Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 500 lbs traded unevenly steady to 6.00 higher. Steers over 500 lbs were steady with a few offerings of weaned and value added cattle trading at a premium with some of those offerings trading 10.00 higher. Light weight feeder heifers under 400 lbs traded 3.00 to 10.00 higher heifers between 400 lbs to 600 lbs were steady to 4.00 higher, over 600 lbs were not well tested. Feeder bulls were 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady and slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.12/cwt on 155 head.

Average price

$135.12

155 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$771

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$14.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.44

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	577	137.91	796	125
Medium and Large 2	544	123.50	672	30

One grade step is worth $14.40/cwt here — about $124 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 sale155 hd

135.12

—

AR average9 barns · 3,524 hd

145.56

−10.44

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	—	Low	1,527	71.16	1,087	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,388	48.69	676	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,236	47.57	588	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,101	41.35	455	38

Every lot, as filed

103 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 1Thin Fleshed	—	330	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	591	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	129.33/cwt	129.00–130.00	934	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	588	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	149.34/cwt	145.00–155.00	648	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	123.71/cwt	119.00–129.00	651	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	155.42/cwt	152.00–156.00	521	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	149.70/cwt	140.00–156.00	695	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	129.11/cwt	125.00–131.00	546	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	618	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	376	166.52/cwt	158.00–172.50	626	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	129.26/cwt	124.00–137.00	611	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	114.03/cwt	112.00–116.00	758	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	125.60/cwt	125.00–127.00	831	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	114.66/cwt	109.00–116.00	752	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	136.48/cwt	134.00–141.00	789	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	116.97/cwt	113.00–119.00	743	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	823	91.02/cwt	90.00–92.00	749	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	493	142.26/cwt	130.00–147.00	701	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	138.27/cwt	136.00–140.00	513	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	458	117.37/cwt	115.00–122.00	538	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	588	126.28/cwt	126.00–128.00	743	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	331	167.12/cwt	161.00–175.00	553	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	432	154.06/cwt	149.00–165.00	666	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	670	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	527	134.11/cwt	133.00–136.00	707	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	118.90/cwt	118.00–120.00	682	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	132.48/cwt	130.00–135.00	802	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	952	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	622	121.35/cwt	115.00–125.00	755	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	140.34/cwt	134.00–155.00	741	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	655	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	793	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	171.39/cwt	159.00–179.00	564	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	787	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	980	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	360	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	720	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	576	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	629	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	871	29
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	815.91/cwt	625.00–975.00	8,975	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	915	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,775	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	8,910	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	705	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	517	131.03/cwt	130.00–132.00	677	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	735	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	809	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	565	107.50/cwt	105.00–110.00	607	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	11,688	1
Bulls	—	—	1,493	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	970	3
Bulls	—	—	1,537	73.01/cwt	68.00–76.00	1,122	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,119	50.57/cwt	48.00–53.50	566	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,178	41.17/cwt	35.00–47.50	485	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	835	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	418	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	51.34/cwt	51.00–51.50	711	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	200	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	32.72/cwt	29.00–34.00	343	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,393	44.71/cwt	44.50–45.00	623	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	720	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	180	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,204	787.40/cwt	625.00–950.00	9,480	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,164	49.74/cwt	48.50–51.00	579	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,465	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	718	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	10,313	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,800	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	599	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	44.67/cwt	42.50–46.00	595	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	86.90/cwt	80.00–90.00	411	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	446	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	108.59/cwt	100.00–110.00	628	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	468	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	126.90/cwt	120.00–131.00	593	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	48.50/cwt	48.50–48.50	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	680	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	109.51/cwt	109.00–110.00	624	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	118.32/cwt	110.00–123.00	500	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	387	116.41/cwt	115.00–120.00	451	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	378	141.03/cwt	140.00–142.00	533	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	765	104.52/cwt	94.00–111.00	800	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	846	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	533	124.51/cwt	124.00–125.00	664	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	563	124.93/cwt	120.00–130.00	703	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	580	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	433	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	498	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	124.00/cwt	120.00–128.00	632	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	288	180.59/cwt	177.00–184.00	520	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	677	101.41/cwt	100.00–105.00	687	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	103.98/cwt	90.00–110.00	650	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	614	116.01/cwt	115.00–117.00	712	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	265	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	427	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	533	117.70/cwt	115.00–120.00	627	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	526	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	470	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	658	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	970	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	450	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	450	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	102.55/cwt	90.00–115.00	675	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	431	127.97/cwt	126.00–132.00	552	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	108.15/cwt	100.00–113.00	568	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	408	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	112.61/cwt	110.00–120.00	519	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	111.26/cwt	110.00–115.00	645	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	119.43/cwt	110.00–125.00	742	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	127.87/cwt	120.00–135.00	661	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.

