Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls both traded 5.00 to 10.00 higher on limited comparisons from last week. Heifers were 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was much better than the last few previous weeks with a better supply than previous weeks as well. Slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 5.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.13/cwt on 144 head.

Average price

$128.13

144 head · 480 lb average

Value per head Derived

$615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$20.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.98

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	485	130.24	631	79
Medium and Large 1-2	539	126.97	684	26
Medium and Large 2	471	126.74	597	27
Medium and Large 2-3	335	121.81	408	10thin
Medium and Large 3	385	110.00	424	2thin

One grade step is worth $20.24/cwt here — about $208 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 sale144 hd

128.13

—

AR average7 barns · 946 hd

135.11

−6.98

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	1,453	80.32	1,167	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,348	64.07	864	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,140	58.59	668	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	956	45.83	438	11

Every lot, as filed

73 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	506	136.26/cwt	135.00–140.00	689	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	641	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	473	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	776	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	153.10/cwt	150.00–158.00	715	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	930	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	650	27.00/cwt	27.00–27.00	176	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	45.44/cwt	45.00–47.00	470	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	52.09/cwt	48.50–56.00	541	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,348	64.07/cwt	63.00–65.00	864	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	685	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	206	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	890	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	507	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	58.59/cwt	54.00–63.50	668	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	690	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	765	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	483	153.20/cwt	152.00–154.00	740	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	270	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	489	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	495	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	668	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	350	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	550	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	566	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	514	145.21/cwt	137.00–152.00	746	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	684	113.70/cwt	110.00–124.00	778	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	338	164.53/cwt	163.00–166.00	556	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	640	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	736	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	420	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	516	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	671	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	355	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	378	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	575	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	405	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	587	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	123.03/cwt	120.00–131.00	647	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	801	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	416	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	335	121.81/cwt	120.00–126.00	408	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	550	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	660	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	504	129.47/cwt	129.00–130.00	653	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	410	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	574	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,840	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,146	923.32/cwt	575.00–1,070.00	10,581	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,067	897.66/cwt	700.00–975.00	9,578	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	128.58/cwt	125.00–130.00	616	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	470	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	564	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	424	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	435	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	566	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	353	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	441	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	111.32/cwt	105.00–115.00	711	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	552	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	701	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	120.48/cwt	120.00–124.00	690	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	132.05/cwt	130.00–134.00	565	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	534	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	575.63/cwt	475.00–650.00	5,756	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	126.67/cwt	125.00–130.00	736	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	687	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	603	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	874	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	154.85/cwt	151.00–161.00	805	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	144.01/cwt	141.00–146.00	796	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	533	142.06/cwt	141.50–145.00	757	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	686	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	796	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	540	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	878	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	162.32/cwt	161.00–165.00	678	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	893	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,117	879.48/cwt	800.00–975.00	9,824	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	952.63/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	9,050	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	696.95/cwt	675.00–725.00	7,144	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	577	106.59/cwt	100.00–110.00	615	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	375	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	660	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	432	157.00/cwt	155.00–161.00	678	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	810	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	786	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	809	1
Bulls	—	—	1,540	84.92/cwt	80.00–93.00	1,308	7
Bulls	—	—	1,295	73.12/cwt	68.00–78.00	947	2
Bulls	—	—	1,160	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	455	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	655	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 →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 558Last week 310Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 58Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 40Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	506	135.00–140.00	136.26
9	—	581	125.00–130.00	126.67
1	—	490	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	407	157.50	157.50
3	—	458	150.00	150.00
2	—	663	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	164.00	164.00
3	—	603	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	467	150.00–158.00	153.10
1	—	775	120.00	120.00
10	—	520	151.00–161.00	154.85
5	—	553	141.00–146.00	144.01
6	—	418	161.00–165.00	162.32
1	—	620	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	533	141.50–145.00	142.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	540	162.50	162.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	523	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	550	139.00	139.00
5	—	483	152.00–154.00	153.20
2	—	270	181.00	181.00
11	—	514	137.00–152.00	145.21
5	—	684	110.00–124.00	113.70
2	—	338	163.00–166.00	164.53
1	—	640	115.00	115.00
8	—	432	155.00–161.00	157.00
2	—	810	97.00	97.00
1	—	710	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	350	157.00	157.00
1	—	455	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	130.00	130.00
3	—	577	100.00–110.00	106.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	375	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	516	130.00	130.00
1	—	355	127.00	127.00
5	—	550	120.00	120.00
8	—	435	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	378	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	405	145.00	145.00
13	—	504	129.00–130.00	129.47
3	—	552	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	526	120.00–131.00	123.03
4	—	673	119.00	119.00
3	—	270	154.00	154.00
7	—	479	125.00–130.00	128.58
8	—	573	120.00–124.00	120.48
8	—	428	130.00–134.00	132.05
1	—	390	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	335	120.00–126.00	121.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	110.00	110.00
3	—	353	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	410	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	639	105.00–115.00	111.32

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	27.00	27.00
1	—	685	30.00	30.00
1	—	890	57.00	57.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,034	45.00–47.00	45.44
4	—	1,038	48.50–56.00	52.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	63.00–65.00	64.07
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,140	54.00–63.50	58.59
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,540	80.00–93.00	84.92
2	—	1,295	68.00–78.00	73.12
1	—	1,160	62.50	62.50

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,230	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	—	1,146	575.00–1,070.00	923.32
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,067	700.00–975.00	897.66
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,000	475.00–650.00	575.63
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,117	800.00–975.00	879.48
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	950	900.00–1,000.00	952.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,025	675.00–725.00	696.95

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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