Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-20

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 / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	506	122.58	620	67
Medium and Large 1-2	422	120.00	506	5thin
Medium and Large 2	493	112.59	555	55
Medium and Large 3	301	81.36	245	22

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,768	72.90	1,289	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,423	51.27	730	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,286	47.98	617	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,128	39.48	445	24

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	470	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	517	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	123.21/cwt	118.00–133.00	647	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	124.23/cwt	120.00–129.00	711	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	600	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	635	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	699	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	772	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	120.49/cwt	115.00–126.00	682	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	362	167.73/cwt	160.00–182.50	607	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	144.60/cwt	137.00–152.00	768	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	264	149.72/cwt	140.00–152.00	395	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	693	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	797	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	506	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	112.63/cwt	112.50–113.00	766	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	265	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	366	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	113.15/cwt	109.00–121.00	707	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	842	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	410	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	532	116.58/cwt	110.00–120.00	620	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	140.65/cwt	130.00–143.00	661	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	137.58/cwt	130.00–142.00	603	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	424	141.94/cwt	132.00–149.00	602	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	133.61/cwt	128.00–138.00	823	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	785	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	143.46/cwt	136.00–149.00	805	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	121.43/cwt	120.00–126.00	574	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	565	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	622	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	172.05/cwt	167.00–174.00	650	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	149.65/cwt	143.00–163.00	696	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	567	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	652	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	132.04/cwt	124.00–136.00	560	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,201	701.12/cwt	525.00–850.00	8,420	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	968	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	857	88.31/cwt	85.00–89.00	757	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	518	112.46/cwt	110.00–115.00	583	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	158.04/cwt	151.00–162.00	670	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	445	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	538	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	47.68/cwt	45.00–53.00	644	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	624	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,465	44.00/cwt	43.00–45.00	645	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	888	357.32/cwt	300.00–410.00	3,173	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	595.45/cwt	450.00–700.00	5,460	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	32.88/cwt	32.00–34.00	359	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	910	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	346	1
Bulls	—	—	2,125	78.23/cwt	76.50–80.00	1,662	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	51.27/cwt	50.00–52.50	730	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,342	50.26/cwt	48.00–53.00	674	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	833	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	167	2
Bulls	—	—	1,649	71.12/cwt	70.00–74.00	1,173	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	40.86/cwt	38.00–46.00	476	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	44.49/cwt	42.50–46.00	546	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	114.02/cwt	110.00–115.00	501	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	880	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	264	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	330	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	395	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	275	83.59/cwt	81.00–85.00	230	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	464	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	125.11/cwt	120.00–130.00	642	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,212	48.09/cwt	47.00–49.00	583	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	360	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	567	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	342	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	274	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	371	70.95/cwt	68.00–80.00	263	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	111.83/cwt	100.00–117.00	583	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	817	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	507	140.34/cwt	140.00–141.00	712	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	928	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	928	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	121.76/cwt	110.00–129.00	440	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	530	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	636	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	152.00/cwt	150.00–154.00	517	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	315	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	124.92/cwt	120.00–139.00	518	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	608	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	128.22/cwt	120.00–135.00	731	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	139.35/cwt	135.00–144.00	513	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	810	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	134.99/cwt	125.00–139.00	634	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	875	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	335	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	109.03/cwt	100.00–115.00	511	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	111.62/cwt	110.00–115.00	633	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	142.51/cwt	141.00–144.00	532	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	830	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	830	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	493	114.97/cwt	110.00–120.00	567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	336	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	457	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	108.60/cwt	105.00–110.00	614	7

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 →

Ash Flat Livestock Auction - Ash Flat, AR

Fri Nov 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 836Last week 0Year ago 770

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 0Year ago 62

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 0Year ago 20

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.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	110.00	110.00
3	—	565	110.00	110.00
1	—	445	110.00	110.00
2	—	518	110.00–115.00	112.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	525	118.00–133.00	123.21
3	—	813	95.00	95.00
6	—	566	115.00–126.00	120.49
8	—	264	140.00–152.00	149.72
4	—	680	112.50–113.00	112.63
6	—	625	109.00–121.00	113.15
1	—	780	108.00	108.00
13	—	473	120.00–126.00	121.43
10	—	424	124.00–136.00	132.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	422	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	439	110.00–115.00	114.02
12	—	521	100.00–117.00	111.83
4	—	361	110.00–129.00	121.76
9	—	608	100.00	100.00
5	—	469	100.00–115.00	109.03
2	—	658	100.00	100.00
7	—	565	105.00–110.00	108.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	85.00	85.00
17	—	275	81.00–85.00	83.59
4	—	371	68.00–80.00	70.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	336	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	110.00	110.00
4	—	572	120.00–129.00	124.23
1	—	340	180.00	180.00
5	—	362	160.00–182.50	167.73
3	—	693	115.00	115.00
13	—	470	130.00–143.00	140.65
5	—	424	132.00–149.00	141.94
1	—	785	100.00	100.00
6	—	857	85.00–89.00	88.31
3	—	507	140.00–141.00	140.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	532	110.00–120.00	116.58
1	—	620	112.00	112.00
2	—	340	150.00–154.00	152.00
4	—	415	120.00–139.00	124.92
1	—	655	100.00	100.00
3	—	567	110.00–115.00	111.62
2	—	373	141.00–144.00	142.51
2	—	493	110.00–120.00	114.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	567	115.00	115.00
1	—	445	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	157.50	157.50
1	—	530	120.00	120.00
1	—	335	163.00	163.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	342	80.00	80.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	531	137.00–152.00	144.60
6	—	616	128.00–138.00	133.61
23	—	561	136.00–149.00	143.46
5	—	378	167.00–174.00	172.05
11	—	465	143.00–163.00	149.65
1	—	880	110.00	110.00
14	—	424	151.00–162.00	158.04
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	141.00	141.00
1	—	330	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	438	130.00–142.00	137.58
1	—	305	152.00	152.00
6	—	513	120.00–130.00	125.11
1	—	710	115.00	115.00
2	—	928	100.00	100.00
3	—	570	120.00–135.00	128.22
2	—	368	135.00–144.00	139.35
1	—	675	120.00	120.00
5	—	470	125.00–139.00	134.99
1	—	875	100.00	100.00
1	—	830	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	165.00	165.00

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)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,201	525.00–850.00	701.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,350	45.00–53.00	47.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,300	48.00	48.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,465	43.00–45.00	44.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	917	450.00–700.00	595.45
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	888	300.00–410.00	357.32
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	980	500.00	500.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,093	32.00–34.00	32.88
12	—	1,165	38.00–46.00	40.86
6	—	1,212	47.00–49.00	48.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	38.00	38.00
12	—	1,342	48.00–53.00	50.26
5	—	1,227	42.50–46.00	44.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,423	50.00–52.50	51.27
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	833	20.00	20.00
1	—	880	30.00	30.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,125	76.50–80.00	78.23
6	—	1,649	70.00–74.00	71.12

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Ash Flat Livestock Auction - Ash Flat, AR

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

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