Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-08-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold on a light test this week with feeder steers 500lb to 600lb selling $10.00 lower and feeder heifers 500lb to 600lb selling $11.00 lower. On a more uneven test, feeder bulls sold $7.00 to $8.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $230.42/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −169.20 against this barn's trailing median of $399.62.

Average price

$230.42

14 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,258

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$84

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

$32.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.76

vs AR average

−11.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	235.07	1,268	12thin
Medium and Large 2	585	202.50	1,185	2thin

One grade step is worth $32.57/cwt here — about $84 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $421.86, low $357.61, median $399.62 across 26 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale14 hd

230.42

—

AR average8 barns · 251 hd

238.18

−7.76

National average160 barns · 7,566 hd

241.88

−11.46

This barn, trailing median26 sales

399.62

−169.20

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

52 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 1-2Fleshy	450–500	477	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,073	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	281.64/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,290	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	994	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	246.72/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,041	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	234.06/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,442	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,358	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	231.36/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,085	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	227.93/cwt	225.00–231.00	957	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	242.38/cwt	237.00–250.00	1,292	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,216	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,183	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	920	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,472	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	254.01/cwt	250.00–257.00	947	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,386	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	230.84/cwt	227.00–235.00	1,323	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,148	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	297.24/cwt	292.00–300.00	975	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	257.64/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,185	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	635	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,334	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	575	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,294	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	415	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	959	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	320	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	832	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	608	234.56/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,426	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	570	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,368	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	267.79/cwt	266.00–270.00	1,427	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,654	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,256	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	670	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,474	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	495	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,396	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	267.85/cwt	260.00–270.00	962	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	232.75/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,327	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	655	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,310	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	302.31/cwt	292.00–322.00	1,445	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,170	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	269.33/cwt	259.00–279.00	1,422	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	237.24/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,139	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,605	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,544	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	281.38/cwt	272.00–292.00	1,342	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,437	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	305	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	811	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	221.01/cwt	208.00–230.00	1,366	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	237.84/cwt	230.00–247.00	1,230	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	245.05/cwt	242.00–248.00	1,409	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,150	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	800–850	815	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	550–600	585	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,185	2

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	477	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	359	260.00–270.00	267.85
3	400–450	422	240.00–250.00	246.72
4	450–500	480	234.00–240.00	237.24
7	500–550	517	230.00–247.00	237.84
4	550–600	570	230.00–237.00	232.75
5	600–650	616	230.00–240.00	234.06
1	700–750	725	213.00	213.00
1	750–800	760	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	250.00–257.00	254.01
2	400–450	420	225.00–231.00	227.93
4	450–500	469	225.00–240.00	231.36
1	600–650	630	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	715	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	260.00	260.00
1	400–450	415	231.00	231.00
1	550–600	575	225.00	225.00
1	600–650	635	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	655	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	479	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	585	202.50	202.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	458	280.00–285.00	281.64
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	430	275.00	275.00
2	450–500	460	245.00–270.00	257.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	405	310.00	310.00
3	450–500	478	292.00–322.00	302.31
5	500–550	533	266.00–270.00	267.79
1	550–600	565	261.00	261.00
3	600–650	642	250.00	250.00
2	650–700	675	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	282.00	282.00
1	650–700	670	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	815	216.00	216.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	292.00–300.00	297.24
1	350–400	355	280.00	280.00
2	400–450	425	270.00	270.00
3	500–550	533	237.00–250.00	242.38
2	550–600	573	227.00–235.00	230.84
6	600–650	618	208.00–230.00	221.01
1	650–700	660	215.00	215.00
1	700–750	730	186.00	186.00
1	900–950	920	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	240.00	240.00
2	600–650	608	230.00–239.00	234.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	477	272.00–292.00	281.38
2	500–550	528	259.00–279.00	269.33
1	550–600	555	259.00	259.00
1	700–750	725	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	575	242.00–248.00	245.05

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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