Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, with a little lost ground on the feeder board toward the end of the week. Feeder steers 400lb-600lb sold $15.00 lower, while heifers sold on a lighter demand than steers this week, selling $15.00-$25.00 lower. Slaughter cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $352.08/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −94.86 against this barn's trailing median of $446.93.

Average price

$352.08

46 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,922

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$192

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

$34.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.42

vs AR average

−32.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	358.36	1,981	21
Medium and Large 1-2	539	349.88	1,885	22
Medium and Large 2	552	324.17	1,788	3thin

One grade step is worth $34.20/cwt here — about $192 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $484.24, low $392.90, median $446.93 across 25 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 sale46 hd

352.08

—

AR average7 barns · 480 hd

365.50

−13.42

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

−32.52

This barn, trailing median25 sales

446.93

−94.86

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	1,573	173.32	2,727	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,199	149.00	1,787	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,459	148.31	2,163	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	979	122.18	1,196	17

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,050	$2,800	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,040	$2,740	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$2,700	1thin

Every lot, as filed

97 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	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,514	139.44/cwt	138.00–140.00	2,111	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	140.41/cwt	138.00–143.00	1,313	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	892	108.23/cwt	106.00–110.00	965	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,317	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,850	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	328.20/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,943	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	465	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,395	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	311.77/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,655	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	363.99/cwt	357.50–370.00	1,725	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,780	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,519	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	303.33/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,181	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	490	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,519	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	300–350	310	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,178	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,641	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	433	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,143	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	480	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,088	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	291.08/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,682	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,806	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,896	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	383.04/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,026	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,275	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	357.11/cwt	345.00–380.00	2,057	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	359.15/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,487	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	341.05/cwt	335.00–355.00	2,135	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	411.23/cwt	380.00–435.00	1,933	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	323.12/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,706	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,969	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,391	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	595	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,607	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	324.25/cwt	322.50–325.00	1,530	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,122	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	313.05/cwt	305.00–322.50	2,079	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	374.30/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,209	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	447.83/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,702	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	530	295.00/cwt	287.50–300.00	1,564	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	281.80/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,767	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	269.17/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,978	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,826	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,227	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	491.10/cwt	487.50–495.00	1,562	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	312	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,669	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	337.22/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,909	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	368.01/cwt	367.50–370.00	1,947	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	480	367.66/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,765	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	563	317.49/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,787	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	605	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	490	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,470	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	452.50/cwt	445.00–460.00	1,878	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	544	346.75/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,886	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	147.68/cwt	147.00–149.00	1,821	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	117.99/cwt	112.00–124.00	1,199	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,212	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	568	323.57/cwt	310.00–337.50	1,838	2
Bulls	—	—	1,685	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	3,168	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	129.14/cwt	126.00–134.00	1,288	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,389	157.75/cwt	154.00–165.00	2,191	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	155.57/cwt	150.00–161.00	1,763	3
Bulls	—	—	1,903	198.82/cwt	194.00–204.00	3,784	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	141.80/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,744	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,000	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,650.00/head	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,650	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,000	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	3,000.00/head	2,750.00–3,250.00	3,000	2
Bulls	—	—	1,445	162.37/cwt	148.00–172.00	2,346	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	326.25/cwt	320.00–332.50	1,762	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	525	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	244.05/cwt	237.50–257.50	1,789	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	270.19/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,791	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,091	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	395.04/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,679	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	257.50/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,519	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	485	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,892	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	363	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,706	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	344.35/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,274	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	283.25/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,481	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	295.84/cwt	280.00–325.00	1,382	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	350–400	395	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,284	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	253.25/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,715	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	424.88/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,351	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,821	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,579	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	434.85/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,413	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	498	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,594	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	346.05/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,118	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	313.83/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,353	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	463	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,586	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	398	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,692	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	443	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,861	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	325	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,544	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	779	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,025	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	385.48/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,611	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,569	6

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 →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 690Last week 542Year ago 503

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 120Year ago 60

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 40Year ago 20

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,514	138.00–140.00	139.44
1	—	1,515	146.00	146.00
4	—	1,389	154.00–165.00	157.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	935	138.00–143.00	140.41
3	—	892	106.00–110.00	108.23
7	—	1,016	112.00–124.00	117.99
5	—	997	126.00–134.00	129.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,233	147.00–149.00	147.68
3	—	1,133	150.00–161.00	155.57
2	—	1,230	140.00–144.00	141.80
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	188.00	188.00
2	—	1,903	194.00–204.00	198.82
6	—	1,445	148.00–172.00	162.37

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	371	355.00	355.00
3	450–500	490	310.00	310.00
6	500–550	523	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	365.00–385.00	374.30
10	350–400	376	370.00	370.00
15	400–450	414	340.00–365.00	359.15
7	450–500	472	322.50–325.00	324.25
3	500–550	528	310.00–340.00	323.12
9	550–600	578	280.00–310.00	291.08
11	600–650	627	280.00–290.00	281.80
3	700–750	735	267.50–270.00	269.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	490	300.00	300.00
5	500–550	530	287.50–300.00	295.00
1	550–600	595	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	330.00–360.00	346.05
9	350–400	370	340.00–365.00	344.35
9	400–450	431	300.00–330.00	313.83
6	450–500	467	280.00–325.00	295.84
3	500–550	523	280.00–290.00	283.25
2	550–600	590	255.00–260.00	257.50
3	650–700	677	250.00–260.00	253.25
3	700–750	733	237.50–257.50	244.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	463	342.50	342.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	431	440.00	440.00
4	450–500	463	390.00	390.00
15	500–550	514	360.00	360.00
7	550–600	592	327.50–330.00	328.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	505.00	505.00
2	400–450	415	445.00–460.00	452.50
17	450–500	470	380.00–435.00	411.23
6	500–550	529	370.00–400.00	383.04
7	550–600	576	345.00–380.00	357.11
9	600–650	626	335.00–355.00	341.05
4	650–700	653	325.00	325.00
6	700–750	719	300.00–310.00	303.33
5	750–800	752	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	380.00	380.00
1	450–500	490	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	312	535.00	535.00
2	400–450	433	495.00	495.00
6	450–500	480	435.00	435.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	360.00–375.00	367.66
6	500–550	544	330.00–350.00	346.75
2	550–600	568	310.00–337.50	323.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	420.00–430.00	424.88
8	350–400	398	425.00	425.00
3	400–450	425	390.00–400.00	395.04
1	450–500	455	360.00	360.00
2	500–550	540	320.00–332.50	326.25
1	550–600	575	320.00	320.00
2	650–700	663	260.00–280.00	270.19
1	800–850	820	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	325	475.00	475.00
2	350–400	363	470.00	470.00
1	450–500	485	390.00	390.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	430.00–440.00	434.85
1	350–400	385	410.00	410.00
5	400–450	418	360.00–400.00	385.48
8	450–500	498	320.00	320.00
5	500–550	531	300.00–330.00	311.77
4	600–650	639	285.00	285.00
5	750–800	779	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	474	357.50–370.00	363.99
2	550–600	565	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	487.50–495.00	491.10
9	350–400	380	440.00–450.00	447.83
2	400–450	440	415.00	415.00
5	500–550	529	367.50–370.00	368.01
9	550–600	566	325.00–355.00	337.22
2	600–650	635	310.00	310.00
4	650–700	664	305.00–322.50	313.05
1	750–800	755	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	563	315.00–320.00	317.49
1	600–650	605	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	420.00	420.00
1	500–550	525	350.00	350.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	2,400.00	2,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	2,700.00	2,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	2,850.00	2,850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	2,750.00–3,250.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	2,750.00	2,750.00

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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