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Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ash Flat, Arkansas · Fri, Oct 1
● Final132 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2059
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,702 head
▲ 589 vs last sale 1,113▲ 899 vs year ago 803 · +112.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 151▲ 36 vs year ago 64 · +56.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 110 vs last sale 160▲ 10 vs year ago 40 · +25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 600 were mostly 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Steers over 600 traded uneven. Feeder heifers were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. There were several offerings of value added cattle on both heifers and steers that brought a premium. New crop and fleshy cattle were discounted heavily by the buyers. Supply was strong and demand was good. Slaughter cows were steady to 4.00 lower and slaughter bulls were steady. Not all slaughter cows and replacement cows were viewed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.76/cwt on 349 head.
Average price
$125.76
349 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$668
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$195
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.40
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1524134.35704127
Medium and Large 1-2592127.4775561
Medium and Large 2512122.49627119
Medium and Large 2-3531110.7658824
Medium and Large 3505100.8850918thin
One grade step is worth $33.47/cwt here — about $195 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 sale349 hd
125.76
—
AR average8 barns · 1,855 hd
127.16
−1.40
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—Low1,67680.691,3539thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43761.598853thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18854.2164413
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01643.174398thin

Every lot

132 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 · Steers45 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1330177.00/cwt177.00–177.005841
Steers—Medium and Large 2330144.00/cwt144.00–144.004751
Steers—Medium and Large 1363166.76/cwt160.00–174.006052
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed375158.00/cwt158.00–158.005931
Steers—Medium and Large 2377143.79/cwt138.00–150.005423
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added405151.00/cwt151.00–151.006126
Steers—Medium and Large 2421129.42/cwt126.00–130.005457
Steers—Medium and Large 1426157.29/cwt149.00–163.0067011
Steers—Medium and Large 1467150.68/cwt142.00–158.0070416
Steers—Medium and Large 2468133.86/cwt130.00–141.006263
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added484162.75/cwt159.00–167.0078820
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed510148.00/cwt148.00–148.007551
Steers—Medium and Large 1518144.99/cwt140.00–155.0075113
Steers—Medium and Large 2531131.82/cwt127.00–143.0070017
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added532154.85/cwt154.00–158.0082413
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy540134.00/cwt134.00–134.007241
Steers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy545120.00/cwt120.00–120.006541
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added557152.30/cwt152.00–154.0084814
Steers—Medium and Large 2571129.54/cwt120.00–136.0074015
Steers—Medium and Large 1572145.70/cwt140.00–150.0083316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added577138.50/cwt138.50–138.5079920
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy580121.00/cwt121.00–121.007021
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added585135.39/cwt134.50–148.0079215
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy605119.00/cwt119.00–119.007201
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added608145.32/cwt143.50–149.0088417
Steers—Medium and Large 1614137.43/cwt130.00–143.008449
Steers—Medium and Large 2619124.83/cwt117.00–130.007736
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added635126.00/cwt126.00–126.008001
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added641134.00/cwt134.00–134.008598
Steers—Medium and Large 2662120.03/cwt119.00–122.0079538
Steers—Medium and Large 1672137.12/cwt130.00–139.009218
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added673132.87/cwt129.00–137.008942
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added674143.76/cwt142.00–148.0096912
Steers—Medium and Large 2710111.48/cwt110.00–113.007922
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added720126.00/cwt126.00–126.009071
Steers—Medium and Large 1723130.45/cwt129.00–132.009432
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added743137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0187
Steers—Medium and Large 1755131.00/cwt131.00–131.009891
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added760123.00/cwt123.00–123.009351
Steers—Medium and Large 2761113.73/cwt110.00–118.008654
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy785120.00/cwt120.00–120.009421
Steers—Medium and Large 2815113.25/cwt110.00–116.509232
Steers—Medium and Large 1830129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0714
Steers—Medium and Large 1886129.87/cwt127.00–130.001,15122
Steers—Medium and Large 1920112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0301
Feeder Cattle · Heifers48 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327151.95/cwt149.00–155.004973
Heifers—Medium and Large 2332135.48/cwt129.00–140.004506
Heifers—Medium and Large 3343120.00/cwt120.00–120.004122
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375116.01/cwt115.00–117.004352
Heifers—Medium and Large 2376127.36/cwt117.00–135.004799
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy410125.06/cwt120.00–130.005132
Heifers—Medium and Large 2419122.74/cwt117.00–128.0051419
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420100.24/cwt90.00–110.004212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy425111.00/cwt111.00–111.004721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428137.35/cwt137.00–138.005883
