Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

DUE TO THE SEVERE WEATHER, THE CUSTOMER APPRECIATION AND PRE-VAC SALE WAS POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT WEEK

This week's supply was very light due to the flooding and severe weather. There was a draft of 11 All-Natural bulls that stood out. They weighed 513lb and sold for $375cwt. Tests were too light to determine a trend. An additional 47 head of cows and 5 bulls were sold, but were not reported.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $355.54/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −58.40 against this barn's trailing median of $413.94.

Average price

$355.54

15 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,836

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$439

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

$97.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.92

vs AR average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	512	375.00	1,920	12thin
Medium and Large 2	533	277.70	1,481	3thin

One grade step is worth $97.30/cwt here — about $439 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

23 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $463.16, low $371.92, median $413.94 across 23 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 sale15 hd

355.54

—

AR average7 barns · 93 hd

329.62

+25.92

This barn, trailing median23 sales

413.94

−58.40

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

35 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	426.51/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,651	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	310.11/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,637	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,483	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,920	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,382	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,045	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,521	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,398	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,277	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,738	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,251	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,513	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	985	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,773	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	865	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	361.82/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,339	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	274.05/cwt	250.00–300.00	1,439	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	1100–1150	1,105	185.00/cwt	180.00–190.00	2,044	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	386.04/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,641	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,647	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,273	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,691	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,665	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,993	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	381.10/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,212	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	310.82/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,921	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	388.31/cwt	370.00–397.50	1,860	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	380.17/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,844	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	399.92/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,752	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,132	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

Fri Apr 4, 2025

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

Receipts 221Last week 372Year ago 0

DUE TO THE SEVERE WEATHER, THE CUSTOMER APPRECIATION AND PRE-VAC SALE WAS POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT WEEK

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	387	400.00–430.00	426.51
3	400–450	425	360.00–400.00	386.04
3	450–500	485	370.00–395.00	380.17
12	500–550	512	375.00	375.00
6	600–650	618	310.00–315.00	310.82
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	360.00–400.00	381.10
2	350–400	370	350.00–375.00	361.82
1	400–450	430	325.00	325.00
1	450–500	480	312.50	312.50
2	500–550	525	250.00–300.00	274.05
1	550–600	550	285.00	285.00
1	700–750	720	240.00	240.00
1	850–900	865	187.50	187.50
1	950–1000	985	180.00	180.00
2	1100–1150	1,105	180.00–190.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	366	377.50	377.50
3	400–450	412	360.00	360.00
5	500–550	528	300.00–312.50	310.11
1	600–650	600	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	325.00	325.00
2	450–500	473	270.00	270.00
2	550–600	585	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	605	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	665	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	335.00	335.00
2	600–650	610	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	390.00–410.00	399.92
3	450–500	479	370.00–397.50	388.31
1	550–600	595	335.00	335.00
1	700–750	705	290.00	290.00
1	800–850	820	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	695	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	720	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	380.00	380.00
2	450–500	450	370.00	370.00

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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