Name: Ash Flat Livestock Auction Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend was established due to the absence of a report the previous week. Feeder cattle receipts were light this week, with good demand despite losses on the feeder cattle board during the week. Limited data was available on slaughter and replacement cattle because of technical issues.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $412.51/cwt on 21 head, up $12.71 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 26 comparable sales and sits +12.90 against this barn's trailing median of $399.62.

Average price

$412.51

▲ 12.71 vs prior sale

21 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,209

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$49.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.09

vs AR average

−5.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	426.57	2,247	15thin
Medium and Large 2	558	377.37	2,104	6thin

One grade step is worth $49.20/cwt here — about $143 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale21 hd

412.51

—

AR average8 barns · 314 hd

400.43

+12.09

National average175 barns · 12,602 hd

418.26

−5.75

This barn, trailing median26 sales

399.62

+12.90

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	1,660	224.54	3,728	5thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Bulls	—	—	1,658	219.17/cwt	212.50–228.00	3,634	4
Bulls	—	—	1,670	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	4,108	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	645	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	310	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	745.00/cwt	745.00–745.00	2,012	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,926	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,525	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,279	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,409	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	373.83/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,344	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,551	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	444.89/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,331	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,393	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	526.56/cwt	500.00–540.00	2,169	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,855	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	460.81/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,926	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,125	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	407.38/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,522	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	431.49/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,438	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	413.64/cwt	400.00–427.50	2,565	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,366	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	388.95/cwt	375.00–405.00	2,800	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	425.97/cwt	412.50–440.00	2,236	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,353	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,664	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	465.33/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,759	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,196	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	437.42/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,632	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,332	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	480.75/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,601	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,160	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,439	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,849	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,549	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	381.64/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,584	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	388.41/cwt	380.00–405.00	2,097	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	385.58/cwt	360.00–400.00	2,402	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	384.86/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,828	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	517.50/cwt	500.00–535.00	1,837	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,060	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	366.33/cwt	350.00–395.00	2,106	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,947	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	438.06/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,484	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,070	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	472.40/cwt	440.00–490.00	1,946	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,030	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,266	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	485.00/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,407	2

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 May 22, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 329Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 82Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,658	212.50–228.00	219.17
1	—	1,670	246.00	246.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	387.50	387.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	530.00	530.00
1	450–500	465	500.00	500.00
6	500–550	526	480.00	480.00
3	550–600	565	420.00–450.00	431.49
4	600–650	620	400.00–427.50	413.64
1	650–700	650	410.00	410.00
3	700–750	720	375.00–405.00	388.95
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	505.00	505.00
1	300–350	315	515.00	515.00
2	350–400	355	500.00–535.00	517.50
2	450–500	480	450.00	450.00
1	550–600	570	415.00	415.00
3	600–650	623	360.00–400.00	385.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	677	380.00–385.00	381.64
3	700–750	725	367.50	367.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	500.00	500.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	515.00	515.00
10	400–450	418	440.00–470.00	460.81
3	450–500	483	440.00	440.00
14	500–550	525	412.50–440.00	425.97
1	550–600	550	435.00	435.00
5	600–650	627	370.00–390.00	373.83
2	750–800	773	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	410	452.50	452.50
3	650–700	682	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	470.00–500.00	485.00
2	300–350	333	460.00–500.00	480.75
2	350–400	373	425.00–450.00	437.42
1	400–450	425	435.00	435.00
4	450–500	475	375.00–400.00	384.86
3	500–550	540	380.00–405.00	388.41
3	550–600	575	350.00–395.00	366.33
1	600–650	610	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	745.00	745.00
1	350–400	360	535.00	535.00
3	400–450	412	500.00–540.00	526.56
1	450–500	465	490.00	490.00
7	500–550	524	425.00–450.00	444.89
8	550–600	567	425.00–440.00	438.06
6	600–650	619	395.00–415.00	407.38
1	650–700	660	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	295	525.00	525.00
1	300–350	325	500.00	500.00
4	350–400	378	450.00–480.00	465.33
8	400–450	412	440.00–490.00	472.40
1	450–500	450	460.00	460.00
1	500–550	515	400.00	400.00
1	1000–1050	1,030	220.00	220.00

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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