Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Unweaned steers were 3.00 to 5.00 lower, unweaned feeder heifers traded steady to 5.00 higher. There was a large offering of weaned and pre-vac cattle today that traded as much as 10.00 to 15.00 higher on most ranges of cattle. Supply was heavy and demand was strong on the weaned and conditioned cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls were not viewed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $192.72/cwt on 457 head.

Average price

$192.72

457 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,038

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$191

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

$30.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.22

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	196.88	1,061	366
Medium and Large 1-2	541	179.29	970	67
Medium and Large 2	521	166.79	870	24

One grade step is worth $30.10/cwt here — about $191 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 sale457 hd

192.72

—

AR average3 barns · 594 hd

191.50

+1.22

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

105 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 1Value Added	—	315	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	765	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	578	190.35/cwt	184.00–198.00	1,100	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	390	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	737	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	713	168.35/cwt	164.00–171.00	1,200	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,216	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	225.20/cwt	218.00–232.50	750	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	180.25/cwt	175.00–200.00	939	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	585	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	936	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	154.47/cwt	148.00–161.00	962	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	159.51/cwt	159.00–160.00	938	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,152	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	174.39/cwt	172.00–175.00	1,078	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	160.99/cwt	160.00–163.00	1,388	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	523	156.18/cwt	156.00–159.00	817	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	630	156.12/cwt	155.00–157.00	984	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	489	179.96/cwt	170.00–190.50	880	95
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,071	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	200.29/cwt	181.00–214.00	771	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	640	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	512	170.44/cwt	168.00–172.00	873	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	582	156.31/cwt	153.00–158.00	910	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	475	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	741	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	193.62/cwt	185.00–215.00	926	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	181.90/cwt	170.00–183.00	1,066	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	159.12/cwt	150.00–170.00	904	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	512	174.76/cwt	173.00–182.00	895	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	470	169.56/cwt	164.00–175.00	797	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,303	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	158.48/cwt	157.00–160.00	721	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	190.96/cwt	181.00–198.00	802	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	750	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,178	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	377	217.09/cwt	210.00–225.00	818	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	664	172.81/cwt	167.00–184.00	1,147	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	435	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	605	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,004	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	165.73/cwt	162.00–169.00	1,114	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	752	165.07/cwt	158.00–168.00	1,241	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	565	178.58/cwt	178.00–179.00	1,009	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	530	185.15/cwt	170.00–188.00	981	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	471	180.96/cwt	177.00–190.00	852	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	516	197.98/cwt	193.00–210.00	1,022	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	480	215.24/cwt	189.00–223.00	1,033	105
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	390	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	614	180.62/cwt	178.00–191.00	1,109	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	408	220.91/cwt	210.00–255.00	901	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	377	206.49/cwt	190.00–216.00	778	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	538	162.03/cwt	160.00–164.00	872	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	455	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	774	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	660	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,023	1
Bulls	Large 1	—	628	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	911	6
Bulls	Large 1	—	520	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	827	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	545	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	856	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	425	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	795	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	985	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	146.13/cwt	144.00–155.00	830	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	770	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,040	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	514	147.92/cwt	140.00–160.00	760	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	550	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	405	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	162.70/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,005	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	139.00/cwt	130.00–148.00	862	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	867	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	895	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	122.06/cwt	120.00–124.00	