Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, the supply of feeders this week was down, with fewer offerings of weaned calves. On a light test, 500 -600 lb steers and heifers sold $15.00-$17.00 lower. With very hot temperatures expected over the next several days, demand for unweaned calves was held back. Slaughter cattle sold steady to $10.00 lower

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $312.29/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −87.33 against this barn's trailing median of $399.62.

Average price

$312.29

24 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,681

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$11.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.57

vs AR average

−26.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	315.57	1,717	17thin
Medium and Large 2	524	304.31	1,595	7thin

One grade step is worth $11.26/cwt here — about $122 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale24 hd

312.29

—

AR average6 barns · 256 hd

327.86

−15.57

National average151 barns · 8,478 hd

338.74

−26.45

This barn, trailing median26 sales

399.62

−87.33

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	1,555	179.28	2,788	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,383	160.75	2,223	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,157	158.48	1,834	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	963	130.91	1,261	8thin

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)	1,242	$2,791	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,075	$2,306	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,108	$2,272	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$2,150	1thin

Every lot, as filed

77 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%	—	1,365	158.15/cwt	152.00–161.00	2,159	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	164.00/cwt	162.00–166.00	2,304	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	134.19/cwt	132.00–136.00	1,315	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,108	2,272.23/head	2,100.00–2,450.00	2,272	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,692	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	165.22/cwt	162.00–167.00	1,938	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	154.32/cwt	152.00–157.00	1,744	3
Bulls	—	—	1,300	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,119	1
Bulls	—	—	1,640	184.71/cwt	184.00–185.00	3,029	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	500	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	405	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,316	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	970	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,128	2,608.65/head	2,500.00–2,750.00	2,609	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,242	2,790.94/head	2,550.00–2,950.00	2,791	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	305.03/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,586	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	332.55/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,240	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	385.00/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,386	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	392.61/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,335	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	355.89/cwt	350.00–362.50	1,690	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	321.53/cwt	320.00–323.00	2,035	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	323.18/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,364	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,148	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	257.45/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,269	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	875	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,188	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	312.61/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,469	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	298	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,073	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	315	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,402	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	357.00/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,489	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	360.91/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,332	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	330.03/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,673	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	296.31/cwt	282.50–310.00	1,653	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,462	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,157	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	118.27/cwt	116.00–120.00	1,112	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	505	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	575	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	395	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,501	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	410	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,804	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	402.13/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,512	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,695	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	332.40/cwt	325.00–342.50	2,051	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	304.97/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,196	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	593	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,898	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	379.16/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,395	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	495	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	359.44/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,499	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	310.46/cwt	280.00–332.50	2,071	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	344.58/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,840	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,070	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,976	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	338.30/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,945	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	366.50/cwt	350.00–387.50	1,942	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	309.25/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,939	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	314.99/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,651	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	319.98/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,801	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	342.19/cwt	332.50–360.00	2,115	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	345.26/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,630	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	411.57/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,749	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	402.50/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,570	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	383.73/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,796	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,034	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	350	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,022	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	369.94/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,583	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	333.72/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,762	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	292.70/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,668	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	468	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,732	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	341.80/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,617	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,911	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 →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 367Last week 549Year ago 544

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 66Year ago 103

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 20Year ago 20

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,365	152.00–161.00	158.15
4	—	1,405	162.00–166.00	164.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	980	132.00–136.00	134.19
1	—	1,015	144.00	144.00
1	—	890	130.00	130.00
2	—	940	116.00–120.00	118.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	144.00	144.00
4	—	1,173	162.00–167.00	165.22
3	—	1,130	152.00–157.00	154.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	163.00	163.00
3	—	1,640	184.00–185.00	184.71

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,108	2,100.00–2,450.00	2,272.23
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,128	2,500.00–2,750.00	2,608.65
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,242	2,550.00–2,950.00	2,790.94
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	2,150.00	2,150.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	970	1,700.00	1,700.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	385.00–400.00	392.61
4	350–400	360	380.00–400.00	385.00
2	400–450	428	360.00–380.00	369.94
3	450–500	475	350.00–362.50	355.89
2	500–550	528	327.50–340.00	333.72
2	550–600	570	285.00–300.00	292.70
2	600–650	633	320.00–323.00	321.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	440.00	440.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	390	400.00–410.00	402.50
3	400–450	425	400.00–420.00	411.57
4	450–500	468	380.00–385.00	383.73
4	500–550	530	350.00–387.50	366.50
5	550–600	554	365.00	365.00
5	600–650	618	332.50–360.00	342.19
2	650–700	675	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	325.00	325.00
1	450–500	495	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	505	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	575	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	298	360.00	360.00
3	300–350	328	350.00	350.00
4	350–400	373	325.00–340.00	332.55
12	400–450	422	300.00–345.00	323.18
10	450–500	470	300.00–325.00	312.61
6	500–550	520	300.00–310.00	305.03
1	550–600	550	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	620	270.00	270.00
2	650–700	683	255.00–260.00	257.45
1	700–750	710	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	368	370.00–410.00	379.16
3	400–450	417	340.00–370.00	359.44
6	450–500	472	330.00–365.00	345.26
7	500–550	524	310.00–325.00	314.99
8	550–600	563	310.00–330.00	319.98
8	600–650	627	300.00–320.00	309.25
3	650–700	667	280.00–332.50	310.46
1	700–750	725	272.50	272.50
1	750–800	775	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	430.00	430.00
1	300–350	300	400.00	400.00
4	350–400	369	350.00–375.00	360.91
5	400–450	417	340.00–370.00	357.00
6	450–500	473	325.00–350.00	341.80
3	500–550	507	325.00–340.00	330.03
2	550–600	558	282.50–310.00	296.31
1	600–650	605	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	695	275.00	275.00
1	850–900	875	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	445.00	445.00
2	450–500	468	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	380.00	380.00
2	550–600	593	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	376	390.00–425.00	402.13
2	450–500	458	370.00	370.00
6	500–550	534	335.00–360.00	344.58
3	550–600	575	335.00–340.00	338.30
3	600–650	617	325.00–342.50	332.40
1	650–700	690	300.00	300.00
3	700–750	720	300.00–310.00	304.97

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

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