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Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ash Flat, Arkansas · Fri, Sep 26
● Final109 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2059
Feeder Cattle receipts
613 head
▼ 102 vs last sale 715▼ 2 vs year ago 615 · −0.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 75▲ 61 vs year ago 41 · +148.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 39▲ 4 vs year ago 21 · +19.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder cattle sold with improved quality offerings on heavier weights. Steers weighing 500-700 lbs traded $12.00 higher. Lighter-weight steers saw reduced demand, trading $10.00-$15.00 lower due to limited offerings of weaned calves. Feeder heifers traded $8.00-$10.00 higher on the week. Demand remained strong for weaned calves, while unweaned calves saw lighter buyer interest. Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady with last week's market. Offerings were light on replacement cattle, with limited quality available.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $334.57/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 7 of 29 comparable sales and sits −60.40 against this barn's trailing median of $394.97.
Average price
$334.57
33 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,841
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$112
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.83
vs AR average
−31.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556339.091,88620
Medium and Large 2541327.611,77313thin
One grade step is worth $11.49/cwt here — about $112 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale33 hd
334.57
—
AR average7 barns · 187 hd
341.40
−6.83
National average172 barns · 11,458 hd
365.85
−31.28
This barn, trailing median29 sales
394.97
−60.40
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—Low1,714183.023,13610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,568158.422,4845thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,195157.971,8879thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,087131.971,43517

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)1,313$2,9252thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,310$2,7501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,100$2,8001thin

Every lot

109 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280480.71/cwt460.00–500.001,3462
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5751
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325432.27/cwt425.00–440.001,4052
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy370367.20/cwt360.00–375.001,3592
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy380410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,5581
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6171
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1395460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,8171
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,7851
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed420500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,1001
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8701
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed457488.25/cwt470.00–500.002,2313
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469437.48/cwt415.00–445.002,0526
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483371.53/cwt360.00–380.001,7943
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2499397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,9844
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2512371.32/cwt350.00–395.001,9013
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518411.27/cwt395.00–445.002,1304
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy535385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0601
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed575380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1851
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,2041
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2618360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2252
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621387.80/cwt370.00–405.002,4087
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed630370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,3311
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673355.13/cwt350.00–360.002,3902
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,70012
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2870260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,2621
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2284395.00/cwt375.00–415.001,1224
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,1971
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy310400.00/cwt395.00–405.001,2402
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,4191
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340374.98/cwt360.00–400.001,2753
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2366368.28/cwt350.00–390.001,3488
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed370390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4431
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374400.23/cwt390.00–415.001,4977
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy391362.52/cwt360.00–370.001,4174
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2432343.60/cwt325.00–350.001,4846
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy433357.54/cwt350.00–365.001,5484
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6313
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2471340.14/cwt320.00–350.001,6027
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475372.78/cwt360.00–385.001,7717
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy479351.20/cwt350.00–355.001,6824
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added490425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,0833
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Fleshy490320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5681
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513364.90/cwt360.00–370.001,8723
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515327.91/cwt320.00–335.001,6897
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy525331.29/cwt320.00–340.001,7394
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2572327.25/cwt310.00–345.001,8726
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy573331.72/cwt320.00–337.501,90110
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1584348.28/cwt345.00–355.002,0343
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy618320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9783
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621347.09/cwt340.00–370.002,1557
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0001
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664342.43/cwt335.00–350.002,2746
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1719323.01/cwt320.00–330.002,3225
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1759335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,5439
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2769283.37/cwt280.00–285.002,1793
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1808320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,5863
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2825292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,4131
Feeder Cattle · Bulls34 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2295400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1801
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,6161
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2333417.71/cwt400.00–425.001,3914
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Fleshy335375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2563
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed350520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,8201
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy370360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3321
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy372433.34/cwt430.00–435.001,6123
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1374453.56/cwt450.00–465.001,6964
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6561
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed415470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,9511
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423435.71/cwt430.00–440.001,8437
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425404.63/cwt385.00–420.001,7204
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy440350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5403
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1464436.74/cwt420.00–442.502,0264
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2467356.61/cwt350.00–360.001,6653
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy483382.51/cwt380.00–385.001,8482
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed515370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9061
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1517392.38/cwt380.00–400.002,0296
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9351
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Full545355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9351
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy549350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9225
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed550415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,2831
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Full550355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9531
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565371.22/cwt360.00–380.002,09710
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy570315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7961
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573335.03/cwt330.00–340.001,9203
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy590350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0651
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600330.00/cwt320.00–350.001,9803
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1602357.99/cwt355.00–360.002,1555
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy618340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1012
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy660320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1121
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2684310.71/cwt290.00–320.002,1256
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1703337.56/cwt320.00–355.002,3732
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2721301.66/cwt295.00–305.002,1756
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,593172.26/cwt168.00–175.002,7443
Bulls——1,668197.10/cwt196.00–198.003,2882
Bulls——1,804183.84/cwt181.00–188.003,3165
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,033148.92/cwt144.00–154.001,5384
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,070123.36/cwt120.00–126.001,3205
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,110109.13/cwt108.00–110.001,2112
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,130135.47/cwt130.00–139.001,5316
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,172160.24/cwt156.00–166.001,8786
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,200169.00/cwt169.00–169.002,0281
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,260145.65/cwt142.00–150.001,8352
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,535161.52/cwt156.00–166.002,4794
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,700146.00/cwt146.00–146.002,4821
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed920176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,6191
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,110172.93/cwt170.00–176.001,9202
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,115178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,9851
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3102,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3132,924.86/head2,850.00–3,000.002,9252
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,1002,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001

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.