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Ouachita Livestock Auction

Name: Ouachita Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, Nov 3

● Final96 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054

← Oct 27Nov 3Nov 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

364 head

▲ 152 vs last sale 212▲ 17 vs year ago 347 · +4.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

51 head

▲ 21 vs last sale 30▲ 32 vs year ago 19 · +168.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 10▼ 9 vs year ago 10 · −90.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 8.00 - 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 - 19.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls not well tested due to limited comparable offerings. Cattle was plain to average with some attractive offerings.

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 $118.11/cwt on 144 head.

Average price

$118.11

144 head · 490 lb average

Value per head Derived

$578

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

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

$26.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.83

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	494	126.57	625	75
Medium and Large 2	485	113.73	551	44
Medium and Large 3	486	100.44	488	25

One grade step is worth $26.13/cwt here — about $137 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 sale144 hd

118.11

—

AR average9 barns · 600 hd

116.28

+1.83

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	1,391	56.54	787	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,171	43.68	512	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,470	40.00	588	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	960	20.00	192	1thin

Every lot

96 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	330	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	561	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	340	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	459	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	365	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	537	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	455	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	385	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	489	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	616	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	735	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	145.98/cwt	143.00–151.00	692	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	545	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	687	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	131.48/cwt	129.00–135.00	753	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	580	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	667	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	605	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	696	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	129.73/cwt	125.00–134.00	804	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	670	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	757	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	124.48/cwt	120.00–129.00	844	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	690	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	790	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	700	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	812	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	840	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	916	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,180	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	968	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	315	127.03/cwt	120.00–138.00	400	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	324	139.36/cwt	131.00–143.00	452	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	335	107.75/cwt	105.00–112.00	361	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	138.14/cwt	120.00–145.00	514	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	373	107.77/cwt	105.00–110.00	402	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	374	121.69/cwt	116.00–125.00	455	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	428	120.45/cwt	114.00–125.00	516	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	430	106.01/cwt	105.00–108.00	456	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	134.65/cwt	128.00–139.00	582	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	113.41/cwt	110.00–117.00	536	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	125.98/cwt	120.00–131.00	608	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	488	104.01/cwt	103.00–105.00	508	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	515	114.63/cwt	110.00–119.00	590	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	520	102.74/cwt	100.00–107.00	534	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	122.49/cwt	118.00–127.00	644	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	560	94.02/cwt	92.00–95.00	527	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	118.52/cwt	117.00–121.00	668	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	580	109.56/cwt	107.00–112.00	635	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	122.81/cwt	122.50–124.00	755	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	620	103.96/cwt	99.00–110.00	645	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	630	94.95/cwt	93.00–97.00	598	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	658	82.47/cwt	80.00–85.00	543	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	668	94.01/cwt	90.00–98.00	628	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	739	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	710	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	533	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	730	90.52/cwt	89.00–92.00	661	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	105.02/cwt	100.00–110.00	775	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	760	90.50/cwt	90.00–91.00	688	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	100.03/cwt	95.00–105.00	785	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	800	94.00/cwt	92.00–96.00	752	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls36 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	311	157.69/cwt	144.00–163.00	490	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	319	169.71/cwt	168.00–174.00	541	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	335	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	375	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	371	168.82/cwt	165.00–173.00	626	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	375	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	431	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	380	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	528	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	423	154.86/cwt	150.00–163.00	655	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	430	133.73/cwt	127.00–139.00	575	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	433	115.01/cwt	114.00–116.00	498	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	476	129.15/cwt	121.00–134.00	615	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	478	142.30/cwt	139.00–150.00	680	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	485	107.73/cwt	104.00–111.00	522	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	505	112.52/cwt	110.00–115.00	568	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	522	133.34/cwt	130.00–138.00	696	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	523	118.93/cwt	113.00–125.00	622	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	565	124.92/cwt	119.00–131.00	706	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	571	111.47/cwt	108.00–118.00	636	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	114.92/cwt	110.00–117.00	664	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	579	102.57/cwt	99.00–106.00	594	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	622	109.35/cwt	106.00–113.00	680	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	628	121.95/cwt	119.00–125.00	766	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	660	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	752	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	665	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	698	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	685	93.97/cwt	92.00–96.00	644	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	715	96.01/cwt	95.00–97.00	686	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	719	105.55/cwt	99.00–110.00	759	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	720	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	792	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	750	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	773	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	767	96.98/cwt	91.00–101.00	744	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	790	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	711	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	808	91.76/cwt	87.50–96.00	741	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	820	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	623	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	850	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	842	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	860	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	740	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	900	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	765	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	925	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	740	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,113	51.71/cwt	50.00–54.00	576	3
Bulls	—	—	1,330	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	399	1
Bulls	—	—	1,690	70.22/cwt	65.00–75.00	1,187	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	835	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	167	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	960	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	192	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,050	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	263	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,053	34.49/cwt	34.00–35.00	363	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,119	44.09/cwt	40.00–48.00	493	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,298	51.76/cwt	50.00–55.00	672	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,470	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	588	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	432	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 Nov 3, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 364Last week 212Year ago 347