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 903Last week 907Year ago 870

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 87Year ago 79

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 55Year ago 34

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	179.00	179.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	376	158.00–172.50	166.52
3	—	665	112.00–116.00	114.03
2	—	823	90.00–92.00	91.02
11	—	493	130.00–147.00	142.26
7	—	588	126.00–128.00	126.28
3	—	331	161.00–175.00	167.12
3	—	432	149.00–165.00	154.06
8	—	527	133.00–136.00	134.11
6	—	765	94.00–111.00	104.52
2	—	288	177.00–184.00	180.59
4	—	614	115.00–117.00	116.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	105.00–110.00	107.50
2	—	533	124.00–125.00	124.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	578	100.00–110.00	108.59
2	—	378	140.00–142.00	141.03
2	—	510	120.00–128.00	124.00
7	—	677	100.00–105.00	101.41
5	—	625	90.00–110.00	103.98
5	—	431	126.00–132.00	127.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	722	129.00–130.00	129.33
7	—	434	145.00–155.00	149.34
7	—	464	140.00–156.00	149.70
1	—	370	167.00	167.00
12	—	662	125.00–127.00	125.60
4	—	578	134.00–141.00	136.48
2	—	605	130.00–135.00	132.48
1	—	835	114.00	114.00
36	—	528	134.00–155.00	140.34
4	—	329	159.00–179.00	171.39
3	—	750	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	622	115.00–125.00	121.35
1	—	655	121.00	121.00
3	—	517	130.00–132.00	131.03
1	—	735	110.00	110.00
2	—	563	120.00–130.00	124.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	787	124.50	124.50
29	—	629	138.50	138.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	120.00–131.00	126.90
2	—	448	144.00	144.00
1	—	340	150.00	150.00
1	—	365	144.00	144.00
1	—	970	80.00	80.00
2	—	658	90.00–115.00	102.55
4	—	580	110.00–115.00	111.26
5	—	621	110.00–125.00	119.43
7	—	517	120.00–135.00	127.87
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	588	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	526	119.00–129.00	123.71
7	—	335	152.00–156.00	155.42
10	—	423	125.00–131.00	129.11
12	—	473	124.00–137.00	129.26
10	—	656	109.00–116.00	114.66
3	—	635	113.00–119.00	116.97
7	—	371	136.00–140.00	138.27
11	—	574	118.00–120.00	118.90
1	—	940	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	458	115.00–122.00	117.37
1	—	670	100.00	100.00
1	—	720	80.00	80.00
2	—	433	115.00	115.00
3	—	533	115.00–120.00	117.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	90.00	90.00
2	—	570	109.00–110.00	109.51
1	—	620	90.00	90.00
12	—	423	110.00–123.00	118.32
14	—	387	115.00–120.00	116.41
5	—	525	100.00–113.00	108.15
6	—	340	120.00	120.00
7	—	461	110.00–120.00	112.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	473	80.00–90.00	86.90
2	—	525	85.00	85.00
1	—	680	70.00	70.00
1	—	575	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	450	100.00	100.00

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	2	—	1,100	625.00–975.00	815.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	810.00	810.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	935.00	935.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,195	59.00	59.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	—	1,204	625.00–950.00	787.40
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,465	49.00	49.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,250	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,040	48.50	48.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,045	54.00	54.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,493	65.00	65.00
10	—	1,537	68.00–76.00	73.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,119	48.00–53.50	50.57
16	—	1,178	35.00–47.50	41.17
1	—	1,000	20.00	20.00
8	—	1,049	29.00–34.00	32.72
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	835	50.00	50.00
1	—	720	25.00	25.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,385	51.00–51.50	51.34
2	—	1,393	44.50–45.00	44.71
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,164	48.50–51.00	49.74
3	—	1,333	42.50–46.00	44.67

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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