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Ouachita Livestock Auction

Name: Ouachita Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, Jan 5

● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054

← Dec 15Jan 5Jan 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

214 head

▼ 27 vs last sale 241▲ 22 vs year ago 192 · +11.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

17 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 16▼ 2 vs year ago 19 · −10.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 25▲ 6 vs year ago 4 · +150.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available due to no sales for the past two weeks. However, some value added cattle sold at a premium on limited comparisons.

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 $123.14/cwt on 75 head.

Average price

$123.14

75 head · 464 lb average

Value per head Derived

$572

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$20.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.73

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	479	126.48	606	46
Medium and Large 2	437	119.81	524	25
Medium and Large 3	466	105.63	492	4thin

One grade step is worth $20.85/cwt here — about $113 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 sale75 hd

123.14

—

AR average3 barns · 357 hd

126.87

−3.73

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	1,546	67.23	1,039	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,084	44.23	479	11

Every lot

82 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	172.45/cwt	171.00–174.00	569	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	335	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	606	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	343	150.99/cwt	149.00–153.00	518	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	365	159.99/cwt	159.00–161.00	584	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	153.10/cwt	151.00–155.00	643	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	462	133.97/cwt	131.00–136.00	619	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	463	139.89/cwt	136.00–144.00	648	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	490	143.02/cwt	141.00–145.00	701	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	500	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	635	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	135.45/cwt	131.00–142.00	700	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	530	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	763	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	570	139.47/cwt	138.00–141.00	795	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	133.96/cwt	130.00–142.00	764	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	133.02/cwt	131.00–135.00	811	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	125.54/cwt	123.00–128.00	860	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	690	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	787	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	760	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	844	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	853	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,002	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	855	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	846	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	985	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	946	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	285	144.64/cwt	141.00–148.00	412	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	293	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	390	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	310	142.74/cwt	141.00–145.00	442	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	333	129.71/cwt	125.00–133.00	432	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	360	128.48/cwt	123.00–132.00	463	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	370	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	407	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	135.50/cwt	131.00–140.00	528	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	131.62/cwt	125.00–138.00	550	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	420	121.62/cwt	120.00–124.00	511	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	435	108.25/cwt	105.50–111.00	471	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	119.77/cwt	117.00–128.00	570	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	480	137.38/cwt	133.00–140.00	659	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	490	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	564	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	508	120.69/cwt	117.00–125.00	613	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	515	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	695	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	515	110.35/cwt	105.00–115.00	568	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	114.67/cwt	113.00–118.00	642	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	565	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	599	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	620	104.75/cwt	104.50–105.00	649	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	625	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	600	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	114.63/cwt	113.00–117.00	719	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	665	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	758	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	111.98/cwt	110.00–114.00	745	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	643	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	840	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	781	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	915	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	641	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,110	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	833	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	275	180.42/cwt	176.00–185.00	496	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	320	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	416	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	323	160.81/cwt	153.00–169.00	519	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	350	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	459	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	365	151.51/cwt	150.00–154.00	553	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	376	137.72/cwt	130.00–141.00	518	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	416	148.41/cwt	142.00–154.00	617	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	420	122.21/cwt	117.00–126.00	513	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	425	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	587	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	465	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	609	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	472	140.80/cwt	139.00–144.00	665	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	522	138.00/cwt	131.00–142.00	720	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	531	119.90/cwt	114.00–126.00	637	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	545	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	600	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	560	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	806	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	570	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	713	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	593	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	629	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	616	125.18/cwt	117.00–130.00	771	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	630	111.49/cwt	111.00–112.00	702	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	660	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	713	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	685	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	781	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	710	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	809	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	770	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	655	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	810	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	778	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,410	57.26/cwt	54.00–62.00	807	2
Bulls	—	—	1,637	73.87/cwt	70.50–76.50	1,209	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	830	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	382	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	940	32.65/cwt	30.00–35.00	307	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,211	49.03/cwt	43.50–52.50	594	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,243	56.92/cwt	54.00–60.50	708	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	929	61.90/cwt	56.00–73.50	575	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	935	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	608	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	990	791.34/cwt	580.00–920.00	7,834	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,275	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	740	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 Jan 5, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 214Last week 241Year ago 192

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 16Year ago 19

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 25Year ago 4

No trend available due to no sales for the past two weeks. However, some value added cattle sold at a premium on limited comparisons.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	159.00–161.00	159.99
3	—	570	130.00–142.00	133.96
2	—	685	123.00–128.00	125.54
2	—	463	136.00–144.00	139.89
1	—	985	96.00	96.00
6	—	517	131.00–142.00	135.45
2	—	610	131.00–135.00	133.02
2	—	330	171.00–174.00	172.45
3	—	853	117.50	117.50
2	—	420	151.00–155.00	153.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	181.00	181.00
2	—	570	138.00–141.00	139.47
2	—	490	141.00–145.00	143.02
1	—	530	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	462	131.00–136.00	133.97
1	—	690	114.00	114.00
1	—	500	127.00	127.00
2	—	343	149.00–153.00	150.99
1	—	855	99.00	99.00
1	—	760	111.00	111.00
1	—	700	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	285	141.00–148.00	144.64
6	—	476	117.00–128.00	119.77
1	—	840	93.00	93.00
1	—	775	83.00	83.00
3	—	560	113.00–118.00	114.67
3	—	508	117.00–125.00	120.69
3	—	627	113.00–117.00	114.63
1	—	1,110	75.00	75.00
2	—	665	110.00–114.00	111.98
2	—	390	131.00–140.00	135.50
7	—	418	125.00–138.00	131.62
4	—	310	141.00–145.00	142.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	114.00	114.00
4	—	480	133.00–140.00	137.38
1	—	515	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	105.50–111.00	108.25
1	—	625	96.00	96.00
1	—	370	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	115.00	115.00
6	—	360	123.00–132.00	128.48
5	—	420	120.00–124.00	121.62
4	—	333	125.00–133.00	129.71
2	—	620	104.50–105.00	104.75
3	—	515	105.00–115.00	110.35
1	—	565	106.00	106.00
2	—	293	133.00	133.00
1	—	915	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	125.00	125.00
7	—	376	130.00–141.00	137.72
1	—	660	108.00	108.00
1	—	770	85.00	85.00
1	—	465	131.00	131.00
1	—	425	138.00	138.00
4	—	531	114.00–126.00	119.90
2	—	630	111.00–112.00	111.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	522	131.00–142.00	138.00
6	—	416	142.00–154.00	148.41
2	—	323	153.00–169.00	160.81
2	—	275	176.00–185.00	180.42
1	—	810	96.00	96.00
1	—	710	114.00	114.00
1	—	685	114.00	114.00
1	—	560	144.00	144.00
6	—	472	139.00–144.00	140.80
4	—	365	150.00–154.00	151.51
6	—	616	117.00–130.00	125.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	117.00–126.00	122.21
2	—	593	106.00	106.00
1	—	350	131.00	131.00
1	—	545	110.00	110.00
1	—	320	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	46.00	46.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,211	43.50–52.50	49.03
4	—	940	30.00–35.00	32.65
2	—	1,243	54.00–60.50	56.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,410	54.00–62.00	57.26
3	—	1,637	70.50–76.50	73.87

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	—	929	56.00–73.50	61.90

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	—	935	65.00	65.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	990	580.00–920.00	791.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,275	58.00	58.00

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.