Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Feeder bulls were 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs traded 10.00 higher and heifers over 500 were 5.00 higher with a good supply of weaned cattle across all ranges. Slaughter bulls were trading 1.00 to 4.00 higher and slaughter cows were mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.79/cwt on 90 head.

Average price

$155.79

90 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$810

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$298

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

$31.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.33

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	161.35	850	58
Medium and Large 2	511	146.20	747	31
Medium and Large 3	425	130.00	553	1thin

One grade step is worth $31.35/cwt here — about $298 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 sale90 hd

155.79

—

AR average9 barns · 1,741 hd

170.12

−14.33

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	—	Average	1,478	79.92	1,181	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,284	60.31	774	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,184	59.33	703	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,037	46.57	483	27

Every lot, as filed

79 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	—	573	132.32/cwt	130.00–135.00	758	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	124.96/cwt	120.00–130.00	781	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	136.01/cwt	135.00–139.00	583	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	488	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	123.37/cwt	120.00–125.00	662	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	505	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	606	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	141.62/cwt	140.00–145.00	654	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	53.00/cwt	52.00–54.00	610	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,311	61.39/cwt	59.00–63.00	805	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	54.94/cwt	52.00–57.50	593	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	870	54.02/cwt	53.00–55.00	470	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	60.60/cwt	57.00–67.50	722	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	46.78/cwt	42.00–50.00	508	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	550	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	165	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,175	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	658	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	33.73/cwt	30.00–40.00	367	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	800	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	601	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	175.78/cwt	170.00–180.00	740	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	382	169.74/cwt	164.00–175.00	648	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	417	164.46/cwt	160.00–175.00	686	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	142.59/cwt	135.00–150.00	613	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	800	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	149.40/cwt	147.00–150.00	849	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	338	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	642	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	318	156.98/cwt	154.00–160.00	499	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	136.25/cwt	135.00–140.00	709	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	515	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	773	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	476	160.11/cwt	155.00–165.00	762	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	158.18/cwt	150.00–165.00	898	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	844	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	876	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	142.93/cwt	140.00–150.00	742	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	480	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	768	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	936	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	166.91/cwt	160.00–170.00	810	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	500	173.00/cwt	170.00–176.00	865	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	164.51/cwt	160.00–173.00	597	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	788	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	300	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	952	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	150.05/cwt	140.00–155.00	927	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	158.34/cwt	150.00–165.00	838	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	144.92/cwt	135.00–155.00	681	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	154.41/cwt	140.00–160.00	678	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	513	156.45/cwt	153.00–160.00	803	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	868.17/cwt	600.00–1,275.00	9,229	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	650.75/cwt	400.00–800.00	6,475	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	999.03/cwt	625.00–1,150.00	10,320	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	616.07/cwt	425.00–750.00	6,931	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	680.68/cwt	650.00–700.00	5,990	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	134.56/cwt	130.00–140.00	704	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	430	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	781	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	518	127.42/cwt	125.00–130.00	660	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	505	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	768	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	151.93/cwt	150.00–154.00	559	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	144.00/cwt	140.00–150.00	602	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	450	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	765	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	154.93/cwt	150.00–160.00	589	4
Bulls	—	—	1,363	74.06/cwt	73.00–75.00	1,009	2
Bulls	—	—	1,555	83.82/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,303	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	16,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	1,393.95/cwt	975.00–1,600.00	15,961	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	13,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,550.00/cwt	1,550.00–1,550.00	17,050	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	894	63.44/cwt	58.00–67.00	567	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	64.96/cwt	60.00–73.00	526	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	455	1

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

Fri Feb 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 532Last week 335Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 109Last week 38Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 92Last week 15Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	573	130.00–135.00	132.32
3	—	625	120.00–130.00	124.96
1	—	330	155.00	155.00
3	—	462	140.00–145.00	141.62
5	—	523	130.00–140.00	134.56
2	—	368	150.00–154.00	151.93
5	—	418	140.00–150.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	429	135.00–139.00	136.01
1	—	580	120.00	120.00
3	—	537	120.00–125.00	123.37
1	—	470	130.00	130.00
1	—	710	110.00	110.00
1	—	625	120.00	120.00
1	—	325	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	488	150.00	150.00
1	—	430	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	125.00–130.00	127.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	505	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	194.00	194.00
7	—	421	170.00–180.00	175.78
11	—	568	150.00–165.00	158.18
1	—	720	130.00	130.00
11	—	485	160.00–170.00	166.91
1	—	680	140.00	140.00
7	—	618	140.00–155.00	150.05
17	—	529	150.00–165.00	158.34
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	135.00	135.00
3	—	730	120.00	120.00
5	—	519	140.00–150.00	142.93
3	—	363	160.00–173.00	164.51
4	—	563	140.00	140.00
1	—	760	110.00	110.00
4	—	470	135.00–155.00	144.92
6	—	439	140.00–160.00	154.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	160.00	160.00
1	—	300	180.00	180.00
2	—	513	153.00–160.00	156.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	500	170.00–176.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	382	164.00–175.00	169.74
9	—	417	160.00–175.00	164.46
1	—	800	110.00	110.00
5	—	568	147.00–150.00	149.40
5	—	476	155.00–165.00	160.11
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	140.00	140.00
2	—	430	135.00–150.00	142.59
2	—	318	154.00–160.00	156.98
4	—	520	135.00–140.00	136.25
1	—	700	125.00	125.00
4	—	380	150.00–160.00	154.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	338	190.00	190.00
1	—	450	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,150	52.00–54.00	53.00
10	—	1,191	57.00–67.50	60.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,311	59.00–63.00	61.39
1	—	1,175	56.00	56.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,080	52.00–57.50	54.94
5	—	1,086	42.00–50.00	46.78
7	—	1,087	30.00–40.00	33.73
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	870	53.00–55.00	54.02
1	—	550	30.00	30.00
1	—	800	45.00	45.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,363	73.00–75.00	74.06
3	—	1,555	80.00–87.00	83.82

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	—	1,063	600.00–1,275.00	868.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	995	400.00–800.00	650.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	—	1,033	625.00–1,150.00	999.03
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,125	425.00–750.00	616.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	880	650.00–700.00	680.68
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,145	975.00–1,600.00	1,393.95
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,100	1,550.00	1,550.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	894	58.00–67.00	63.44
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	809	60.00–73.00	64.96

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc.

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Ash Flat Livestock Auction - Ash Flat, AR

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle