Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-06-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, with warmer dryer weather in the forecast everybody is trying to catch up in the hay fields holding supply back this week. With the feeder board loosing a little ground this week feeder steers sold $10.00-$15.00 lower on light test, while feeder heifers sold uneven, 300lb-400lb heifers sold $10.00-$15.00 lower 500lb-600lb heifers sold $10.00-$15.00 higher. Slaughter cattle this week sold $10.00-$20.00 higher. Demand was good

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $319.81/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −79.80 against this barn's trailing median of $399.62.

Average price

$319.81

27 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,720

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$351

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

$59.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.27

vs AR average

−14.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	326.47	1,759	24
Medium and Large 2	528	266.54	1,408	3thin

One grade step is worth $59.93/cwt here — about $351 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale27 hd

319.81

—

AR average7 barns · 303 hd

313.54

+6.27

National average153 barns · 9,567 hd

334.11

−14.30

This barn, trailing median26 sales

399.62

−79.80

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	—	High	1,698	197.32	3,349	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,427	174.66	2,492	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,273	167.18	2,129	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,068	135.60	1,449	11

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	945	$2,150	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,300	$3,600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	950	$2,750	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$2,700	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	950	$1,925	1thin

Every lot, as filed

89 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 2	750–800	790	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	550	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,953	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	320	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,424	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	540	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	284.78/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,885	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	344.84/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,438	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,599	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,768	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	329.73/cwt	322.50–340.00	1,718	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,850	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	318.68/cwt	305.00–322.00	1,957	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	327.56/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,933	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	355.92/cwt	350.00–367.50	2,047	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	380.88/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,958	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	394.23/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,526	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	350	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,243	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	247.50/cwt	232.50–255.00	1,955	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	410.22/cwt	395.00–425.00	1,395	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	402.82/cwt	402.50–405.00	1,619	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,413	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	290.53/cwt	287.50–300.00	1,990	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	600	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	334.83/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,631	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,838	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,316	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,864	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	950	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	703	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,916	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	329.81/cwt	310.00–337.50	2,025	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	287.98/cwt	287.50–292.50	2,125	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	495	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	563	297.53/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,675	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	366.76/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,742	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	386.10/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,815	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	317.32/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,310	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	352.93/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,160	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	628	282.57/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,775	4
Bulls	—	—	1,865	218.31/cwt	216.00–221.00	4,071	2
Bulls	—	—	1,560	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,777	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	121.03/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,202	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	130.91/cwt	125.00–136.00	1,316	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,243	148.87/cwt	144.00–152.00	1,850	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	139.67/cwt	138.00–141.00	1,408	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	900	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	164.62/cwt	158.00–168.00	2,084	5
Bulls	—	—	1,658	192.78/cwt	188.00–198.00	3,196	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,458	177.99/cwt	176.00–180.00	2,595	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,293	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,358	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	340	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,377	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	365	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,460	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	950	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,944	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,435	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	340.00/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,887	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,860	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	395.36/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,668	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	352.50/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	289.81/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,493	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	370	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	262.60/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,681	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	650–700	675	314.96/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,126	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	429.52/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,821	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	431.26/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,609	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	470	290.32/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,365	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	370	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,110	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	555	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,221	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,507	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	300–350	315	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,103	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	445	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,602	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,872	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	417.79/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,349	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	322.45/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,349	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,453	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	595	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	379.52/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,195	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	363.15/cwt	330.00–375.00	1,710	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,015	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	460	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	319.61/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,512	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	341.04/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,275	4

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 328Last week 318Year ago 273

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 45Year ago 55

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 15Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	350.00	350.00
3	300–350	315	350.00–395.00	379.52
4	350–400	374	325.00–355.00	341.04
1	400–450	415	325.00	325.00
3	450–500	473	310.00–340.00	319.61
2	500–550	515	280.00–300.00	289.81
2	600–650	640	250.00–275.00	262.60
1	650–700	655	230.00	230.00
1	750–800	790	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	430.00	430.00
2	300–350	340	395.00–425.00	410.22
11	350–400	387	385.00–415.00	394.23
4	400–450	417	340.00–350.00	344.84
3	450–500	487	330.00–345.00	334.83
14	500–550	521	322.50–340.00	329.73
8	550–600	564	328.00	328.00
5	600–650	614	305.00–322.00	318.68
4	650–700	662	270.00–290.00	284.78
1	700–750	735	250.00	250.00
3	750–800	790	232.50–255.00	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	492	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	355.00	355.00
1	450–500	495	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	563	295.00–300.00	297.53
1	600–650	600	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	340	405.00	405.00
1	350–400	370	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	470	280.00–300.00	290.32
1	550–600	555	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	445.00	445.00
1	450–500	460	400.00	400.00
2	550–600	550	355.00	355.00
2	650–700	675	310.00–320.00	314.96
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	445	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	540	310.00	310.00
1	550–600	595	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	491	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	425.00–440.00	431.26
10	400–450	424	425.00–430.00	429.52
4	450–500	470	380.00–400.00	386.10
6	500–550	514	380.00–385.00	380.88
8	550–600	575	350.00–367.50	355.92
19	600–650	612	350.00–360.00	352.93
2	700–750	728	310.00–325.00	317.32
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	410.00	410.00
3	400–450	422	380.00–415.00	395.36
10	450–500	471	330.00–375.00	363.15
2	500–550	515	350.00–355.00	352.50
2	550–600	555	330.00–350.00	340.00
3	600–650	620	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	690	277.50	277.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	314	450.00	450.00
1	350–400	350	420.00	420.00
8	400–450	402	402.50–405.00	402.82
2	450–500	475	350.00–385.00	366.76
1	500–550	525	355.00	355.00
2	550–600	590	320.00–335.00	327.56
15	600–650	614	310.00–337.50	329.81
4	650–700	685	287.50–300.00	290.53
10	700–750	738	287.50–292.50	287.98
1	950–1000	965	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	400.00	400.00
4	600–650	628	280.00–290.00	282.57
2	700–750	703	272.50	272.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	410.00–425.00	417.79
1	350–400	380	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	415	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	475	340.00	340.00
2	500–550	535	320.00–325.00	322.45
1	550–600	585	320.00	320.00

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	—	950	1,925.00	1,925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	2,700.00	2,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	2,750.00	2,750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	3,600.00	3,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	945	2,150.00	2,150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,130	172.00	172.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,865	216.00–221.00	218.31
1	—	1,560	178.00	178.00
5	—	1,658	188.00–198.00	192.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	993	120.00–122.00	121.03
4	—	1,005	125.00–136.00	130.91
3	—	1,243	144.00–152.00	148.87
2	—	1,008	138.00–141.00	139.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,266	158.00–168.00	164.62
1	—	1,310	180.00	180.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,458	176.00–180.00	177.99
1	—	1,365	168.00	168.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Ash Flat Livestock Auction - Ash Flat, AR

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle