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Ouachita Livestock Auction

Name: Ouachita Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ola, Arkansas · Tue, Jul 27

● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2054

← Jul 20Jul 27Aug 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

313 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 323▲ 52 vs year ago 261 · +19.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

21 head

▼ 23 vs last sale 44▼ 32 vs year ago 53 · −60.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

23 head

▼ 14 vs last sale 37▼ 25 vs year ago 48 · −52.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers on comparable offerings sold on average steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs. sold 4.00 - 6.00 lower, however feeder heifers over 550lbs. sold 5.00 - 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold on average steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher on meager test.

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 $136.45/cwt on 122 head.

Average price

$136.45

122 head · 480 lb average

Value per head Derived

$655

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$249

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

$19.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.15

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	493	140.68	693	79
Medium and Large 2	475	130.06	618	36
Medium and Large 3	365	121.55	444	7thin

One grade step is worth $19.13/cwt here — about $249 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 sale122 hd

136.45

—

AR average9 barns · 1,738 hd

140.60

−4.15

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	—	High	1,890	90.57	1,711	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,104	60.93	672	12

Every lot

81 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 1	330	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	640	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	350	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	658	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	370	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	463	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	175.02/cwt	164.00–182.00	747	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	450	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	635	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	160.15/cwt	154.00–171.00	766	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	152.97/cwt	143.00–157.00	800	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	530	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	853	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	578	160.50/cwt	160.00–161.00	928	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	157.63/cwt	155.00–159.00	913	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	587	137.00/cwt	136.00–138.00	804	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	588	121.50/cwt	121.00–122.00	714	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	608	143.01/cwt	141.00–145.00	870	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	620	131.92/cwt	125.00–137.00	818	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	625	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,000	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	137.29/cwt	131.00–143.00	936	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	750	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	908	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	135.45/cwt	133.00–138.00	1,057	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	288	164.99/cwt	161.00–167.00	475	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	328	150.47/cwt	147.00–154.00	494	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	329	160.30/cwt	154.00–165.00	527	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	329	128.97/cwt	125.00–131.00	424	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	155.54/cwt	149.00–165.00	572	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	112.99/cwt	112.00–114.00	424	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	388	145.99/cwt	144.00–148.00	566	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	141.43/cwt	135.00–148.00	595	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	424	131.92/cwt	126.00–139.00	559	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	138.49/cwt	135.00–149.00	655	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	129.44/cwt	125.00–134.00	612	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	490	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	534	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	135.14/cwt	130.00–140.00	712	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	532	125.01/cwt	121.00–129.00	665	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	563	121.48/cwt	116.00–127.00	684	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	136.92/cwt	134.00–144.00	775	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	132.70/cwt	127.00–137.00	821	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	620	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	874	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	126.98/cwt	123.00–133.00	841	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	685	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	788	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	708	112.49/cwt	112.00–113.00	796	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	123.49/cwt	122.00–125.00	883	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	902	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	287	181.05/cwt	177.00–185.00	520	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	290	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	467	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	308	187.98/cwt	187.00–189.00	579	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	312	173.21/cwt	165.00–180.00	540	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	370	160.56/cwt	158.00–165.00	594	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	370	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	522	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	374	186.88/cwt	179.00–195.00	699	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	418	173.18/cwt	167.00–180.00	724	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	421	159.00/cwt	151.00–165.00	669	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	424	132.02/cwt	124.00–137.00	560	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	463	161.65/cwt	153.00–167.00	748	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	478	143.72/cwt	135.00–150.00	687	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	480	131.01/cwt	130.00–133.00	629	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	523	134.65/cwt	134.00–135.00	704	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	531	145.39/cwt	137.00–151.00	772	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	573	122.92/cwt	121.00–125.00	704	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	579	137.34/cwt	134.00–139.00	795	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	620	125.46/cwt	120.00–131.00	778	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	673	125.01/cwt	122.00–128.00	841	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	718	121.99/cwt	119.00–125.00	876	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	810	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	826	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	830	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	979	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	985	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,015	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,858	94.42/cwt	92.00–95.50	1,754	3
Bulls	—	—	1,985	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,568	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	965	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	483	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,056	57.57/cwt	53.00–62.50	608	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,277	73.52/cwt	72.50–74.00	939	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	993	1,166.78/cwt	1,100.00–1,200.00	11,586	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,035	1,060.00/cwt	1,060.00–1,060.00	10,971	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,045	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	11,495	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,055	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	760	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,265	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	923	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,310	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	950	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,318	1,019.95/cwt	1,015.00–1,025.00	13,443	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,344	1,010.95/cwt	860.00–1,135.00	13,587	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,430	75.50/cwt	75.50–75.50	1,080	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,530	1,192.22/cwt	1,100.00–1,270.00	18,241	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	626	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,228	73.30/cwt	68.00–76.00	900	4

