Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers traded 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers were uneven. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 5.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Extreme heat in the area and the hay harvest kept most of the farmers in the fields this week which impacted the the supply and demand from the buyers, but quality cattle held their own with the fleshy unweaned animals pushing the average some lower. Supply was light and demand was softer than last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.50/cwt on 108 head.

Average price

$164.50

108 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$890

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$18.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.62

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	168.76	903	81
Medium and Large 1-2	564	155.56	877	9thin
Medium and Large 2	556	149.80	833	18thin

One grade step is worth $18.95/cwt here — about $70 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 sale108 hd

164.50

—

AR average8 barns · 1,168 hd

173.12

−8.62

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	1,765	114.27	2,017	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,193	85.91	1,025	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,465	85.12	1,247	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,028	68.36	703	9thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,133	$1,113	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	800	$850	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	850	$600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

68 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 2	—	375	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	574	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	154.86/cwt	149.00–161.00	811	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	147.98/cwt	146.00–150.00	653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	162.55/cwt	161.00–164.00	598	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	495	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	765	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	672	137.39/cwt	135.00–138.50	923	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	172.84/cwt	168.00–180.00	824	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	156.38/cwt	150.00–160.00	730	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	134.57/cwt	125.00–140.00	637	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	147.50/cwt	145.00–150.00	819	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,065	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,342	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	169.15/cwt	162.00–179.00	866	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	150.98/cwt	148.00–152.00	1,093	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	146.34/cwt	142.00–147.50	824	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	144.05/cwt	137.00–151.00	765	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	978	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	165.09/cwt	163.00–174.00	949	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,125	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	405	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	664	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	140.67/cwt	140.00–141.00	926	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	520	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	181.55/cwt	178.00–187.00	784	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	158.00/cwt	150.00–164.50	984	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	153.57/cwt	149.00–158.00	1,037	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	185.92/cwt	183.00–189.00	716	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	842	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	905	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	585	154.57/cwt	151.00–155.00	904	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	865	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	540	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	625	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	844	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	769	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	765	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	63.50/cwt	63.50–63.50	699	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	85.12/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,247	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	89.62/cwt	82.00–102.50	1,130	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	780	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	351	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	700	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	343	1
Bulls	—	—	1,750	106.29/cwt	102.00–112.00	1,860	2
Bulls	—	—	1,025	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,169	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,190	77.68/cwt	75.00–80.00	924	4
Bulls	—	—	1,958	118.33/cwt	115.00–125.00	2,317	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,058	78.50/cwt	76.00–82.00	831	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	890	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	641	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,290	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,019	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	1,113.24/head	1,025.00–1,150.00	1,113	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	773	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	850	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	89.33/cwt	85.00–93.00	829	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	655	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,041	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	593	135.33/cwt	135.00–136.00	803	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	585	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	787	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	680	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,013	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	139.77/cwt	130.00–148.00	734	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	130.34/cwt	125.00–136.00	819	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	735	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,040	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	420	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	588	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	686	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	125.26/cwt	122.00–129.00	720	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	145.44/cwt	143.00–149.00	670	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	680	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	877	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	134.02/cwt	133.00–135.00	818	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	574	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 →

Ash Flat Livestock Auction - Ash Flat, AR

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 400Last week 1,037Year ago 638

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 217Year ago 74

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 103Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	153.00	153.00
5	—	524	149.00–161.00	154.86
3	—	467	150.00–160.00	156.38
2	—	555	145.00–150.00	147.50
1	—	1,065	126.00	126.00
1	—	735	133.00	133.00
3	—	658	140.00–141.00	140.67
1	—	325	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	477	168.00–180.00	172.84
7	—	512	162.00–179.00	169.15
4	—	724	148.00–152.00	150.98
23	—	575	163.00–174.00	165.09
3	—	750	150.00	150.00
15	—	432	178.00–187.00	181.55
6	—	623	150.00–164.50	158.00
2	—	675	149.00–158.00	153.57
2	—	385	183.00–189.00	185.92
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	543	155.00	155.00
5	—	580	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	441	146.00–150.00	147.98
2	—	368	161.00–164.00	162.55
20	—	563	142.00–147.50	146.34
10	—	531	137.00–151.00	144.05
4	—	461	143.00–149.00	145.44
2	—	610	133.00–135.00	134.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	495	154.50	154.50
13	—	672	135.00–138.50	137.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	155.00	155.00
4	—	473	125.00–140.00	134.57
3	—	520	132.00	132.00
3	—	575	122.00–129.00	125.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	593	135.00–136.00	135.33
2	—	420	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	735	141.50	141.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	585	151.00–155.00	154.57
1	—	605	143.00	143.00
1	—	540	157.00	157.00
1	—	420	169.00	169.00
1	—	490	157.00	157.00
1	—	680	149.00	149.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	180.00	180.00
1	—	650	121.00	121.00
6	—	525	130.00–148.00	139.77
3	—	628	125.00–136.00	130.34

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	75.00	75.00
1	—	1,100	63.50	63.50
4	—	1,190	75.00–80.00	77.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,465	80.00–89.00	85.12
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,261	82.00–102.50	89.62
4	—	1,058	76.00–82.00	78.50
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	45.00	45.00
1	—	700	49.00	49.00
1	—	890	72.00	72.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,750	102.00–112.00	106.29
1	—	1,025	114.00	114.00
4	—	1,958	115.00–125.00	118.33

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,290	79.00	79.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,133	1,025.00–1,150.00	1,113.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,030	75.00	75.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	600.00	600.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	928	85.00–93.00	89.33
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	770	85.00	85.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	728	143.00	143.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	800	850.00	850.00

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

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Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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