Ash Flat Livestock Auction Market Report

Ash Flat, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, April 23, 2021

626 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.07/cwt -1.81 vs last sale · ≈ $682/hd at 524 lb · 17 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $145.35/cwt ≈ $733/hd at 504 lb · 15 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 bulls $166.67/cwt +8.67 vs last sale · ≈ $627/hd at 376 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	626	684	511
Feeder cattle	543	517	434
Slaughter cattle	63	57	42
Replacement cattle	20	110	35

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, Feeder steers traded mostly steady. Feeder heifers were 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder bulls were mostly uneven on limited comparisons. Slaughter cows were 3.00 to 7.00 higher and slaughter bulls traded 3.00 to 9.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260 thin fleshed	260	1	185.00	$185.00	$481	—
305 thin fleshed	305	3	189.00	$189.00	$576	—
330	330	1	155.00	$155.00	$512	-5.00
370	370	1	157.00	$157.00	$581	—
370	370	1	125.00	$125.00	$462	—
400–449	424	4	145.00–155.00	$150.04	$636	+16.04
470–495	484	9	135.00–145.00	$136.08	$659	-6.92
495 thin fleshed	495	1	150.00	$150.00	$742	—
500–540	514	4	130.00–140.00	$136.14	$700	-0.24
560	560	2	134.00–135.00	$134.50	$753	—
604–645	611	8	120.00–131.00	$128.05	$782	-5.95
665	665	2	125.00	$125.00	$831	—
720 thin fleshed	720	2	124.00	$124.00	$893	—
975	975	1	95.00	$95.00	$926	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	155.00	$155.00	$604	—
393	393	2	162.00	$162.00	$637	—
450–470	460	2	162.00–169.00	$165.42	$761	+5.14
456–490	465	12	151.00–155.00	$151.59	$705	-8.69
510–535	523	2	130.00–140.00	$134.88	$705	-22.55
600	600	1	130.00	$130.00	$780	-17.06
600–640	621	5	143.00–150.00	$144.80	$899	-2.26
655	655	1	142.00	$142.00	$930	-6.33
800–835	818	2	120.00–124.00	$122.04	$998	—
900	900	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,008	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406 thin fleshed	406	5	164.00	$164.00	$666	—
500–507	504	15	140.00–150.00	$145.35	$733	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	120.00	$120.00	$390	—
385	385	1	106.00	$106.00	$408	—
430–440	435	2	110.00–120.00	$114.94	$500	—
480	480	1	110.00	$110.00	$528	—
600	600	1	90.00	$90.00	$540	—
680	680	1	108.00	$108.00	$734	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–310	308	2	150.00–152.00	$151.01	$465	-2.50
375–395	386	4	140.00–147.00	$144.01	$556	+0.01
395	395	1	131.00	$131.00	$517	-13.00
400–435	410	10	135.00–142.00	$140.55	$576	-1.81
445	445	1	130.00	$130.00	$578	-12.36
480	480	1	133.00	$133.00	$638	-4.33
500–535	514	10	125.00–130.00	$129.29	$665	+8.33
520–545	533	2	120.00–126.00	$122.93	$655	-13.33
541 value added	541	5	134.50	$134.50	$728	—
568	568	2	131.00	$131.00	$744	+1.00
570–590	578	3	120.00	$120.00	$694	-10.00
615–637	631	7	120.00–125.00	$122.86	$775	+6.59
690	690	1	120.00	$120.00	$828	—
763	763	3	119.00	$119.00	$908	—
810–820	815	2	110.00–112.50	$111.24	$907	-0.76
1037	1037	4	108.00	$108.00	$1,120	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–280 thin fleshed	270	3	158.00	$158.00	$427	—
275	275	1	149.00	$149.00	$410	+2.00
315	315	1	130.00	$130.00	$410	—
320 thin fleshed	320	1	146.00	$146.00	$467	+5.50
365–390 thin fleshed	373	6	130.00–140.00	$136.52	$509	-5.96
365–380	373	4	120.00–130.00	$126.19	$471	-3.00
410–425	418	2	121.00–125.00	$123.04	$514	-6.96
420–430 thin fleshed	425	2	130.00–134.00	$131.98	$561	-6.06
451–485	469	6	120.00–129.00	$123.87	$581	-1.18
465–498 thin fleshed	493	7	131.00–136.00	$135.33	$667	+0.70
510–525	518	4	120.00–125.00	$122.01	$632	+7.01
585–595	590	2	110.00–120.00	$114.96	$678	-4.04
640	640	1	115.00	$115.00	$736	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	5	134.00	$134.00	$602	—
591	591	5	121.00	$121.00	$715	—
624–628	625	9	117.50–118.50	$118.17	$739	—
723	723	7	114.50	$114.50	$828	—
780	780	3	108.00	$108.00	$842	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–320	310	2	120.00–122.00	$121.03	$375	—
385	385	1	115.00	$115.00	$443	—
420–440	430	2	110.00	$110.00	$473	+16.00
520–549	535	2	90.00–100.00	$95.14	$509	—
615–645	630	2	80.00	$80.00	$504	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	323	3	178.00–194.00	$187.75	$606	—
360–395	376	14	162.00–186.00	$166.67	$627	+8.67
410–440	422	3	150.00–159.00	$154.75	$653	+0.35
455–470	460	3	145.00–153.00	$149.62	$688	-8.34
500–505	504	5	140.00–148.00	$142.20	$717	-4.69
540	540	1	120.00	$120.00	$648	-26.89
560–570	565	7	130.00–141.00	$135.27	$764	-9.54
625	625	2	131.00	$131.00	$819	—
655–658	657	3	120.00–131.00	$127.34	$837	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	155.00	$155.00	$457	—
320	320	1	150.00	$150.00	$480	+3.47
335 thin fleshed	335	2	165.00–176.00	$170.50	$571	—
355–380 thin fleshed	368	2	156.00–168.00	$161.80	$595	—
360–395	383	6	138.00–156.00	$145.23	$556	-0.45
400–430	414	5	133.00–147.00	$141.65	$586	-7.33
455–485	475	7	120.00–143.00	$137.05	$651	+1.05
510–540	523	6	125.00–138.00	$131.02	$685	+6.02
530 thin fleshed	530	1	138.00	$138.00	$731	—
565–595	575	3	115.00–125.00	$119.91	$689	-16.09
675	675	1	107.00	$107.00	$722	-4.26

