Sale reports / Arkansas / Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. / 2019-08-30

Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ash Flat, Arkansas · Fri, Aug 30
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2059
Feeder Cattle receipts
422 head
▼ 204 vs last sale 626▲ 422 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 35▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 35▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and bulls both traded steady. Feeder heifers traded mixed to steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.74/cwt on 79 head.
Average price
$122.74
79 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$613
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$6.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.60
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2504126.1363615thin
Medium and Large 1543125.1868023
Medium and Large 2473120.1356941
One grade step is worth $6.00/cwt here — about $67 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 sale79 hd
122.74
—
AR average9 barns · 1,225 hd
130.34
−7.60
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,24681.801,0194thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12361.046855thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,29159.877734thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99847.5847511

Every lot

80 lots · USDA AMS · Ash Flat Livestock Auction - Ash Flat, 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed320163.00/cwt163.00–163.005221
Steers—Medium and Large 1335166.00/cwt166.00–166.005561
Steers—Medium and Large 2385140.00/cwt140.00–140.005391
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added400171.00/cwt171.00–171.006841
Steers—Medium and Large 1425153.47/cwt150.00–156.006525
Steers—Medium and Large 2433140.01/cwt135.00–145.006064
Steers—Medium and Large 2458136.41/cwt135.00–140.006257
Steers—Medium and Large 1459155.00/cwt155.00–155.0071110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474145.00/cwt145.00–145.006878
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2513135.00/cwt135.00–135.006932
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added518140.00/cwt140.00–140.007252
Steers—Medium and Large 2518137.49/cwt135.00–140.007122
Steers—Medium and Large 2550131.00/cwt131.00–131.007211
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added563150.00/cwt150.00–150.0084510
Steers—Medium and Large 1590140.00/cwt140.00–140.008261
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2605135.00/cwt135.00–135.008175
Steers—Medium and Large 2615120.00/cwt120.00–120.007381
Steers—Medium and Large 1635135.00/cwt135.00–135.008571
Steers—Medium and Large 2650135.00/cwt135.00–135.008781
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy655130.00/cwt130.00–130.008521
Steers—Medium and Large 1842123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0363
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed312136.58/cwt130.00–140.004263
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315125.00/cwt125.00–125.003941
Heifers—Medium and Large 2355115.00/cwt115.00–115.004081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added360143.00/cwt143.00–143.005152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1395130.00/cwt130.00–130.005141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1411128.94/cwt115.00–140.005304
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420124.25/cwt120.00–127.005229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458127.46/cwt125.00–130.005842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added468130.00/cwt130.00–130.006083
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470118.82/cwt110.00–123.0055815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473125.00/cwt125.00–125.005915
Heifers—Medium and Large 2519114.97/cwt110.00–120.005975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535125.00/cwt125.00–125.006695
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560126.00/cwt126.00–126.007062
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570115.00/cwt115.00–115.006561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574122.47/cwt120.00–125.007034
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed595120.00/cwt120.00–120.007141
Heifers—Medium and Large 2617118.38/cwt115.00–120.007303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622122.51/cwt120.00–131.007625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy665115.00/cwt115.00–115.007651
Heifers—Medium and Large 2683105.00/cwt105.00–105.007172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685118.77/cwt115.00–120.008144
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2315145.00/cwt145.00–145.004571
Bulls—Medium and Large 1345150.00/cwt150.00–150.005181
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed358150.00/cwt150.00–150.005372
Bulls—Medium and Large 1395150.00/cwt150.00–150.005931
Bulls—Medium and Large 2395130.00/cwt130.00–130.005141
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415132.59/cwt130.00–135.005502
Bulls—Medium and Large 1445140.00/cwt140.00–140.006231
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475131.25/cwt130.00–135.006234
Bulls—Medium and Large 3483110.00/cwt110.00–110.005313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1491137.49/cwt135.00–140.006754
Bulls—Medium and Large 2510125.00/cwt125.00–125.006381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525134.24/cwt130.00–140.007057
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2545126.00/cwt126.00–126.006874
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568122.34/cwt120.00–125.006953
Bulls—Medium and Large 1590126.00/cwt126.00–126.007431
Bulls—Medium and Large 1622124.79/cwt120.00–127.0077610
Bulls—Medium and Large 2643115.00/cwt115.00–115.007392
Bulls—Medium and Large 1663126.00/cwt126.00–126.008352
Bulls—Medium and Large 3670100.00/cwt100.00–100.006701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2673115.00/cwt115.00–115.007742
Bulls—Medium and Large 1770115.00/cwt115.00–115.008861
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,17581.06/cwt80.00–82.509523
Bulls——1,46084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,2261
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight66035.00/cwt35.00–35.002311
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight82040.00/cwt40.00–40.003281
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00532.50/cwt32.50–32.503271
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04448.23/cwt42.50–52.505044
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08055.74/cwt54.00–57.006024
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12361.04/cwt58.00–65.006855
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,17855.76/cwt54.00–58.006572
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40363.98/cwt63.00–65.008982
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2900900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,1004
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2922988.61/cwt985.00–1,000.009,1159
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,092923.28/cwt600.00–1,150.0010,0826
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,9003
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2900900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,111872.30/cwt750.00–1,100.009,6913

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.