Sale reports / Arkansas / Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. / 2020-04-10

Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ash Flat, Arkansas · Fri, Apr 10
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2059
Feeder Cattle receipts
310 head
▼ 162 vs last sale 472▲ 310 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 20▲ 58 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 25▲ 40 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 heifers both traded mostly steady on a limited supply. Feeder bulls were not well tested. Slaughter cows were steady and slaughter bulls were also not well tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.59/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$123.59
72 head · 462 lb average
Value per head Derived
$572
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$149
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.30
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1497124.6061952
Medium and Large 2369122.0545019thin
Medium and Large 3470100.004701thin
One grade step is worth $24.60/cwt here — about $149 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 sale72 hd
123.59
—
AR average7 barns · 728 hd
128.89
−5.30
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—Average1,43876.711,1034thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,26351.506502thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21251.496248thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01643.4744215

Every lot

50 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1335165.00/cwt165.00–165.005531
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed340155.00/cwt155.00–155.005271
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed375155.00/cwt155.00–155.005811
Steers—Medium and Large 1380157.53/cwt155.00–160.005994
Steers—Medium and Large 2385130.00/cwt130.00–130.005011
Steers—Medium and Large 1412154.28/cwt151.00–155.006366
Steers—Medium and Large 2463132.49/cwt130.00–135.006132
Steers—Medium and Large 1471153.83/cwt145.00–160.0072519
Steers—Medium and Large 1515141.00/cwt141.00–141.007261
Steers—Medium and Large 2525132.89/cwt130.00–136.006982
Steers—Medium and Large 1565140.00/cwt140.00–140.007911
Steers—Medium and Large 1610130.50/cwt130.00–131.007962
Steers—Medium and Large 2610120.00/cwt120.00–120.007321
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2316125.00/cwt125.00–125.0039510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375123.00/cwt122.00–125.004613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377132.88/cwt125.00–135.0050110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed390140.00/cwt140.00–140.005461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415131.50/cwt128.00–134.005469
Heifers—Medium and Large 2416120.00/cwt120.00–120.004995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470123.74/cwt120.00–125.005828
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470100.00/cwt100.00–100.004701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529120.84/cwt120.00–125.0063913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610118.25/cwt110.00–121.007214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2645100.00/cwt100.00–100.006451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677113.00/cwt113.00–113.007656
Heifers—Medium and Large 1785115.00/cwt115.00–115.009031
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2265166.00/cwt166.00–166.004402
Bulls—Medium and Large 1385158.08/cwt155.00–161.006092
Bulls—Medium and Large 2390137.00/cwt137.00–137.005341
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430150.00/cwt150.00–150.006452
Bulls—Medium and Large 1487141.61/cwt140.00–145.006903
Bulls—Medium and Large 3490100.00/cwt100.00–100.004901
Bulls—Medium and Large 2545115.00/cwt115.00–115.006271
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,43876.71/cwt75.00–78.001,1034
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98539.93/cwt37.00–44.003937
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00035.50/cwt35.00–36.003552
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05750.26/cwt46.00–53.005316
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,20550.00/cwt50.00–50.006031
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20852.47/cwt50.00–54.006346
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22348.53/cwt46.00–50.005942
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32053.00/cwt53.00–53.007001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2925827.97/cwt620.00–1,025.007,6592
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,000500.00/cwt500.00–500.005,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100849.43/cwt600.00–1,150.009,3446
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,164825.87/cwt550.00–1,100.009,61316
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0012,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2501,085.00/cwt1,085.00–1,085.0013,5631
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-275575.00/cwt75.00–75.005661
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2900425.00/cwt425.00–425.003,8251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2800685.00/cwt685.00–685.005,4801

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.