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 30Year ago 19

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 10Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	564	117.00–121.00	118.52
5	—	615	122.50–124.00	122.81
14	—	432	128.00–139.00	134.65
2	—	678	109.00	109.00
2	—	800	92.00–96.00	94.00
9	—	372	120.00–145.00	138.14
2	—	785	95.00–105.00	100.03
18	—	483	120.00–131.00	125.98
2	—	738	100.00–110.00	105.02
8	—	526	118.00–127.00	122.49
7	—	324	131.00–143.00	139.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	110.00–119.00	114.63
2	—	730	89.00–92.00	90.52
2	—	580	107.00–112.00	109.56
10	—	315	120.00–138.00	127.03
2	—	760	90.00–91.00	90.50
4	—	374	116.00–125.00	121.69
5	—	473	110.00–117.00	113.41
8	—	428	114.00–125.00	120.45
3	—	668	90.00–98.00	94.01
6	—	620	99.00–110.00	103.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	93.00–97.00	94.95
2	—	658	80.00–85.00	82.47
3	—	430	105.00–108.00	106.01
2	—	488	103.00–105.00	104.01
4	—	520	100.00–107.00	102.74
4	—	373	105.00–110.00	107.77
1	—	710	75.00	75.00
3	—	560	92.00–95.00	94.02
4	—	335	105.00–112.00	107.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	126.00	126.00
1	—	425	145.00	145.00
1	—	365	147.00	147.00
1	—	605	115.00	115.00
1	—	670	113.00	113.00
1	—	580	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	690	114.50	114.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	620	125.00–134.00	129.73
1	—	330	170.00	170.00
1	—	840	109.00	109.00
1	—	435	169.00	169.00
1	—	700	116.00	116.00
10	—	573	129.00–135.00	131.48
2	—	678	120.00–129.00	124.48
5	—	474	143.00–151.00	145.98
1	—	370	123.00	123.00
1	—	1,180	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	127.00	127.00
1	—	340	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	105.00	105.00
4	—	523	113.00–125.00	118.93
1	—	860	86.00	86.00
4	—	476	121.00–134.00	129.15
3	—	767	91.00–101.00	96.98
6	—	311	144.00–163.00	157.69
3	—	430	127.00–139.00	133.73
5	—	622	106.00–113.00	109.35
1	—	900	85.00	85.00
1	—	380	139.00	139.00
4	—	719	99.00–110.00	105.55
2	—	808	87.50–96.00	91.76
4	—	571	108.00–118.00	111.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	578	110.00–117.00	114.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	478	139.00–150.00	142.30
1	—	750	103.00	103.00
3	—	628	119.00–125.00	121.95
1	—	850	99.00	99.00
7	—	371	165.00–173.00	168.82
1	—	660	114.00	114.00
5	—	319	168.00–174.00	169.71
1	—	720	110.00	110.00
5	—	565	119.00–131.00	124.92
5	—	522	130.00–138.00	133.34
9	—	423	150.00–163.00	154.86
1	—	925	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	485	104.00–111.00	107.73
2	—	433	114.00–116.00	115.01
1	—	335	112.00	112.00
1	—	820	76.00	76.00
1	—	790	90.00	90.00
4	—	579	99.00–106.00	102.57
2	—	715	95.00–97.00	96.01
1	—	375	115.00	115.00
2	—	685	92.00–96.00	93.97
2	—	505	110.00–115.00	112.52

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	1	—	665	65.00	65.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,050	25.00	25.00
4	—	1,053	34.00–35.00	34.49
16	—	1,298	50.00–55.00	51.76
14	—	1,119	40.00–48.00	44.09

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
1	—	960	20.00	20.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	40.00	40.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	30.00	30.00
3	—	1,690	65.00–75.00	70.22
3	—	1,113	50.00–54.00	51.71

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.