Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded 5.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder bulls were 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers under 500 lbs were 6.00 to 10.00 higher, heifers over 500 lbs traded steady. Slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 6.00 higher on a good supply and slaughter bulls were 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.00/cwt on 195 head.

Average price

$148.00

195 head · 583 lb average

Value per head Derived

$863

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$10

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

$6.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.31

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	589	148.78	876	163
Medium and Large 2	475	147.08	699	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	610	142.00	866	19thin

One grade step is worth $6.78/cwt here — about $10 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 sale195 hd

148.00

—

AR average10 barns · 2,433 hd

156.31

−8.31

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	1,696	82.31	1,396	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,445	62.60	905	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,229	59.47	731	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	995	41.49	413	19

Every lot, as filed

87 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 2	—	675	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	310	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	450	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	131.87/cwt	128.00–134.00	612	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	829	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	460	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	552	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	120.85/cwt	118.00–126.00	743	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	523	125.63/cwt	120.00–131.00	657	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	121.28/cwt	120.00–125.00	581	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	855.56/cwt	800.00–900.00	8,556	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,213	889.11/cwt	525.00–960.00	10,785	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,198	1,029.72/cwt	600.00–1,300.00	12,336	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	139.48/cwt	135.00–144.00	716	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	503	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	820	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	129.82/cwt	125.00–130.00	980	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	162.38/cwt	158.00–174.00	786	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	128.50/cwt	128.00–129.00	951	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	622.92/cwt	475.00–670.00	5,980	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,085.00/cwt	1,085.00–1,085.00	10,308	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	1,147.01/cwt	625.00–1,250.00	14,395	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,212	1,381.39/cwt	950.00–1,550.00	16,742	23
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	9,500	1
Bulls	—	—	1,747	88.91/cwt	84.00–97.00	1,553	6
Bulls	—	—	1,773	73.66/cwt	72.00–75.00	1,306	2
Bulls	—	—	1,240	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	453	148.49/cwt	147.00–150.00	673	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	135.49/cwt	135.00–136.00	711	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	606	128.02/cwt	127.00–131.00	776	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	166.16/cwt	162.00–170.00	623	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	142.51/cwt	142.00–143.00	755	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	688	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	867	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	769	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	308	172.44/cwt	170.00–175.00	531	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	843	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	485	164.50/cwt	164.00–165.00	798	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	167.77/cwt	163.00–171.00	718	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	140.51/cwt	140.00–143.00	811	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	510	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	822	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	146.53/cwt	139.00–155.00	709	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	155.53/cwt	151.00–160.00	603	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	622	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	883	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	578	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	876	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	530	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	694	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	460	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	414	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	718	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	760	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	866	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	165.79/cwt	156.00–172.00	688	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	778	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	587	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	555	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	555	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	143.78/cwt	140.00–152.00	613	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	138.99/cwt	138.00–140.00	671	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	459	152.85/cwt	146.00–162.00	702	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	130.97/cwt	129.00–135.00	877	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	705	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	846	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	177.33/cwt	174.00–190.00	681	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	144.83/cwt	144.00–145.00	888	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	463	140.97/cwt	140.00–142.00	653	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,073	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	825	39.03/cwt	38.00–40.00	322	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	951	40.81/cwt	38.00–42.00	388	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,335	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	748	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	778	31.36/cwt	30.00–33.00	244	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	30.75/cwt	25.00–35.00	284	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	60.96/cwt	57.00–66.00	759	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	51.62/cwt	46.00–56.00	604	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,459	63.42/cwt	59.00–68.00	925	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	52.03/cwt	46.00–57.00	598	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	122.27/cwt	120.00–127.00	459	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	408	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	571	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	125.94/cwt	125.00–127.00	738	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	415	126.54/cwt	125.00–128.00	525	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	137.19/cwt	133.00–143.00	575	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	411	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	123.48/cwt	120.00–127.00	512	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	118.36/cwt	113.00–122.00	627	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	587	116.65/cwt	115.00–120.00	685	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	443	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	589	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	148.38/cwt	145.00–150.00	504	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	894	629.17/cwt	550.00–670.00	5,625	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	493	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	641	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	129.68/cwt	120.00–131.50	673	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	142.52/cwt	140.00–145.00	532	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 →

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 1,175Last week 588Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 98Last week 60Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 180Last week 20Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	110.00	110.00
8	—	479	120.00–125.00	121.28
3	—	375	120.00–127.00	122.27
15	—	415	120.00–127.00	123.48
3	—	530	113.00–122.00	118.36
3	—	587	115.00–120.00	116.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	310	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	464	128.00–134.00	131.87
11	—	685	121.00	121.00
7	—	615	118.00–126.00	120.85
34	—	586	125.00–127.00	125.94
12	—	700	110.00	110.00
9	—	419	133.00–143.00	137.19
6	—	340	145.00–150.00	148.38
20	—	519	120.00–131.50	129.68
2	—	373	140.00–145.00	142.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	120.00	120.00
2	—	415	125.00–128.00	126.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	120.00–131.00	125.63
2	—	443	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	408	140.00	140.00
9	—	493	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	83.00	83.00
1	—	525	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	135.00–144.00	139.48
1	—	670	125.00	125.00
2	—	578	133.00	133.00
2	—	308	170.00–175.00	172.44
4	—	484	139.00–155.00	146.53
2	—	388	151.00–160.00	155.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	503	163.00	163.00
2	—	485	164.00–165.00	164.50
10	—	578	151.50	151.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	755	125.00–130.00	129.82
13	—	484	158.00–174.00	162.38
2	—	740	128.00–129.00	128.50
16	—	428	163.00–171.00	167.77
6	—	577	140.00–143.00	140.51
1	—	520	158.00	158.00
25	—	384	174.00–190.00	177.33
6	—	613	144.00–145.00	144.83
1	—	975	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	688	126.00	126.00
1	—	510	140.00	140.00
2	—	463	140.00–142.00	140.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	594	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	622	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	453	147.00–150.00	148.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	135.00–136.00	135.49
2	—	570	126.00	126.00
1	—	760	114.00	114.00
6	—	426	140.00–152.00	143.78
2	—	483	138.00–140.00	138.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	606	127.00–131.00	128.02
4	—	375	162.00–170.00	166.16
2	—	530	142.00–143.00	142.51
5	—	415	156.00–172.00	165.79
2	—	560	139.00	139.00
1	—	345	170.00	170.00
7	—	459	146.00–162.00	152.85
3	—	670	129.00–135.00	130.97
1	—	705	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	90.00	90.00
1	—	555	100.00	100.00

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)	9	—	1,000	800.00–900.00	855.56
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	—	1,213	525.00–960.00	889.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	43	—	1,198	600.00–1,300.00	1,029.72
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	960	475.00–670.00	622.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	24	—	894	550.00–670.00	629.17
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	950	1,085.00	1,085.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,255	625.00–1,250.00	1,147.01
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,212	950.00–1,550.00	1,381.39
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	950.00	950.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,747	84.00–97.00	88.91
2	—	1,773	72.00–75.00	73.66
1	—	1,240	60.00	60.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	825	38.00–40.00	39.03
2	—	778	30.00–33.00	31.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	951	38.00–42.00	40.81
4	—	925	25.00–35.00	30.75
7	—	1,170	46.00–56.00	51.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	56.00	56.00
8	—	1,459	59.00–68.00	63.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,245	57.00–66.00	60.96
2	—	1,150	46.00–57.00	52.03

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Replacement Cattle

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