Sale reports / Arkansas / Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. / 2021-07-09

Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ash Flat, Arkansas · Fri, Jul 9
● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2059
Feeder Cattle receipts
618 head
▲ 178 vs last sale 440▼ 616 vs year ago 1,234 · −49.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 90▼ 42 vs year ago 92 · −45.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 24▼ 20 vs year ago 45 · −44.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers traded steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder bulls over 450 lbs were steady to 5.00 higher with a few offerings as much as 13.00 higher, bulls under 450 lbs were not well tested but trended lower. Feeder heifers traded 2.00 to 8.00 higher with a couple in the 700 lb class 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady to 4.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.49/cwt on 167 head.
Average price
$134.49
167 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$678
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$270
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$39.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.61
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1517139.99723110
Medium and Large 1-2478139.5066710thin
Medium and Large 2492127.3662735
Medium and Large 3449100.7145312thin
One grade step is worth $39.27/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 sale167 hd
134.49
—
AR average7 barns · 1,689 hd
140.10
−5.61
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
Bulls—High1,98789.841,7853thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23269.2385318
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,36268.4693210
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05258.2861317

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1—305174.00/cwt174.00–174.005311
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—435150.00/cwt150.00–150.006531
BullsMedium and Large 1—473152.87/cwt145.00–163.0072314
BullsMedium and Large 1—760110.00/cwt110.00–110.008361
SteersMedium and Large 1—652140.71/cwt139.00–148.009177
SteersMedium and Large 1—623149.50/cwt146.00–151.0093125
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—525145.85/cwt142.00–150.007662
SteersMedium and Large 1—476160.89/cwt150.00–166.007664
BullsMedium and Large 2—349155.00/cwt155.00–155.005411
BullsMedium and Large 1—571150.00/cwt145.00–153.008574
HeifersMedium and Large 1—730121.96/cwt120.00–124.008902
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575134.36/cwt130.00–137.5077315
SteersMedium and Large 1—728141.51/cwt140.00–147.001,03011
HeifersMedium and Large 1—615132.72/cwt129.00–134.5081619
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—433135.00/cwt135.00–135.005853
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—478139.50/cwt139.50–139.5066710
BullsMedium and Large 1—668130.06/cwt125.00–135.008692
HeifersMedium and Large 1—338151.24/cwt150.00–153.005114
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415144.08/cwt140.00–149.0059813
SteersMedium and Large 1—533156.26/cwt145.00–160.0083311
SteersMedium and Large 2—518137.01/cwt135.00–139.007102
BullsMedium and Large 2—580130.00/cwt130.00–130.007541
SteersMedium and Large 1—373168.33/cwt168.00–169.006283
BullsMedium and Large 1—616132.74/cwt120.00–139.008188
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373152.93/cwt151.00–155.005702
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474146.77/cwt133.00–150.0069629
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—390143.00/cwt143.00–143.005581
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—805122.00/cwt122.00–122.009821
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—975675.00/cwt675.00–675.006,5811
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—72072.50/cwt72.50–72.505221
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673122.49/cwt120.00–125.008242
SteersMedium and Large 1—815134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0921
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,150818.30/cwt675.00–950.009,4106
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—9001,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.009,0004
BullsMedium and Large 1—734122.19/cwt120.00–127.008975
SteersMedium and Large 1—771137.49/cwt130.00–145.001,0604
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—670130.00/cwt130.00–130.008711
SteersMedium and Large 1—569149.02/cwt145.00–162.008487
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36268.46/cwt65.00–72.5093210
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23269.23/cwt64.00–74.0085318
Bulls——1,97092.26/cwt92.00–92.501,8182
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—89055.00/cwt55.00–55.004901
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08443.47/cwt40.00–46.004714
Bulls——2,02085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,7171
HeifersMedium and Large 3—533103.77/cwt100.00–115.005534
HeifersMedium and Large 3—42394.24/cwt80.00–110.003994
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—900775.00/cwt775.00–775.006,9751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,200995.00/cwt995.00–995.0011,9401
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—83168.01/cwt62.00–70.005655
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—76565.00/cwt65.00–65.004971
BullsMedium and Large 3—610100.00/cwt100.00–100.006101
HeifersMedium and Large 3—333102.17/cwt85.00–120.003403
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05266.24/cwt62.50–73.506979
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06255.24/cwt52.50–60.005873
HeifersMedium and Large 2—305141.00/cwt141.00–141.004301
BullsMedium and Large 2—528133.80/cwt129.00–135.007065
BullsMedium and Large 2—487140.85/cwt132.00–143.006865
HeifersMedium and Large 2—240140.00/cwt140.00–140.003361
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0501,023.02/cwt950.00–1,150.0010,7423
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—630122.00/cwt122.00–122.007691
HeifersMedium and Large 2—528125.58/cwt120.00–132.006634
BullsMedium and Large 2—675123.00/cwt123.00–123.008301
HeifersMedium and Large 2—655115.00/cwt115.00–115.007531
SteersMedium and Large 2—483138.67/cwt130.00–146.006704
HeifersMedium and Large 2—471129.88/cwt120.00–135.006126
SteersMedium and Large 3—485110.00/cwt110.00–110.005341
BullsMedium and Large 1—333164.99/cwt162.00–168.005493
BullsMedium and Large 1—438152.53/cwt150.00–155.006684
HeifersMedium and Large 1—524138.19/cwt130.00–146.0072419
BullsMedium and Large 1—516148.01/cwt139.00–156.007649
HeifersMedium and Large 2—290140.00/cwt140.00–140.004061
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—355155.00/cwt155.00–155.005501
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—574147.59/cwt144.00–151.0084716
HeifersMedium and Large 2—573122.79/cwt120.00–130.007048
HeifersMedium and Large 2—715110.00/cwt110.00–110.007871
BullsMedium and Large 2—426140.73/cwt135.00–150.0060010
BullsMedium and Large 2—388143.33/cwt130.00–155.005563
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—420152.00/cwt152.00–152.006381
BullsMedium and Large 2—618119.99/cwt115.00–125.007423
SteersMedium and Large 2—438138.65/cwt130.00–147.006072
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—465150.00/cwt150.00–150.006981
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—370168.08/cwt162.00–174.006222
HeifersMedium and Large 3—570110.00/cwt110.00–110.006271
HeifersMedium and Large 2—395138.00/cwt138.00–138.005451
HeifersMedium and Large 2—623114.98/cwt110.00–120.007162
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425129.13/cwt120.00–137.005496
SteersMedium and Large 2—387159.00/cwt159.00–159.006156
SteersMedium and Large 2—644136.64/cwt131.00–138.008805

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.