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Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ash Flat, Arkansas · Fri, Aug 29
● Final123 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2059
Feeder Cattle receipts
744 head
▲ 361 vs last sale 383▲ 535 vs year ago 209 · +256.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
119 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 69▲ 119 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 90 vs last sale 150▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder cattle receipts were up this week, with stronger offerings on weaned calves. Feeder steers and heifers traded $15.00 to $20.00 higher. Replacement-quality cattle were in high demand. Slaughter cattle sold steady to $5.00 higher, showing some upward movement in prices. Overall, the market showed positive trends, with strong demand across feeders and replacements.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $372.55/cwt on 71 head. That ranks 12 of 29 comparable sales and sits −22.42 against this barn's trailing median of $394.97.
Average price
$372.55
71 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,024
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$174
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$42.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.67
vs AR average
+2.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538386.442,07948
Medium and Large 2554343.561,90523
One grade step is worth $42.88/cwt here — about $174 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale71 hd
372.55
—
AR average8 barns · 527 hd
369.88
+2.67
National average160 barns · 10,603 hd
369.81
+2.74
This barn, trailing median29 sales
394.97
−22.42
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—Low1,511196.142,96420
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,455167.412,4367thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,244166.452,07114
CowsLean 85-90%High1,105145.731,61115

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,277$3,1613thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,234$2,8695
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,137$2,8373thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,105$2,8001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,080$2,8001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,150$2,5402thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)995$3,3001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)998$2,9532thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)955$2,7501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,038$3,8014thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)833$3,5353thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,000$2,7382thin

Every lot

123 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed240535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,2841
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed255555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,4151
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,5451
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,5841
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,8051
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed420440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8481
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421446.56/cwt430.00–460.001,8806
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy425385.18/cwt380.00–390.001,6372
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed435480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,0881
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2436418.99/cwt390.00–435.001,8275
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468409.16/cwt390.00–420.001,9155
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472440.18/cwt420.00–447.502,07836
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed505415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,0961
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed523434.50/cwt420.00–450.002,2722
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526418.75/cwt395.00–435.002,20311
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy530382.52/cwt380.00–385.002,0272
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2542374.98/cwt370.00–385.002,0323
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2553358.79/cwt350.00–385.001,9844
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576404.73/cwt380.00–417.502,33110
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed580412.44/cwt410.00–415.002,3922
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed600432.50/cwt432.50–432.502,5951
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Full600370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2201
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1611395.01/cwt380.00–425.002,41415
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy630375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,3631
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,1581
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668379.28/cwt365.00–392.502,5344
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,7001
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,5016
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1907326.67/cwt325.00–330.002,9633
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed268505.47/cwt495.00–515.001,3552
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2312388.37/cwt385.00–390.001,2123
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed330430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,4191
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed355415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,4731
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369369.85/cwt350.00–385.001,36511
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,6531
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed420415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7431
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428370.50/cwt360.00–390.001,5869
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1439417.57/cwt410.00–420.001,83325
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy440390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,7161
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy463376.62/cwt375.00–380.001,7443
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2463367.20/cwt355.00–390.001,7004
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470400.88/cwt380.00–410.001,88413
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2514348.35/cwt325.00–360.001,7916
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed515389.95/cwt385.00–395.002,0082
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525394.78/cwt375.00–405.002,07331
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy539354.09/cwt350.00–365.001,9096
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed560365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0441
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy570342.70/cwt335.00–350.001,9532
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575389.00/cwt370.00–400.002,2379
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2577333.35/cwt320.00–355.001,92314
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1602370.03/cwt350.00–380.002,2283
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613332.44/cwt320.00–342.502,0386
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy645335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1611
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2668328.74/cwt327.50–330.002,1962
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2705280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9741
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,4791
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1771322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,4867
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1920280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,5763
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy920227.50/cwt227.50–227.502,0931
Feeder Cattle · Bulls31 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1170675.00/cwt675.00–675.001,1481
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1305475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,4491
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2305435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,3274
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,6381
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy365355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2961
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2381425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,61915
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed415440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8261
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,6811
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1437431.04/cwt420.00–440.001,88413
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468423.31/cwt420.00–425.001,9816
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2477381.38/cwt370.00–387.501,81910
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2519361.79/cwt350.00–380.001,8785
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2528375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9804
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy530320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6961
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1532388.54/cwt380.00–420.002,06721
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy565360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0341
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568383.86/cwt370.00–415.002,1805
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2591365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,1575
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618351.79/cwt335.00–365.002,1743
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620367.85/cwt365.00–380.002,2816
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy630345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1741
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1621
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1678338.72/cwt325.00–345.002,2974
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1728342.63/cwt330.00–355.002,4942
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2750325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4381
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1785287.52/cwt285.00–300.002,2576
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed815325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,6491
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1835290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4221
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1855270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,3091
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1940265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,4911
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2960240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,3041
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,398198.91/cwt192.00–205.002,7818
Bulls——1,513180.45/cwt172.00–189.002,7307
Bulls——1,690213.68/cwt206.00–226.003,6115
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%888126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,1192
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,084144.11/cwt140.00–148.001,5627
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,175154.50/cwt152.00–158.001,8153
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,203154.20/cwt150.00–160.001,8556
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,243177.72/cwt173.00–184.002,2095
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,276166.05/cwt162.00–172.002,1195
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,295148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,9171
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,355173.06/cwt172.00–174.002,3452
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,483166.94/cwt165.00–168.002,4764
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,545158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,4411
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed7503,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28753,577.14/head3,500.00–3,650.003,5772
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0002,775.00/head2,775.00–2,775.002,7751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,0002,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0253,730.49/head3,650.00–3,800.003,7302
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0503,871.43/head3,700.00–4,000.003,8712
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0802,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1052,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,120196.00/cwt196.00–196.002,1951
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1372,836.95/head2,600.00–3,000.002,8373
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1502,539.57/head2,450.00–2,650.002,5402
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2342,868.80/head2,700.00–3,000.002,8695
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,235194.00/cwt194.00–194.002,3961
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2773,161.23/head2,950.00–3,350.003,1613
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,570193.00/cwt193.00–193.003,0301
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29552,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29953,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29982,953.38/head2,900.00–3,000.002,9532
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,125184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,0701
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,235228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,8161

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.