Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers under 500 lbs were 7.00 to 15.00 higher, steers over 500 lbs were 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs traded 5.00 to 15.00 higher, heifers over 550 lbs were 3.00 to 5.00 higher. There were several offerings of quality cattle today that helped push the market higher. Some offerings of value added and pre-vac calves traded at a premium. The plain and unweaned cattle were not as desirable to buyers. Supply was good and demand was strong. No trend is available on slaughter cows and bulls due to time constraints.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.23/cwt on 344 head.

Average price

$131.23

344 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$687

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$252

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

$24.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.49

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	135.94	735	155
Medium and Large 1-2	548	133.35	730	58
Medium and Large 2	498	126.34	629	117
Medium and Large 3	435	111.09	483	14thin

One grade step is worth $24.85/cwt here — about $252 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 sale344 hd

131.23

—

AR average10 barns · 3,036 hd

141.72

−10.49

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

96 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	—	568	153.45/cwt	145.00–164.00	872	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	124.99/cwt	121.00–129.00	929	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,103	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	162.44/cwt	159.00–165.00	778	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	166.68/cwt	158.00–177.00	698	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	161.76/cwt	156.00–170.00	838	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	900	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	614	127.60/cwt	121.00–139.00	783	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	688	131.86/cwt	131.00–132.00	907	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	965	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	975	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	138.20/cwt	131.00–146.00	784	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	145.48/cwt	131.00–155.00	617	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	665	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	142.02/cwt	134.00–149.00	956	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,114	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	611	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	136.55/cwt	130.00–144.00	707	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	145.69/cwt	136.00–155.00	685	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	516	141.18/cwt	134.00–147.00	728	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	405	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	668	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	733	127.01/cwt	126.00–128.00	931	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	617	133.44/cwt	129.00–135.50	823	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	694	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	568	138.33/cwt	133.00–144.00	786	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	405	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	660	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	390	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	305	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	433	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	749	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	140.70/cwt	132.00–142.50	1,079	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	135.80/cwt	133.00–140.00	990	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	141.88/cwt	140.00–151.00	860	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	501	168.58/cwt	164.00–170.00	845	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	653	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,048	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	727	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,018	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	760	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,132	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	178.48/cwt	177.00–180.00	687	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	640	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,018	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	612	140.62/cwt	140.00–142.00	861	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	521	151.72/cwt	145.00–158.00	790	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	561	151.36/cwt	148.00–155.50	849	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	685	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	925	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	560	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	907	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	132.00/cwt	126.00–138.00	878	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	645	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	169.18/cwt	165.00–180.00	651	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	415	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	473	171.67/cwt	170.00–172.00	812	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	161.35/cwt	150.00–175.00	686	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	624	131.11/cwt	125.00–139.00	818	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	390	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	310	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	468	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	124.95/cwt	121.00–130.00	652	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	135.44/cwt	125.00–145.00	627	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	545	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	687	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	582	123.32/cwt	121.00–125.00	718	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	408	135.03/cwt	130.00–140.00	551	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	511	155.32/cwt	140.00–160.00	794	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	481	154.86/cwt	148.00–162.00	745	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	138.76/cwt	130.00–154.00	785	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	723	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	954	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	255	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	306	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	150.44/cwt	145.00–158.00	576	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	615	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	861	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	492	128.00/cwt	125.00–132.00	630	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	438	108.46/cwt	100.00–115.00	475	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	127.49/cwt	120.00–138.00	542	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	122.69/cwt	117.00–128.00	642	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	127.80/cwt	120.00–129.00	930	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	134.38/cwt	129.00–139.00	707	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	791	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,036	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	120.97/cwt	112.00–126.00	696	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	336	136.81/cwt	135.00–144.00	460	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	127.87/cwt	124.00–137.00	481	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	667	105.42/cwt	90.00–115.00	703	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	110.97/cwt	110.00–115.00	513	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	125.75/cwt	122.00–129.00	781	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	611	114.03/cwt	111.00–120.00	697	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	718	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	866	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	111.67/cwt	110.00–115.00	413	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	127.48/cwt	120.00–132.00	599	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	668	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	802	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	362	150.29/cwt	149.00–152.00	544	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	135.97/cwt	130.00–146.00	642	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	130.70/cwt	125.00–134.00	746	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	125.97/cwt	124.00–130.00	838	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	145.89/cwt	140.00–156.00	621	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	564	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	756	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	474	134.77/cwt	133.00–136.50	639	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	400	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	560	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	558	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	698	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	438	133.63/cwt	132.00–145.00	585	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	647	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	802	5