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 Jul 27, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 313Last week 323Year ago 261

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 44Year ago 53

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 37Year ago 48

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	370	158.00–165.00	160.56
3	—	287	177.00–185.00	181.05
1	—	810	102.00	102.00
7	—	478	135.00–150.00	143.72
2	—	620	120.00–131.00	125.46
5	—	421	151.00–165.00	159.00
3	—	523	134.00–135.00	134.65
3	—	312	165.00–180.00	173.21
2	—	673	122.00–128.00	125.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	463	153.00–167.00	161.65
2	—	718	119.00–125.00	121.99
6	—	579	134.00–139.00	137.34
1	—	985	103.00	103.00
17	—	418	167.00–180.00	173.18
5	—	531	137.00–151.00	145.39
15	—	374	179.00–195.00	186.88
2	—	308	187.00–189.00	187.98
1	—	830	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	424	124.00–137.00	132.02
2	—	573	121.00–125.00	122.92
3	—	480	130.00–133.00	131.01
1	—	290	161.00	161.00
1	—	370	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	160.00–161.00	160.50
1	—	530	161.00	161.00
1	—	625	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	523	143.00–157.00	152.97
2	—	780	133.00–138.00	135.45
1	—	350	188.00	188.00
5	—	478	154.00–171.00	160.15
4	—	608	141.00–145.00	143.01
11	—	682	131.00–143.00	137.29
7	—	427	164.00–182.00	175.02
5	—	579	155.00–159.00	157.63
2	—	330	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	141.00	141.00
1	—	750	121.00	121.00
4	—	620	125.00–137.00	131.92
3	—	587	136.00–138.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	588	121.00–122.00	121.50
1	—	370	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	368	149.00–165.00	155.54
8	—	619	127.00–137.00	132.70
16	—	527	130.00–140.00	135.14
6	—	329	154.00–165.00	160.30
1	—	820	110.00	110.00
3	—	662	123.00–133.00	126.98
3	—	288	161.00–167.00	164.99
10	—	421	135.00–148.00	141.43
8	—	566	134.00–144.00	136.92
13	—	473	135.00–149.00	138.49
2	—	715	122.00–125.00	123.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	115.00	115.00
2	—	563	116.00–127.00	121.48
3	—	532	121.00–129.00	125.01
10	—	424	126.00–139.00	131.92
2	—	708	112.00–113.00	112.49
2	—	388	144.00–148.00	145.99
2	—	328	147.00–154.00	150.47
14	—	473	125.00–134.00	129.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	329	125.00–131.00	128.97
2	—	375	112.00–114.00	112.99
1	—	490	109.00	109.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,035	1,060.00	1,060.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,045	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	993	1,100.00–1,200.00	1,166.78

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,055	72.00	72.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,344	860.00–1,135.00	1,010.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,310	72.50	72.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,530	1,100.00–1,270.00	1,192.22
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,430	75.50	75.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,265	73.00	73.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,318	1,015.00–1,025.00	1,019.95

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	4	—	1,228	68.00–76.00	73.30
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	680	92.00	92.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	50.00	50.00
3	—	1,277	72.50–74.00	73.52
8	—	1,056	53.00–62.50	57.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,858	92.00–95.50	94.42
1	—	1,985	79.00	79.00

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.