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Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc.

Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ash Flat, Arkansas · Fri, Nov 11

● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2059

← Nov 4Nov 11Dec 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

807 head

▲ 159 vs last sale 648▼ 270 vs year ago 1,077 · −25.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

218 head

▲ 90 vs last sale 128▲ 101 vs year ago 117 · +86.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs were 3.00 to 5.00 higher, steers over 500lbs were steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers were 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Supply was good and demand was good on feeders with a strong demand on the value added and weaned cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls were not reported.

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 $144.91/cwt on 182 head.

Average price

$144.91

182 head · 494 lb average

Value per head Derived

$715

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$293

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

$37.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.13

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	151.88	807	117
Medium and Large 2	421	136.49	575	53
Medium and Large 3	450	114.18	513	12thin

One grade step is worth $37.70/cwt here — about $293 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 sale182 hd

144.91

—

AR average8 barns · 2,199 hd

150.04

−5.13

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	—	Low	1,000	50.00	500	1thin

Every lot

90 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	295	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	531	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	310	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	543	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	320	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	640	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	377	156.01/cwt	155.00–157.00	588	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	191.50/cwt	186.00–200.00	735	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	400	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	620	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	191.97/cwt	175.00–209.00	814	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	470	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	705	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	180.68/cwt	160.00–200.00	864	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	510	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	791	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	512	185.27/cwt	181.00–186.00	949	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	167.33/cwt	150.00–176.00	865	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	522	144.79/cwt	140.00–155.00	756	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	565	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	848	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	567	145.27/cwt	140.00–151.00	824	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	160.50/cwt	156.00–170.00	913	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	586	173.56/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,017	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	605	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	895	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	159.95/cwt	150.00–170.00	996	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	624	170.05/cwt	165.00–172.00	1,061	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	154.81/cwt	146.00–158.50	1,045	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	683	166.00/cwt	165.00–167.00	1,134	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	708	144.95/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,026	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	720	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,105	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	790	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,169	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,221	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	265	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	457	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	286	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	479	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	290	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	444	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	334	135.76/cwt	130.00–150.00	453	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	334	117.96/cwt	110.00–120.00	394	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	546	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	160.02/cwt	150.00–167.00	589	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	370	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	522	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	390	134.12/cwt	130.00–155.00	523	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	403	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	685	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	413	113.47/cwt	100.00–120.00	469	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	152.97/cwt	145.00–160.00	636	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	418	136.53/cwt	130.00–140.00	571	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	445	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	632	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	455	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	546	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	153.80/cwt	145.00–163.00	726	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	474	131.23/cwt	120.00–140.00	622	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	479	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	795	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	507	143.98/cwt	140.00–150.00	730	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	520	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	520	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	523	155.13/cwt	155.00–156.00	811	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	530	124.91/cwt	120.00–130.00	662	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	533	132.49/cwt	130.00–135.00	706	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	145.62/cwt	140.00–155.00	829	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	569	123.68/cwt	120.00–130.00	704	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	582	155.46/cwt	151.50–157.00	905	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	590	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	797	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	600	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	780	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	882	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	635	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	946	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	655	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	983	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	658	127.47/cwt	125.00–130.00	839	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	681	141.12/cwt	140.00–148.00	961	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	690	138.24/cwt	135.00–140.00	954	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	137.05/cwt	134.00–140.00	984	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	735	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	809	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	993	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	775	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	853	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	800	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	880	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	293	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	542	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	295	145.50/cwt	140.00–151.00	429	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	317	179.81/cwt	163.00–190.00	570	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	333	149.92/cwt	140.00–160.00	499	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	376	171.85/cwt	160.00–185.00	646	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	377	150.67/cwt	140.00–166.00	568	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	417	181.41/cwt	160.00–194.00	756	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	426	135.31/cwt	130.00–140.00	576	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	453	132.49/cwt	130.00–135.00	600	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	470	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	855	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	482	164.07/cwt	156.00–173.00	791	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	524	162.62/cwt	150.00–180.00	852	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	527	135.08/cwt	130.00–141.00	712	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	535	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	781	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	563	132.64/cwt	125.00–143.00	747	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	565	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	791	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	575	153.64/cwt	145.00–160.00	883	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	610	131.71/cwt	130.00–135.00	803	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	630	141.99/cwt	140.00–145.00	895	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	664	140.41/cwt	129.00–149.00	932	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	708	136.68/cwt	133.00–139.00	968	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	715	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	872	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	828	132.55/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,098	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	865	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	986	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,000	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	500	1

