Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers traded 2.00 to 7.00 higher, feeder bulls were steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls were 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.40/cwt on 128 head.

Average price

$119.40

128 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$600

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$192

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

$21.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.55

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	121.75	632	66
Medium and Large 1-2	510	121.57	620	21
Medium and Large 2	476	115.67	550	38
Medium and Large 3	440	100.00	440	3thin

One grade step is worth $21.75/cwt here — about $192 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 sale128 hd

119.40

—

AR average10 barns · 2,445 hd

125.95

−6.55

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	—	High	1,649	72.60	1,197	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,272	47.32	602	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,785	47.00	839	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,163	38.51	448	12

Every lot, as filed

92 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	—	370	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	809	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	123.46/cwt	120.00–125.00	586	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	129.03/cwt	120.00–137.00	523	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	32.00/cwt	32.00–32.00	361	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,178	42.57/cwt	41.00–45.00	501	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	515	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,289	47.87/cwt	45.00–52.00	617	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,785	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	839	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	614	111.57/cwt	105.00–115.00	685	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	350	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	765	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	803	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	840	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	720	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	137.52/cwt	135.00–140.00	465	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	118.35/cwt	110.00–125.00	627	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	688	108.77/cwt	100.00–120.00	748	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	130.71/cwt	124.00–135.00	737	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	137.11/cwt	134.00–143.00	658	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	526	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	710	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	119.96/cwt	115.00–125.00	585	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	583	106.95/cwt	105.00–110.00	624	5
Bulls	—	—	1,649	72.60/cwt	68.00–79.00	1,197	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	632	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	491	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	755	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	604	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	370	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	614	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	380	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	395	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	533	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	615	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	500	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	521	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	641	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	590	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	885	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	552	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	745	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	400	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	604	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	850	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	213	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	712.24/cwt	500.00–1,025.00	6,838	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	525	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	729	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	611	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	165.16/cwt	158.00–170.00	624	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	145.01/cwt	140.00–152.00	687	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	795.59/cwt	625.00–1,125.00	8,457	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,525	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	134.15/cwt	130.00–140.00	838	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	143.45/cwt	140.00–151.00	747	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	766	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	917	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	131.52/cwt	130.00–133.00	881	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	457	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	769	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	149.67/cwt	140.00–159.00	633	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	139.21/cwt	130.00–145.00	587	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	126.60/cwt	120.00–135.00	657	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	137.79/cwt	135.00–145.00	788	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	117.89/cwt	115.00–120.00	661	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	119.11/cwt	115.00–120.00	729	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	119.91/cwt	119.00–124.00	643	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	765	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	126.84/cwt	120.00–131.00	728	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	132.17/cwt	120.00–135.00	628	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	648	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	581	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	396	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	685	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	129.20/cwt	125.00–132.00	562	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	483	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	125.91/cwt	120.00–130.00	455	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	110.84/cwt	105.00–115.00	640	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	114.97/cwt	110.00–120.00	542	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	108.59/cwt	105.00–115.00	570	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	117.96/cwt	115.00–126.00	487	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,220	40.91/cwt	37.00–44.00	499	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	9,000	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	703.94/cwt	525.00–1,025.00	7,603	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	660	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	621	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	406	150.09/cwt	140.00–159.00	609	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	305	156.38/cwt	151.00–159.00	477	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	568	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	511	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	485	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	485	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	510	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	587	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	570	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	656	2

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 →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 660Last week 826Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 78Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 16Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	138.00	138.00
1	—	690	113.00	113.00
1	—	735	110.00	110.00
27	—	475	120.00–125.00	123.46
8	—	561	115.00–120.00	117.89
8	—	612	115.00–120.00	119.11
12	—	536	119.00–124.00	119.91
5	—	435	125.00–132.00	129.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	90.00	90.00
2	—	460	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	120.00	120.00
1	—	395	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	521	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	554	117.00	117.00
8	—	472	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	120.00	120.00
1	—	650	105.00	105.00
2	—	623	110.00	110.00
5	—	361	120.00–130.00	125.91
5	—	577	105.00–115.00	110.84
6	—	471	110.00–120.00	114.97
7	—	525	105.00–115.00	108.59
9	—	413	115.00–126.00	117.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	405	120.00–137.00	129.03
6	—	614	105.00–115.00	111.57
2	—	720	100.00	100.00
2	—	338	135.00–140.00	137.52
3	—	530	110.00–125.00	118.35
4	—	688	100.00–120.00	108.77
5	—	488	115.00–125.00	119.96
5	—	583	105.00–110.00	106.95
1	—	375	131.00	131.00
1	—	755	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	156.00	156.00
1	—	650	115.00	115.00
1	—	765	105.00	105.00
1	—	840	95.00	95.00
4	—	564	124.00–135.00	130.71
10	—	480	134.00–143.00	137.11
10	—	526	135.00	135.00
4	—	406	140.00–159.00	150.09
3	—	305	151.00–159.00	156.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	527	120.00	120.00
5	—	550	120.00	120.00
3	—	478	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	166.00	166.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	90.00	90.00
1	—	485	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	552	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	400	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	177.00	177.00
4	—	378	158.00–170.00	165.16
5	—	474	140.00–152.00	145.01
12	—	625	130.00–140.00	134.15
18	—	521	140.00–151.00	143.45
1	—	705	130.00	130.00
1	—	755	120.00	120.00
2	—	670	130.00–133.00	131.52
3	—	423	140.00–159.00	149.67
9	—	572	135.00–145.00	137.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	589	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	145.00	145.00
2	—	615	125.00	125.00
6	—	422	130.00–145.00	139.21
6	—	519	120.00–135.00	126.60
3	—	665	115.00	115.00
6	—	574	120.00–131.00	126.84
7	—	475	120.00–135.00	132.17
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	115.00	115.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,128	32.00	32.00
3	—	1,178	41.00–45.00	42.57
6	—	1,220	37.00–44.00	40.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	44.00	44.00
6	—	1,289	45.00–52.00	47.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,785	47.00	47.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	25.00	25.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,649	68.00–79.00	72.60

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	960	500.00–1,025.00	712.24
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,280	41.00	41.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,375	53.00	53.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	650.00	650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	550.00	550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	—	1,080	525.00–1,025.00	703.94
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,063	625.00–1,125.00	795.59
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	650.00	650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	900	1,000.00	1,000.00

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.

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Ash Flat Livestock Auction - Ash Flat, AR

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle