Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend is available for this week, sale was not reported last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.72/cwt on 120 head.

Average price

$128.72

120 head · 506 lb average

Value per head Derived

$652

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$270

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$42.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.35

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	513	138.86	713	14thin
Medium and Large 1	536	134.83	723	52
Medium and Large 2	480	126.30	606	43
Medium and Large 3	459	96.39	443	11thin

One grade step is worth $42.47/cwt here — about $270 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 sale120 hd

128.72

—

AR average9 barns · 1,242 hd

133.07

−4.35

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	1,680	90.85	1,526	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,405	70.43	989	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,242	69.13	858	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,107	56.79	628	19

Every lot, as filed

99 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 1Value Added	—	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	130.34/cwt	130.00–131.00	806	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	138.36/cwt	135.00–140.00	844	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	755	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	868	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	660	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	485	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	606	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	345	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	497	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	114.17/cwt	112.50–117.50	816	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	897	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	135.70/cwt	133.00–140.00	712	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	480	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	420	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	622	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	500	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	730	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	130.49/cwt	120.00–132.00	1,014	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	355	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	139.17/cwt	135.00–143.00	589	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	325	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	132.52/cwt	130.00–134.00	779	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	634	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	483	139.92/cwt	135.00–145.00	676	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	603	127.51/cwt	125.00–130.00	769	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	770	100.95/cwt	99.00–103.00	777	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	780	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	936	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	611	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	855	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	436	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	634	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	571	146.03/cwt	145.00–147.00	834	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	142.72/cwt	142.00–145.00	835	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	127.84/cwt	127.00–130.00	738	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	427	151.00/cwt	149.00–153.00	645	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	800	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	645	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	140.01/cwt	136.00–143.00	655	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	532	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	758	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	150.71/cwt	145.00–159.00	636	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	135.89/cwt	126.00–143.00	717	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	672	122.61/cwt	120.00–123.50	824	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	395	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	553	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	616	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	801	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	475	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	703	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	730	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	876	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	157.62/cwt	154.00–160.00	659	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,218	63.81/cwt	61.00–65.50	777	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	57.50/cwt	55.00–60.00	596	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	554	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	660	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	726	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	15,275	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,553	65.77/cwt	65.50–66.00	1,021	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,073	817.62/cwt	600.00–1,025.00	8,773	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	44.24/cwt	40.00–48.00	447	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	400	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	385	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	468	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	69.60/cwt	66.50–74.00	857	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	870	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	820	32.50/cwt	32.50–32.50	267	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	133.38/cwt	130.00–140.00	638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	121.88/cwt	110.00–125.00	701	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	117.46/cwt	110.00–120.00	612	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	630	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	819	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	590	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	779	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	709	119.68/cwt	114.00–124.00	849	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	123.38/cwt	115.00–130.00	584	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	133.29/cwt	120.00–140.00	700	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	595	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Replacement	—	665	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	127.82/cwt	120.00–136.00	536	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	280	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	280	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	149.94/cwt	140.00–160.00	579	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	96.06/cwt	90.00–100.00	456	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	435	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	609	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	405	161.07/cwt	155.00–167.00	652	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	130.04/cwt	125.00–135.00	735	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	553	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	355	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	579	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	129.92/cwt	125.00–135.00	488	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	420	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	655	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	852	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	472	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	684	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	134.92/cwt	130.00–140.00	584	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	295	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	315	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	410	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	119.69/cwt	115.00–124.00	680	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	124.01/cwt	122.00–126.00	642	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	310	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	521	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	658	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	900	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,409	71.51/cwt	68.00–74.50	1,008	5
Bulls	—	—	1,667	93.63/cwt	92.50–95.00	1,561	3
Bulls	—	—	1,720	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	1,419	1

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 638Last week 683Year ago 575

Slaughter CattleReceipts 74Last week 67Year ago 46

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 40Year ago 15

No trend is available for this week, sale was not reported last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	130.00	130.00
1	—	480	149.00	149.00
4	—	420	148.00	148.00
2	—	500	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	110.00	110.00
1	—	485	125.00	125.00
1	—	345	144.00	144.00
1	—	645	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	715	112.50–117.50	114.17
2	—	423	135.00–143.00	139.17
8	—	588	130.00–134.00	132.52
1	—	630	127.00	127.00
6	—	667	120.00	120.00
5	—	468	136.00–143.00	140.01
9	—	528	126.00–143.00	135.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	436	145.50	145.50
6	—	616	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	427	149.00–153.00	151.00
1	—	475	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	395	140.00	140.00
1	—	420	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	90.00	90.00
2	—	400	100.00	100.00
1	—	385	100.00	100.00
1	—	595	90.00	90.00
1	—	280	100.00	100.00
5	—	475	90.00–100.00	96.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	575	110.00–125.00	121.88
4	—	521	110.00–120.00	117.46
5	—	473	115.00–130.00	123.38
1	—	675	112.00	112.00
12	—	419	120.00–136.00	127.82
4	—	376	125.00–135.00	129.92
1	—	340	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	618	130.00–131.00	130.34
1	—	755	115.00	115.00
4	—	525	133.00–140.00	135.70
1	—	375	169.00	169.00
2	—	483	135.00–145.00	139.92
7	—	577	127.00–130.00	127.84
5	—	422	145.00–159.00	150.71
4	—	672	120.00–123.50	122.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	770	99.00–103.00	100.95
1	—	615	117.00	117.00
1	—	675	100.00	100.00
3	—	478	130.00–140.00	133.38
3	—	433	130.00–140.00	134.92
1	—	315	130.00	130.00
4	—	568	115.00–124.00	119.69
1	—	700	115.00	115.00
2	—	518	122.00–126.00	124.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	610	135.00–140.00	138.36
3	—	690	130.00	130.00
8	—	777	120.00–132.00	130.49
1	—	450	150.00	150.00
4	—	585	142.00–145.00	142.72
3	—	418	154.00–160.00	157.62
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	110.00	110.00
2	—	660	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	170.00	170.00
1	—	780	120.00	120.00
2	—	405	155.00–167.00	161.07
1	—	355	163.00	163.00
1	—	655	130.00	130.00
1	—	295	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	603	125.00–130.00	127.51
6	—	709	114.00–124.00	119.68
6	—	525	120.00–140.00	133.29
1	—	660	120.00	120.00
6	—	386	140.00–160.00	149.94
2	—	565	125.00–135.00	130.04
1	—	470	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	611	140.00	140.00
14	—	571	145.00–147.00	146.03
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	532	142.50	142.50
6	—	472	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	120.00	120.00
1	—	630	130.00	130.00
1	—	590	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,218	61.00–65.50	63.81
5	—	1,037	55.00–60.00	57.50
2	—	1,010	40.00–48.00	44.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,231	66.50–74.00	69.60
1	—	1,360	64.00	64.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	820	32.50	32.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	65.00	65.00
5	—	1,409	68.00–74.50	71.51
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,667	92.50–95.00	93.63
1	—	1,720	82.50	82.50

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	—	1,300	1,175.00	1,175.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,553	65.50–66.00	65.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,073	600.00–1,025.00	817.62
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,215	79.00	79.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Ash Flat Livestock Auction - Ash Flat, AR

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle