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Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ash Flat, Arkansas · Fri, Dec 27
● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2059
Feeder Cattle receipts
120 head
▼ 349 vs last sale 469▼ 48 vs year ago 168 · −28.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 59▼ 217 vs year ago 317 · −68.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
338 head
▲ 303 vs last sale 35▲ 63 vs year ago 275 · +22.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, with all the rain causing muddy conditions and the holidays, supply on feeders was very light selling unevenly with a much plainer offering than the previous week, no trend was determined. The replacement cow sale brought in a standing-room-only, with a strong demand. Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $278.76/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −156.25 against this barn's trailing median of $435.00.
Average price
$278.76
4 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,555
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs AR average
+19.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558285.011,5902thin
Medium and Large 2558272.501,5192thin
One grade step is worth $12.51/cwt here — about $71 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale4 hd
278.76
—
AR average1 barns · 4 hd
278.76
+0.00
National average2 barns · 6 hd
259.17
+19.58
This barn, trailing median27 sales
435.00
−156.25
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

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—Low1,681149.682,5167thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,250117.371,46717
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,561115.011,7964thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average995104.861,04322
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08584.009111thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,328$3,2406
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,194$2,71725
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,220$2,47344
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,027$2,32712
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,220$2,27311
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,220$2,2598
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,300$2,1001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,188$2,0738
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,190$2,0624thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)953$1,8252thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,155$1,37311
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)950$2,8004thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,203$4,0002thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,717$3,3046
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,250$3,7002thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,350$3,3002thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,167$3,0933thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,137$2,9114thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,233$2,6469
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,144$2,5178
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)910$1,9005

Every lot

89 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330300.00/cwt300.00–300.009901
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380317.82/cwt300.00–337.501,2088
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy415275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1411
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy419329.42/cwt322.50–335.001,3804
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed465300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3951
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470318.19/cwt310.00–325.001,4953
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2472290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3696
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy495280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3861
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed540295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5931
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558285.01/cwt282.50–287.501,5902
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4381
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy655202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,3261
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670251.25/cwt250.00–252.501,6832
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715256.25/cwt255.00–257.501,8322
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325295.00/cwt295.00–295.009591
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy335254.85/cwt250.00–260.008542
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1161
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy375258.31/cwt255.00–260.009693
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377295.80/cwt292.50–297.501,1153
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy420231.90/cwt220.00–245.009742
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2472
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435273.75/cwt260.00–287.501,1912
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy450210.00/cwt210.00–210.009451
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2061
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy465251.22/cwt250.00–252.501,1682
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488282.51/cwt280.00–285.001,3792
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy500260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3001
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2533242.21/cwt230.00–255.001,2912
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5601
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,4841
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2680180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2241
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1211
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2401
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2433316.10/cwt305.00–327.501,3694
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy450300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3501
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,5631
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,4581
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520269.52/cwt257.50–282.501,4022
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy565267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,5111
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620229.68/cwt220.00–240.001,4242
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy735247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,8191
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy750220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6501
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,510160.51/cwt157.50–167.002,4243
Bulls——1,655137.65/cwt136.00–139.002,2782
Bulls——1,963145.45/cwt140.00–150.002,8552
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92775.44/cwt70.00–80.006993
Cows—Lean 85-90%97391.43/cwt90.00–92.508902
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,008102.79/cwt100.00–105.001,0363
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010113.53/cwt107.50–117.001,14714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,213121.23/cwt119.00–125.001,4719
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,291113.03/cwt110.00–116.001,4598
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,410105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,4811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,480116.01/cwt115.00–117.001,7172
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,875123.00/cwt123.00–123.002,3061
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08584.00/cwt84.00–84.009111
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,2034,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,0002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,7173,303.62/head2,300.00–4,950.003,3046
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs13 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-27501,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-28501,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-29501,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1332,880.88/head2,700.00–3,100.002,8813
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1503,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1673,092.86/head2,750.00–3,250.003,0933
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1882,496.84/head2,400.00–2,600.002,4974
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2003,900.00/head3,900.00–3,900.003,9001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2002,800.00/head2,400.00–3,200.002,8002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2332,645.95/head2,200.00–2,800.002,6469
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2502,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3003,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3503,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3002
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2935160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,4961
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,115164.07/cwt152.50–167.501,8294
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows16 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-29001,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9001,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9501,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29551,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-21,0001,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0272,326.73/head1,950.00–2,900.002,32712
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,1001,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2508
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1902,061.87/head1,850.00–2,300.002,0624
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1942,716.75/head2,050.00–3,100.002,71725
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2202,273.25/head1,950.00–2,600.002,27311
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2292,154.65/head1,950.00–2,200.002,1557
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2302,509.42/head2,100.00–3,100.002,50942
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2662,367.96/head2,050.00–2,900.002,3687
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3002,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3001,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3283,239.77/head2,900.00–3,300.003,2406
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29502,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8004

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.