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Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc.

Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-31

Feeder Cattle · Ash Flat, Arkansas · Fri, Oct 31

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2059

← Oct 24Oct 31Nov 7 →

Receipts

255 head

▼ 395 vs last sale 650▼ 1,052 vs year ago 1,307 · −80.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, receipts were very light. No price trends were determined due to the limited supply. Slaughter and replacement cattle were not reported due to the reporter was not present.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.22/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits −77.75 against this barn's trailing median of $394.97.

Average price

$317.22

16 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,714

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$278

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$45.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.71

vs AR average

−57.67 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	337.02	1,837	9thin
Medium and Large 2	534	291.75	1,559	7thin

One grade step is worth $45.26/cwt here — about $278 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 sale16 hd

317.22

—

AR average8 barns · 209 hd

335.92

−18.71

National average184 barns · 21,753 hd

374.89

−57.67

This barn, trailing median29 sales

394.97

−77.75

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

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.

Every lot

53 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	305	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,174	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,642	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,425	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	472.74/cwt	460.00–485.00	1,834	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	429	379.08/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,626	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,810	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	344.92/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,631	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,067	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,863	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	555	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,943	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	383.51/cwt	382.50–387.50	2,167	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,023	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	320.85/cwt	320.00–322.50	2,317	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,465	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,155	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,370	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	334	333.76/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,115	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	374	323.98/cwt	305.00–345.00	1,212	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,502	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	303.92/cwt	280.00–325.00	1,261	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,484	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	427	329.92/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,409	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	272.50/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,308	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,593	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	490	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,470	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500	315.00/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,575	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	518	295.44/cwt	280.00–317.50	1,530	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	343.31/cwt	320.00–347.50	1,916	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	282.54/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,625	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	312.07/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,919	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	655	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,703	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	282.13/cwt	270.00–310.00	1,902	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	288.75/cwt	270.00–295.00	2,122	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	297.29/cwt	287.50–307.50	2,325	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,364	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,692	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	378.25/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,456	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	415	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,598	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	373.68/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,592	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,716	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	455	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,638	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	369.98/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,728	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	338.52/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,581	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	353.86/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,875	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	330.11/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,759	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	535	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,766	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,848	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	345.01/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,956	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	575	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,840	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	610	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,983	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,999	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,965	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,108	1

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.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ash Flat Livestock Auction - Ash Flat, AR

Fri Oct 31, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Receipts 255Last week 650Year ago 1,307

Compared to last week, receipts were very light. No price trends were determined due to the limited supply. Slaughter and replacement cattle were not reported due to the reporter was not present.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	385.00	385.00
1	450–500	455	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	535	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	575	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	610	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	370.00–385.00	378.25
4	400–450	426	370.00–380.00	373.68
3	450–500	467	325.00–350.00	338.52
3	500–550	533	325.00–340.00	330.11
1	550–600	560	330.00	330.00
1	600–650	615	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	655	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	440.00	440.00
1	350–400	360	470.00	470.00
1	400–450	440	390.00	390.00
10	450–500	467	360.00–390.00	369.98
4	500–550	530	350.00–360.00	353.86
3	550–600	567	340.00–350.00	345.01
1	650–700	680	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	385.00	385.00
1	350–400	375	380.00	380.00
5	400–450	429	370.00–395.00	379.08
2	450–500	473	340.00–350.00	344.92
1	500–550	540	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	595	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	490.00	490.00
2	350–400	388	460.00–485.00	472.74
1	450–500	470	385.00	385.00
1	500–550	530	390.00	390.00
5	550–600	565	382.50–387.50	383.51
3	700–750	722	320.00–322.50	320.85
1	750–800	795	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	334	325.00–340.00	333.76
7	350–400	374	305.00–345.00	323.98
7	400–450	415	280.00–325.00	303.92
2	450–500	480	260.00–285.00	272.50
5	500–550	518	280.00–317.50	295.44
2	550–600	575	280.00–285.00	282.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	415.00	415.00
1	350–400	385	390.00	390.00
5	400–450	418	355.00	355.00
1	450–500	490	325.00	325.00
7	550–600	558	320.00–347.50	343.31
5	600–650	615	300.00–315.00	312.07
4	650–700	674	270.00–310.00	282.13
4	700–750	735	270.00–295.00	288.75
6	750–800	782	287.50–307.50	297.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	427	325.00–335.00	329.92
1	450–500	490	300.00	300.00
2	500–550	500	310.00–320.00	315.00
1	650–700	655	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	385.00	385.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.