Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers traded 5.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder bulls were 8.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls were steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.32/cwt on 122 head.

Average price

$121.32

122 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$586

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$37.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.29

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	475	135.60	644	15thin
Medium and Large 1	526	121.71	640	60
Medium and Large 2	431	117.49	507	44
Medium and Large 3	430	98.33	423	3thin

One grade step is worth $37.27/cwt here — about $222 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 sale122 hd

121.32

—

AR average10 barns · 957 hd

121.61

−0.29

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,628	55.00	896	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,484	47.94	711	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,278	43.27	553	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,033	30.59	316	21

Every lot, as filed

81 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	121.24/cwt	115.00–126.00	570	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	135.24/cwt	131.00–136.00	525	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	126.96/cwt	124.00–136.00	543	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	120.85/cwt	120.00–125.00	637	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	118.19/cwt	115.00–126.00	559	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	369	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	43.15/cwt	41.50–44.00	576	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	45.22/cwt	42.50–49.00	575	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,022	28.95/cwt	20.00–35.00	296	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,484	47.94/cwt	46.00–51.00	711	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	779	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	116.41/cwt	110.00–123.00	609	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	740	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	799	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	368	151.62/cwt	148.00–156.00	558	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	442	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	557	5
Bulls	—	—	1,475	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	516	1
Bulls	—	—	2,070	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	1,397	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	616	121.18/cwt	118.00–125.00	746	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	142.83/cwt	135.00–149.00	678	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	522	132.73/cwt	126.00–138.00	693	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	578	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	780	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	585	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	778	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	435	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	325	130.30/cwt	129.00–134.00	423	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	358	150.48/cwt	148.00–153.00	539	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	448	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	605	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	392	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	549	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	531	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	712	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	555	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	771	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	469	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	685	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	780	28.00/cwt	28.00–28.00	218	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	850	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	128	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	832	18.25/cwt	14.50–22.00	152	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	573	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	510	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	587	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	130.42/cwt	127.00–134.00	754	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	147.03/cwt	141.00–149.00	626	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	657	125.39/cwt	123.00–126.00	824	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	639	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	644	1
Bulls	—	—	1,340	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	838	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	8,750	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,117	43.18/cwt	38.00–47.50	482	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	431	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,688	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,146	673.34/cwt	575.00–800.00	7,716	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	701.81/cwt	550.00–800.00	7,285	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	123.55/cwt	120.00–127.00	890	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	122.67/cwt	120.00–124.00	924	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	123.99/cwt	120.00–125.00	836	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	129.98/cwt	129.00–132.00	807	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	134.29/cwt	130.00–139.00	757	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	6,875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	635	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	585	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	146.10/cwt	139.00–154.00	695	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	138.40/cwt	135.00–140.00	710	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	147.27/cwt	140.00–159.00	639	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	123.76/cwt	120.00–125.00	512	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	515	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	121.52/cwt	110.00–131.00	684	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	127.82/cwt	125.00–130.00	656	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	127.93/cwt	126.00–130.00	550	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	121.02/cwt	120.00–122.00	381	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	430	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	606	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	624	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	618	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	364	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	116.36/cwt	110.00–119.00	768	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	603	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	122.00/cwt	120.00–125.00	698	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	117.91/cwt	117.50–120.00	717	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	330	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	35.38/cwt	34.00–36.50	398	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,191	40.37/cwt	36.00–46.00	481	6

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.

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

Ash Flat Livestock Auction - Ash Flat, AR

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 826Last week 695Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 78Last week 34Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 35Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	470	115.00–126.00	121.24
8	—	388	131.00–136.00	135.24
9	—	428	124.00–136.00	126.96
9	—	527	120.00–125.00	120.85
11	—	660	110.00–119.00	116.36
1	—	735	108.00	108.00
3	—	572	120.00–125.00	122.00
6	—	608	117.50–120.00	117.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	325	129.00–134.00	130.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	392	140.00	140.00
8	—	531	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	110.00	110.00
4	—	510	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	414	120.00–125.00	123.76
10	—	468	110.00	110.00
2	—	315	120.00–122.00	121.02
5	—	374	115.00	115.00
5	—	527	115.00	115.00
5	—	567	110.00	110.00
2	—	618	100.00	100.00
3	—	280	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	95.00	95.00
2	—	330	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	473	115.00–126.00	118.19
1	—	660	118.00	118.00
2	—	523	110.00–123.00	116.41
5	—	442	126.00	126.00
1	—	640	100.00	100.00
1	—	585	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	157.00	157.00
1	—	740	108.00	108.00
3	—	368	148.00–156.00	151.62
6	—	616	118.00–125.00	121.18
7	—	475	135.00–149.00	142.83
7	—	522	126.00–138.00	132.73
4	—	578	127.00–134.00	130.42
5	—	426	141.00–149.00	147.03
5	—	657	123.00–126.00	125.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	578	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	133.00	133.00
1	—	435	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	522	122.50	122.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	148.00–153.00	150.48
2	—	448	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	555	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	469	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	720	120.00–127.00	123.55
3	—	753	120.00–124.00	122.67
5	—	674	120.00–125.00	123.99
8	—	621	129.00–132.00	129.98
12	—	564	130.00–139.00	134.29
14	—	476	139.00–154.00	146.10
15	—	513	135.00–140.00	138.40
16	—	434	140.00–159.00	147.27
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	135.00	135.00
1	—	380	154.00	154.00
1	—	610	120.00	120.00
4	—	563	110.00–131.00	121.52
5	—	513	125.00–130.00	127.82
2	—	430	126.00–130.00	127.93

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	34.00	34.00
4	—	1,336	41.50–44.00	43.15
5	—	1,271	42.50–49.00	45.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,022	20.00–35.00	28.95
2	—	1,125	34.00–36.50	35.38
6	—	1,191	36.00–46.00	40.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,484	46.00–51.00	47.94
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	28.00	28.00
1	—	850	15.00	15.00
3	—	832	14.50–22.00	18.25
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	35.00	35.00
1	—	2,070	67.50	67.50
1	—	1,340	62.50	62.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,000	875.00	875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	625.00	625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,117	38.00–47.50	43.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	41.00	41.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,146	575.00–800.00	673.34
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,038	550.00–800.00	701.81

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.

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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How this sale compares

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