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Ouachita Livestock Auction

Name: Ouachita Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, May 11

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054

← May 4May 11May 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

251 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 251▲ 83 vs year ago 168 · +49.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

34 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 21▼ 2 vs year ago 36 · −5.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

19 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 23▲ 7 vs year ago 12 · +58.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly 3.00 - 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 - 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher. Cattle was fair to average with some offerings of weaned and value added cattle. Some weaned and value added cattle sold at at premium.

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 $136.45/cwt on 84 head.

Average price

$136.45

84 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$723

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$183

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

$21.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.98

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	139.71	760	50
Medium and Large 2	500	134.11	670	25
Medium and Large 1-2	599	132.50	794	4thin
Medium and Large 3	486	118.60	576	5thin

One grade step is worth $21.11/cwt here — about $183 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 sale84 hd

136.45

—

AR average8 barns · 624 hd

130.46

+5.98

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	1,556	78.30	1,218	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,441	62.37	899	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,141	54.72	625	23

Every lot

85 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 3	280	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	412	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	335	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	506	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	373	150.91/cwt	149.00–153.00	563	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	154.86/cwt	149.00–160.00	584	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	420	144.29/cwt	139.00–150.00	606	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	429	162.77/cwt	160.00–167.00	698	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	467	161.90/cwt	154.00–164.00	756	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	473	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	693	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	483	144.68/cwt	139.00–148.00	699	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	520	133.00/cwt	129.00–139.00	692	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	148.01/cwt	146.00–149.00	777	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	145.31/cwt	139.00–149.00	814	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	560	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	806	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	585	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	766	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	136.92/cwt	131.00–143.00	858	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	857	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	895	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	800	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	840	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	280	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	414	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	148.97/cwt	148.00–150.00	484	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	335	143.40/cwt	140.00–147.00	480	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	376	133.00/cwt	128.00–137.00	500	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	380	119.53/cwt	117.00–122.00	454	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	388	141.46/cwt	135.00–148.00	549	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	403	140.99/cwt	140.00–142.00	568	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	133.72/cwt	128.00–139.00	562	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	427	127.33/cwt	125.00–129.00	544	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	130.61/cwt	129.00–134.00	613	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	474	126.01/cwt	119.00–130.00	597	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	129.09/cwt	121.00–132.00	676	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	529	117.71/cwt	115.00–125.00	623	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	558	113.48/cwt	112.00–115.00	633	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	127.11/cwt	123.00–131.00	717	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	605	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	708	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	737	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	115.66/cwt	115.00–116.00	781	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	819	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	285	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	465	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	290	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	519	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	320	166.05/cwt	164.00–167.00	531	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	320	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	422	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	323	153.04/cwt	145.00–157.00	494	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	355	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	444	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	373	141.52/cwt	141.00–142.00	528	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	385	156.90/cwt	153.00–161.00	604	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	423	142.63/cwt	140.00–145.00	603	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	424	154.46/cwt	151.00–160.00	655	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	470	135.23/cwt	131.00–138.00	636	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	475	150.71/cwt	148.00–155.00	716	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	475	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	546	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	518	141.59/cwt	137.00–148.00	733	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	531	129.74/cwt	125.00–133.00	689	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	571	126.17/cwt	124.00–127.00	720	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	575	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	667	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	586	134.09/cwt	129.00–136.00	786	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	599	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	794	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	613	120.73/cwt	115.00–126.50	740	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	620	130.23/cwt	128.00–132.00	807	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	658	125.81/cwt	124.00–126.00	828	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	692	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	837	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	705	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	832	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	705	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	740	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	710	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	866	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,556	78.30/cwt	66.00–89.00	1,218	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	848	39.00/cwt	38.00–40.00	331	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	850	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	264	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,095	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	372	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,101	52.75/cwt	46.00–56.00	581	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,270	64.09/cwt	60.00–66.00	814	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,441	62.37/cwt	60.00–63.50	899	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	9,343	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	7,777	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,465	1,060.00/cwt	1,060.00–1,060.00	15,529	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	5,549	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	6,300	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	945	63.04/cwt	62.00–64.00	596	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	636	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,020	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	6,375	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,105	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	7,846	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,170	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	8,541	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,173	802.73/cwt	610.00–1,010.00	9,416	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,405	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	969	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,455	966.92/cwt	930.00–1,000.00	14,069	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	790	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	616	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	895	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	582	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 May 11, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 251Last week 251Year ago 168

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 21Year ago 36

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 23Year ago 12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	518	137.00–148.00	141.59
13	—	586	129.00–136.00	134.09
4	—	620	128.00–132.00	130.23
5	—	424	151.00–160.00	154.46
4	—	475	148.00–155.00	150.71
2	—	385	153.00–161.00	156.90
1	—	710	122.00	122.00
1	—	290	179.00	179.00
3	—	320	164.00–167.00	166.05
11	—	658	124.00–126.00	125.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	599	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	531	125.00–133.00	129.74
5	—	571	124.00–127.00	126.17
2	—	692	121.00	121.00
1	—	705	118.00	118.00
1	—	285	163.00	163.00
3	—	323	145.00–157.00	153.04
2	—	613	115.00–126.50	120.73
4	—	470	131.00–138.00	135.23
2	—	423	140.00–145.00	142.63
2	—	373	141.00–142.00	141.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	132.00	132.00
1	—	575	116.00	116.00
1	—	475	115.00	115.00
1	—	355	125.00	125.00
1	—	705	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	116.00	116.00
5	—	469	129.00–134.00	130.61
1	—	725	113.00	113.00
3	—	675	115.00–116.00	115.66
2	—	388	135.00–148.00	141.46
2	—	325	148.00–150.00	148.97
16	—	524	121.00–132.00	129.09
9	—	420	128.00–139.00	133.72
7	—	564	123.00–131.00	127.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	529	115.00–125.00	117.71
1	—	605	117.00	117.00
9	—	474	119.00–130.00	126.01
8	—	376	128.00–137.00	133.00
2	—	335	140.00–147.00	143.40
3	—	427	125.00–129.00	127.33
1	—	280	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	403	140.00–142.00	140.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	117.00–122.00	119.53
2	—	558	112.00–115.00	113.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	560	139.00–149.00	145.31
4	—	525	146.00–149.00	148.01
3	—	377	149.00–160.00	154.86
3	—	627	131.00–143.00	136.92
1	—	680	126.00	126.00
1	—	740	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	467	154.00–164.00	161.90
7	—	429	160.00–167.00	162.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	151.00	151.00
4	—	520	129.00–139.00	133.00
1	—	585	131.00	131.00
3	—	420	139.00–150.00	144.29
2	—	373	149.00–153.00	150.91
1	—	800	105.00	105.00
3	—	483	139.00–148.00	144.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	473	146.50	146.50
6	—	560	144.00	144.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,465	1,060.00	1,060.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	770.00	770.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	925.00	925.00

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	—	1,010	63.00	63.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,105	710.00	710.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,170	730.00	730.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	945	62.00–64.00	63.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	685	810.00	810.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,405	69.00	69.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	875	720.00	720.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,173	610.00–1,010.00	802.73
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,455	930.00–1,000.00	966.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	625.00	625.00

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	—	895	65.00	65.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	790	78.00	78.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	34.00	34.00
10	—	1,270	60.00–66.00	64.09
9	—	1,101	46.00–56.00	52.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,441	60.00–63.50	62.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	31.00	31.00
2	—	848	38.00–40.00	39.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,556	66.00–89.00	78.30

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.