Sale reports / Arkansas / Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. / 2020-06-19

Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ash Flat, Arkansas · Fri, Jun 19
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2059
Feeder Cattle receipts
575 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 602▼ 221 vs year ago 796 · −27.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 55▼ 131 vs year ago 177 · −74.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 15▼ 20 vs year ago 35 · −57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls both traded 5.00-10.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows were mostly steady with slaughter bulls trading 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.76/cwt on 118 head.
Average price
$122.76
118 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$637
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$112
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$25.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.65
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2458130.005953thin
Medium and Large 1535124.1166489
Medium and Large 2471118.2955724
Medium and Large 3460105.004832thin
One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $112 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 sale118 hd
122.76
—
AR average9 barns · 1,757 hd
124.41
−1.65
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,65986.991,4435thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20465.787924thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,50963.729625thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09951.0756123

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1—519142.67/cwt137.00–150.0074010
SteersMedium and Large 1—440152.00/cwt152.00–152.006692
SteersMedium and Large 2—472132.68/cwt125.00–135.006268
SteersMedium and Large 2—773112.54/cwt110.00–115.008702
SteersMedium and Large 1—626133.86/cwt130.00–136.0083817
SteersMedium and Large 1—658129.51/cwt128.00–131.008522
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added—485140.00/cwt140.00–140.006791
SteersMedium and Large 2—630111.67/cwt110.00–115.007043
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—387155.00/cwt155.00–155.006005
SteersMedium and Large 1—755120.00/cwt120.00–120.009062
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—635128.00/cwt128.00–128.008131
HeifersMedium and Large 1—421127.81/cwt124.00–135.0053812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—650115.00/cwt115.00–115.007481
HeifersMedium and Large 3—350110.00/cwt110.00–110.003851
HeifersMedium and Large 2—533113.39/cwt110.00–115.006043
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—460134.85/cwt134.50–136.006209
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523122.09/cwt120.00–129.0063915
HeifersMedium and Large 1—705105.00/cwt105.00–105.007401
HeifersMedium and Large 3—570100.00/cwt100.00–100.005701
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425117.50/cwt110.00–120.004994
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—458130.00/cwt130.00–130.005953
HeifersMedium and Large 1—562122.27/cwt120.00–123.0068715
HeifersMedium and Large 1—760110.00/cwt110.00–110.008362
HeifersMedium and Large 2—571112.99/cwt110.00–115.006455
HeifersMedium and Large 2—640100.00/cwt100.00–100.006401
BullsMedium and Large 1—628119.22/cwt115.00–126.007498
BullsMedium and Large 1—325162.58/cwt160.00–165.005282
BullsMedium and Large 2—569119.29/cwt115.00–125.006797
BullsMedium and Large 1—423144.69/cwt140.00–146.0061214
BullsMedium and Large 1—663111.96/cwt108.00–115.007424
BullsMedium and Large 3—430104.00/cwt104.00–104.004471
BullsMedium and Large 2—275155.00/cwt155.00–155.004262
BullsMedium and Large 1—367153.83/cwt150.00–157.005655
BullsMedium and Large 2—330141.57/cwt140.00–143.004672
BullsMedium and Large 1—478137.96/cwt135.00–140.006596
BullsMedium and Large 2—530117.55/cwt115.00–120.006232
BullsMedium and Large 1—571126.46/cwt125.00–133.007226
BullsMedium and Large 2—362145.16/cwt140.00–150.005253
BullsMedium and Large 1—526134.07/cwt128.00–136.007057
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added—540130.00/cwt130.00–130.007021
SteersMedium and Large 2—670116.57/cwt110.00–120.007813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—646135.50/cwt135.50–135.508755
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—574131.69/cwt130.00–135.007563
SteersMedium and Large 3—505110.00/cwt110.00–110.005561
SteersMedium and Large 2—364143.76/cwt140.00–145.005234
SteersMedium and Large 2—320140.00/cwt140.00–140.004481
SteersMedium and Large 1—552140.66/cwt140.00–142.007763
SteersMedium and Large 1—315161.00/cwt161.00–161.005071
SteersMedium and Large 2—571128.54/cwt125.00–130.007344
SteersMedium and Large 2—720110.00/cwt110.00–110.007921
SteersMedium and Large 1—479142.31/cwt140.00–145.006827
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370136.24/cwt130.00–141.005046
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—455128.00/cwt128.00–128.005821
HeifersMedium and Large 2—460117.45/cwt115.00–120.005402
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—735115.00/cwt115.00–115.008452
HeifersMedium and Large 1—614116.99/cwt110.00–122.007186
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added—475125.00/cwt125.00–125.005941
HeifersMedium and Large 2—335130.00/cwt130.00–130.004363
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—766115.00/cwt115.00–115.008816
HeifersMedium and Large 1—478125.88/cwt120.00–130.006028
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added—505125.00/cwt125.00–125.006311
HeifersMedium and Large 2—380120.32/cwt120.00–121.004573
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—583124.50/cwt124.50–124.507266
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2101,285.95/cwt1,100.00–1,400.0015,5605
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,100760.00/cwt760.00–760.008,3601
Bulls——1,64592.50/cwt92.50–92.501,5222
Bulls——1,66883.31/cwt75.00–87.001,3903
BullsMedium and Large 2—472126.91/cwt120.00–131.005993
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,075765.89/cwt450.00–970.008,2336
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,30065.50/cwt65.50–65.508521
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07748.53/cwt45.00–52.5052311
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20465.78/cwt63.00–70.007924
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,71550.00/cwt50.00–50.008581
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,45867.15/cwt63.00–73.009794
CowsLean 85-90%—96540.96/cwt38.00–43.003953
CowsLean 85-90%—1,17057.54/cwt55.00–59.506739
SteersMedium and Large 1—378151.52/cwt148.00–155.005732
SteersMedium and Large 2—430137.45/cwt135.00–140.005915
SteersMedium and Large 2—540126.44/cwt120.00–133.006832

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.