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 Nov 11, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 807Last week 648Year ago 1,077

Slaughter CattleReceipts 218Last week 128Year ago 117

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	163.00	163.00
1	—	265	172.50	172.50
1	—	770	129.00	129.00
4	—	690	135.00–140.00	138.24
5	—	416	145.00–160.00	152.97
5	—	507	140.00–150.00	143.98
18	—	569	140.00–155.00	145.62
13	—	472	145.00–163.00	153.80
8	—	368	150.00–167.00	160.02
2	—	718	134.00–140.00	137.05
1	—	630	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	130.00	130.00
11	—	474	120.00–140.00	131.23
3	—	418	130.00–140.00	136.53
15	—	334	130.00–150.00	135.76
6	—	390	130.00–155.00	134.12
6	—	286	167.50	167.50
4	—	569	120.00–130.00	123.68
2	—	658	125.00–130.00	127.47
2	—	530	120.00–130.00	124.91
1	—	800	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	582	151.50–157.00	155.46
1	—	635	149.00	149.00
15	—	523	155.00–156.00	155.13
10	—	479	166.00	166.00
7	—	681	140.00–148.00	141.12
2	—	403	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	142.00	142.00
1	—	290	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	130.00–135.00	132.49
1	—	655	150.00	150.00
1	—	590	135.00	135.00
1	—	370	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	334	110.00–120.00	117.96
3	—	413	100.00–120.00	113.47
1	—	775	110.00	110.00
1	—	735	110.00	110.00
1	—	520	100.00	100.00
1	—	455	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	155.00–157.00	156.01
1	—	310	175.00	175.00
3	—	567	140.00–151.00	145.27
3	—	522	140.00–155.00	144.79
1	—	605	148.00	148.00
1	—	400	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	200.00	200.00
5	—	517	150.00–176.00	167.33
15	—	478	160.00–200.00	180.68
10	—	424	175.00–209.00	191.97
9	—	675	146.00–158.50	154.81
5	—	569	156.00–170.00	160.50
4	—	384	186.00–200.00	191.50
2	—	708	140.00–150.00	144.95
1	—	825	148.00	148.00
1	—	790	148.00	148.00
7	—	623	150.00–170.00	159.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	512	181.00–186.00	185.27
10	—	586	170.00–176.00	173.56
2	—	683	165.00–167.00	166.00
4	—	624	165.00–172.00	170.05
10	—	720	153.50	153.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	150.00	150.00
1	—	510	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	524	150.00–180.00	162.62
2	—	828	130.00–135.00	132.55
5	—	664	129.00–149.00	140.41
3	—	575	145.00–160.00	153.64
5	—	317	163.00–190.00	179.81
7	—	417	160.00–194.00	181.41
2	—	376	160.00–185.00	171.85
5	—	482	156.00–173.00	164.07
5	—	293	185.00	185.00
3	—	708	133.00–139.00	136.68
3	—	630	140.00–145.00	141.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	140.00	140.00
1	—	535	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	377	140.00–166.00	150.67
4	—	333	140.00–160.00	149.92
3	—	610	130.00–135.00	131.71
2	—	295	140.00–151.00	145.50
1	—	715	122.00	122.00
5	—	527	130.00–141.00	135.08
4	—	426	130.00–140.00	135.31
3	—	563	125.00–143.00	132.64
2	—	453	130.00–135.00	132.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	182.00	182.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	50.00	50.00

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.