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Ouachita Livestock Auction

Name: Ouachita Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, Nov 17

● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054

← Nov 10Nov 17Dec 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

320 head

▼ 213 vs last sale 533▲ 55 vs year ago 265 · +20.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

21 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 41▼ 17 vs year ago 38 · −44.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

13 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 12▲ 4 vs year ago 9 · +44.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly steady to 13.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 - 12.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 - 8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls not well tested due to limited comparable offerings. Cattle was plain to average with positive buyer activity.

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 $118.02/cwt on 121 head.

Average price

$118.02

121 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$627

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$19.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.48

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	126.60	704	47
Medium and Large 2	536	116.19	623	43
Medium and Large 2-3	546	110.00	601	6thin
Medium and Large 3	473	106.97	506	25

One grade step is worth $19.63/cwt here — about $198 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 sale121 hd

118.02

—

AR average8 barns · 2,635 hd

128.50

−10.48

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	1,545	59.37	917	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,099	44.27	487	19

Every lot

93 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	333	144.94/cwt	137.00–153.00	483	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	375	138.99/cwt	138.00–140.00	521	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	400	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	648	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	455	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	555	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	134.70/cwt	132.50–137.00	647	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	150.14/cwt	149.00–153.00	728	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	516	141.37/cwt	138.00–147.00	729	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	535	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	781	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	133.81/cwt	127.00–139.00	747	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	130.50/cwt	129.00–133.50	750	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	124.90/cwt	121.00–129.00	768	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	665	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	745	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	693	120.55/cwt	120.50–121.00	835	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	725	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	725	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	881	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	861	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	845	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	980	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	950	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,036	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	305	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	360	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	316	127.22/cwt	122.00–135.50	402	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	376	114.03/cwt	105.00–123.00	429	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	382	128.03/cwt	125.00–133.00	489	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	558	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	417	128.90/cwt	126.00–134.00	538	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	435	117.71/cwt	110.00–120.00	512	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	612	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	657	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	132.27/cwt	127.00–140.00	620	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	471	119.64/cwt	114.00–124.50	564	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	474	105.12/cwt	100.00–110.00	498	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	518	123.77/cwt	114.50–126.50	641	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	135.31/cwt	127.00–141.00	702	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	527	99.74/cwt	95.00–104.00	526	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	546	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	601	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	132.11/cwt	126.00–139.00	752	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	571	118.20/cwt	114.00–122.00	675	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	578	96.04/cwt	92.00–101.00	555	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	622	104.99/cwt	101.00–112.00	653	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	625	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	588	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	116.90/cwt	114.00–123.00	736	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	107.96/cwt	106.00–110.00	721	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	668	97.92/cwt	95.00–101.00	654	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	685	109.34/cwt	109.00–110.00	749	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	106.48/cwt	103.00–110.00	767	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	723	96.54/cwt	95.00–98.00	698	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	788	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	832	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	757	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	845	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	879	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	890	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	837	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	300	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	393	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	315	160.97/cwt	159.00–163.00	507	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	318	174.20/cwt	169.00–179.00	554	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	369	130.00/cwt	113.00–139.00	480	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	373	151.66/cwt	143.00–157.00	566	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	376	168.97/cwt	161.00–183.00	635	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	400	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	648	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	427	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	534	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	430	146.16/cwt	139.00–152.00	628	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	465	145.34/cwt	141.00–150.00	676	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	471	150.61/cwt	147.00–162.00	709	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	478	125.64/cwt	118.00–131.00	601	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	505	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	601	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	515	132.88/cwt	129.00–137.00	684	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	519	141.20/cwt	135.00–147.00	733	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	532	105.29/cwt	100.00–111.00	560	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	555	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	505	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	568	131.33/cwt	130.00–133.00	746	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	578	122.26/cwt	115.00–126.00	707	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	620	119.20/cwt	117.00–121.50	739	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	623	101.43/cwt	98.00–105.00	632	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	640	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	589	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	660	107.04/cwt	104.00–112.00	706	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	663	110.00/cwt	106.00–117.00	729	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	683	94.53/cwt	93.00–96.00	646	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	723	92.91/cwt	90.00–96.00	672	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	725	105.42/cwt	100.00–111.00	764	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	790	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	790	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	835	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	810	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	835	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	752	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	880	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	871	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	925	92.46/cwt	90.00–95.00	855	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,545	59.37/cwt	59.00–60.00	917	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	984	36.89/cwt	35.00–39.50	363	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,060	29.00/cwt	29.00–29.00	307	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,100	46.74/cwt	42.00–51.00	514	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,343	51.88/cwt	50.00–54.00	697	2
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,210	69.98/cwt	68.00–72.00	847	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,160	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	603	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,228	55.27/cwt	52.50–59.00	679	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,298	53.22/cwt	50.00–56.00	691	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	578	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	536	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	610	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	598	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 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 320Last week 533Year ago 265

