Ash Flat Livestock Auction Market Report

Ash Flat, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, December 11, 2020

1,003 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $139.62/cwt -3.03 vs last sale · ≈ $736/hd at 527 lb · 39 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $136.63/cwt +7.01 vs last sale · ≈ $857/hd at 627 lb · 34 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $122.96/cwt +0.93 vs last sale · ≈ $648/hd at 527 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,003	1,049	983
Feeder cattle	903	907	870
Slaughter cattle	60	87	79
Replacement cattle	40	55	34

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 500 lbs traded unevenly steady to 6.00 higher. Steers over 500 lbs were steady with a few offerings of weaned and value added cattle trading at a premium with some of those offerings trading 10.00 higher. Light weight feeder heifers under 400 lbs traded 3.00 to 10.00 higher heifers between 400 lbs to 600 lbs were steady to 4.00 higher, over 600 lbs were not well tested. Feeder bulls were 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady and slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	329	4	159.00–179.00	$171.39	$564	—
360 thin fleshed	360	1	177.00	$177.00	$637	—
370	370	1	167.00	$167.00	$618	+7.29
400–440	434	7	145.00–155.00	$149.34	$648	-3.42
450–485	464	7	140.00–156.00	$149.70	$695	+6.59
500–540	517	3	130.00–132.00	$131.03	$677	-11.62
500–538	528	36	134.00–155.00	$140.34	$741	-2.31
555–570	563	2	120.00–130.00	$124.93	$703	-13.10
560–595	578	4	134.00–141.00	$136.48	$789	-1.55
600–610	605	2	130.00–135.00	$132.48	$802	+2.86
610–635	622	3	115.00–125.00	$121.35	$755	-8.27
629 value added	629	29	138.50	$138.50	$871	—
655	655	1	121.00	$121.00	$793	+1.00
650–680	662	12	125.00–127.00	$125.60	$831	+5.60
705–730	722	3	129.00–130.00	$129.33	$934	+8.03
735	735	1	110.00	$110.00	$808	-11.30
750	750	3	122.00	$122.00	$915	+3.67
787 value added	787	5	124.50	$124.50	$980	—
835	835	1	114.00	$114.00	$952	+1.55

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	150.00	$150.00	$510	—
365	365	1	144.00	$144.00	$526	+7.17
448	448	2	144.00	$144.00	$645	+11.54
460–480	467	3	120.00–131.00	$126.90	$593	+2.49
470 thin fleshed	470	3	140.00	$140.00	$658	—
505–540	517	7	120.00–135.00	$127.87	$661	+3.41
565–585	580	4	110.00–115.00	$111.26	$645	-8.47
580	580	1	100.00	$100.00	$580	-19.73
605–635	621	5	110.00–125.00	$119.43	$742	+1.89
655–660	658	2	90.00–115.00	$102.55	$675	—
970	970	1	80.00	$80.00	$776	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	335	7	152.00–156.00	$155.42	$521	+9.42
350–395	371	7	136.00–140.00	$138.27	$513	+1.58
410–445	423	10	125.00–131.00	$129.11	$546	-2.71
433	433	2	115.00	$115.00	$498	-16.82
455–465	458	3	115.00–122.00	$117.37	$538	-7.37
450–495	473	12	124.00–137.00	$129.26	$611	+4.52
500–544	526	21	119.00–129.00	$123.71	$651	+9.66
525–545	533	3	115.00–120.00	$117.70	$627	+3.65
560–585	574	11	118.00–120.00	$118.90	$682	-2.02
588 value added	588	2	122.50	$122.50	$720	—
630–645	635	3	113.00–119.00	$116.97	$743	-2.22
651–685	656	10	109.00–116.00	$114.66	$752	+11.28
670	670	1	100.00	$100.00	$670	-10.00
720	720	1	80.00	$80.00	$576	-20.00
940	940	1	90.00	$90.00	$846	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–346	340	6	120.00	$120.00	$408	—
370–390	387	14	115.00–120.00	$116.41	$451	+0.31
400–440	423	12	110.00–123.00	$118.32	$500	+1.11
450	450	2	100.00	$100.00	$450	-9.05
450–490	461	7	110.00–120.00	$112.61	$519	+3.56
508–545	525	5	100.00–113.00	$108.15	$568	-0.22
560–580	570	2	109.00–110.00	$109.51	$624	+1.99
620	620	1	90.00	$90.00	$558	-20.00
665	665	1	90.00	$90.00	$598	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–495	473	5	80.00–90.00	$86.90	$411	-3.10
515–535	525	2	85.00	$85.00	$446	—
575	575	1	70.00	$70.00	$402	—
680	680	1	70.00	$70.00	$476	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	288	2	177.00–184.00	$180.59	$520	—
330 thin fleshed	330	1	179.00	$179.00	$591	—
300–349	331	3	161.00–175.00	$167.12	$553	-12.42
365–390	376	8	158.00–172.50	$166.52	$626	+14.00
410–443	432	3	149.00–165.00	$154.06	$666	+10.84
465–496	493	11	130.00–147.00	$142.26	$701	+1.56
500–545	527	8	133.00–136.00	$134.11	$707	+19.11
520–545	533	2	124.00–125.00	$124.51	$664	+9.51
565	565	2	105.00–110.00	$107.50	$607	-16.17
585–588	588	7	126.00–128.00	$126.28	$743	+2.61
600–640	614	4	115.00–117.00	$116.01	$712	—
650–685	665	3	112.00–116.00	$114.03	$758	+9.03
750–785	765	6	94.00–111.00	$104.52	$800	—
810–835	823	2	90.00–92.00	$91.02	$749	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265 thin fleshed	265	1	161.00	$161.00	$427	—
365–390	378	2	140.00–142.00	$141.03	$533	-2.23
420–435	431	5	126.00–132.00	$127.97	$552	+1.97
510	510	2	120.00–128.00	$124.00	$632	+9.07
560–590	578	7	100.00–110.00	$108.59	$628	+3.59
610–635	625	5	90.00–110.00	$103.98	$650	+3.98
670–685	677	7	100.00–105.00	$101.41	$687	+9.22

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–435	425	2	110.00	$110.00	$468	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720	720	85-90%	1	25.00	$25.00	$180	—
805–865	835	85-90%	2	50.00	$50.00	$418	—
1000	1000	85-90%	1	20.00	$20.00	$200	-11.96
950–1315	1049	85-90%	8	29.00–34.00	$32.72	$343	+0.76
1075–1215	1119	85-90%	10	48.00–53.50	$50.57	$566	+9.92
965–1400	1178	85-90%	16	35.00–47.50	$41.17	$485	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1415	1164	80-85%	4	48.50–51.00	$49.74	$579	—
1055–1515	1333	80-85%	3	42.50–46.00	$44.67	$595	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1515	1385	75-80%	3	51.00–51.50	$51.34	$711	—
1180–1605	1393	75-80%	2	44.50–45.00	$44.71	$623	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1775	1493	3	65.00	$65.00	$970	—
1125–2045	1537	10	68.00–76.00	$73.01	$1,122	+1.98

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1045	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	54.00	$54.00	$564

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1550	1204	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	625.00–950.00	$787.40
1250	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	825.00	$825.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1040	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	48.50	$48.50	$504
1195	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	59.00	$59.00	$705
1465	1465	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	49.00	$49.00	$718

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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
1000–1200	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	625.00–975.00	$815.91	—
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	810.00	$810.00	—
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
1250	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	935.00	$935.00	—

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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.