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Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ash Flat, Arkansas · Fri, Aug 1
● Final99 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2059
Feeder Cattle receipts
447 head
▲ 80 vs last sale 367▲ 99 vs year ago 348 · +28.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 36▲ 5 vs year ago 40 · +12.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 20▼ 4 vs year ago 35 · −11.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

With a break in the hot weather, the cooler weather was much welcomed. With quality offerings and the cooler weather, demand was strong on feeders this week. Slaughter cattle and replacement cattle also selling on a strong demand. No trend was determined due to the sale not being reported last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $377.75/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 6 of 27 comparable sales and sits −57.26 against this barn's trailing median of $435.00.
Average price
$377.75
28 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,067
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$176
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.21
vs AR average
−3.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547382.262,09224
Medium and Large 2547350.661,9164thin
One grade step is worth $31.60/cwt here — about $176 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 sale28 hd
377.75
—
AR average8 barns · 244 hd
380.95
−3.21
National average143 barns · 4,821 hd
381.68
−3.93
This barn, trailing median27 sales
435.00
−57.26
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—Average1,657185.213,06911
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,162166.861,93915
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,390164.502,2872thin
CowsLean 85-90%High929140.941,3098thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,150$2,8072thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,013$2,6922thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)910$2,6501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,000$2,1502thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,100$2,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)900$2,4502thin

Every lot

99 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2295425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,2541
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed330465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,5351
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2379406.44/cwt400.00–425.001,5404
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7102
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed418429.93/cwt420.00–435.001,7974
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2422377.48/cwt360.00–390.001,5936
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9581
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468371.78/cwt360.00–380.001,7403
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476392.56/cwt385.00–420.001,8699
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1482413.64/cwt400.00–430.001,9947
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy500370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8501
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527398.04/cwt380.00–410.002,09813
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535356.32/cwt352.50–360.001,9062
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2558345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9252
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576369.96/cwt360.00–400.002,1317
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy578350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0232
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Full595340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0231
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625371.21/cwt345.00–380.002,32017
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2655315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0631
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy675320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1601
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1691348.12/cwt348.00–350.002,40616
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3791
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2730317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,3181
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1761331.25/cwt325.00–335.002,5218
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2185425.00/cwt425.00–425.007861
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2255375.00/cwt375.00–375.009562
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323364.19/cwt350.00–380.001,1762
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4571
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed350400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4001
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4251
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1400395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,5801
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Full410320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3121
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425353.08/cwt340.00–357.501,50110
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5553
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy445355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5801
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2458320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4662
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477366.58/cwt360.00–377.501,74910
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Full480340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6321
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed483325.65/cwt300.00–350.001,5732
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518362.24/cwt350.00–380.001,8768
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522319.23/cwt300.00–325.001,6667
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2566323.41/cwt317.50–330.001,8315
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575350.31/cwt335.00–372.502,01416
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy580285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6531
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy583316.14/cwt307.50–325.001,8432
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2608301.21/cwt280.00–317.501,8314
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy620315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9531
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622324.99/cwt320.00–330.002,0213
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed630377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,3781
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy637352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,2458
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Full655260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7031
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665306.33/cwt300.00–315.002,0374
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,9771
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760291.26/cwt290.00–292.502,2142
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2327421.33/cwt400.00–440.001,3783
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2386425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6417
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed410420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7221
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2412378.83/cwt370.00–400.001,5618
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy433390.06/cwt380.00–400.001,6892
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2462358.50/cwt340.00–370.001,6563
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473388.95/cwt380.00–400.001,8403
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2506342.71/cwt332.50–355.001,73412
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy540350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8903
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Full540345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8631
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy550340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8701
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566323.74/cwt320.00–350.001,8328
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8851
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615343.05/cwt330.00–362.502,1103
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623319.04/cwt315.00–325.001,9883
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1690320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2081
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2733284.98/cwt280.00–290.002,0892
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1740296.22/cwt292.50–300.002,1922
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1836269.95/cwt250.00–277.502,2575
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1870277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,4141
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1940295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,7731
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2940240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,2561
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,470183.65/cwt180.00–190.002,7004
Bulls——1,488158.63/cwt154.00–163.002,3602
Bulls——1,874197.09/cwt192.00–202.003,6935
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%895151.11/cwt150.00–152.001,3522
Cows—Lean 85-90%900128.53/cwt126.00–130.001,1573
Cows—Lean 85-90%980146.58/cwt142.00–149.001,4363
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,137152.73/cwt150.00–154.001,7373
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,152174.34/cwt172.00–176.002,0086
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185166.44/cwt164.00–168.001,9726
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,385156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,1611
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,395173.00/cwt173.00–173.002,4131
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29102,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed935158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,4771
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,0002,150.00/head2,000.00–2,300.002,1502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0132,691.98/head2,400.00–2,950.002,6922
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1002,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1502,806.52/head2,650.00–2,950.002,8072
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,215148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,7981
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,310176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,3061
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,495198.00/cwt198.00–198.002,9601
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,105226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,4971
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,160190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,2041
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-29002,450.00/head2,400.00–2,500.002,4502

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.