Sale reports / Arkansas / Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. / 2025-05-09

Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ash Flat, Arkansas · Fri, May 9
● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2059
Feeder Cattle receipts
542 head
▲ 236 vs last sale 306▼ 331 vs year ago 873 · −37.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
120 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 57▲ 60 vs year ago 60 · +100.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 15▲ 25 vs year ago 15 · +166.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold $5.00-$10.00 higher this week, with a higher demand for lightweight, thin-fleshed calves. There were some quality offerings of replacement cattle that brought in a good attendance, selling on strong demand. Slaughter cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $311.80/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits −83.17 against this barn's trailing median of $394.97.
Average price
$311.80
36 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,709
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$49.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.41
vs AR average
−21.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530335.171,77818thin
Medium and Large 1-2578307.501,7772thin
Medium and Large 2564286.051,61416thin
One grade step is worth $49.12/cwt here — about $164 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale36 hd
311.80
—
AR average8 barns · 412 hd
318.22
−6.41
National average172 barns · 12,542 hd
332.82
−21.02
This barn, trailing median29 sales
394.97
−83.17
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—Average1,766179.303,1679thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,163145.471,69325
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,357143.581,94914
CowsLean 85-90%Average993129.331,28523

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)1,215$3,0903thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,200$2,8502thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,350$2,7001thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$2,7006
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,100$2,4233thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,173$2,2323thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,200$3,6501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,200$3,8502thin

Every lot

97 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2333418.65/cwt400.00–445.001,3943
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed335493.51/cwt485.00–505.001,6533
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2346475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,6444
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4351
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed365485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,7701
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377448.30/cwt445.00–450.001,6903
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435475.23/cwt455.00–495.002,0672
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed438505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,2124
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2442424.02/cwt420.00–440.001,87417
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478414.61/cwt400.00–430.001,9822
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2481358.48/cwt335.00–370.001,7244
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,0912
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Full515350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8031
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566377.38/cwt375.00–385.002,13613
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8241
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Full610280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7081
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9202
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1285
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7281
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1795280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2262
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0751
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,2461
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy310345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,0701
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,1902
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1357410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4643
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy375340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2751
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377383.36/cwt375.00–385.001,4456
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381344.53/cwt320.00–355.001,3137
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2404367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,4857
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Full405340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3772
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420330.09/cwt310.00–350.001,3864
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy420325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3651
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed436363.43/cwt355.00–365.001,5856
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy450330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4851
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6742
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474332.25/cwt315.00–345.001,5755
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524345.83/cwt325.00–350.001,81213
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy525285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4962
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530310.00/cwt300.00–320.001,6432
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed545340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8531
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy560315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7641
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563326.13/cwt317.50–335.001,8362
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2571278.22/cwt265.00–285.001,58913
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,7772
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617299.26/cwt295.00–307.501,8463
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2618266.01/cwt240.00–275.001,6444
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy683250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7082
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Full685232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,5931
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2688242.51/cwt240.00–245.001,6682
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy705267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,8861
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed853245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0902
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1288505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,4544
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed345460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,5871
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,6281
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2372410.99/cwt400.00–435.001,5293
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy385375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4441
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2411428.72/cwt425.00–430.001,7624
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2418379.73/cwt365.00–395.001,5872
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1445440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,9582
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1453420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9032
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1521386.15/cwt377.50–395.002,0127
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528333.12/cwt325.00–350.001,7593
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1564369.40/cwt355.00–390.002,08310
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568317.33/cwt310.00–325.001,8022
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy590324.96/cwt320.00–330.001,9172
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy602297.53/cwt285.00–310.001,7912
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1608340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0672
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9221
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed650290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8851
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1682308.66/cwt285.00–315.002,10512
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1755280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1141
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed830270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2411
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1Full865225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9461
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2928225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,0882
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy935215.50/cwt215.50–215.502,0151
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,489161.53/cwt156.00–168.002,4054
Bulls——1,968180.82/cwt170.00–188.003,5592
Bulls——2,002201.97/cwt192.00–210.004,0433
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%63590.00/cwt90.00–90.005721
Cows—Lean 85-90%891114.83/cwt112.00–120.001,0234
Cows—Lean 85-90%987128.22/cwt124.00–135.001,2668
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,075139.95/cwt136.00–147.001,50410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,146136.50/cwt132.00–140.001,5647
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,158154.85/cwt154.00–158.001,7935
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,175146.70/cwt142.00–150.001,72413
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,351145.82/cwt144.00–150.001,9709
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,368139.56/cwt138.00–142.001,9095
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2885208.20/cwt196.00–220.001,8432
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,018171.69/cwt166.00–178.001,7482
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,2003,650.00/head3,650.00–3,650.003,6501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1002,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7006
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1002,422.73/head1,950.00–2,600.002,4233
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1732,232.17/head2,000.00–2,550.002,2323
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2002,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2153,090.12/head2,300.00–3,500.003,0903
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3502,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2003,850.00/head3,850.00–3,850.003,8502

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.