Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

With a break in the hot weather, the cooler weather was much welcomed. With quality offerings and the cooler weather, demand was strong on feeders this week. Slaughter cattle and replacement cattle also selling on a strong demand. No trend was determined due to the sale not being reported last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $377.75/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −69.19 against this barn's trailing median of $446.93.

Average price

$377.75

28 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,067

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

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

$31.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.21

vs AR average

−3.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	382.26	2,092	24
Medium and Large 2	547	350.66	1,916	4thin

One grade step is worth $31.60/cwt here — about $176 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

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 sale28 hd

377.75

—

AR average8 barns · 244 hd

380.95

−3.21

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

−3.93

This barn, trailing median25 sales

446.93

−69.19

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	1,657	185.21	3,069	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,162	166.86	1,939	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,390	164.50	2,287	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	929	140.94	1,309	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,150	$2,807	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,013	$2,692	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	910	$2,650	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,000	$2,150	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$2,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$2,450	2thin

Every lot, as filed

99 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,379	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	323.74/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,832	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	343.05/cwt	330.00–362.50	2,110	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,457	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	362.24/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,876	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	369.96/cwt	360.00–400.00	2,131	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,710	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	583	316.14/cwt	307.50–325.00	1,843	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	445	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	296.22/cwt	292.50–300.00	2,192	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	371.21/cwt	345.00–380.00	2,320	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,641	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	410	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	540	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,863	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	480	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	540	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,890	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,414	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	331.25/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,521	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	291.26/cwt	290.00–292.50	2,214	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	348.12/cwt	348.00–350.00	2,406	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	356.32/cwt	352.50–360.00	1,906	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	284.98/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,089	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	595	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,023	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	388.95/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,840	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	433	390.06/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,689	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	550	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,773	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	350.31/cwt	335.00–372.50	2,014	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	269.95/cwt	250.00–277.50	2,257	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	578	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,023	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	366.58/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,749	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	500	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	637	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,245	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,497	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	2,806.52/head	2,650.00–2,950.00	2,807	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	620	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,953	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,208	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	900	2,450.00/head	2,400.00–2,500.00	2,450	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,204	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,013	2,691.98/head	2,400.00–2,950.00	2,692	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	166.44/cwt	164.00–168.00	1,972	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,137	152.73/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,737	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	151.11/cwt	150.00–152.00	1,352	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,413	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	174.34/cwt	172.00–176.00	2,008	6
Bulls	—	—	1,470	183.65/cwt	180.00–190.00	2,700	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	935	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,477	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	128.53/cwt	126.00–130.00	1,157	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	146.58/cwt	142.00–149.00	1,436	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,161	1
Bulls	—	—	1,488	158.63/cwt	154.00–163.00	2,360	2
Bulls	—	—	1,874	197.09/cwt	192.00–202.00	3,693	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,254	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,215	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,798	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,306	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,000	2,150.00/head	2,000.00–2,300.00	2,150	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,495	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	2,960	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,318	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	323.41/cwt	317.50–330.00	1,831	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	400–450	410	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,312	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	319.23/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,666	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	371.78/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,740	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,466	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	406.44/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,540	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	301.21/cwt	280.00–317.50	1,831	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	650–700	655	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	421.33/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,378	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,925	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	956	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,885	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	378.83/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,561	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	319.04/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,988	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,063	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	353.08/cwt	340.00–357.50	1,501	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	150–200	185	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	786	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	350	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	418	429.93/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,797	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	330	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	364.19/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,176	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	377.48/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,593	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	358.50/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	392.56/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,869	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	413.64/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,994	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,958	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	506	342.71/cwt	332.50–355.00	1,734	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,977	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	483	325.65/cwt	300.00–350.00	1,573	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	630	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	306.33/cwt	300.00–315.00	2,037	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	324.99/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,021	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	940	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,256	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	580	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,555	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	398.04/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,098	13

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 Aug 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 447Last week 367Year ago 348

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 36Year ago 40

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 20Year ago 35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	450.00	450.00
1	400–450	435	450.00	450.00
7	450–500	482	400.00–430.00	413.64
13	500–550	527	380.00–410.00	398.04
7	550–600	576	360.00–400.00	369.96
17	600–650	625	345.00–380.00	371.21
16	650–700	691	348.00–350.00	348.12
1	700–750	710	335.00	335.00
8	750–800	761	325.00–335.00	331.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	425.00	425.00
4	350–400	379	400.00–425.00	406.44
6	400–450	422	360.00–390.00	377.48
3	450–500	468	360.00–380.00	371.78
2	500–550	535	352.50–360.00	356.32
2	550–600	558	345.00	345.00
1	650–700	655	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	730	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	370.00	370.00
2	550–600	578	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	675	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	465.00	465.00
4	400–450	418	420.00–435.00	429.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	476	385.00–420.00	392.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	380.00–400.00	388.95
8	550–600	566	320.00–350.00	323.74
3	600–650	615	330.00–362.50	343.05
1	650–700	690	320.00	320.00
2	700–750	740	292.50–300.00	296.22
5	800–850	836	250.00–277.50	269.95
1	850–900	870	277.50	277.50
1	900–950	940	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	386	425.00	425.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	420.00	420.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	345.00	345.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	380.00–400.00	390.06
3	500–550	540	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	550	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	400.00–440.00	421.33
8	400–450	412	370.00–400.00	378.83
3	450–500	462	340.00–370.00	358.50
12	500–550	506	332.50–355.00	342.71
1	550–600	580	325.00	325.00
3	600–650	623	315.00–325.00	319.04
2	700–750	733	280.00–290.00	284.98
1	900–950	940	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	435.00	435.00
1	400–450	400	395.00	395.00
10	450–500	477	360.00–377.50	366.58
8	500–550	518	350.00–380.00	362.24
16	550–600	575	335.00–372.50	350.31
3	600–650	622	320.00–330.00	324.99
4	650–700	665	300.00–315.00	306.33
2	750–800	760	290.00–292.50	291.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	355.00	355.00
2	550–600	583	307.50–325.00	316.14
1	600–650	620	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	637	352.50	352.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	185	425.00	425.00
2	250–300	255	375.00	375.00
2	300–350	323	350.00–380.00	364.19
1	350–400	385	370.00	370.00
10	400–450	425	340.00–357.50	353.08
2	450–500	458	320.00	320.00
7	500–550	522	300.00–325.00	319.23
5	550–600	566	317.50–330.00	323.41
4	600–650	608	280.00–317.50	301.21
1	650–700	670	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	655	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	483	300.00–350.00	325.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	377.50	377.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	432	360.00	360.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	910	2,650.00	2,650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,150	2,650.00–2,950.00	2,806.52
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,013	2,400.00–2,950.00	2,691.98
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,310	176.00	176.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,495	198.00	198.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	2,000.00	2,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	935	158.00	158.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,215	148.00	148.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,000	2,000.00–2,300.00	2,150.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,105	226.00	226.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,160	190.00	190.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	900	2,400.00–2,500.00	2,450.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,185	164.00–168.00	166.44
3	—	1,137	150.00–154.00	152.73
6	—	1,152	172.00–176.00	174.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	895	150.00–152.00	151.11
3	—	900	126.00–130.00	128.53
3	—	980	142.00–149.00	146.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	173.00	173.00
1	—	1,385	156.00	156.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,470	180.00–190.00	183.65
2	—	1,488	154.00–163.00	158.63
5	—	1,874	192.00–202.00	197.09

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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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

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