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Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ash Flat, Arkansas · Fri, Oct 11
● Final115 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2059
Feeder Cattle receipts
653 head
▼ 300 vs last sale 953▼ 36 vs year ago 689 · −5.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 60▼ 74 vs year ago 128 · −57.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 17▲ 0 vs year ago 30 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Offerings on feeder calves this week was mostly unweaned and fleshier calves. Demand was moderate to good on weaned calves and moderate to low on unweaned calves. Feeder steers and feeder bulls sold $10.00-$15.00 lower while feeder heifers sold $16.00-$17.00 lower. Slaughter cattle sold $4.00-$5.00 higher

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $215.97/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −179.00 against this barn's trailing median of $394.97.
Average price
$215.97
44 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,185
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.47
vs AR average
−36.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549219.991,20728
Medium and Large 1-2565215.001,2152thin
Medium and Large 2547208.071,13714thin
One grade step is worth $11.92/cwt here — about $69 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale44 hd
215.97
—
AR average9 barns · 700 hd
237.44
−21.47
National average183 barns · 16,319 hd
252.68
−36.71
This barn, trailing median29 sales
394.97
−179.00
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—Low1,755154.002,7033thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,586122.171,9386thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,295122.051,58012
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,028109.091,12231

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)1,265$1,8001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)942$1,1369
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)920$1,0001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)775$8751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)835$8001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)815$1,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,221$2,0804thin

Every lot

115 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 2Thin Fleshed310325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0081
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0081
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325285.00/cwt285.00–285.009261
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed375300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1251
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1021
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390303.80/cwt300.00–307.501,1852
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed435270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1751
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1001
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1445292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,3021
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470284.62/cwt275.00–296.001,3388
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473261.51/cwt255.00–267.501,2374
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed478282.51/cwt280.00–285.001,3502
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added508270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3724
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521227.25/cwt210.00–240.001,1845
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1543249.53/cwt243.00–256.001,3552
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555213.36/cwt200.00–230.001,1843
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566249.12/cwt240.00–260.001,4105
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added569253.17/cwt252.00–261.001,44116
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy614234.19/cwt230.00–245.001,4386
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628261.19/cwt257.00–264.001,6403
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1653244.25/cwt237.00–250.001,5954
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy660220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4521
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy680210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4281
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Full730206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,5041
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy735220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6171
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7483
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,8341
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2316240.63/cwt230.00–255.007606
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340264.96/cwt262.50–267.509012
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365256.51/cwt250.00–262.509362
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378222.17/cwt210.00–230.008405
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy415180.00/cwt180.00–180.007471
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422240.66/cwt240.00–242.001,0163
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425218.27/cwt210.00–230.009286
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy433230.00/cwt230.00–230.009962
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465246.45/cwt240.00–250.001,1467
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy471228.05/cwt220.00–230.001,0745
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2471209.88/cwt200.00–220.009898
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0697
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy515214.85/cwt210.00–220.001,1064
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520227.48/cwt220.00–239.001,1838
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521211.57/cwt200.00–220.001,1026
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy545200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0901
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2152
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed568220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2502
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2569200.72/cwt184.00–210.001,1425
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570224.03/cwt216.00–232.501,27710
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy573206.69/cwt200.00–210.001,1846
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2101
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy608193.32/cwt190.00–200.001,1753
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630219.61/cwt207.00–226.001,38411
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4301
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2650180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1701
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy667190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2675
Heifers650–700Large 2683189.89/cwt180.00–200.001,2972
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715167.45/cwt160.00–175.001,1972
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy730190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3872
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735208.57/cwt204.00–218.001,5333
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,6051
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2313259.76/cwt250.00–270.008132
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed320320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0241
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368295.26/cwt287.50–302.501,0872
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2379249.66/cwt240.00–260.009464
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420291.80/cwt281.00–307.501,2266
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2422245.40/cwt220.00–275.001,0367
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1464265.00/cwt255.00–280.001,2305
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473230.85/cwt220.00–245.001,0925
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy485247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,1981
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520245.60/cwt235.00–252.501,2776
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2525226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,1872
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2526206.21/cwt200.00–214.001,0856
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy533225.56/cwt221.00–230.001,2022
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed535245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3111
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1571229.11/cwt220.00–239.001,30810
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy578208.64/cwt200.00–217.501,2062
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2583184.99/cwt180.00–190.001,0784
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed585217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,2691
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed595247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,4731
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Full610200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2201
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618199.70/cwt185.00–215.001,2342
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625222.54/cwt217.50–230.001,3913
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1668194.98/cwt190.00–200.001,3024
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2671200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3427
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy685182.46/cwt180.00–185.001,2502
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710197.64/cwt191.00–202.001,4033
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy725176.61/cwt160.00–193.001,2802
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1750205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5386
Bulls750–800Large 2775170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3181
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1815180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4671
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy825159.88/cwt150.00–170.001,3192
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1920170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5641
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,703163.00/cwt163.00–163.002,7762
Bulls——1,860136.00/cwt136.00–136.002,5301
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%988114.93/cwt112.00–116.001,1365
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,018103.10/cwt97.00–108.001,05014
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01989.52/cwt84.00–96.009124
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,076125.72/cwt122.00–128.001,3538
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,260111.43/cwt108.00–114.001,4042
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275129.34/cwt128.00–133.001,6494
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,320120.72/cwt118.00–123.001,5946
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,515127.64/cwt126.00–130.001,9343
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,523118.05/cwt116.00–120.001,7982
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,925114.00/cwt114.00–114.002,1951
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2771799.97/head780.00–850.008004
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2775875.00/head875.00–875.008751
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed783854.15/head750.00–950.008542
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2835800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed9201,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,055127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,3401
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,4301
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2651,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2751,773.20/head1,700.00–1,900.001,7733
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2002,156.94/head1,900.00–2,450.002,1573
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2851,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-28151,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001

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.