Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder cattle sold with improved quality offerings on heavier weights. Steers weighing 500-700 lbs traded $12.00 higher. Lighter-weight steers saw reduced demand, trading $10.00-$15.00 lower due to limited offerings of weaned calves. Feeder heifers traded $8.00-$10.00 higher on the week. Demand remained strong for weaned calves, while unweaned calves saw lighter buyer interest. Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady with last week's market. Offerings were light on replacement cattle, with limited quality available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $334.57/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −65.05 against this barn's trailing median of $399.62.

Average price

$334.57

33 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,841

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$11.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.83

vs AR average

−31.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	339.09	1,886	20
Medium and Large 2	541	327.61	1,773	13thin

One grade step is worth $11.49/cwt here — about $112 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 sale33 hd

334.57

—

AR average7 barns · 187 hd

341.40

−6.83

National average172 barns · 11,458 hd

365.85

−31.28

This barn, trailing median26 sales

399.62

−65.05

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	1,714	183.02	3,136	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,568	158.42	2,484	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,195	157.97	1,887	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,087	131.97	1,435	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
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,313	$2,925	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,310	$2,750	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$2,800	1thin

Every lot, as filed

109 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	250–300	280	480.71/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,346	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	371.22/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,097	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,700	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	357.99/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,155	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	618	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,978	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	411.27/cwt	395.00–445.00	2,130	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	348.28/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,034	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	453.56/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,696	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	436.74/cwt	420.00–442.50	2,026	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,631	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	347.09/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,155	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	490	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,083	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	364.90/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,872	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	342.43/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,274	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,419	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	420	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	550	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,283	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	323.01/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,322	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	400.23/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,497	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	437.48/cwt	415.00–445.00	2,052	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,543	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	499	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,984	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	457	488.25/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,231	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,817	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	337.56/cwt	320.00–355.00	2,373	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	435.71/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,843	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	392.38/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,029	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	618	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,101	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	550	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	372.78/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,771	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	549	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,922	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	479	351.20/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,682	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	660	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,112	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	573	331.72/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,901	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	391	362.52/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,417	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	545	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	310	400.00/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,240	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	483	382.51/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,848	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	433	357.54/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,548	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	535	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,060	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	380	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	372	433.34/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,612	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	350	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,820	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	590	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,065	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	525	331.29/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,739	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,172	160.24/cwt	156.00–166.00	1,878	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	135.47/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,531	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	145.65/cwt	142.00–150.00	1,835	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	148.92/cwt	144.00–154.00	1,538	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,028	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,700	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,482	1
Bulls	—	—	1,593	172.26/cwt	168.00–175.00	2,744	3
Bulls	—	—	1,668	197.10/cwt	196.00–198.00	3,288	2
Bulls	—	—	1,804	183.84/cwt	181.00–188.00	3,316	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	109.13/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,211	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	161.52/cwt	156.00–166.00	2,479	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	123.36/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,320	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	920	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,619	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	172.93/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,920	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,985	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,100	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,313	2,924.86/head	2,850.00–3,000.00	2,925	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	432.27/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,405	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	343.60/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,484	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,617	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,413	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	368.28/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,348	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	340.14/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,602	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	769	283.37/cwt	280.00–285.00	2,179	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	870	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,262	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	374.98/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,275	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,225	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	327.91/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,689	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	327.25/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,872	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	356.61/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,665	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	630	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,331	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,204	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	371.53/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,794	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	355.13/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,390	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	387.80/cwt	370.00–405.00	2,408	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	370	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,332	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	415	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,951	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	490	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	370	367.20/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,359	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	515	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	575	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,185	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	417.71/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,391	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	370	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,443	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	335.03/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,920	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	570	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,796	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	404.63/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,720	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,180	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	300–350	335	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,256	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,935	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	440	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,540	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	330.00/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,980	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	721	301.66/cwt	295.00–305.00	2,175	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	371.32/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,901	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	684	310.71/cwt	290.00–320.00	2,125	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	284	395.00/cwt	375.00–415.00	1,122	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 613Last week 715Year ago 615

Slaughter CattleReceipts 102Last week 75Year ago 41

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 39Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	460.00–500.00	480.71
1	300–350	315	500.00	500.00
1	350–400	395	460.00	460.00
1	400–450	425	440.00	440.00
6	450–500	469	415.00–445.00	437.48
4	500–550	518	395.00–445.00	411.27
1	550–600	580	380.00	380.00
7	600–650	621	370.00–405.00	387.80
2	650–700	673	350.00–360.00	355.13
12	750–800	750	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	500.00	500.00
3	450–500	457	470.00–500.00	488.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	499	397.50	397.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	410.00	410.00
1	500–550	535	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	425.00–440.00	432.27
1	350–400	385	420.00	420.00
1	400–450	415	430.00	430.00
3	450–500	483	360.00–380.00	371.53
3	500–550	512	350.00–395.00	371.32
2	600–650	618	360.00	360.00
1	850–900	870	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	380.00	380.00
1	600–650	630	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	360.00–375.00	367.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	505.00	505.00
4	350–400	374	450.00–465.00	453.56
7	400–450	423	430.00–440.00	435.71
4	450–500	464	420.00–442.50	436.74
6	500–550	517	380.00–400.00	392.38
10	550–600	565	360.00–380.00	371.22
5	600–650	602	355.00–360.00	357.99
2	700–750	703	320.00–355.00	337.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	520.00	520.00
1	400–450	415	470.00	470.00
1	550–600	550	415.00	415.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	430.00–435.00	433.34
2	450–500	483	380.00–385.00	382.51
5	500–550	549	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	590	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	618	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	660	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	355.00	355.00
1	550–600	550	355.00	355.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	400.00	400.00
4	300–350	333	400.00–425.00	417.71
1	350–400	385	430.00	430.00
4	400–450	425	385.00–420.00	404.63
3	450–500	467	350.00–360.00	356.61
1	500–550	530	365.00	365.00
3	550–600	573	330.00–340.00	335.03
3	600–650	600	320.00–350.00	330.00
6	650–700	684	290.00–320.00	310.71
6	700–750	721	295.00–305.00	301.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	375.00	375.00
1	350–400	370	360.00	360.00
3	400–450	440	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	570	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	395.00–405.00	400.00
4	350–400	391	360.00–370.00	362.52
4	400–450	433	350.00–365.00	357.54
4	450–500	479	350.00–355.00	351.20
4	500–550	525	320.00–340.00	331.29
10	550–600	573	320.00–337.50	331.72
3	600–650	618	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	420.00	420.00
1	300–350	330	430.00	430.00
7	350–400	374	390.00–415.00	400.23
3	400–450	435	375.00	375.00
7	450–500	475	360.00–385.00	372.78
3	500–550	513	360.00–370.00	364.90
3	550–600	584	345.00–355.00	348.28
7	600–650	621	340.00–370.00	347.09
6	650–700	664	335.00–350.00	342.43
5	700–750	719	320.00–330.00	323.01
9	750–800	759	335.00	335.00
3	800–850	808	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	490	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	284	375.00–415.00	395.00
3	300–350	340	360.00–400.00	374.98
8	350–400	366	350.00–390.00	368.28
6	400–450	432	325.00–350.00	343.60
7	450–500	471	320.00–350.00	340.14
7	500–550	515	320.00–335.00	327.91
6	550–600	572	310.00–345.00	327.25
1	600–650	635	315.00	315.00
3	750–800	769	280.00–285.00	283.37
1	800–850	825	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	390.00	390.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,172	156.00–166.00	160.24
2	—	1,260	142.00–150.00	145.65
1	—	1,200	169.00	169.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,130	130.00–139.00	135.47
4	—	1,033	144.00–154.00	148.92
2	—	1,110	108.00–110.00	109.13
5	—	1,070	120.00–126.00	123.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	146.00	146.00
4	—	1,535	156.00–166.00	161.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,593	168.00–175.00	172.26
2	—	1,668	196.00–198.00	197.10
5	—	1,804	181.00–188.00	183.84

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	920	176.00	176.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,110	170.00–176.00	172.93
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,115	178.00	178.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,310	2,750.00	2,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,313	2,850.00–3,000.00	2,924.86
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	2,800.00	2,800.00

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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

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Ash Flat Livestock Auction - Ash Flat, AR

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