Sale reports / Arkansas / Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. / 2019-06-07

Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ash Flat, Arkansas · Fri, Jun 7
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2059
Feeder Cattle receipts
600 head
83 vs last sale 683 600 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
30 vs last sale 82 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
15 vs last sale 30 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Comapared to last week feeder steers were mixed to 3.00 lower, feeder bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers were steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.26/cwt on 101 head.
Average price
$127.26
101 head · 435 lb average
Value per head Derived
$554
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$221
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$3.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.67
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2498129.7264618thin
Medium and Large 1509127.4164841
Medium and Large 2337126.0542542
One grade step is worth $3.67/cwt here — about $221 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale101 hd
127.26
AR average8 barns · 2,179 hd
130.92
−3.67
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsHigh1,46876.601,1248thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54656.818785thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29054.357018thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low98244.8144017

Every lot, as filed

77 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1628133.92/cwt130.00–140.008415
SteersMedium and Large 1519145.73/cwt140.00–152.007564
SteersMedium and Large 1567138.21/cwt131.00–144.007843
SteersMedium and Large 1905115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0411
SteersMedium and Large 1725127.00/cwt127.00–127.009211
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added390129.00/cwt129.00–129.005031
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed257135.14/cwt135.00–136.003478
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed500120.00/cwt120.00–120.006001
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed470129.00/cwt129.00–129.006061
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed320130.00/cwt130.00–130.004161
HeifersMedium and Large 2286125.00/cwt125.00–125.0035816
HeifersMedium and Large 2367124.25/cwt120.00–131.004568
HeifersMedium and Large 2473121.27/cwt120.00–125.005744
HeifersMedium and Large 2690101.00/cwt101.00–101.006971
HeifersMedium and Large 2330125.00/cwt125.00–125.004131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added336141.00/cwt141.00–141.0047410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2701115.62/cwt115.00–116.008108
HeifersMedium and Large 1536126.32/cwt124.00–129.0067712
HeifersMedium and Large 1572121.45/cwt120.00–124.006959
HeifersMedium and Large 1463128.89/cwt125.00–132.005979
HeifersMedium and Large 1438136.14/cwt134.00–139.005966
HeifersMedium and Large 1608119.48/cwt118.00–121.007262
HeifersMedium and Large 1303140.00/cwt140.00–140.004242
HeifersMedium and Large 1660119.00/cwt119.00–119.007851
BullsMedium and Large 2414137.18/cwt130.00–145.005688
BullsMedium and Large 2374139.24/cwt130.00–151.005217
BullsMedium and Large 2311146.94/cwt145.00–151.004576
BullsMedium and Large 2573120.99/cwt115.00–125.006935
BullsMedium and Large 2623119.60/cwt114.00–124.007453
BullsMedium and Large 2537120.34/cwt120.00–121.006463
BullsMedium and Large 2483126.69/cwt120.00–130.006123
BullsMedium and Large 2685115.00/cwt115.00–115.007881
BullsMedium and Large 1412146.44/cwt140.00–148.006037
BullsMedium and Large 1522135.95/cwt132.00–141.007103
BullsMedium and Large 1566129.00/cwt129.00–129.007302
BullsMedium and Large 1650115.00/cwt115.00–115.007481
BullsMedium and Large 1610123.00/cwt123.00–123.007501
BullsMedium and Large 1290160.00/cwt160.00–160.004641
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight77232.79/cwt31.00–35.002533
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight81543.91/cwt43.00–45.003582
CowsLean 85-90%1,01045.04/cwt43.00–48.004556
CowsLean 85-90%1,14854.06/cwt52.00–56.006215
CowsLean 85-90%95035.00/cwt35.00–35.003331
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54755.71/cwt55.00–56.008623
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54558.46/cwt57.00–60.009032
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29657.46/cwt55.00–62.007456
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34047.00/cwt47.00–47.006301
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20043.00/cwt43.00–43.005161
Bulls1,70384.25/cwt78.00–90.001,4354
Bulls1,32771.93/cwt70.00–75.009553
Bulls95060.00/cwt60.00–60.005701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2925619.32/cwt495.00–725.005,7292
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,054795.39/cwt650.00–950.008,3837
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2900625.00/cwt625.00–625.005,6251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,22552.00/cwt52.00–52.006371
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2900550.00/cwt550.00–550.004,9502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29501,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.009,9752
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0001,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0013,0001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2001,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0015,0001
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed468144.64/cwt144.00–146.006773
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed520140.00/cwt140.00–140.007281
SteersMedium and Large 2369145.58/cwt135.00–150.005377
SteersMedium and Large 2318154.03/cwt148.00–160.004906
SteersMedium and Large 2516132.39/cwt124.00–136.006834
SteersMedium and Large 2414140.27/cwt140.00–141.005814
SteersMedium and Large 2572133.29/cwt130.00–135.007623
SteersMedium and Large 2678123.90/cwt120.00–128.008402
SteersMedium and Large 2620120.00/cwt120.00–120.007441
SteersMedium and Large 1-2725125.00/cwt125.00–125.009064
SteersMedium and Large 1-2546143.00/cwt143.00–143.007814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2565135.00/cwt135.00–135.007632
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added589141.28/cwt140.00–143.008327
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added415155.00/cwt155.00–155.006435
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added605140.00/cwt140.00–140.008473
SteersMedium and Large 1472145.96/cwt140.00–151.0068911
SteersMedium and Large 1682128.13/cwt126.50–131.008749
SteersMedium and Large 1412149.04/cwt141.00–152.006146

How this sale compares

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.