Sale reports / Arkansas / Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. / 2024-08-23

Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ash Flat, Arkansas · Fri, Aug 23
● Final100 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2059
Feeder Cattle receipts
691 head
▲ 404 vs last sale 287▲ 542 vs year ago 149 · +363.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 45▲ 42 vs year ago 30 · +140.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 15▲ 6 vs year ago 10 · +60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder bulls sold steady to $1.00 higher overall and Feeder heifer sold steady to $1.00 lower. Supply was strong with a lot of unweaned and fleshier calves. Demand was moderate to low on feeders while strong on slaughter cattle

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $237.20/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −157.77 against this barn's trailing median of $394.97.
Average price
$237.20
49 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,288
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$7
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$21.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.62
vs AR average
−7.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2517243.331,2589thin
Medium and Large 1540241.271,30329
Medium and Large 2572221.451,26611thin
One grade step is worth $21.89/cwt here — about −$7 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale49 hd
237.20
—
AR average10 barns · 375 hd
235.57
+1.62
National average171 barns · 9,778 hd
244.41
−7.21
This barn, trailing median29 sales
394.97
−157.77
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales
436389342294median 394.9703/0604/2407/1009/0410/30
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $421.86, low $308.40, median $394.97 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,768166.892,9509thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,298137.921,79125
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,678132.722,2264thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,084119.831,29924

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,160$2,0501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)995$1,9251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,043$1,9144thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,240$1,8501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,045$1,8501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)925$1,3501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)960$1,8001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,200$2,8001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,250$2,3501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,270$2,0001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)900$1,7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)700$1,1501thin

Every lot

100 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1472
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385326.50/cwt300.00–332.501,2578
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2388287.75/cwt275.00–301.001,1162
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed418300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2543
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added428324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,3874
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428285.89/cwt285.00–287.001,2247
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435319.53/cwt317.00–322.001,3902
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,2531
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed456290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3227
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458307.87/cwt300.00–316.001,4102
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2464285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3225
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2491265.72/cwt255.00–275.001,30512
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy530260.49/cwt260.00–261.001,3812
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4851
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558277.36/cwt270.00–288.001,5485
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy579254.86/cwt246.00–260.001,4768
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4631
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1611252.23/cwt250.00–256.001,5414
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy628241.96/cwt240.00–244.001,5202
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1653252.49/cwt250.00–255.001,6492
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Full665219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4561
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy670238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5951
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2Fleshy700210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4701
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715237.59/cwt230.00–245.001,6995
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2747230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7183
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2755221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6691
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,7901
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Full340250.00/cwt250.00–250.008501
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1348287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,0012
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375243.14/cwt241.00–247.509125
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378260.00/cwt260.00–260.009834
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Full385235.00/cwt235.00–235.009051
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420262.51/cwt262.00–263.001,1032
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420247.59/cwt240.00–255.001,0402
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy420220.00/cwt220.00–220.009241
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427255.83/cwt254.00–260.001,09213
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468238.27/cwt230.00–245.001,1153
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2001
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added500248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,2402
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510252.96/cwt251.00–255.001,2902
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,2637
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523227.87/cwt225.00–231.001,1922
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy524238.68/cwt230.00–245.001,25115
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Full545200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0901
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy564233.47/cwt231.00–235.001,3174
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566247.09/cwt240.00–255.001,3998
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2587222.52/cwt210.00–225.001,3068
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1604238.95/cwt231.00–245.001,4434
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy632222.69/cwt220.00–226.001,4077
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5531
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open908164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,4892
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1953164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,5632
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0401
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1321
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy365300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0951
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed413310.99/cwt310.00–312.001,2842
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2414285.08/cwt280.00–290.001,1805
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2541
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Full458235.08/cwt230.00–240.001,0772
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2693
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1471296.35/cwt291.00–303.001,3967
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2472280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,32211
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520245.13/cwt240.00–250.001,2753
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2535261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,3962
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Full535220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1771
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575244.36/cwt240.00–248.001,4053
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Full580220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2761
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1585253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,4801
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2590250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4752
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628234.37/cwt230.00–239.001,4722
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy655190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2451
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,4361
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680232.46/cwt230.00–235.001,5812
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1767205.91/cwt200.00–209.001,5793
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,595152.26/cwt150.00–157.502,4293
Bulls——1,810186.14/cwt182.50–190.003,3692
Bulls——1,876168.23/cwt162.50–177.503,1564
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96890.09/cwt85.00–95.008722
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,056111.46/cwt105.00–115.001,1777
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,089122.21/cwt117.00–127.501,3318
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,139133.98/cwt129.00–139.001,5267
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,256137.76/cwt135.00–142.001,73016
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,335115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,5351
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,361145.86/cwt144.00–147.501,9855
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,407133.14/cwt132.50–134.001,8733
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,675136.32/cwt135.00–138.002,2832
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,680129.12/cwt126.00–132.002,1692
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29251,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29951,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0431,914.45/head1,625.00–2,250.001,9144
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0451,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1602,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2401,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29601,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-27001,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29001,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2002,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2502,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2702,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,225150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8381

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.