Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This week's offerings on feeders were mostly unweaned, selling unevenly. Steers sold $5.00 lower to $10.00 higher, while heifers sold $10.00 lower to $15.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady to $7.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $298.01/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −101.61 against this barn's trailing median of $399.62.

Average price

$298.01

28 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,609

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$171

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

$24.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.30

vs AR average

−31.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	305.10	1,659	20
Medium and Large 2	531	280.30	1,488	8thin

One grade step is worth $24.80/cwt here — about $171 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 sale28 hd

298.01

—

AR average9 barns · 299 hd

307.31

−9.30

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

−31.94

This barn, trailing median26 sales

399.62

−101.61

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	—	Low	1,597	184.25	2,942	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,403	145.81	2,046	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,183	141.94	1,679	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,062	131.84	1,400	13

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$2,463	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,100	$2,250	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,198	$2,133	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$1,950	5
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	950	$2,100	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,265	$3,446	4thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	950	$2,800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$2,675	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,000	$2,250	1thin

Every lot, as filed

100 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	152.64/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,874	3
Bulls	—	—	1,417	173.27/cwt	172.00–175.00	2,455	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	455	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,877	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	925	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,573	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,471	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	276.68/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,181	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	247.39/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,670	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	975	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,804	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,440	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	290.80/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,672	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,071	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	328.24/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,543	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	700–750	708	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,982	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	319.87/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,216	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	335.64/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,440	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,343	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,268	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,842	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,090	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,149	145.40/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,671	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	124.04/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,675	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	141.14/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,476	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	122.99/cwt	122.00–124.00	1,375	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	136.16/cwt	134.00–138.00	2,006	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,228	152.79/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,876	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	131.56/cwt	126.00–136.00	1,438	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	830	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	946	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	145.54/cwt	142.00–149.00	2,135	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	135.74/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,571	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	327.41/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,716	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	650	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	360	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,674	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	620	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,907	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	898	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,110	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	348.03/cwt	339.00–365.00	1,963	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	413.77/cwt	395.00–425.00	1,705	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	358.21/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,565	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	260.14/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,886	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,342	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	436.94/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,669	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,934	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,111	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	293.31/cwt	285.00–310.00	2,088	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	407.29/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,914	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,109	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,040	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,392	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	600	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	375	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,388	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	470	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,410	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	542	320.68/cwt	300.00–327.50	1,738	5
Bulls	—	—	1,728	199.82/cwt	199.00–201.00	3,453	2
Bulls	—	—	1,666	184.71/cwt	182.00–188.00	3,077	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,675.00/head	2,550.00–2,800.00	2,675	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,462.50/head	1,925.00–3,000.00	2,463	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,584	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,198	2,133.24/head	1,750.00–2,450.00	2,133	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,083	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	3,446.15/head	3,000.00–3,700.00	3,446	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	410.24/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,694	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	357.08/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,564	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	321.66/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,663	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,422	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	327.35/cwt	322.50–335.00	1,876	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	358.94/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,859	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,568	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	300.00/cwt	298.00–310.00	1,893	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,963	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,785	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	332.50/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,496	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,181	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	915	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,739	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,852	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,344	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	391.92/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,297	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,425	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,213	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	450–500	485	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,601	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	361.88/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,303	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	995	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,189	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	369.68/cwt	345.00–390.00	1,756	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,829	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	281.41/cwt	260.00–295.00	1,480	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	288.21/cwt	270.00–310.00	1,386	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,976	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	321.10/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,667	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	572	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,573	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	401	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,283	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,540	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 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 496Last week 599Year ago 642

Slaughter CattleReceipts 76Last week 129Year ago 116

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 50Year ago 21

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,228	150.00–156.00	152.64
10	—	1,149	140.00–148.00	145.40
2	—	1,350	120.00–128.00	124.04
5	—	1,157	130.00–138.00	135.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,046	140.00–144.00	141.14
2	—	1,118	122.00–124.00	122.99
6	—	1,093	126.00–136.00	131.56
1	—	830	114.00	114.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,473	134.00–138.00	136.16
3	—	1,228	150.00–158.00	152.79
6	—	1,467	142.00–149.00	145.54
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,417	172.00–175.00	173.27
2	—	1,728	199.00–201.00	199.82
4	—	1,666	182.00–188.00	184.71

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	375.00	375.00
3	350–400	395	340.00	340.00
9	400–450	429	325.00–345.00	335.64
3	450–500	470	320.00–345.00	328.24
11	500–550	519	310.00–322.50	321.10
6	550–600	575	280.00–300.00	290.80
4	600–650	635	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	695	270.00	270.00
1	800–850	840	250.00	250.00
2	850–900	898	235.00	235.00
1	950–1000	950	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	340.00	340.00
4	350–400	380	310.00–325.00	319.87
3	400–450	427	270.00–280.00	276.68
5	450–500	481	270.00–310.00	288.21
7	500–550	526	260.00–295.00	281.41
1	550–600	565	272.50	272.50
2	600–650	633	240.00	240.00
2	650–700	675	240.00–255.00	247.39
1	700–750	745	197.50	197.50
1	900–950	925	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	300.00	300.00
14	750–800	781	253.00	253.00
2	950–1000	975	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	401	320.00	320.00
3	550–600	572	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	485	330.00	330.00
3	700–750	708	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	395.00	395.00
4	400–450	413	390.00–425.00	410.24
6	450–500	475	345.00–390.00	369.68
4	500–550	518	340.00–375.00	358.94
4	550–600	573	322.50–335.00	327.35
7	600–650	631	298.00–310.00	300.00
1	700–750	715	295.00	295.00
1	800–850	835	265.00	265.00
1	850–900	890	245.00	245.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	370.00	370.00
5	500–550	542	300.00–327.50	320.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	470	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	370.00–410.00	391.92
2	350–400	360	340.00–385.00	361.88
7	400–450	438	340.00–370.00	357.08
2	450–500	450	325.00–340.00	332.50
3	500–550	517	320.00–325.00	321.66
2	550–600	560	280.00	280.00
1	600–650	605	295.00	295.00
1	750–800	785	250.00	250.00
1	800–850	805	230.00	230.00
1	900–950	915	190.00	190.00
1	950–1000	995	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	420.00	420.00
2	350–400	370	385.00	385.00
2	550–600	590	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	437	345.00–365.00	358.21
1	450–500	490	300.00	300.00
4	500–550	524	320.00–335.00	327.41
1	650–700	650	285.00	285.00
2	700–750	725	255.00–265.00	260.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	440.00	440.00
5	350–400	382	425.00–440.00	436.94
9	400–450	412	395.00–425.00	413.77
11	450–500	470	385.00–420.00	407.29
4	500–550	541	357.50	357.50
9	550–600	564	339.00–365.00	348.03
1	650–700	670	315.00	315.00
3	700–750	712	285.00–310.00	293.31
1	800–850	810	282.50	282.50
1	850–900	875	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	465.00	465.00
1	650–700	650	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	307.50	307.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	2,550.00–2,800.00	2,675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	2,250.00	2,250.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	2,100.00	2,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	2,250.00	2,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,100	1,925.00–3,000.00	2,462.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,085	146.00	146.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,198	1,750.00–2,450.00	2,133.24
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,200	1,950.00	1,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,225	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,265	3,000.00–3,700.00	3,446.15
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	950	2,800.00	2,800.00

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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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

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