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Ouachita Livestock Auction

Name: Ouachita Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, Nov 10

● Final117 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054

← Nov 3Nov 10Nov 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

533 head

▲ 169 vs last sale 364▲ 98 vs year ago 435 · +22.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

41 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 51▲ 8 vs year ago 33 · +24.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

12 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 1▲ 1 vs year ago 11 · +9.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly steady to 5.00 higher. Better grade feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher, however lesser grade heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 - 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls not well tested due to limited comparable offerings. Some value added cattle sold at a premium. 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 $117.48/cwt on 191 head.

Average price

$117.48

191 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$174

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

$22.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.98

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	124.58	676	110
Medium and Large 2	502	113.17	568	42
Medium and Large 3	492	102.07	502	39

One grade step is worth $22.51/cwt here — about $174 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 sale191 hd

117.48

—

AR average8 barns · 1,578 hd

125.46

−7.98

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	—	Average	1,803	67.50	1,217	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,768	42.79	757	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,200	37.51	450	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	825	20.00	165	1thin

Every lot

117 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	316	130.00/cwt	128.00–131.00	411	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	317	159.64/cwt	125.00–172.00	506	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	369	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	661	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	136.15/cwt	125.00–157.00	504	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	435	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	170.09/cwt	160.00–186.00	645	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	419	168.36/cwt	162.00–173.00	705	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	430	131.33/cwt	125.00–135.00	565	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	151.53/cwt	144.00–159.00	655	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	445	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	512	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	455	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	501	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	462	149.27/cwt	143.00–156.00	690	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	475	130.29/cwt	126.00–139.00	619	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	495	166.50/cwt	161.00–172.00	824	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	141.55/cwt	135.00–148.00	729	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	523	130.44/cwt	128.00–133.00	682	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	524	147.85/cwt	144.00–154.00	775	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	535	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	615	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	563	138.03/cwt	134.00–148.00	777	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	128.37/cwt	123.00–132.00	738	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	580	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	551	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	585	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	661	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	128.29/cwt	123.00–135.00	806	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	632	135.76/cwt	134.00–138.00	858	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	121.48/cwt	120.00–123.00	814	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	670	109.49/cwt	109.00–110.00	734	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	695	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	931	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	941	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	783	105.51/cwt	103.00–108.00	826	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	847	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	853	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	935	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,029	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,290	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	722	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,590	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	906	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	285	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	402	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	315	127.16/cwt	121.00–133.00	401	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	330	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	383	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	332	140.34/cwt	138.00–144.00	466	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	367	138.05/cwt	130.00–143.00	507	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	369	112.60/cwt	105.00–115.00	415	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	372	118.84/cwt	110.00–126.00	442	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	422	120.04/cwt	115.00–124.00	507	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	132.92/cwt	128.00–141.00	565	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	428	106.70/cwt	100.00–111.00	457	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	465	117.81/cwt	110.00–121.00	548	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	468	135.49/cwt	134.00–140.00	634	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	129.51/cwt	121.00–134.00	609	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	479	103.54/cwt	98.00–107.00	496	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	518	114.44/cwt	108.00–120.00	593	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	525	100.26/cwt	95.00–105.00	526	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	126.57/cwt	119.00–132.00	667	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	528	138.19/cwt	136.50–140.00	730	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	563	93.77/cwt	90.00–95.00	528	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	107.91/cwt	101.00–112.00	615	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	120.10/cwt	116.00–127.00	695	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	610	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	714	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	115.44/cwt	111.00–121.00	706	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	614	101.53/cwt	99.00–105.00	623	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	633	91.31/cwt	86.00–95.00	578	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	665	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	599	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	670	99.47/cwt	95.00–104.00	666	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	108.57/cwt	105.00–110.00	737	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	754	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	720	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	670	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	731	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	819	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	750	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	713	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	801	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	795	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	557	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	806	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	891	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	830	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	873	102.90/cwt	98.00–108.00	898	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls29 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	321	139.50/cwt	130.00–165.00	448	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	325	166.78/cwt	164.00–170.00	542	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	360	114.13/cwt	110.00–120.00	411	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	375	135.12/cwt	129.00–142.00	507	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	381	166.36/cwt	159.00–174.00	634	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	421	158.45/cwt	152.00–168.00	667	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	425	141.65/cwt	135.00–149.00	602	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	428	128.08/cwt	120.00–133.00	548	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	466	113.30/cwt	109.00–121.00	528	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	468	146.07/cwt	140.00–152.00	684	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	479	127.87/cwt	122.00–135.00	612	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	513	136.73/cwt	133.00–146.00	701	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	526	107.81/cwt	103.00–114.00	567	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	528	124.07/cwt	119.00–131.00	655	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	568	128.63/cwt	122.00–135.00	731	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	568	116.25/cwt	112.00–123.00	660	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	570	104.99/cwt	99.00–110.00	598	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	610	127.00/cwt	124.00–130.00	775	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	621	109.44/cwt	104.00–115.00	680	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	625	94.97/cwt	90.00–100.00	594	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	668	101.47/cwt	99.00–104.00	678	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	675	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	608	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	681	114.98/cwt	110.00–118.00	783	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	710	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	604	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	713	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	692	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	720	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	785	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	755	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	747	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	795	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	731	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	830	86.45/cwt	82.00–91.00	718	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,665	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,249	1
Bulls	—	—	1,940	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	1,164	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	825	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	165	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,025	30.81/cwt	28.00–34.00	316	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,094	18.75/cwt	15.00–20.00	205	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,195	39.13/cwt	35.00–45.00	468	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,367	50.39/cwt	47.50–52.50	689	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,768	42.79/cwt	40.00–46.00	757	2
Replacement Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	556	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	556	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,558	1,338.76/cwt	1,150.00–1,500.00	20,858	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	980	66.88/cwt	48.00–97.00	655	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,067	55.51/cwt	52.00–64.00	592	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,040	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,800	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,080	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,640	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,168	684.66/cwt	650.00–700.00	7,997	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,380	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 10, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 533Last week 364Year ago 435

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 51Year ago 33

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 1Year ago 11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	110.00	110.00
1	—	375	116.00	116.00
1	—	580	95.00	95.00
1	—	535	115.00	115.00
1	—	445	115.00	115.00
4	—	316	128.00–131.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	379	160.00–186.00	170.09
8	—	628	123.00–135.00	128.29
1	—	870	98.00	98.00
16	—	575	123.00–132.00	128.37
5	—	432	144.00–159.00	151.53
1	—	1,290	56.00	56.00
5	—	515	135.00–148.00	141.55
3	—	462	143.00–156.00	149.27
2	—	670	120.00–123.00	121.48
1	—	1,590	57.00	57.00
1	—	830	102.00	102.00
1	—	735	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	632	134.00–138.00	135.76
2	—	495	161.00–172.00	166.50
10	—	563	134.00–148.00	138.03
5	—	524	144.00–154.00	147.85
7	—	419	162.00–173.00	168.36
7	—	369	179.00	179.00
1	—	935	110.00	110.00
1	—	695	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	317	125.00–172.00	159.64
2	—	783	103.00–108.00	105.51
3	—	475	126.00–139.00	130.29
3	—	430	125.00–135.00	131.33
1	—	585	113.00	113.00
10	—	370	125.00–157.00	136.15
2	—	670	109.00–110.00	109.49
2	—	523	128.00–133.00	130.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	428	100.00–111.00	106.70
1	—	330	116.00	116.00
5	—	369	105.00–115.00	112.60
9	—	479	98.00–107.00	103.54
4	—	525	95.00–105.00	100.26
3	—	633	86.00–95.00	91.31
1	—	720	93.00	93.00
4	—	563	90.00–95.00	93.77
1	—	795	70.00	70.00
1	—	665	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	315	121.00–133.00	127.16
6	—	614	99.00–105.00	101.53
2	—	670	95.00–104.00	99.47
3	—	372	110.00–126.00	118.84
1	—	750	95.00	95.00
6	—	518	108.00–120.00	114.44
7	—	570	101.00–112.00	107.91
8	—	465	110.00–121.00	117.81
5	—	422	115.00–124.00	120.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	718	105.00	105.00
14	—	367	130.00–143.00	138.05
9	—	332	138.00–144.00	140.34
7	—	679	105.00–110.00	108.57
12	—	470	121.00–134.00	129.51
6	—	612	111.00–121.00	115.44
2	—	873	98.00–108.00	102.90
9	—	527	119.00–132.00	126.57
15	—	579	116.00–127.00	120.10
1	—	830	100.00	100.00
1	—	770	104.00	104.00
4	—	425	128.00–141.00	132.92
3	—	285	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	117.00	117.00
2	—	528	136.50–140.00	138.19
6	—	468	134.00–140.00	135.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	731	112.00	112.00
8	—	806	110.50	110.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	621	104.00–115.00	109.44
2	—	830	82.00–91.00	86.45
2	—	713	97.00	97.00
6	—	375	129.00–142.00	135.12
6	—	321	130.00–165.00	139.50
7	—	568	112.00–123.00	116.25
4	—	528	119.00–131.00	124.07
8	—	479	122.00–135.00	127.87
2	—	668	99.00–104.00	101.47
4	—	425	135.00–149.00	141.65
1	—	795	92.00	92.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	325	164.00–170.00	166.78
14	—	568	122.00–135.00	128.63
5	—	381	159.00–174.00	166.36
1	—	755	99.00	99.00
5	—	513	133.00–146.00	136.73
6	—	681	110.00–118.00	114.98
11	—	421	152.00–168.00	158.45
1	—	720	109.00	109.00
5	—	468	140.00–152.00	146.07
5	—	610	124.00–130.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	570	99.00–110.00	104.99
9	—	526	103.00–114.00	107.81
2	—	675	90.00	90.00
1	—	710	85.00	85.00
3	—	625	90.00–100.00	94.97
6	—	466	109.00–121.00	113.30
8	—	428	120.00–133.00	128.08
3	—	360	110.00–120.00	114.13

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
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,067	52.00–64.00	55.51
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	980	48.00–97.00	66.88

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	—	1,010	55.00	55.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,010	55.00	55.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,558	1,150.00–1,500.00	1,338.76

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,040	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,168	650.00–700.00	684.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,080	800.00	800.00

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	—	730	600.00	600.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,940	60.00	60.00
1	—	1,665	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,195	35.00–45.00	39.13
4	—	1,094	15.00–20.00	18.75
3	—	1,025	28.00–34.00	30.81
6	—	1,367	47.50–52.50	50.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	20.00	20.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,768	40.00–46.00	42.79

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