00	55.00

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.