Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder bulls traded 2.00 to 5.00 higher. There were some offerings of light fleshed weaned cattle that traded at a premium but most of the run consisted of unweaned and plain cattle that helped to bring down the averages on all fronts. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.63/cwt on 77 head.

Average price

$114.63

77 head · 476 lb average

Value per head Derived

$546

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$47

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

$1.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.38

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	114.89	557	59
Medium and Large 2	449	113.80	511	18thin

One grade step is worth $1.09/cwt here — about $47 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 sale77 hd

114.63

—

AR average9 barns · 579 hd

115.02

−0.38

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	1,715	77.07	1,322	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,309	56.38	738	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,365	56.31	769	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,041	43.82	456	19

Every lot, as filed

81 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	—	393	127.69/cwt	123.00–132.00	502	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	400	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	604	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	114.16/cwt	110.00–115.00	553	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	118.75/cwt	115.00–127.00	502	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	108.32/cwt	105.00–115.00	620	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	135.97/cwt	130.00–141.00	591	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	165.67/cwt	150.00–172.00	563	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	101.09/cwt	95.00–105.00	636	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	141.30/cwt	139.00–145.00	471	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	736	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	121.65/cwt	120.00–125.00	696	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	125.05/cwt	120.00–130.00	669	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	444	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	147.01/cwt	145.00–149.00	578	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	150.43/cwt	140.00–167.00	621	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	111.62/cwt	110.00–115.00	573	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	162.00/cwt	156.00–168.00	575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	283	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	509	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	868	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	521	125.03/cwt	120.00–130.00	651	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	625	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	715	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	572	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	467	130.61/cwt	129.00–142.00	610	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	117.42/cwt	115.00–120.00	673	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	4,600	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	634	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	763.00/cwt	625.00–1,000.00	8,775	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	520	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	435	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	745	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	745	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	510	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	580	101.34/cwt	100.00–102.00	588	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	390	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	519	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,183	55.66/cwt	55.00–56.00	658	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	10,080	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	6,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	15,525	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	708.40/cwt	625.00–785.00	6,376	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	61.07/cwt	60.00–63.00	602	2
Bulls	—	—	1,740	83.63/cwt	82.00–85.00	1,455	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	42.74/cwt	37.50–46.00	439	11
Bulls	—	—	1,880	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,429	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	392	1
Bulls	—	—	1,500	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	975	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	775	28.00/cwt	28.00–28.00	217	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	690	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	481	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	601	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	102.50/cwt	100.00–105.00	533	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	56.31/cwt	55.00–57.50	769	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,309	56.38/cwt	54.00–60.00	738	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	49.08/cwt	47.50–53.00	550	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	391	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	355	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	112.43/cwt	110.00–115.00	596	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	448	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	350	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	354	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	104.85/cwt	100.00–115.00	459	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	389	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Full	—	640	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	576	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	127.49/cwt	121.00–130.00	542	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	105.08/cwt	100.00–110.00	502	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	268	157.50/cwt	150.00–165.00	422	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	667	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	121.65/cwt	120.00–125.00	572	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	103.37/cwt	100.00–110.00	597	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	99.72/cwt	94.00–105.00	575	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	425	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	514	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	425	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	621	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	475	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	423	166.19/cwt	159.00–174.00	703	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	147.48/cwt	145.00–150.00	476	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	151.65/cwt	146.00–157.50	440	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	107.50/cwt	105.00–110.00	699	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	619	109.07/cwt	100.00–116.00	675	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	705	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	776	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	133.60/cwt	130.00–141.00	625	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	108.47/cwt	100.00–115.00	556	3

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 466Last week 608Year ago 826

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 119Year ago 78

Replacement CattleReceipts 24Last week 70Year ago 16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	393	123.00–132.00	127.69
6	—	484	110.00–115.00	114.16
23	—	423	115.00–127.00	118.75
9	—	572	105.00–115.00	108.32
5	—	629	95.00–105.00	101.09
3	—	333	139.00–145.00	141.30
1	—	715	103.00	103.00
1	—	290	153.00	153.00
3	—	513	110.00–115.00	111.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	80.00	80.00
1	—	510	100.00	100.00
3	—	580	100.00–102.00	101.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	100.00–105.00	102.50
1	—	355	110.00	110.00
1	—	640	100.00	100.00
3	—	438	100.00–115.00	104.85
1	—	335	116.00	116.00
2	—	478	100.00–110.00	105.08
3	—	577	94.00–105.00	99.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	268	150.00–165.00	157.50
1	—	425	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	151.00	151.00
1	—	355	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	572	120.00–125.00	121.65
2	—	535	120.00–130.00	125.05
2	—	393	145.00–149.00	147.01
7	—	413	140.00–167.00	150.43
2	—	283	180.00	180.00
1	—	755	115.00	115.00
3	—	468	130.00–141.00	133.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	120.00	120.00
1	—	520	120.00	120.00
1	—	435	125.00	125.00
1	—	745	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	90.00	90.00
1	—	435	103.00	103.00
1	—	350	101.00	101.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	110.00–115.00	112.43
4	—	425	121.00–130.00	127.49
1	—	635	105.00	105.00
3	—	470	120.00–125.00	121.65
1	—	695	100.00	100.00
1	—	390	144.00	144.00
2	—	323	145.00–150.00	147.48
2	—	290	146.00–157.50	151.65
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	159.00–174.00	166.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	435	130.00–141.00	135.97
4	—	340	150.00–172.00	165.67
2	—	355	156.00–168.00	162.00
9	—	521	120.00–130.00	125.03
9	—	467	129.00–142.00	130.61
2	—	573	115.00–120.00	117.42
2	—	650	105.00–110.00	107.50
6	—	619	100.00–116.00	109.07
1	—	705	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	481	125.00	125.00
3	—	578	100.00–110.00	103.37
3	—	513	100.00–115.00	108.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	90.00	90.00

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	1	—	1,000	675.00	675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	610.00	610.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	1,350.00	1,350.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	575.00	575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,150	625.00–1,000.00	763.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	840.00	840.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	900	625.00–785.00	708.40
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	64.00	64.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,183	55.00–56.00	55.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	985	60.00–63.00	61.07

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,740	82.00–85.00	83.63
1	—	1,880	76.00	76.00
1	—	1,500	65.00	65.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,028	37.50–46.00	42.74
1	—	980	40.00	40.00
6	—	1,120	47.50–53.00	49.08
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	28.00	28.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,365	55.00–57.50	56.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,309	54.00–60.00	56.38

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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