Ash Flat Livestock Auction Market Report

Ash Flat, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, October 23, 2020

797 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $131.80/cwt -3.59 vs last sale · ≈ $685/hd at 520 lb · 17 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $126.51/cwt -5.99 vs last sale · ≈ $528/hd at 417 lb · 16 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $114.05/cwt -0.15 vs last sale · ≈ $646/hd at 567 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	797	880	764
Feeder cattle	608	730	695
Slaughter cattle	119	110	34
Replacement cattle	70	40	35

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week feeder steers traded 2.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder bulls under 500 lbs were mixed from 7.00 higher to 2.00 lower over 500 lbs were sharply lower trading 10.00 to 15.00 lower than last week. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs were 5.00 to 12.00 lower, heifers over over 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Demand was good on the few offerings of weaned cattle but most of the run today consisted of several head of unweaned new crop cattle and several offerings of plain type cattle that brought little demand from buyers on both fronts. Slaughter cows were mostly steady and slaughter bulls were uneven to steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	180.00	$180.00	$477	—
335	335	1	157.00	$157.00	$526	—
375	375	1	154.00	$154.00	$578	—
415–440	426	5	144.00–160.00	$147.32	$628	-3.01
455–495	483	7	141.00–159.00	$149.20	$721	+3.91
500–533	518	15	130.00–140.00	$133.05	$689	-2.37
525–540	533	2	120.00–125.00	$122.46	$653	-12.96
575–590	585	4	130.00–134.00	$132.01	$772	+12.01
600–645	618	3	120.00–127.00	$122.26	$756	-7.74
650	650	1	110.00	$110.00	$715	-12.00
663–675	669	5	120.00–124.00	$121.61	$814	-0.39
700	700	2	115.00–120.00	$117.50	$822	-7.02
885	885	1	110.00	$110.00	$974	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	140.00	$140.00	$406	—
325	325	1	139.00	$139.00	$452	—
415–445	428	6	130.00–140.00	$133.70	$572	-3.30
460–495	478	5	120.00–130.00	$125.03	$598	-0.79
525	525	1	110.00	$110.00	$578	-14.34
505–540	528	7	115.00–125.00	$119.32	$630	-5.02
555–575	567	5	110.00–120.00	$116.99	$663	-4.39

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451–462	457	13	125.00–130.00	$127.28	$582	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	100.00	$100.00	$420	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–330	328	2	135.00–139.00	$136.98	$449	-6.02
350–365	358	3	126.00–136.00	$131.07	$469	-4.98
400–445	416	9	115.00–126.00	$122.24	$509	-12.76
419 value added	419	7	132.00	$132.00	$553	—
455–492	481	12	110.00–120.00	$119.21	$573	-1.65
500–520	510	8	115.00–124.00	$116.74	$595	-3.40
530	530	1	110.00	$110.00	$583	-10.14
550–555	553	2	100.00–107.00	$103.52	$572	-6.48
562 value added	562	6	120.00	$120.00	$674	—
550–590	574	8	110.00–115.00	$112.21	$644	-6.18
600	600	1	100.00	$100.00	$600	-10.00
600	600	2	112.00–115.00	$113.50	$681	+3.50
650–670	658	3	105.00–110.00	$108.34	$713	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335 thin fleshed	335	1	131.00	$131.00	$439	-4.00
333–340	337	2	115.00–120.00	$117.47	$396	-3.53
355–395	379	5	110.00–121.00	$116.13	$440	-3.89
380–385 thin fleshed	383	2	124.00–128.00	$125.99	$483	—
415–425	420	2	115.00–118.00	$116.52	$489	-3.49
460–495	475	4	110.00–115.00	$112.42	$534	-1.54
500–535	515	5	105.00–110.00	$109.01	$561	-0.99
555–585	570	2	105.00–110.00	$107.43	$612	+2.52
680	680	1	100.00	$100.00	$680	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	110.00	$110.00	$308	—
305–315	310	3	100.00	$100.00	$310	—
390	390	1	100.00	$100.00	$390	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	160.00	$160.00	$512	-1.93
355–380	368	2	149.00–167.00	$158.31	$583	+4.31
400–435	423	3	137.00–154.00	$144.40	$611	-1.35
455–465	460	2	149.00–150.00	$149.49	$688	+7.07
485	485	1	120.00	$120.00	$582	-22.42
530–535	533	2	120.00–126.00	$123.01	$656	-13.57
560	560	2	110.00–115.00	$112.50	$630	-9.99
605–640	622	3	90.00–121.00	$106.79	$664	-14.58
650–690	673	3	100.00–115.00	$106.19	$715	-20.81
705–735	718	3	90.00–111.00	$102.42	$735	—
750–780	765	2	90.00–96.00	$93.06	$712	-18.94

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	162.00	$162.00	$470	+1.00
380	380	1	125.00	$125.00	$475	-11.60
400–445	427	8	110.00–126.00	$120.24	$513	+0.24
455–495	473	3	115.00–120.00	$118.26	$559	-4.31
500–525	512	3	110.00–120.00	$113.26	$580	-11.94
590	590	2	100.00–115.00	$107.50	$634	-3.43
605–640	623	2	90.00–110.00	$99.72	$621	—
780	780	1	85.00	$85.00	$663	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
527	527	6	115.00	$115.00	$606	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	110.00	$110.00	$330	—
470	470	1	100.00	$100.00	$470	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890	890	85-90%	1	20.00	$20.00	$178	—
915–1015	950	85-90%	4	36.00–40.00	$37.97	$361	—
950–1250	1073	85-90%	22	40.00–48.00	$43.26	$464	+9.55
1025–1290	1163	85-90%	15	47.00–55.00	$50.05	$582	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080	1080	80-85%	1	42.00	$42.00	$454	—
1025–1285	1157	80-85%	9	45.00–52.50	$48.82	$565	—
1125–1490	1321	80-85%	4	53.00–57.00	$54.93	$726	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000	1000	75-80%	1	44.00	$44.00	$440	—
1333–1510	1411	75-80%	3	56.00–57.00	$56.51	$797	—
1370–1500	1432	75-80%	3	52.50–56.00	$53.62	$768	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1430–1750	1553	3	55.00–64.00	$59.97	$931	—
1460–1710	1585	2	65.00–67.00	$65.92	$1,045	—
1685–1980	1833	2	86.50–87.50	$87.04	$1,595	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805–935	855	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	59.00–69.00	$65.35	$559
895	895	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	52.50	$52.50	$470
750–1100	936	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	57.00–76.00	$65.53	$613

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830–900	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	600.00–675.00	$635.98
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
900–1150	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	675.00–775.00	$731.10
1120–1150	1135	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	575.00–775.00	$676.32
1050–1250	1142	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	600.00–785.00	$703.21
890–1350	1149	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	635.00–950.00	$761.56
1200	1200	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1030–1550	1239	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	51.50–55.00	$53.59	$664
1040–1420	1256	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	50.50–55.50	$52.51	$660

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,060.00	$1,060.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.