586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	148.13/cwt	133.00–156.00	686	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	150.74/cwt	150.00–153.00	630	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	437	183.84/cwt	170.00–197.50	803	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	489	188.84/cwt	182.00–190.00	923	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	159.61/cwt	153.00–169.00	835	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	150.20/cwt	145.00–156.00	557	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	715	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,037	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	673	158.53/cwt	140.00–161.00	1,067	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	685	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	928	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,099	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	306	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	548	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	581	168.76/cwt	166.00–173.00	980	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	518	175.61/cwt	165.00–183.00	910	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	490	167.40/cwt	167.00–169.00	820	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	649	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	151.70/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,027	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	164.84/cwt	158.00–173.00	776	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	433	157.43/cwt	155.00–169.00	682	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	553	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	940	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	430	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	334	160.92/cwt	150.00–171.00	537	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	154.63/cwt	151.00–158.00	946	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	146.48/cwt	143.00–149.00	1,047	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	415	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	655	154.17/cwt	154.00–155.00	1,010	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	414	186.07/cwt	170.00–195.00	770	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	522	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	140.07/cwt	131.00–149.00	847	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	140.63/cwt	138.00–144.00	795	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	293	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	501	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	620	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	973	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	166.58/cwt	155.00–177.00	710	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	691	137.36/cwt	137.00–140.00	949	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	325	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	612	164.52/cwt	162.00–166.00	1,007	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	931	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
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	243.00	243.00
72	—	578	184.00–198.00	190.35
10	—	713	164.00–171.00	168.35
22	—	377	210.00–225.00	217.09
28	—	664	167.00–184.00	172.81
13	—	752	158.00–168.00	165.07
30	—	516	193.00–210.00	197.98
105	—	480	189.00–223.00	215.24
5	—	614	178.00–191.00	180.62
18	—	408	210.00–255.00	220.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	161.00	161.00
2	—	333	218.00–232.50	225.20
7	—	521	175.00–200.00	180.25
1	—	720	160.00	160.00
5	—	618	172.00–175.00	174.39
3	—	862	160.00–163.00	160.99
4	—	385	181.00–214.00	200.29
12	—	478	185.00–215.00	193.62
12	—	586	170.00–183.00	181.90
1	—	835	156.00	156.00
3	—	420	181.00–198.00	190.96
11	—	672	162.00–169.00	165.73
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	160.00	160.00
9	—	512	173.00–182.00	174.76
2	—	470	164.00–175.00	169.56
1	—	605	166.00	166.00
1	—	390	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	148.00–161.00	154.47
2	—	588	159.00–160.00	159.51
1	—	700	153.00	153.00
1	—	400	160.00	160.00
1	—	520	150.00	150.00
2	—	455	157.00–160.00	158.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	750	157.00	157.00
20	—	565	178.00–179.00	178.58
19	—	530	170.00–188.00	185.15
22	—	471	177.00–190.00	180.96
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	189.00	189.00
95	—	489	170.00–190.50	179.96
17	—	581	166.00–173.00	168.76
65	—	518	165.00–183.00	175.61
18	—	655	154.00–155.00	154.17
39	—	414	170.00–195.00	186.07
15	—	612	162.00–166.00	164.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	523	156.00–159.00	156.18
3	—	582	153.00–158.00	156.31
1	—	475	156.00	156.00
13	—	433	155.00–169.00	157.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	630	155.00–157.00	156.12
13	—	512	168.00–172.00	170.44
19	—	490	167.00–169.00	167.40
12	—	553	170.00	170.00
1	—	430	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	568	150.00–170.00	159.12
7	—	523	153.00–169.00	159.61
2	—	820	134.00	134.00
1	—	375	173.00	173.00
3	—	677	145.00–155.00	151.70
4	—	471	158.00–173.00	164.84
3	—	612	151.00–158.00	154.63
4	—	715	143.00–149.00	146.48
2	—	293	171.00	171.00
7	—	426	155.00–177.00	166.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	150.00	150.00
1	—	405	155.00	155.00
8	—	691	137.00–140.00	137.36
1	—	325	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	120.00–124.00	122.06
1	—	525	120.00	120.00
1	—	685	108.00	108.00
1	—	435	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	463	133.00–156.00	148.13
4	—	418	150.00–153.00	150.74
4	—	371	145.00–156.00	150.20
1	—	773	120.00	120.00
4	—	334	150.00–171.00	160.92
2	—	605	131.00–149.00	140.07
3	—	565	138.00–144.00	140.63
1	—	665	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	306	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	190.00–216.00	206.49
2	—	538	160.00–164.00	162.03
1	—	770	135.00	135.00
3	—	618	160.00–165.00	162.70
8	—	437	170.00–197.50	183.84
7	—	489	182.00–190.00	188.84
1	—	715	145.00	145.00
1	—	555	168.00	168.00
17	—	673	140.00–161.00	158.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	170.00	170.00
1	—	660	155.00	155.00
1	—	545	157.00	157.00
1	—	425	187.00	187.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	628	145.00	145.00
2	—	520	159.00	159.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	147.00	147.00
8	—	568	144.00–155.00	146.13
5	—	514	140.00–160.00	147.92
2	—	620	130.00–148.00	139.00
1	—	440	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	487	178.00	178.00
7	—	546	164.00	164.00

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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