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
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	568	145.00–164.00	153.45
3	—	808	136.50	136.50
4	—	479	159.00–165.00	162.44
5	—	419	158.00–177.00	166.68
5	—	518	156.00–170.00	161.76
5	—	673	134.00–149.00	142.02
1	—	850	131.00	131.00
2	—	320	191.00	191.00
13	—	767	132.00–142.50	140.70
7	—	729	133.00–140.00	135.80
6	—	606	140.00–151.00	141.88
2	—	385	177.00–180.00	178.48
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	743	121.00–129.00	124.99
1	—	900	110.00	110.00
8	—	614	121.00–139.00	127.60
7	—	688	131.00–132.00	131.86
1	—	965	101.00	101.00
5	—	567	131.00–146.00	138.20
7	—	424	131.00–155.00	145.48
11	—	518	130.00–144.00	136.55
12	—	470	136.00–155.00	145.69
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	133.00–144.00	138.33
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	405	163.00	163.00
1	—	390	170.00	170.00
1	—	305	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	433	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	501	164.00–170.00	168.58
10	—	653	160.50	160.50
3	—	727	140.00	140.00
2	—	760	149.00	149.00
18	—	640	159.00	159.00
1	—	560	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	612	140.00–142.00	140.62
40	—	521	145.00–158.00	151.72
22	—	561	148.00–155.50	151.36
5	—	685	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	516	134.00–147.00	141.18
1	—	405	165.00	165.00
2	—	733	126.00–128.00	127.01
2	—	615	140.00	140.00
15	—	564	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	617	129.00–135.50	133.44
15	—	520	133.50	133.50
16	—	474	133.00–136.50	134.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	545	126.00	126.00
3	—	582	121.00–125.00	123.32
3	—	492	125.00–132.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	723	132.00	132.00
5	—	791	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	110.00	110.00
1	—	255	120.00	120.00
3	—	438	100.00–115.00	108.46
1	—	570	110.00	110.00
5	—	462	110.00–115.00	110.97
3	—	370	110.00–115.00	111.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	383	145.00–158.00	150.44
10	—	728	120.00–129.00	127.80
10	—	526	129.00–139.00	134.38
14	—	621	122.00–129.00	125.75
21	—	472	130.00–146.00	135.97
6	—	571	125.00–134.00	130.70
3	—	665	124.00–130.00	125.97
19	—	426	140.00–156.00	145.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	425	120.00–138.00	127.49
16	—	523	117.00–128.00	122.69
11	—	575	112.00–126.00	120.97
5	—	336	135.00–144.00	136.81
4	—	376	124.00–137.00	127.87
3	—	667	90.00–115.00	105.42
5	—	611	111.00–120.00	114.03
1	—	740	117.00	117.00
14	—	470	120.00–132.00	127.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	561	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	120.00	120.00
15	—	558	125.00	125.00
8	—	438	132.00–145.00	133.63
5	—	647	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	362	149.00–152.00	150.29
5	—	400	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	665	126.00–138.00	132.00
1	—	345	187.00	187.00
10	—	385	165.00–180.00	169.18
7	—	425	150.00–175.00	161.35
6	—	624	125.00–139.00	131.11
12	—	511	140.00–160.00	155.32
11	—	481	148.00–162.00	154.86
7	—	566	130.00–154.00	138.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	120.00	120.00
1	—	390	136.00	136.00
1	—	310	151.00	151.00
3	—	522	121.00–130.00	124.95
3	—	463	125.00–145.00	135.44
2	—	408	130.00–140.00	135.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	473	170.00–172.00	171.67

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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