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Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ash Flat, Arkansas · Fri, Nov 15
● Final119 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2059
Feeder Cattle receipts
556 head
▲ 160 vs last sale 396▼ 1,121 vs year ago 1,677 · −66.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 77▼ 49 vs year ago 110 · −44.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 25▲ 7 vs year ago 23 · +30.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: This week 400lb-600lb feeder steers and feeder bulls sold $6.00-$8.00 higher, while 400lb-600lb feeder heifers sold steady to $3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold $5.00-$600 lower and slaughter bulls sold steady to $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 $221.72/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −173.25 against this barn's trailing median of $394.97.
Average price
$221.72
46 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,203
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.26
vs AR average
−43.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546225.341,23132
Medium and Large 1-2515224.001,1544thin
Medium and Large 2542209.221,13310thin
One grade step is worth $16.12/cwt here — about $97 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 sale46 hd
221.72
—
AR average10 barns · 558 hd
242.98
−21.26
National average194 barns · 23,548 hd
265.10
−43.38
This barn, trailing median29 sales
394.97
−173.25
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—Low1,501131.481,9736thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,276112.341,4347thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,573110.761,7424thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,10493.021,02720

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,195$1,7251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)970$1,7173thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)825$9501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)700$1,1501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,000$1,6501thin

Every lot

119 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed300360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0801
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1317352.50/cwt335.00–360.001,1175
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy325335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0891
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy385250.00/cwt250.00–250.009631
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390286.25/cwt272.50–300.001,1162
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1395330.00/cwt320.00–340.001,3042
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed410345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4151
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3282
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428275.03/cwt270.00–280.001,1772
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468290.14/cwt280.00–302.501,3584
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2484255.56/cwt250.00–260.001,2374
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy485272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,3221
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,3673
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2504262.13/cwt260.00–263.001,3217
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505274.57/cwt267.00–282.001,3872
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2526240.95/cwt220.00–256.001,26710
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy538252.47/cwt250.00–255.001,3582
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565262.54/cwt260.00–265.001,4832
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy570246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,4021
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575231.25/cwt220.00–242.501,3302
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed580250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4501
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2618233.53/cwt220.00–240.001,4433
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621257.83/cwt242.50–265.001,60110
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,5995
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed635261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,6571
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2655245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6052
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1685245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6781
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728245.92/cwt239.00–250.001,7907
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,8191
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325291.64/cwt291.00–295.009486
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330249.70/cwt240.00–260.008242
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2343277.50/cwt277.50–277.509528
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376239.03/cwt230.00–255.008997
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy395242.00/cwt242.00–242.009561
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed430253.28/cwt250.00–255.001,0893
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy430252.22/cwt242.50–255.001,0859
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2431234.33/cwt230.00–242.001,0105
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy480237.86/cwt230.00–243.001,1423
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480218.35/cwt210.00–230.001,0486
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487226.44/cwt220.00–245.001,10311
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1491250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2286
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,1544
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519236.38/cwt230.00–241.001,22710
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522212.85/cwt200.00–220.001,1116
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy529220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1647
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed560225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2601
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572224.22/cwt220.00–236.001,28311
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy573210.13/cwt190.00–220.001,2044
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575196.70/cwt190.00–200.001,1313
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1609225.21/cwt220.00–230.001,3726
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615206.00/cwt200.00–218.001,2673
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2661214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,4158
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy670205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3741
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1685218.37/cwt216.00–224.001,4965
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy713189.65/cwt170.00–210.001,3522
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,6131
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2745148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,1031
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy765185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4151
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1800203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,6241
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1875170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4881
Feeder Cattle · Bulls34 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed264347.50/cwt347.50–347.509179
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285345.00/cwt345.00–345.009831
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy310260.00/cwt260.00–260.008061
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1313341.58/cwt327.50–355.001,0692
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy320305.00/cwt305.00–305.009761
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed345312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,0781
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2358263.94/cwt255.00–273.009452
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373342.35/cwt340.00–345.001,2772
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy380242.00/cwt242.00–242.009201
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed395290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1461
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430312.70/cwt300.00–330.001,3454
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2438232.54/cwt230.00–240.001,0194
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2971
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465227.91/cwt220.00–250.001,0605
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy483253.36/cwt250.00–255.001,2243
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2519250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,29815
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy520230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1961
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525266.21/cwt265.00–267.501,3982
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2691
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed565239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,3501
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy574227.99/cwt222.50–235.001,3096
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578213.67/cwt200.00–225.001,2354
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy605220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3311
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625237.75/cwt237.50–238.001,4862
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,3281
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1666239.31/cwt230.00–240.001,59415
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2710196.48/cwt193.00–200.001,3952
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,6741
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy740200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4801
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1755242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,8311
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed755202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,5291
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy795200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5901
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1905187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,6971
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 11,055180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,8991
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,414125.27/cwt116.00–134.001,7715
Bulls——1,935162.50/cwt162.50–162.503,1441
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97575.92/cwt70.00–83.007404
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10989.97/cwt84.00–94.009987
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,130113.49/cwt113.00–114.001,2822
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,130106.41/cwt103.00–113.001,2024
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,178100.27/cwt98.00–102.001,1815
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,288116.46/cwt115.00–118.001,5003
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,400107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,4981
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,405105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,4752
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,620109.02/cwt108.00–110.001,7662
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,650118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,9471
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,205160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,9281
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed7651,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed825950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,065111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,1821
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0731,850.35/head1,800.00–1,900.001,8502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,175129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,5161
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1951,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,251110.33/cwt104.00–118.001,3805
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,310115.01/cwt110.00–122.001,5073
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed690130.00/cwt130.00–130.008971
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,078142.94/cwt130.00–160.001,5413
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-27001,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501

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.