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Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ash Flat, Arkansas · Fri, Jun 20
● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2059
Feeder Cattle receipts
328 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 318▲ 55 vs year ago 273 · +20.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 45▼ 3 vs year ago 55 · −5.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 15▲ 5 vs year ago 10 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, with warmer dryer weather in the forecast everybody is trying to catch up in the hay fields holding supply back this week. With the feeder board loosing a little ground this week feeder steers sold $10.00-$15.00 lower on light test, while feeder heifers sold uneven, 300lb-400lb heifers sold $10.00-$15.00 lower 500lb-600lb heifers sold $10.00-$15.00 higher. Slaughter cattle this week sold $10.00-$20.00 higher. Demand was good

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $319.81/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits −75.16 against this barn's trailing median of $394.97.
Average price
$319.81
27 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,720
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$351
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$59.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.27
vs AR average
−14.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539326.471,75924
Medium and Large 2528266.541,4083thin
One grade step is worth $59.93/cwt here — about $351 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale27 hd
319.81
—
AR average7 barns · 303 hd
313.54
+6.27
National average153 barns · 9,567 hd
334.11
−14.30
This barn, trailing median29 sales
394.97
−75.16
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—High1,698197.323,3498thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,427174.662,4923thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,273167.182,1296thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,068135.601,44911

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)945$2,1501thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,300$3,6001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)950$2,7501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)900$2,7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)950$1,9251thin

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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy315350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1031
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed320445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,4241
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4351
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373431.26/cwt425.00–440.001,6094
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2422395.36/cwt380.00–415.001,6683
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424429.52/cwt425.00–430.001,82110
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy445360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6021
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed460400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8401
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470386.10/cwt380.00–400.001,8154
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2471363.15/cwt330.00–375.001,71010
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2491360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7684
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514380.88/cwt380.00–385.001,9586
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515352.50/cwt350.00–355.001,8152
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy540310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6741
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed550355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9532
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555340.00/cwt330.00–350.001,8872
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575355.92/cwt350.00–367.502,0478
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy595280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6661
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612352.93/cwt350.00–360.002,16019
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8603
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed675314.96/cwt310.00–320.002,1262
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2690277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,9151
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728317.32/cwt310.00–325.002,3102
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0151
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1295430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,2691
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315379.52/cwt350.00–395.001,1953
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340410.22/cwt395.00–425.001,3952
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed340405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,3774
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy350355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2431
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed370370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3691
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy370300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1101
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2374341.04/cwt325.00–355.001,2754
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1387394.23/cwt385.00–415.001,52611
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3491
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417344.84/cwt340.00–350.001,4384
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy470290.32/cwt280.00–300.001,3652
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473319.61/cwt310.00–340.001,5123
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1487334.83/cwt330.00–345.001,6313
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2492325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,59911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy495300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4851
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515289.81/cwt280.00–300.001,4932
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521329.73/cwt322.50–340.001,71814
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy555220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2211
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy563297.53/cwt295.00–300.001,6752
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,8508
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy600300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8001
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614318.68/cwt305.00–322.001,9575
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640262.60/cwt250.00–275.001,6812
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5071
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1662284.78/cwt270.00–290.001,8854
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8381
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1790247.50/cwt232.50–255.001,9553
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2790220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7381
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1314450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4135
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323417.79/cwt410.00–425.001,3492
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4701
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy365400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4601
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4251
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1402402.82/cwt402.50–405.001,6198
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4531
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475366.76/cwt350.00–385.001,7422
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6151
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8641
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535322.45/cwt320.00–325.001,7252
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8721
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1590327.56/cwt320.00–335.001,9332
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1614329.81/cwt310.00–337.502,02515
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy628282.57/cwt280.00–290.001,7754
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685290.53/cwt287.50–300.001,9904
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy703272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,9162
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1738287.98/cwt287.50–292.502,12510
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1965240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,3161
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,560178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,7771
Bulls——1,658192.78/cwt188.00–198.003,1965
Bulls——1,865218.31/cwt216.00–221.004,0712
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%993121.03/cwt120.00–122.001,2022
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,005130.91/cwt125.00–136.001,3164
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,008139.67/cwt138.00–141.001,4082
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,243148.87/cwt144.00–152.001,8503
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,266164.62/cwt158.00–168.002,0845
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,310180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,3581
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,365168.00/cwt168.00–168.002,2931
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,458177.99/cwt176.00–180.002,5952
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9002,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9502,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9501,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3003,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29452,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,130172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,9441

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.