Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend is available due to lack of sale last week, but feeder cattle across all ranges had a good demand on value added animals with a good supply. New crop unweaned cattle were less desirable to buyers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.64/cwt on 234 head.

Average price

$124.64

234 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$641

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$26.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.53

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	126.08	690	97
Medium and Large 2	435	125.17	544	76
Medium and Large 1-2	562	122.04	686	60
Medium and Large 3	550	100.00	550	1thin

One grade step is worth $26.08/cwt here — about $140 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 sale234 hd

124.64

—

AR average9 barns · 2,150 hd

126.17

−1.53

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	1,545	88.34	1,364	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,575	60.00	945	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,187	58.03	689	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,114	54.61	608	13

Every lot, as filed

96 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	812	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	755	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	742	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	732	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	732	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	511	132.78/cwt	130.00–136.00	679	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	353	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	561	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	133.53/cwt	130.00–141.00	634	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	151.85/cwt	140.00–155.00	645	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	541	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	153.41/cwt	150.00–155.00	499	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	129.67/cwt	125.00–134.00	596	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	123.38/cwt	120.00–125.00	635	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	621	112.43/cwt	110.00–115.00	698	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	377	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	509	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	581	119.39/cwt	115.00–120.00	694	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	425	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	276	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	504	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	373	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	586	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	561	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	561	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	580	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	668	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	735	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	468	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	835	39.50/cwt	39.50–39.50	330	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,161	59.00/cwt	57.00–63.50	685	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	51.49/cwt	47.50–54.00	568	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	119.97/cwt	115.00–125.00	515	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	113.11/cwt	110.00–119.00	581	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	122.25/cwt	120.00–130.00	465	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	112.98/cwt	110.00–115.00	647	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	672	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	739	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	711	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	643	118.75/cwt	118.75–118.75	764	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	526	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	644	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	384	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	518	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	585	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	533	127.77/cwt	125.00–130.00	681	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	621	121.05/cwt	117.50–125.00	752	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	465	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	651	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	427	138.13/cwt	136.00–139.00	590	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	119.09/cwt	110.00–125.00	799	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	129.71/cwt	128.00–130.00	556	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	124.54/cwt	120.00–127.00	651	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	125.83/cwt	125.00–130.00	590	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	118.09/cwt	110.00–120.00	742	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	814	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	485	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	703	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	442	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	698	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	767	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	709	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	467	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	712	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	521	150.29/cwt	147.50–155.00	783	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	610	145.57/cwt	145.00–146.00	888	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	145.51/cwt	140.00–150.00	764	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	129.93/cwt	129.00–130.00	884	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	147.02/cwt	140.00–150.00	688	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	145.81/cwt	140.00–155.00	636	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	822	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	121.64/cwt	120.00–125.00	928	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	139.04/cwt	135.00–142.00	793	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	990	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	121.99/cwt	120.00–124.00	992	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	380	133.72/cwt	131.00–134.00	508	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	268	149.04/cwt	144.00–158.00	399	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	404	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	545	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	318	143.96/cwt	143.00–148.00	458	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	115.24/cwt	110.00–125.00	549	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	127.49/cwt	125.00–130.00	705	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	802	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	387	155.71/cwt	150.00–159.00	603	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	777	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	894	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	131.03/cwt	130.00–135.00	630	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	129.83/cwt	120.00–136.00	688	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	250	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	490	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	686	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	440	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	660	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	927.66/cwt	800.00–1,050.00	10,900	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	9,738	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	506	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,450	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	943	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,059	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,217	813.13/cwt	600.00–925.00	9,896	27
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	824.19/cwt	700.00–875.00	8,514	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,950	1
Bulls	—	—	1,332	84.23/cwt	82.50–85.00	1,122	3
Bulls	—	—	1,757	92.44/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,624	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	53.52/cwt	51.50–55.00	672	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,142	61.03/cwt	60.00–63.00	697	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	945	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 1,234Last week 575Year ago 712

Slaughter CattleReceipts 92Last week 46Year ago 58

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 15Year ago 24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	120.00	120.00
1	—	660	123.00	123.00
1	—	755	100.00	100.00
2	—	618	120.00	120.00
3	—	732	100.00	100.00
4	—	511	130.00–136.00	132.78
5	—	353	159.00	159.00
6	—	475	130.00–141.00	133.53
12	—	425	140.00–155.00	151.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	100.00	100.00
2	—	433	125.00	125.00
3	—	325	150.00–155.00	153.41
3	—	460	125.00–134.00	129.67
3	—	515	120.00–125.00	123.38
4	—	621	110.00–115.00	112.43
5	—	377	135.00	135.00
8	—	581	115.00–120.00	119.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	140.00	140.00
6	—	276	182.50	182.50
9	—	373	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	561	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	115.00	115.00
2	—	668	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	130.00	130.00
10	—	671	110.00–125.00	119.09
7	—	429	128.00–130.00	129.71
6	—	523	120.00–127.00	124.54
6	—	469	125.00–130.00	125.83
5	—	628	110.00–120.00	118.09
2	—	775	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	429	115.00–125.00	119.97
6	—	514	110.00–119.00	113.11
6	—	380	120.00–130.00	122.25
5	—	573	110.00–115.00	112.98
3	—	672	110.00	110.00
2	—	618	115.00	115.00
1	—	725	100.00	100.00
13	—	476	110.00–125.00	115.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	643	118.75	118.75
26	—	526	122.50	122.50
5	—	384	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	533	125.00–130.00	127.77
17	—	621	117.50–125.00	121.05
10	—	465	140.00	140.00
7	—	427	136.00–139.00	138.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	380	131.00–134.00	133.72
8	—	268	144.00–158.00	149.04
5	—	404	135.00	135.00
5	—	318	143.00–148.00	143.96
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	156.00	156.00
1	—	430	145.00	145.00
2	—	553	125.00–130.00	127.49
2	—	640	125.00	125.00
2	—	668	120.00	120.00
3	—	387	150.00–159.00	155.71
3	—	777	115.00	115.00
5	—	481	130.00–135.00	131.03
8	—	530	120.00–136.00	129.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	485	145.00	145.00
4	—	442	158.00	158.00
3	—	525	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	496	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	467	152.50	152.50
15	—	521	147.50–155.00	150.29
14	—	610	145.00–146.00	145.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	525	140.00–150.00	145.51
15	—	680	129.00–130.00	129.93
9	—	468	140.00–150.00	147.02
7	—	436	140.00–155.00	145.81
4	—	632	130.00	130.00
3	—	763	120.00–125.00	121.64
3	—	570	135.00–142.00	139.04
2	—	900	110.00	110.00
2	—	813	120.00–124.00	121.99
1	—	720	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	167.00	167.00
2	—	490	140.00	140.00
4	—	440	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	39.50	39.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,161	57.00–63.50	59.00
5	—	1,103	47.50–54.00	51.49
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,255	51.50–55.00	53.52
3	—	1,142	60.00–63.00	61.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,575	60.00	60.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,332	82.50–85.00	84.23
3	—	1,757	90.00–95.00	92.44

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,175	800.00–1,050.00	927.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,055	48.00	48.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,450	65.00	65.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,375	77.00	77.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	—	1,217	600.00–925.00	813.13
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,033	700.00–875.00	824.19
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	700.00	700.00

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

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Ash Flat Livestock Auction - Ash Flat, AR

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle