Sale reports / Arkansas / Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. / 2023-02-17

Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Ash Flat, Arkansas · Fri, Feb 17
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2059
Receipts
684 head
▲ 259 vs last sale 425▲ 230 vs year ago 454 · +50.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers were 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Supply was good and demand was strong on all ranges. Slaughter cattle was not viewed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $171.60/cwt on 132 head.
Average price
$171.60
132 head · 460 lb average
Value per head Derived
$789
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$284
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$57.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.07
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1471180.1484980
Medium and Large 1-2420176.1573917thin
Medium and Large 2452154.4369830
Medium and Large 3461122.625655thin
One grade step is worth $57.51/cwt here — about $284 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 sale132 hd
171.60
—
AR average7 barns · 1,433 hd
180.67
−9.07
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

69 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1288231.09/cwt225.00–237.506662
Steers—Medium and Large 1323232.85/cwt227.50–237.507522
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed335205.00/cwt205.00–205.006872
Steers—Medium and Large 1369229.43/cwt220.00–237.5084711
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed369189.83/cwt180.00–200.007004
Steers—Medium and Large 2417169.56/cwt155.00–180.007073
Steers—Medium and Large 1431213.84/cwt209.00–230.0092210
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added440235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0348
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added454227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,0334
Steers—Medium and Large 1461217.57/cwt212.50–227.501,0034
Steers—Medium and Large 2483169.90/cwt160.00–180.008213
Steers—Medium and Large 1509206.80/cwt201.00–212.501,0534
Steers—Medium and Large 2523177.00/cwt177.00–177.009262
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added534215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1485
Steers—Medium and Large 1573197.82/cwt184.00–202.001,13410
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added588197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,1582
Steers—Medium and Large 1640179.46/cwt174.00–185.001,1492
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added643186.20/cwt185.00–192.501,1976
Steers—Medium and Large 1663180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1932
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added733175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2832
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy800185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4802
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320157.46/cwt155.00–160.005042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330194.04/cwt185.00–200.0064010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed343191.00/cwt191.00–191.006557
Heifers—Medium and Large 3355130.00/cwt130.00–130.004621
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed377168.58/cwt160.00–175.006363
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378157.39/cwt155.00–159.005955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380182.01/cwt181.00–185.006924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added393192.50/cwt192.50–192.507578
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415187.71/cwt177.00–194.0077911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422172.50/cwt172.50–172.507285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added424194.07/cwt189.00–203.0082316
Heifers—Medium and Large 2439153.98/cwt147.00–162.006764
Heifers—Medium and Large 3445130.00/cwt130.00–130.005791
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed455160.00/cwt160.00–160.007281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465171.94/cwt163.00–186.008008
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476154.78/cwt152.00–158.007377
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485120.00/cwt120.00–120.005821
Heifers—Medium and Large 3510116.56/cwt110.00–123.005942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525159.00/cwt159.00–159.008355
Heifers—Medium and Large 2531149.81/cwt140.00–158.007955
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563143.42/cwt140.00–147.008072
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added564180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565166.26/cwt164.00–170.009394
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy565130.00/cwt130.00–130.007351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy620148.00/cwt148.00–148.009181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623160.59/cwt154.00–169.001,0005
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667157.66/cwt153.00–160.001,0523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy690148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1792130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0304
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed324222.00/cwt222.00–222.0071920
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328228.85/cwt220.00–240.007513
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed370200.00/cwt200.00–200.007401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1374209.21/cwt200.00–225.007827
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415176.00/cwt176.00–176.007301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418219.74/cwt207.50–235.009195
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470201.41/cwt190.00–205.009479
Bulls—Medium and Large 2485181.00/cwt181.00–181.008781
Bulls—Medium and Large 2510153.51/cwt152.00–155.007832
Bulls—Medium and Large 1514193.46/cwt181.00–203.009948
Bulls—Medium and Large 1586167.00/cwt167.00–167.009794
Bulls—Medium and Large 1630163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,0271
Bulls—Medium and Large 2640148.00/cwt148.00–148.009471
Bulls—Medium and Large 1657153.61/cwt152.50–159.001,0096
Bulls—Medium and Large 1720146.72/cwt137.00–157.001,0562
Bulls—Medium and Large 1753146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0992
Bulls—Medium and Large 2788132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0402
Bulls—Medium and Large 1815148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,2061
Bulls—Medium and Large 2855125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0691

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.