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added433130.00/cwt130.00–130.005635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2436136.00/cwt136.00–136.005936
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added458135.36/cwt135.00–137.006206
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468137.56/cwt132.00–144.0064427
Heifers—Medium and Large 3469105.29/cwt91.00–110.004944
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3472119.97/cwt115.00–125.0056612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477124.67/cwt119.00–128.005955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy479124.84/cwt120.00–129.005985
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy483115.00/cwt115.00–115.005552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added487142.89/cwt139.00–149.0069626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added520140.49/cwt139.00–141.007314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522132.60/cwt127.00–142.0069217
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523100.55/cwt90.00–110.005264
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added525133.00/cwt133.00–133.006981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525126.37/cwt125.00–128.0066318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy525122.57/cwt120.00–125.006432
Heifers—Medium and Large 2526120.38/cwt120.00–126.0063329
Heifers—Medium and Large 2559125.23/cwt122.00–126.007008
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added563139.00/cwt139.00–139.0078312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added574127.78/cwt124.00–134.0073313
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added579133.00/cwt133.00–133.007705
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580132.53/cwt131.00–134.007692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy585126.00/cwt126.00–126.007371
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3590101.54/cwt97.00–108.0059912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed595128.00/cwt128.00–128.007621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612125.84/cwt123.00–127.007707
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added628127.03/cwt126.00–128.007982
Heifers—Medium and Large 364080.00/cwt80.00–80.005122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full645110.00/cwt110.00–110.007101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666120.66/cwt118.00–122.008046
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added670125.00/cwt125.00–125.008381
Heifers—Medium and Large 2688110.00/cwt110.00–110.0075720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added691126.00/cwt126.00–126.0087124
Heifers—Medium and Large 2705115.00/cwt115.00–115.008111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added718123.50/cwt123.50–123.508872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726113.76/cwt110.00–115.008264
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy765100.00/cwt100.00–100.007651
Heifers—Medium and Large 378080.00/cwt80.00–80.006242
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320140.00/cwt140.00–140.004481
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380149.00/cwt149.00–149.005661
Bulls—Medium and Large 2387139.05/cwt130.00–140.0053813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1426148.21/cwt144.00–154.0063111
Bulls—Medium and Large 2426132.05/cwt129.00–141.0056310
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy430110.00/cwt110.00–110.004731
Bulls—Medium and Large 3445100.00/cwt100.00–100.004451
Bulls—Medium and Large 2479129.47/cwt124.00–134.006204
Bulls—Medium and Large 1482141.27/cwt140.00–144.006813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2489140.00/cwt140.00–140.006858
Bulls—Medium and Large 2526125.50/cwt120.00–128.0066010
Bulls—Medium and Large 1538139.49/cwt132.00–144.007505
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy575123.00/cwt123.00–123.007071
Bulls—Medium and Large 1590130.98/cwt129.00–133.007732
Bulls—Medium and Large 2590116.50/cwt110.00–123.006872
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615122.60/cwt120.00–124.507549
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59779.81/cwt77.00–84.001,2756
Bulls——1,82388.67/cwt87.50–90.001,6162
Bulls——1,86070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,3021
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight70015.00/cwt15.00–15.001051
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight87542.00/cwt42.00–42.003681
Cows—Lean 85-90%94542.50/cwt42.50–42.504021
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05546.25/cwt44.00–50.004883
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12556.71/cwt55.00–58.506385
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22353.55/cwt52.00–55.506552
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22752.64/cwt51.00–55.006468
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43761.59/cwt59.00–63.508853
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-288052.85/cwt50.00–56.004652
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed89054.00/cwt54.00–54.004811
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-291963.45/cwt53.00–72.505837
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-294558.00/cwt58.00–58.005481
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2950646.71/cwt550.00–725.006,1442
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,006784.84/cwt750.00–800.007,8954
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,03558.00/cwt58.00–58.006001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,13063.00/cwt63.00–63.007121
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,14544.00/cwt44.00–44.005041
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,260767.99/cwt700.00–850.009,6773
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,000737.50/cwt725.00–750.007,3752
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,117854.51/cwt750.00–1,000.009,5456

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.