Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 650 lb traded 5.00 to 10.00 higher, steers over 650 lb were mostly steady. Feeder bulls traded 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550 lb traded mostly 2.00 to 7.00 higher, over 550 lb were steady. Slaughter cows were steady and slaughter bulls were steady to 2.00 lower. Supply was good today with several offerings of quality cattle. Demand was strong with the drier weather forecast over the next week after the long stretch of heavy rainfall in the area.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.52/cwt on 125 head.

Average price

$152.52

125 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$824

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$21.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.82

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	160.27	840	77
Medium and Large 1-2	620	142.47	883	16thin
Medium and Large 2	538	138.91	748	32

One grade step is worth $21.36/cwt here — about $92 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 sale125 hd

152.52

—

AR average10 barns · 1,373 hd

154.34

−1.82

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	1,678	84.30	1,414	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,170	64.75	758	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,050	57.00	599	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	998	53.27	532	34

Every lot, as filed

88 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	141.01/cwt	135.00–146.00	955	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	717	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	846	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	118.75/cwt	118.50–120.00	817	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	156.65/cwt	150.00–163.00	816	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	156.58/cwt	147.00–159.50	896	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	172.26/cwt	158.00–174.00	767	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	129.43/cwt	128.00–132.00	914	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	269	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	585	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	144.22/cwt	137.00–148.50	678	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	459	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	135.02/cwt	129.00–137.00	736	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	125.87/cwt	124.00–130.00	716	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	139.16/cwt	131.00–145.00	804	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	676	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	143.90/cwt	138.00–146.00	521	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	323	183.47/cwt	182.00–185.00	593	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	765	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	887	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	245	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	147.70/cwt	139.00–149.50	620	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	143.90/cwt	136.00–153.00	753	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	633	131.74/cwt	131.00–134.00	834	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	123.46/cwt	121.00–124.50	759	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	609	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	158.77/cwt	153.00–164.00	764	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	535	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	754	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	144.04/cwt	140.00–148.00	896	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	250	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	156.93/cwt	141.00–161.50	742	26
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	963.97/cwt	775.00–1,110.00	9,399	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	933	79.00/cwt	71.50–86.50	737	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	600	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	816	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	725	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	870	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	66.35/cwt	62.00–69.50	733	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	382	166.71/cwt	158.00–171.00	637	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	871	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,067	869.77/cwt	625.00–935.00	9,280	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	12,350	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	60.31/cwt	54.00–64.50	648	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	42.52/cwt	42.00–43.00	402	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	49.47/cwt	45.00–56.00	505	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,050	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	599	1
Bulls	—	—	2,058	91.65/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,886	3
Bulls	—	—	1,584	84.02/cwt	78.00–87.50	1,331	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	618	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	8,750	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	770	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	308	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	845	54.66/cwt	54.00–55.00	462	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	65.79/cwt	62.50–68.00	791	7
Bulls	—	—	1,530	74.56/cwt	74.00–75.00	1,141	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	152.27/cwt	150.00–153.00	649	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	149.68/cwt	149.00–150.00	561	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	945	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	543	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	840	48.20/cwt	45.00–52.00	405	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,176	905.87/cwt	600.00–985.00	10,653	35
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,143	1,236.97/cwt	650.00–1,500.00	14,139	61
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	146.30/cwt	145.00–149.00	688	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	129.74/cwt	123.00–136.00	538	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	65.28/cwt	65.00–65.50	761	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	6,161	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	803	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	633	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	134.57/cwt	130.00–145.00	717	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	457	140.70/cwt	131.00–144.00	643	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	143.99/cwt	138.00–146.00	634	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	862	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	126.05/cwt	120.00–132.00	763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	514	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	720	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	350	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	750	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	130.52/cwt	130.00–131.00	415	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	723	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	925	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	388	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	243	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	374	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	535	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	489	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	126.37/cwt	123.00–128.00	581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	118.47/cwt	115.00–122.00	663	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	127.80/cwt	127.00–129.00	684	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	633	122.50/cwt	122.00–123.00	775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	303	152.48/cwt	150.00–155.00	462	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	926	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	776	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	965	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	833	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	658	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	523	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 →

Ash Flat Livestock Auction - Ash Flat, AR

Fri May 21, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 638Last week 573Year ago 500

Slaughter CattleReceipts 150Last week 60Year ago 50

Replacement CattleReceipts 169Last week 40Year ago 25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	677	135.00–146.00	141.01
17	—	521	150.00–163.00	156.65
8	—	572	147.00–159.50	156.58
12	—	445	158.00–174.00	172.26
7	—	706	128.00–132.00	129.43
8	—	269	217.50	217.50
2	—	340	179.00	179.00
6	—	481	153.00–164.00	158.77
10	—	622	140.00–148.00	144.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	136.00	136.00
1	—	725	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	426	150.00–153.00	152.27
3	—	375	149.00–150.00	149.68
3	—	470	145.00–149.00	146.30
1	—	595	135.00	135.00
1	—	340	140.00	140.00
7	—	533	130.00–145.00	134.57
2	—	718	120.00	120.00
2	—	605	120.00–132.00	126.05
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	130.00	130.00
5	—	723	128.00	128.00
2	—	388	163.00	163.00
1	—	535	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	691	134.00	134.00
5	—	493	157.50	157.50
3	—	778	124.00	124.00
3	—	555	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	717	118.00	118.00
1	—	535	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	688	118.50–120.00	118.75
25	—	470	137.00–148.50	144.22
1	—	310	148.00	148.00
8	—	545	129.00–137.00	135.02
6	—	569	124.00–130.00	125.87
6	—	362	138.00–146.00	143.90
11	—	420	139.00–149.50	147.70
7	—	615	121.00–124.50	123.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	415	123.00–136.00	129.74
1	—	515	123.00	123.00
2	—	318	130.00–131.00	130.52
1	—	385	127.00	127.00
3	—	460	123.00–128.00	126.37
2	—	560	115.00–122.00	118.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	514	140.00	140.00
1	—	350	141.00	141.00
3	—	243	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	514	128.00	128.00
3	—	363	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	578	131.00–145.00	139.16
2	—	425	159.00	159.00
2	—	323	182.00–185.00	183.47
1	—	765	116.00	116.00
2	—	245	190.00	190.00
3	—	523	136.00–153.00	143.90
4	—	633	131.00–134.00	131.74
1	—	250	186.00	186.00
26	—	473	141.00–161.50	156.93
5	—	382	158.00–171.00	166.71
1	—	660	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	457	131.00–144.00	140.70
6	—	440	138.00–146.00	143.99
5	—	535	127.00–129.00	127.80
2	—	633	122.00–123.00	122.50
2	—	303	150.00–155.00	152.48

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	975	775.00–1,110.00	963.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,105	62.00–69.50	66.35
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,000	875.00	875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	35	—	1,176	600.00–985.00	905.87
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,165	65.00–65.50	65.28
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,010	610.00	610.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	933	71.50–86.50	79.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	65.00	65.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,067	625.00–935.00	869.77
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	950	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	61	—	1,143	650.00–1,500.00	1,236.97

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,075	54.00–64.50	60.31
2	—	945	42.00–43.00	42.52
12	—	1,020	45.00–56.00	49.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	57.00	57.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	40.00	40.00
3	—	845	54.00–55.00	54.66
3	—	840	45.00–52.00	48.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,202	62.50–68.00	65.79
1	—	945	57.50	57.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,058	90.00–93.00	91.65
9	—	1,584	78.00–87.50	84.02
2	—	1,530	74.00–75.00	74.56

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Ash Flat Livestock Auction - Ash Flat, AR

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