Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend is available to lack of reporter last two weeks. But there was a higher tone noted on the the lighter fleshed weaned cattle today to buyers. Fleshy unweaned cattle sold at a discount.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.84/cwt on 71 head.

Average price

$139.84

71 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$681

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$35.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.21

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	491	145.29	713	46
Medium and Large 2	480	130.65	627	24
Medium and Large 3	470	110.00	517	1thin

One grade step is worth $35.29/cwt here — about $196 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 sale71 hd

139.84

—

AR average10 barns · 1,305 hd

138.64

+1.21

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	—	Average	1,697	87.91	1,492	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,461	69.99	1,022	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,190	67.56	804	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	979	53.85	527	8thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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 2Thin Fleshed	—	330	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	164.72/cwt	162.00–168.00	609	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	300	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	507	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	155.06/cwt	150.00–160.00	904	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	617	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	963	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	730	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,073	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	142.31/cwt	141.00–144.00	679	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	155.66/cwt	150.00–161.00	658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	137.50/cwt	130.00–145.00	447	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	715	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	915	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	690	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	138.60/cwt	135.00–143.00	718	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	154.09/cwt	150.00–160.00	786	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	145.25/cwt	140.00–151.00	748	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	162.32/cwt	161.00–169.00	711	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	144.52/cwt	140.00–155.00	895	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	765	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	147.91/cwt	141.00–150.00	689	22
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	962.14/cwt	950.00–975.00	8,419	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	425	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	553	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	517	133.96/cwt	130.00–140.00	693	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	763	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,030	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	132.96/cwt	130.00–136.00	835	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	165.00/cwt	162.00–168.00	776	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	590	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	856	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	560	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	775.00/cwt	700.00–850.00	7,750	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,174	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	13,500	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,111	63.71/cwt	59.00–67.50	708	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	70.19/cwt	67.50–72.50	1,051	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,275	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	880	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	968	61.18/cwt	57.00–65.00	592	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	788	39.96/cwt	37.50–42.50	315	2
Bulls	—	—	1,627	86.69/cwt	82.50–92.50	1,410	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	69.69/cwt	67.50–72.00	881	6
Bulls	—	—	2,045	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,922	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	550	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	715	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	329	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	385	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	501	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,238	844.70/cwt	700.00–935.00	10,457	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	750.34/cwt	675.00–850.00	6,813	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	765	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	566	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	555	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	6,390	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	122.52/cwt	120.00–125.00	637	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	15,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	748	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	126.67/cwt	120.00–130.00	678	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	433	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	563	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	315	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	441	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	517	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	133.23/cwt	130.00–140.00	558	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	598	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	148.40/cwt	140.00–157.00	601	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	505	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	687	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	481	127.48/cwt	120.00–130.00	613	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	145.13/cwt	140.00–150.00	544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	749	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	818	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	463	117.49/cwt	115.00–120.00	544	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	840	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	1,012	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	413	125.50/cwt	125.00–126.00	518	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	125.93/cwt	120.00–132.00	791	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	151.59/cwt	147.00–156.00	641	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	864	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	126.73/cwt	120.00–130.00	599	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	527	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	931	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	471	152.24/cwt	144.00–155.00	717	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	608	134.02/cwt	130.00–138.00	815	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	135.77/cwt	133.00–136.50	961	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	455	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	673	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.

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 460Last week 618Year ago 692

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 50Year ago 63

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 25Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	150.00	150.00
2	—	433	130.00	130.00
1	—	505	136.00	136.00
1	—	455	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	130.00–145.00	137.50
2	—	623	120.00	120.00
3	—	535	120.00–130.00	126.67
6	—	419	130.00–140.00	133.23
2	—	665	120.00	120.00
1	—	590	127.00	127.00
3	—	473	120.00–130.00	126.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	518	135.00–143.00	138.60
22	—	466	141.00–150.00	147.91
1	—	695	130.00	130.00
1	—	320	155.00	155.00
2	—	628	130.00–136.00	132.96
6	—	423	147.00–156.00	151.59
5	—	592	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	370	162.00–168.00	164.72
2	—	423	150.00–161.00	155.66
1	—	715	128.00	128.00
1	—	690	129.00	129.00
1	—	340	165.00	165.00
4	—	515	140.00–151.00	145.25
1	—	765	119.00	119.00
10	—	471	144.00–155.00	152.24
2	—	608	130.00–138.00	134.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	141.00–144.00	142.31
3	—	517	130.00–140.00	133.96
1	—	415	144.00	144.00
1	—	660	124.00	124.00
2	—	628	120.00–132.00	125.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	130.00	130.00
1	—	315	140.00	140.00
2	—	463	115.00–120.00	117.49
2	—	413	125.00–126.00	125.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	150.00–160.00	155.06
3	—	510	150.00–160.00	154.09
6	—	438	161.00–169.00	162.32
5	—	619	140.00–155.00	144.52
4	—	470	162.00–168.00	165.00
1	—	320	175.00	175.00
2	—	815	144.00	144.00
5	—	708	133.00–136.50	135.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	617	156.00	156.00
5	—	730	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	763	135.00	135.00
2	—	405	140.00–157.00	148.40
2	—	375	140.00–150.00	145.13
2	—	840	120.00–121.00	120.50
2	—	340	155.00	155.00
1	—	700	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	120.00–125.00	122.52
4	—	481	120.00–130.00	127.48
1	—	630	110.00	110.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	875	950.00–975.00	962.14
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	850	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,000	700.00–850.00	775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	1,125.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	1,325.00	1,325.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,238	700.00–935.00	844.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	908	675.00–850.00	750.34
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	710.00	710.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	765	74.00	74.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	62.00	62.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,111	59.00–67.50	63.71
1	—	1,100	50.00	50.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,498	67.50–72.50	70.19
1	—	1,275	69.00	69.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	968	57.00–65.00	61.18
6	—	1,264	67.50–72.00	69.69
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	788	37.50–42.50	39.96
1	—	715	46.00	46.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,627	82.50–92.50	86.69
1	—	2,045	94.00	94.00

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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How this sale compares

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