Sale reports / Arkansas / Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. / 2019-10-25

Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ash Flat, Arkansas · Fri, Oct 25
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2059
Feeder Cattle receipts
695 head
▼ 239 vs last sale 934▲ 695 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 61▲ 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 30▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers traded steady. Feeder bulls were 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs traded 2.00 to 4.00 lower, heifers over 500 lbs were steady. Weaned and value added cattle brought a premium of 5.00 to 10.00 higher across all ranges of feeders. Slaughter cows were 5.00 to 10.00 lower, slaughter bulls traded 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.38/cwt on 131 head.
Average price
$118.38
131 head · 468 lb average
Value per head Derived
$554
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$44
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$21.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.23
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2431121.5252423
Medium and Large 1520119.8762362
Medium and Large 2412115.8447743
Medium and Large 3480100.004803thin
One grade step is worth $21.52/cwt here — about $44 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 sale131 hd
118.38
—
AR average10 barns · 1,844 hd
119.61
−1.23
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—Low1,56665.921,0327thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24143.125357thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07831.7934316

Every lot

76 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2370140.00/cwt140.00–140.005181
Steers—Medium and Large 2428129.21/cwt125.00–131.005536
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added435145.00/cwt145.00–145.006314
Steers—Medium and Large 3445100.00/cwt100.00–100.004451
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added447135.00/cwt135.00–135.006033
Steers—Medium and Large 1463144.14/cwt140.00–151.0066715
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2466135.00/cwt135.00–135.006294
Steers—Medium and Large 2481127.53/cwt120.00–130.006134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added503145.00/cwt145.00–145.0072912
Steers—Medium and Large 1517142.70/cwt140.00–150.007389
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added518150.00/cwt150.00–150.007773
Steers—Medium and Large 2519127.57/cwt125.00–133.006623
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2550130.00/cwt130.00–130.007152
Steers—Medium and Large 1579134.50/cwt130.00–140.0077910
Steers—Medium and Large 1666130.00/cwt130.00–130.008665
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added691135.00/cwt135.00–135.009335
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added713130.00/cwt130.00–130.009272
Steers—Medium and Large 1823121.46/cwt120.00–123.001,0002
Steers—Medium and Large 1855120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0261
Steers—Medium and Large 1915117.54/cwt115.00–120.001,0752
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2265132.00/cwt132.00–132.003502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2304130.00/cwt130.00–130.003956
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327117.76/cwt115.00–120.0038510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372111.81/cwt110.00–120.004168
Heifers—Medium and Large 2416113.98/cwt110.00–120.004745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added420120.00/cwt120.00–120.005047
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added433120.00/cwt120.00–120.005204
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added438136.00/cwt136.00–136.005962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1444120.00/cwt120.00–120.0053310
Heifers—Medium and Large 2455111.68/cwt110.00–115.005083
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added459120.00/cwt120.00–120.005514
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465100.00/cwt100.00–100.004652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479115.00/cwt115.00–115.005515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added485140.00/cwt140.00–140.006792
Heifers—Medium and Large 1488117.80/cwt115.00–120.0057516
Heifers—Medium and Large 2504116.67/cwt115.00–120.005883
Heifers—Medium and Large 3510100.00/cwt100.00–100.005101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529121.87/cwt120.00–125.0064516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added550120.00/cwt120.00–120.006605
Heifers—Medium and Large 2553115.02/cwt110.00–120.006362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571116.85/cwt115.00–120.0066711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615115.00/cwt115.00–115.007071
Heifers—Medium and Large 2655100.00/cwt100.00–100.006552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660115.00/cwt115.00–115.007593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1795100.00/cwt100.00–100.007951
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed325140.00/cwt140.00–140.004551
Bulls—Medium and Large 2362121.08/cwt120.00–125.004385
Bulls—Medium and Large 1371139.97/cwt135.00–141.0051911
Bulls—Medium and Large 2413120.00/cwt120.00–120.004962
Bulls—Medium and Large 1422135.00/cwt135.00–135.005706
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470132.33/cwt124.00–135.006226
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477113.32/cwt110.00–115.005413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2518120.00/cwt120.00–120.006222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520122.97/cwt120.00–126.006394
Bulls—Medium and Large 2526111.10/cwt110.00–115.005849
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2550116.00/cwt116.00–116.006382
Bulls—Medium and Large 356090.00/cwt90.00–90.005041
Bulls—Medium and Large 2564114.12/cwt110.00–115.006446
Bulls—Medium and Large 1582114.02/cwt110.00–120.006644
Bulls—Medium and Large 2639105.96/cwt105.00–110.006775
Bulls—Medium and Large 1705105.00/cwt105.00–105.007401
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,13052.00/cwt52.00–52.005881
Bulls——1,51265.78/cwt65.00–67.509953
Bulls——1,76570.71/cwt70.00–72.001,2483
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight81020.00/cwt20.00–20.001621
Cows—Lean 85-90%93515.00/cwt15.00–15.001401
Cows—Lean 85-90%96823.38/cwt21.00–25.002264
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10434.52/cwt32.00–36.003814
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20340.34/cwt36.50–44.004856
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22839.05/cwt38.00–40.004803
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25146.17/cwt43.50–51.005784
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2964622.96/cwt500.00–825.006,0057
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,050597.55/cwt475.00–710.006,27420
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100550.00/cwt450.00–650.006,0502
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2900875.00/cwt875.00–875.007,8754
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,150752.17/cwt700.00–800.008,6502

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.