Sale reports / Arkansas / Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. / 2021-03-26

Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ash Flat, Arkansas · Fri, Mar 26
● Final113 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2059
Feeder Cattle receipts
970 head
▲ 333 vs last sale 637▲ 591 vs year ago 379 · +155.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
186 head
▲ 146 vs last sale 40▲ 106 vs year ago 80 · +132.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
200 head
▲ 180 vs last sale 20▲ 160 vs year ago 40 · +400.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers traded mostly steady with some offerings of lighter fleshed weaned steers trading 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs were 2.00 to 7.00 higher while those over 500 lbs remained mostly steady. Feeder bulls were 5.00 to 9.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls were 3.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.88/cwt on 163 head.
Average price
$144.88
163 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$762
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$310
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.19
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558150.4383979
Medium and Large 1-2486146.8371323
Medium and Large 2511137.8670454
Medium and Large 3407130.005297thin
One grade step is worth $20.43/cwt here — about $310 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 sale163 hd
144.88
—
AR average9 barns · 1,559 hd
158.07
−13.19
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—Average1,75181.301,42410
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14358.506692thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,28856.507272thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00947.7548230

Every lot

113 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1378164.75/cwt162.00–166.006233
Steers—Medium and Large 2387151.14/cwt140.00–158.0058512
Steers—Medium and Large 2405143.00/cwt143.00–143.005791
Steers—Medium and Large 3407130.00/cwt130.00–130.005297
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed411158.52/cwt157.00–161.006524
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy415145.00/cwt145.00–145.006021
Steers—Medium and Large 1423159.82/cwt155.00–161.006765
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468146.00/cwt146.00–146.006837
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy470145.00/cwt145.00–145.006821
Steers—Medium and Large 1471158.46/cwt156.00–162.007469
Steers—Medium and Large 2472137.42/cwt134.50–146.006497
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed475150.00/cwt150.00–150.007131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added485157.50/cwt157.50–157.5076410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2507130.00/cwt130.00–130.006596
Steers—Medium and Large 2515136.64/cwt131.00–143.0070410
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added522161.50/cwt161.50–161.5084310
Steers—Medium and Large 1530152.01/cwt148.00–153.5080622
Steers—Medium and Large 1560154.00/cwt154.00–154.008621
Steers—Medium and Large 2570130.00/cwt130.00–130.007412
Steers—Medium and Large 2610126.42/cwt120.00–129.0077113
Steers—Medium and Large 1616145.51/cwt142.00–149.0089610
Steers—Medium and Large 1665142.77/cwt140.00–146.009499
Steers—Medium and Large 2675129.49/cwt129.00–130.008742
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added710141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0011
Steers—Medium and Large 2720113.00/cwt113.00–113.008141
Steers—Medium and Large 1735127.00/cwt127.00–127.009331
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added750134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0051
Steers—Medium and Large 1755123.01/cwt121.00–125.009292
Steers—Medium and Large 1807124.34/cwt124.00–125.001,0033
Steers—Medium and Large 2820100.00/cwt100.00–100.008201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2280131.00/cwt131.00–131.003671
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2284143.00/cwt143.00–143.0040610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1285153.00/cwt153.00–153.004362
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed319144.00/cwt144.00–144.0045912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1324147.94/cwt141.00–153.004796
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335126.96/cwt115.00–130.004255
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed350139.00/cwt139.00–139.004871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382140.33/cwt136.00–144.005363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy385130.00/cwt130.00–130.005011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2386125.33/cwt120.00–134.004849
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed421133.20/cwt130.00–136.005616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424143.82/cwt134.00–146.006109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy425125.00/cwt125.00–125.005311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added426143.50/cwt143.50–143.5061110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433116.94/cwt115.00–120.005065
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469135.61/cwt130.00–143.006368
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed475133.00/cwt133.00–133.006321
Heifers—Medium and Large 2483122.51/cwt120.00–125.005922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521129.07/cwt125.00–137.0067215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed523138.00/cwt138.00–138.007222
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523112.13/cwt110.00–120.005867
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy533120.50/cwt120.00–121.006422
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed535120.00/cwt120.00–120.006421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added557125.50/cwt125.50–125.5069912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570112.43/cwt110.00–115.006412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573123.82/cwt122.00–126.007095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610121.51/cwt120.00–123.007412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2619111.53/cwt105.00–115.006909
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy665115.00/cwt115.00–115.007651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670120.00/cwt120.00–120.008041
Heifers—Medium and Large 2678107.45/cwt105.00–110.007292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy705100.00/cwt100.00–100.007051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1743112.49/cwt110.00–115.008362
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2313155.00/cwt155.00–155.004852
Bulls—Medium and Large 1329164.73/cwt161.00–167.005427
Bulls—Medium and Large 2372145.40/cwt140.00–151.005413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378160.65/cwt155.00–165.006075
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy400140.00/cwt140.00–140.005601
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424131.80/cwt130.00–143.0055911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1432153.14/cwt145.00–165.006628
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed435152.00/cwt152.00–152.006611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1467153.00/cwt147.00–158.007159
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473131.63/cwt126.00–139.006233
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed510138.29/cwt134.00–143.007053
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525126.25/cwt120.00–133.006632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1534149.85/cwt137.00–153.008007
Bulls—Medium and Large 1559141.72/cwt138.00–145.007924
Bulls—Medium and Large 1613133.02/cwt131.00–135.008152
Bulls—Medium and Large 2640120.00/cwt120.00–120.007681
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy677100.00/cwt100.00–100.006773
Bulls—Medium and Large 2680111.48/cwt109.00–114.007582
Bulls—Medium and Large 1735118.00/cwt118.00–118.008672
Bulls—Medium and Large 1750116.00/cwt116.00–116.008701
Bulls—Medium and Large 2775112.00/cwt112.00–112.008681
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,60377.42/cwt74.00–81.001,2416
Bulls——1,97487.12/cwt82.50–90.001,7204
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight74022.43/cwt20.00–25.001662
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight79045.00/cwt45.00–45.003561
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight79346.02/cwt45.00–47.003652
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight85850.48/cwt49.00–52.004332
Cows—Lean 85-90%92838.34/cwt35.00–40.003563
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04646.83/cwt42.50–51.0049010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14358.50/cwt58.00–59.006692
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14656.62/cwt52.00–61.0064910
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25053.00/cwt53.00–53.006631
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32560.00/cwt60.00–60.007951
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs9 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,700.00/cwt1,700.00–1,700.0017,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,050925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,7132
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.0015,2381
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1671,035.00/cwt1,000.00–1,075.0012,0783
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,475.00/cwt1,475.00–1,475.0017,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.0012,1204
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2251,302.12/cwt1,035.00–1,510.0015,95124
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2501,475.00/cwt1,475.00–1,475.0018,4387
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2501,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.0018,1252
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,014892.51/cwt575.00–1,050.009,05011
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,03553.50/cwt53.50–53.505541
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,108789.93/cwt650.00–925.008,75235
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,150825.00/cwt825.00–825.009,4885
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,180860.89/cwt650.00–1,150.0010,15949
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200500.00/cwt500.00–500.006,0001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-270859.00/cwt59.00–59.004184
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-286059.00/cwt59.00–59.005071

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.