Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 600 lbs were 3.00 to 10.00 lower, steers over 600 lbs did not have enough comparisons to gain a trend. Feeder heifers traded 2.00 to 6.00 lower, There was a limited offering of light weight thin fleshed heifers that brought a premium of 5.00 to 10.00 higher. There was a good supply of feeders this week and demand was moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls were not reported due to time issues.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.89/cwt on 165 head.

Average price

$149.89

165 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$788

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$273

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

$39.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.92

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	159.29	837	65
Medium and Large 1-2	498	149.68	746	36
Medium and Large 2	544	141.12	768	62
Medium and Large 3	470	120.00	564	2thin

One grade step is worth $39.29/cwt here — about $273 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 sale165 hd

149.89

—

AR average8 barns · 958 hd

155.81

−5.92

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

89 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 1	—	385	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	436	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	260	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	481	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	315	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	365	168.03/cwt	156.00–170.00	613	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	283	171.79/cwt	166.00–180.00	486	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	634	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	793	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	372	143.49/cwt	136.00–150.00	534	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	138.67/cwt	138.00–140.00	802	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	132.01/cwt	130.00–135.00	887	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	462	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	555	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	510	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	723	127.20/cwt	126.00–127.50	920	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	149.19/cwt	140.00–156.00	637	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	625	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	140.66/cwt	140.00–142.00	675	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	144.48/cwt	140.00–151.00	776	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	871	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	121.49/cwt	120.00–123.00	939	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	158.22/cwt	150.00–168.00	842	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	160.76/cwt	150.00–172.00	768	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	132.02/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,014	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	129.10/cwt	121.00–132.00	802	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	140.21/cwt	130.00–149.00	742	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	152.57/cwt	150.00–158.00	859	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	158.89/cwt	155.00–165.00	683	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	385	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	972	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	976	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	167.82/cwt	160.00–179.00	728	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	148.61/cwt	145.00–153.00	924	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	578	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	838	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	418	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	748	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	250	201.25/cwt	192.50–210.00	503	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	515	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	773	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	240	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	438	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	269	177.40/cwt	170.00–190.00	477	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	313	165.39/cwt	160.00–170.00	518	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	—	570	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	758	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	505	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	682	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	340	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	544	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	424	152.83/cwt	150.00–165.00	648	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	366	151.15/cwt	150.00–155.00	553	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	509	129.26/cwt	126.00–135.00	658	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	538	141.66/cwt	140.00–145.00	762	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	141.54/cwt	137.00–146.00	793	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	245	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	426	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	600	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	127.71/cwt	122.00–133.00	715	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	275	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	435	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	501	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	752	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	741	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	333	147.56/cwt	140.00–155.00	491	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	—	525	135.50/cwt	135.00–136.00	711	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	648	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	480	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	701	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	455	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	735	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	809	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	240	167.34/cwt	162.00–177.00	402	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	495	137.50/cwt	135.00–140.00	681	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	575	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	655	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	786	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	525	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	704	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	384	138.38/cwt	130.00–143.00	531	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	140.84/cwt	130.00–145.00	620	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	692	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	813	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	147.03/cwt	145.00–150.00	470	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	126.97/cwt	120.00–130.00	595	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	122.48/cwt	120.00–125.00	717	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	847	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	546	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	819	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	776	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	133.44/cwt	130.00–142.00	554	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	125.83/cwt	120.00–130.00	657	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	606	121.65/cwt	115.00–124.00	737	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	669	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	863	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	150.08/cwt	140.00–155.00	420	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	143.53/cwt	135.00–147.00	739	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	139.50/cwt	139.00–140.00	785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	142.83/cwt	140.00–150.00	668	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	147.42/cwt	145.00–150.00	624	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	455	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	669	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	140.32/cwt	137.50–141.50	714	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	300	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	483	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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	148.00	148.00
1	—	260	167.50	167.50
3	—	672	130.00–135.00	132.01
1	—	605	140.00	140.00
15	—	515	135.00–147.00	143.53
2	—	563	139.00–140.00	139.50
11	—	468	140.00–150.00	142.83
3	—	423	145.00–150.00	147.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	185.00	185.00
1	—	315	170.00	170.00
7	—	365	156.00–170.00	168.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	283	166.00–180.00	171.79
11	—	634	125.00	125.00
3	—	372	136.00–150.00	143.49
4	—	240	162.00–177.00	167.34
1	—	455	147.00	147.00
1	—	300	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	130.00	130.00
1	—	655	120.00	120.00
1	—	525	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	384	130.00–143.00	138.38
3	—	692	117.50	117.50
4	—	320	145.00–150.00	147.03
5	—	469	120.00–130.00	126.97
2	—	585	120.00–125.00	122.48
6	—	415	130.00–142.00	133.44
5	—	522	120.00–130.00	125.83
8	—	606	115.00–124.00	121.65
4	—	280	140.00–155.00	150.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	546	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	597	130.00	130.00
14	—	509	137.50–141.50	140.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	669	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	150.00	150.00
3	—	578	138.00–140.00	138.67
1	—	370	150.00	150.00
1	—	295	173.00	173.00
5	—	723	126.00–127.50	127.20
5	—	427	140.00–156.00	149.19
3	—	480	140.00–142.00	140.66
4	—	665	131.00	131.00
2	—	773	120.00–123.00	121.49
4	—	621	121.00–132.00	129.10
26	—	529	130.00–149.00	140.21
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	120.00	120.00
1	—	555	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	140.00	140.00
3	—	578	145.00	145.00
2	—	250	192.50–210.00	201.25
1	—	515	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	537	140.00–151.00	144.48
13	—	430	155.00–165.00	158.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	532	150.00–168.00	158.22
7	—	478	150.00–172.00	160.76
2	—	768	130.00–134.00	132.02
5	—	563	150.00–158.00	152.57
1	—	720	135.00	135.00
2	—	655	149.00	149.00
16	—	434	160.00–179.00	167.82
13	—	622	145.00–153.00	148.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	200.00	200.00
5	—	418	179.00	179.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	182.50	182.50
4	—	269	170.00–190.00	177.40
3	—	313	160.00–170.00	165.39
1	—	455	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	133.00	133.00
2	—	525	135.00–136.00	135.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	135.00	135.00
1	—	340	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	170.00	170.00
5	—	424	150.00–165.00	152.83
3	—	538	140.00–145.00	141.66
2	—	560	137.00–146.00	141.54
1	—	600	130.00	130.00
1	—	475	156.00	156.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	366	150.00–155.00	151.15
4	—	509	126.00–135.00	129.26
1	—	245	174.00	174.00
4	—	560	122.00–133.00	127.71
1	—	275	158.00	158.00
2	—	333	140.00–155.00	147.56
1	—	735	110.00	110.00
10	—	495	135.00–140.00	137.50
1	—	610	127.00	127.00
10	—	440	130.00–145.00	140.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	501	150.00	150.00
5	—	381	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	146.00	146.00

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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