Sale reports / Arkansas / Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. / 2020-11-20

Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ash Flat, Arkansas · Fri, Nov 20
● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2059
Feeder Cattle receipts
836 head
836 vs last sale 0 66 vs year ago 770 · +8.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
100 vs last sale 0 38 vs year ago 62 · +61.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
35 vs last sale 0 15 vs year ago 20 · +75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend is available this week, sale was not reported last week. There was good demand on weaned feeders and good demand for the lighter weights in the feeders mostly noticeable under 450 lbs.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.72/cwt on 149 head.
Average price
$112.72
149 head · 468 lb average
Value per head Derived
$528
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$375
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$41.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
16.35
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1506122.5862067
Medium and Large 1-2422120.005065thin
Medium and Large 2493112.5955555
Medium and Large 330181.3624522
One grade step is worth $41.22/cwt here — about $375 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 sale149 hd
112.72
AR average9 barns · 2,260 hd
129.06
−16.35
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
BullsHigh1,76872.901,2898thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,42351.277302thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28647.9861718
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12839.4844524

Every lot, as filed

91 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy470110.00/cwt110.00–110.005172
BullsMedium and Large 1630110.00/cwt110.00–110.006931
HeifersMedium and Large 1525123.21/cwt118.00–133.006478
BullsMedium and Large 1572124.23/cwt120.00–129.007114
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600125.00/cwt125.00–125.007501
SteersMedium and Large 1Full635110.00/cwt110.00–110.006991
HeifersMedium and Large 181395.00/cwt95.00–95.007723
BullsMedium and Large 1340180.00/cwt180.00–180.006121
HeifersMedium and Large 1566120.49/cwt115.00–126.006826
BullsMedium and Large 1362167.73/cwt160.00–182.506075
SteersMedium and Large 1531144.60/cwt137.00–152.007685
HeifersMedium and Large 1264149.72/cwt140.00–152.003958
BullsMedium and Large 1693115.00/cwt115.00–115.007973
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2422120.00/cwt120.00–120.005065
HeifersMedium and Large 1680112.63/cwt112.50–113.007664
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed265138.00/cwt138.00–138.003661
HeifersMedium and Large 1625113.15/cwt109.00–121.007076
HeifersMedium and Large 1780108.00/cwt108.00–108.008421
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added410141.00/cwt141.00–141.005781
BullsMedium and Large 2532116.58/cwt110.00–120.006206
BullsMedium and Large 1470140.65/cwt130.00–143.0066113
SteersMedium and Large 2438137.58/cwt130.00–142.006034
BullsMedium and Large 1424141.94/cwt132.00–149.006025
SteersMedium and Large 1616133.61/cwt128.00–138.008236
BullsMedium and Large 1785100.00/cwt100.00–100.007851
SteersMedium and Large 1561143.46/cwt136.00–149.0080523
HeifersMedium and Large 1473121.43/cwt120.00–126.0057413
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy565110.00/cwt110.00–110.006223
SteersMedium and Large 1378172.05/cwt167.00–174.006505
SteersMedium and Large 1465149.65/cwt143.00–163.0069611
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy445110.00/cwt110.00–110.004901
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy567115.00/cwt115.00–115.006524
HeifersMedium and Large 1424132.04/cwt124.00–136.0056010
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,201701.12/cwt525.00–850.008,42010
SteersMedium and Large 1880110.00/cwt110.00–110.009681
BullsMedium and Large 185788.31/cwt85.00–89.007576
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy518112.46/cwt110.00–115.005832
SteersMedium and Large 1424158.04/cwt151.00–162.0067014
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy445121.00/cwt121.00–121.005381
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,35047.68/cwt45.00–53.006443
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,30048.00/cwt48.00–48.006241
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,46544.00/cwt43.00–45.006452
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2888357.32/cwt300.00–410.003,1732
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2980500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,9001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2917595.45/cwt450.00–700.005,4603
CowsLean 85-90%1,09332.88/cwt32.00–34.003593
CowsBoner 80-85%91038.00/cwt38.00–38.003461
Bulls2,12578.23/cwt76.50–80.001,6622
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42351.27/cwt50.00–52.507302
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34250.26/cwt48.00–53.0067412
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight83320.00/cwt20.00–20.001672
Bulls1,64971.12/cwt70.00–74.001,1736
CowsLean 85-90%1,16540.86/cwt38.00–46.0047612
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22744.49/cwt42.50–46.005465
BullsMedium and Large 2620112.00/cwt112.00–112.006941
HeifersMedium and Large 2439114.02/cwt110.00–115.0050110
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight88030.00/cwt30.00–30.002641
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added330169.00/cwt169.00–169.005581
HeifersMedium and Large 346585.00/cwt85.00–85.003951
HeifersMedium and Large 327583.59/cwt81.00–85.0023017
SteersMedium and Large 2305152.00/cwt152.00–152.004641
SteersMedium and Large 2513125.11/cwt120.00–130.006426
CowsLean 85-90%1,21248.09/cwt47.00–49.005836
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed360157.50/cwt157.50–157.505671
BullsMedium and Large 334280.00/cwt80.00–80.002743
HeifersMedium and Large 337170.95/cwt68.00–80.002634
HeifersMedium and Large 2521111.83/cwt100.00–117.0058312
SteersMedium and Large 2710115.00/cwt115.00–115.008171
BullsMedium and Large 1507140.34/cwt140.00–141.007123
SteersMedium and Large 2928100.00/cwt100.00–100.009282
HeifersMedium and Large 2361121.76/cwt110.00–129.004404
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed530120.00/cwt120.00–120.006361
BullsMedium and Large 2340152.00/cwt150.00–154.005172
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed315165.00/cwt165.00–165.005201
BullsMedium and Large 2415124.92/cwt120.00–139.005184
HeifersMedium and Large 2608100.00/cwt100.00–100.006089
SteersMedium and Large 2570128.22/cwt120.00–135.007313
SteersMedium and Large 2368139.35/cwt135.00–144.005132
SteersMedium and Large 2675120.00/cwt120.00–120.008101
SteersMedium and Large 2470134.99/cwt125.00–139.006345
SteersMedium and Large 2875100.00/cwt100.00–100.008751
BullsMedium and Large 2655100.00/cwt100.00–100.006551
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed335163.00/cwt163.00–163.005461
HeifersMedium and Large 2469109.03/cwt100.00–115.005115
BullsMedium and Large 2567111.62/cwt110.00–115.006333
BullsMedium and Large 2373142.51/cwt141.00–144.005322
SteersMedium and Large 2830100.00/cwt100.00–100.008301
BullsMedium and Large 2493114.97/cwt110.00–120.005672
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added336136.00/cwt136.00–136.004575
HeifersMedium and Large 2658100.00/cwt100.00–100.006582
HeifersMedium and Large 2565108.60/cwt105.00–110.006147

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.