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	5	145.00	$145.00	$679	—
669 thin fleshed	669	5	129.00	$129.00	$863	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1380	1151	80-85%	8	64.00–66.00	$64.74	$745	—
1200	1200	80-85%	1	55.50	$55.50	$666	—
1115–1380	1223	80-85%	6	58.50–63.50	$61.45	$752	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650–795	723	85-90%	2	40.50–52.00	$46.83	$339	—
830	830	85-90%	1	53.50	$53.50	$444	—
920–1050	995	85-90%	6	54.00–62.00	$59.91	$596	—
990–1020	1005	85-90%	2	45.00–52.00	$48.45	$487	-2.03

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1460	1460	75-80%	1	65.50	$65.50	$956	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405–1585	1495	2	70.00–72.50	$71.33	$1,066	—
1405–1765	1585	2	94.50–96.00	$95.34	$1,511	+4.31
1540–1995	1720	5	88.50–93.50	$91.77	$1,578	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1250	988	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	725.00–1,235.00	$974.75
1050–1325	1222	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	725.00–1,200.00	$896.45

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1055	1055	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	68.00	$68.00	$717
1305–1825	1565	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	63.00–74.00	$67.59	$1,058

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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
900–1100	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00–1,325.00	$1,178.75	—
1050–1280	1177	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,035.00–1,300.00	$1,159.99	—

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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.