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Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc.

Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ash Flat, Arkansas · Fri, Apr 17

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2059

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Feeder Cattle receipts

558 head

▲ 248 vs last sale 310▲ 558 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

54 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 58▲ 54 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

30 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 40▲ 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 5.00 to 10.00 higher on limited comparisons from last week. Heifers were 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was much better than the last few previous weeks with a better supply than previous weeks as well. Slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 5.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady.

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 $128.13/cwt on 144 head.

Average price

$128.13

144 head · 480 lb average

Value per head Derived

$615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$20.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.98

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	485	130.24	631	79
Medium and Large 1-2	539	126.97	684	26
Medium and Large 2	471	126.74	597	27
Medium and Large 2-3	335	121.81	408	10thin
Medium and Large 3	385	110.00	424	2thin

One grade step is worth $20.24/cwt here — about $208 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 sale144 hd

128.13

—

AR average7 barns · 946 hd

135.11

−6.98

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	—	High	1,453	80.32	1,167	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,348	64.07	864	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,140	58.59	668	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	956	45.83	438	11

Every lot

73 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	407	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	641	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	162.32/cwt	161.00–165.00	678	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	458	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	687	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	153.10/cwt	150.00–158.00	715	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	473	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	776	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	490	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	686	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	506	136.26/cwt	135.00–140.00	689	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	154.85/cwt	151.00–161.00	805	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	533	142.06/cwt	141.50–145.00	757	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	540	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	878	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	553	144.01/cwt	141.00–146.00	796	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	581	126.67/cwt	125.00–130.00	736	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	603	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	874	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	893	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	796	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	930	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	270	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	416	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	335	121.81/cwt	120.00–126.00	408	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	353	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	441	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	355	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	451	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	378	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	575	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	385	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	424	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	534	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	405	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	587	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	410	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	574	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	468	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	132.05/cwt	130.00–134.00	565	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	435	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	566	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	470	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	564	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	128.58/cwt	125.00–130.00	616	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	504	129.47/cwt	129.00–130.00	653	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	516	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	671	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	123.03/cwt	120.00–131.00	647	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	660	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	552	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	701	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	120.48/cwt	120.00–124.00	690	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	639	111.32/cwt	105.00–115.00	711	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	801	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	270	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	489	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	338	164.53/cwt	163.00–166.00	556	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	550	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	375	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	660	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	420	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	462	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	432	157.00/cwt	155.00–161.00	678	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	435	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	566	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	455	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	655	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	483	153.20/cwt	152.00–154.00	740	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	495	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	668	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	514	145.21/cwt	137.00–152.00	746	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	690	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	550	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	765	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	577	106.59/cwt	100.00–110.00	615	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	640	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	736	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	684	113.70/cwt	110.00–124.00	778	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	710	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	809	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	810	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	786	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,160	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	725	1
Bulls	—	—	1,295	73.12/cwt	68.00–78.00	947	2
Bulls	—	—	1,540	84.92/cwt	80.00–93.00	1,308	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	650	27.00/cwt	27.00–27.00	176	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	685	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	206	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	890	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	507	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,034	45.44/cwt	45.00–47.00	470	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,038	52.09/cwt	48.50–56.00	541	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,140	58.59/cwt	54.00–63.50	668	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,348	64.07/cwt	63.00–65.00	864	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	575.63/cwt	475.00–650.00	5,756	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,067	897.66/cwt	700.00–975.00	9,578	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,146	923.32/cwt	575.00–1,070.00	10,581	13
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,230	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,840	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	952.63/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	9,050	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,025	696.95/cwt	675.00–725.00	7,144	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,117	879.48/cwt	800.00–975.00	9,824	3

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 →

Ash Flat Livestock Auction - Ash Flat, AR

Fri Apr 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 558Last week 310Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 58Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 40Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	506	135.00–140.00	136.26
9	—	581	125.00–130.00	126.67
1	—	490	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	407	157.50	157.50
3	—	458	150.00	150.00
2	—	663	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	164.00	164.00
3	—	603	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	467	150.00–158.00	153.10
1	—	775	120.00	120.00
10	—	520	151.00–161.00	154.85
5	—	553	141.00–146.00	144.01
6	—	418	161.00–165.00	162.32
1	—	620	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	533	141.50–145.00	142.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	540	162.50	162.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	523	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	550	139.00	139.00
5	—	483	152.00–154.00	153.20
2	—	270	181.00	181.00
11	—	514	137.00–152.00	145.21
5	—	684	110.00–124.00	113.70
2	—	338	163.00–166.00	164.53
1	—	640	115.00	115.00
8	—	432	155.00–161.00	157.00
2	—	810	97.00	97.00
1	—	710	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	350	157.00	157.00
1	—	455	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	130.00	130.00
3	—	577	100.00–110.00	106.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	375	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	516	130.00	130.00
1	—	355	127.00	127.00
5	—	550	120.00	120.00
8	—	435	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	378	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	405	145.00	145.00
13	—	504	129.00–130.00	129.47
3	—	552	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	526	120.00–131.00	123.03
4	—	673	119.00	119.00
3	—	270	154.00	154.00
7	—	479	125.00–130.00	128.58
8	—	573	120.00–124.00	120.48
8	—	428	130.00–134.00	132.05
1	—	390	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	335	120.00–126.00	121.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	110.00	110.00
3	—	353	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	410	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	639	105.00–115.00	111.32

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	27.00	27.00
1	—	685	30.00	30.00
1	—	890	57.00	57.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,034	45.00–47.00	45.44
4	—	1,038	48.50–56.00	52.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	63.00–65.00	64.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,140	54.00–63.50	58.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,540	80.00–93.00	84.92
2	—	1,295	68.00–78.00	73.12
1	—	1,160	62.50	62.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,230	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	—	1,146	575.00–1,070.00	923.32
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,067	700.00–975.00	897.66
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,000	475.00–650.00	575.63

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	3	—	1,117	800.00–975.00	879.48
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	950	900.00–1,000.00	952.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,025	675.00–725.00	696.95

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.