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 41Year ago 38

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 12Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	720	103.00–110.00	106.48
5	—	569	126.00–139.00	132.11
9	—	519	127.00–141.00	135.31
1	—	890	94.00	94.00
16	—	469	127.00–140.00	132.27
1	—	440	139.00	139.00
1	—	385	145.00	145.00
1	—	765	103.00	103.00
4	—	630	114.00–123.00	116.90
2	—	668	106.00–110.00	107.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	146.00	146.00
3	—	685	109.00–110.00	109.34
1	—	845	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	95.00–101.00	97.92
6	—	471	114.00–124.50	119.64
3	—	832	91.00	91.00
7	—	518	114.50–126.50	123.77
3	—	417	126.00–134.00	128.90
4	—	316	122.00–135.50	127.22
8	—	571	114.00–122.00	118.20
3	—	382	125.00–133.00	128.03
2	—	723	95.00–98.00	96.54
5	—	622	101.00–112.00	104.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	435	110.00–120.00	117.71
1	—	305	118.00	118.00
5	—	527	95.00–104.00	99.74
3	—	578	92.00–101.00	96.04
1	—	625	94.00	94.00
4	—	376	105.00–123.00	114.03
6	—	474	100.00–110.00	105.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	546	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	925	90.00–95.00	92.46
1	—	790	100.00	100.00
9	—	471	147.00–162.00	150.61
2	—	620	117.00–121.50	119.20
1	—	400	162.00	162.00
1	—	835	97.00	97.00
2	—	318	169.00–179.00	174.20
1	—	880	99.00	99.00
3	—	568	130.00–133.00	131.33
7	—	519	135.00–147.00	141.20
4	—	376	161.00–183.00	168.97
3	—	663	106.00–117.00	110.00
2	—	725	100.00–111.00	105.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	578	115.00–126.00	122.26
3	—	660	104.00–112.00	107.04
10	—	465	141.00–150.00	145.34
2	—	315	159.00–163.00	160.97
1	—	835	90.00	90.00
2	—	515	129.00–137.00	132.88
2	—	723	90.00–96.00	92.91
2	—	623	98.00–105.00	101.43
12	—	430	139.00–152.00	146.16
6	—	373	143.00–157.00	151.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	92.00	92.00
3	—	532	100.00–111.00	105.29
3	—	427	125.00	125.00
6	—	478	118.00–131.00	125.64
1	—	300	131.00	131.00
2	—	683	93.00–96.00	94.53
8	—	369	113.00–139.00	130.00
1	—	555	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	558	127.00–139.00	133.81
5	—	516	138.00–147.00	141.37
1	—	845	116.00	116.00
2	—	615	121.00–129.00	124.90
1	—	400	162.00	162.00
10	—	693	120.50–121.00	120.55
1	—	740	119.00	119.00
1	—	950	109.00	109.00
1	—	755	114.00	114.00
13	—	485	149.00–153.00	150.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	333	137.00–153.00	144.94
2	—	480	132.50–137.00	134.70
3	—	375	138.00–140.00	138.99
1	—	725	100.00	100.00
5	—	575	129.00–133.50	130.50
1	—	665	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	146.00	146.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,298	50.00–56.00	53.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,228	52.50–59.00	55.27
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,160	52.00	52.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	51.00	51.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	760	76.00	76.00

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	3	—	1,210	68.00–72.00	69.98

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	610	98.00	98.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	29.00	29.00
4	—	984	35.00–39.50	36.89
2	—	1,343	50.00–54.00	51.88
12	—	1,100	42.00–51.00	46.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,545	59.00–60.00	59.37

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.