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Ouachita Livestock Auction

Name: Ouachita Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, Oct 27

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054

← Oct 20Oct 27Nov 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

212 head

▼ 63 vs last sale 275▼ 85 vs year ago 297 · −28.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

30 head

▼ 40 vs last sale 70▼ 21 vs year ago 51 · −41.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 16▼ 22 vs year ago 32 · −68.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 2.00-10.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 3.00-12.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady on average. Slaughter bulls not well tested due to limited comparable offerings. Cattle was plain to average.

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 $109.66/cwt on 70 head.

Average price

$109.66

70 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$572

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$14.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.23

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	117.76	616	30
Medium and Large 2	554	103.86	575	24
Medium and Large 3	470	103.17	485	16thin

One grade step is worth $14.59/cwt here — about $131 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 sale70 hd

109.66

—

AR average9 barns · 831 hd

115.89

−6.23

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	1,588	58.75	933	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,955	42.50	831	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,213	41.02	498	24

Every lot

76 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	472	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	395	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	415	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	413	97.58/cwt	95.00–100.00	403	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	422	121.77/cwt	114.00–126.00	514	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	581	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	465	115.99/cwt	114.50–118.00	539	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	128.31/cwt	127.00–131.00	629	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	121.95/cwt	117.00–127.00	632	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	535	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	696	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	568	106.23/cwt	104.00–109.50	603	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	116.65/cwt	115.00–118.00	668	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	623	104.75/cwt	104.50–105.00	653	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	116.98/cwt	116.00–118.00	737	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	638	122.50/cwt	122.00–123.00	782	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	670	104.52/cwt	102.00–107.00	700	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	673	120.51/cwt	119.00–122.00	811	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	783	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	707	113.85/cwt	108.50–117.50	805	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	108.49/cwt	107.50–109.50	852	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	317	121.64/cwt	121.00–122.00	386	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	330	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	386	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	355	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	444	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	371	97.12/cwt	90.00–101.00	360	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	374	108.98/cwt	104.50–114.00	408	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	410	109.35/cwt	106.00–112.00	448	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	119.98/cwt	115.00–122.00	503	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	423	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	402	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	465	109.76/cwt	106.00–115.00	510	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	470	97.27/cwt	95.00–99.50	457	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	119.00/cwt	118.00–120.00	569	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	505	94.50/cwt	94.00–95.00	477	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	511	116.73/cwt	114.00–121.00	596	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	530	102.62/cwt	100.00–106.00	544	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	112.73/cwt	111.00–114.00	652	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	578	103.09/cwt	100.00–105.50	596	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	103.64/cwt	100.00–108.00	637	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	615	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	535	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	720	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	612	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	693	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	307	120.33/cwt	120.00–121.00	369	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	318	136.66/cwt	134.00–138.00	435	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	323	125.35/cwt	120.00–130.00	405	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	375	135.34/cwt	135.00–136.00	508	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	375	107.48/cwt	105.00–110.00	403	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	420	129.96/cwt	127.00–133.00	546	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	430	123.05/cwt	119.00–127.00	529	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	465	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	488	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	470	123.44/cwt	121.00–129.00	580	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	472	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	519	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	514	109.82/cwt	107.00–113.00	564	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	520	117.87/cwt	114.00–121.50	613	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	527	98.08/cwt	95.00–101.00	517	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	561	116.00/cwt	115.00–117.00	651	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	585	102.66/cwt	100.00–105.00	601	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	585	94.97/cwt	92.00–98.00	556	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	625	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	575	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	630	101.02/cwt	99.00–103.00	636	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	670	91.64/cwt	90.00–93.00	614	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	710	85.66/cwt	85.00–87.00	608	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	713	97.97/cwt	92.00–102.00	699	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	745	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	574	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	760	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	699	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	760	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	570	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	950	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	713	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,500	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	713	1
Bulls	—	—	1,675	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,173	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	675	29.00/cwt	29.00–29.00	196	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,015	34.83/cwt	30.00–37.50	354	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,120	23.47/cwt	22.00–25.00	263	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,270	42.88/cwt	37.50–47.00	545	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,370	53.61/cwt	50.50–55.00	734	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,955	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	831	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	945	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	841	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,201	75.51/cwt	66.00–90.00	907	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	970	890.00/cwt	890.00–890.00	8,633	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,214	51.58/cwt	41.50–66.00	626	4

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 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 212Last week 275Year ago 297

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 70Year ago 51

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 16Year ago 32

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	585	100.00–105.00	102.66
3	—	472	110.00	110.00
3	—	670	90.00–93.00	91.64
2	—	430	119.00–127.00	123.05
6	—	514	107.00–113.00	109.82
3	—	710	85.00–87.00	85.66
1	—	625	92.00	92.00
2	—	323	120.00–130.00	125.35
1	—	760	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	713	92.00–102.00	97.97
3	—	375	135.00–136.00	135.34
4	—	561	115.00–117.00	116.00
5	—	520	114.00–121.50	117.87
2	—	420	127.00–133.00	129.96
2	—	630	99.00–103.00	101.02
3	—	318	134.00–138.00	136.66
1	—	950	75.00	75.00
1	—	760	92.00	92.00
6	—	470	121.00–129.00	123.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	375	105.00–110.00	107.48
5	—	527	95.00–101.00	98.08
3	—	307	120.00–121.00	120.33
2	—	585	92.00–98.00	94.97
1	—	745	77.00	77.00
2	—	465	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	85.00	85.00
1	—	330	117.00	117.00
3	—	530	100.00–106.00	102.62
3	—	410	106.00–112.00	109.35
6	—	374	104.50–114.00	108.98
4	—	578	100.00–105.50	103.09
1	—	615	87.00	87.00
4	—	465	106.00–115.00	109.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	478	118.00–120.00	119.00
4	—	511	114.00–121.00	116.73
1	—	815	85.00	85.00
7	—	419	115.00–122.00	119.98
3	—	615	100.00–108.00	103.64
1	—	355	125.00	125.00
3	—	317	121.00–122.00	121.64
4	—	578	111.00–114.00	112.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	94.00–95.00	94.50
2	—	470	95.00–99.50	97.27
2	—	423	95.00	95.00
5	—	371	90.00–101.00	97.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	518	117.00–127.00	121.95
4	—	490	127.00–131.00	128.31
1	—	440	132.00	132.00
1	—	335	141.00	141.00
1	—	675	116.00	116.00
3	—	707	108.50–117.50	113.85
3	—	630	116.00–118.00	116.98
3	—	573	115.00–118.00	116.65
2	—	785	107.50–109.50	108.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	114.00–126.00	121.77
3	—	568	104.00–109.50	106.23
3	—	465	114.50–118.00	115.99
2	—	623	104.50–105.00	104.75
2	—	670	102.00–107.00	104.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	638	122.00–123.00	122.50
4	—	673	119.00–122.00	120.51
1	—	535	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	95.00–100.00	97.58
1	—	395	105.00	105.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	4	—	1,201	66.00–90.00	75.51
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	945	89.00	89.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	970	890.00	890.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,214	41.50–66.00	51.58

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,120	22.00–25.00	23.47
3	—	1,015	30.00–37.50	34.83
3	—	1,370	50.50–55.00	53.61
15	—	1,270	37.50–47.00	42.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	29.00	29.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,955	42.50	42.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,675	70.00	70.00
1	—	1,500	47.50	47.50

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.