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Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ash Flat, Arkansas · Fri, Oct 25
● Final105 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2059
Feeder Cattle receipts
555 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 610▲ 42 vs year ago 513 · +8.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 58▼ 41 vs year ago 129 · −31.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 25▲ 15 vs year ago 15 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*SPECIAL NOTE PRE-VAC SALE NEXT FRIDAY 11/1/24*

Compared to last week: Offering mostly new crop unweaned calves this week, feeder steers and feeder bulls sold $10.00-$15.00 lower, while feeder heifers sold $9.00-$10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to $2.00 higher, while slaughter bulls sold $6.00-$7.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $255.02/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −179.99 against this barn's trailing median of $435.00.
Average price
$255.02
41 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,385
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$247
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$38.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.53
vs AR average
−44.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547261.251,42932
Medium and Large 1-2520254.001,3213thin
Medium and Large 2532222.281,1836thin
One grade step is worth $38.97/cwt here — about $247 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 sale41 hd
255.02
—
AR average10 barns · 560 hd
263.55
−8.53
National average191 barns · 36,605 hd
299.04
−44.02
This barn, trailing median27 sales
435.00
−179.99
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

27 sales
494441387334median 435.0003/0604/1707/1009/0410/30
Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.48, low $347.89, median $435.00 across 27 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—Low1,638150.382,46412
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,702126.782,1579thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,338117.931,57727
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,110104.711,16217

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)1,374$2,7877
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,365$2,2001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,223$1,6882thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,120$1,3251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)850$1,1002thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)835$9751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,000$1,7001thin

Every lot

105 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy345280.00/cwt280.00–280.009661
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1362300.06/cwt285.00–311.001,0865
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2371257.37/cwt240.00–270.009554
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415305.27/cwt296.00–315.001,2672
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy430270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1611
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435263.92/cwt257.00–271.001,1482
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470235.05/cwt230.00–245.001,1053
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy481254.41/cwt249.00–260.001,2245
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485276.67/cwt275.00–285.001,3429
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512270.55/cwt260.00–287.501,38512
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2514221.46/cwt215.00–230.001,1384
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,3213
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy530248.64/cwt240.00–256.001,3184
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,6381
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2568223.91/cwt220.00–228.001,2722
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy579255.09/cwt237.00–261.001,47715
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612249.18/cwt246.00–256.001,52517
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy638239.01/cwt238.00–240.001,5252
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1679241.98/cwt230.00–246.001,6438
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6801
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy718224.37/cwt219.00–230.001,6112
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy755221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6691
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,7561
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy875212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,8551
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2322250.00/cwt250.00–250.008053
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345230.00/cwt230.00–230.007941
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2355245.00/cwt245.00–245.008702
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377220.09/cwt210.00–230.008303
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy390240.00/cwt240.00–240.009361
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427191.94/cwt180.00–210.008205
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy434226.66/cwt220.00–230.009843
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469224.56/cwt220.00–240.001,05313
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473203.63/cwt190.00–210.0096311
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520222.27/cwt220.00–225.001,1567
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528198.01/cwt190.00–200.001,0455
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy532208.00/cwt200.00–214.001,1076
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1551
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568209.05/cwt200.00–220.001,18711
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy568206.45/cwt200.00–217.001,1734
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613211.77/cwt204.00–229.001,2987
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy613200.37/cwt190.00–211.001,2282
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2617180.11/cwt170.00–190.001,1113
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy672190.86/cwt180.00–202.001,2833
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,4041
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3681
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,3731
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy768175.08/cwt170.00–180.001,3452
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy785185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4521
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4531
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy830173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,4361
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2295312.50/cwt312.50–312.509222
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325230.00/cwt230.00–230.007481
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy365280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0221
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380262.66/cwt250.00–275.009982
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2420265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1132
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy420261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,0961
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423242.43/cwt230.00–255.001,0252
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2455245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1152
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463272.57/cwt260.00–285.001,2622
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465225.05/cwt220.00–230.001,0462
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy475254.04/cwt253.00–256.001,2073
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1508270.95/cwt261.00–281.001,3762
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2527213.62/cwt200.00–228.001,1265
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy535230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2311
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy550226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,2431
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1572241.92/cwt233.00–252.001,3843
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2572202.55/cwt190.00–214.001,1593
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy615190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1691
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625237.00/cwt225.00–245.001,4819
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625198.75/cwt197.50–200.001,2422
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660181.01/cwt180.00–182.001,1952
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1671205.49/cwt199.00–213.001,3796
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy675180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2151
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2705170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1991
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1721214.03/cwt210.00–220.001,5434
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2750155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1631
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1758190.02/cwt187.50–192.501,4402
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2870150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3051
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,454140.64/cwt135.00–144.002,0455
Bulls——1,718170.21/cwt168.00–172.502,9242
Bulls——1,791152.18/cwt146.00–159.002,7265
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95088.05/cwt85.00–91.008363
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08198.11/cwt94.00–104.001,0614
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,141109.21/cwt105.00–114.001,2467
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,235119.68/cwt116.00–127.001,4783
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,313116.41/cwt115.00–122.001,5288
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,321109.75/cwt108.00–112.001,4508
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,343100.23/cwt94.00–106.001,3462
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,373130.49/cwt126.00–135.001,7929
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,515117.75/cwt114.00–121.001,7842
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,755129.36/cwt127.00–132.002,2707
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed835975.00/head975.00–975.009751
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-28501,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2850137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1651
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0751,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1201,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,230123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,5131
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,230113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,3901
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3652,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3702,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3742,786.74/head2,300.00–2,900.002,7877
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium 1-2715145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0371
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,070148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,5841
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,315118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,5521
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,0001,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001

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.