Ash Flat Livestock Auction Market Report

Ash Flat, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, May 14, 2021

673 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $132.91/cwt +2.95 vs last sale · ≈ $708/hd at 533 lb · 21 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.01/cwt +5.70 vs last sale · ≈ $647/hd at 462 lb · 19 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.86/cwt +0.86 vs last sale · ≈ $533/hd at 378 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	673	402	612
Feeder cattle	573	336	528
Slaughter cattle	60	30	59
Replacement cattle	40	36	25

Market comments — USDA reporter

There was no comparison available from last week, but compared to two weeks ago feeder steers were mostly steady with some instances of weaned cattle as much as 6.00 higher. Feeder bulls were steady to 3.00 lower. Heifers traded uneven with lower notations noted. Slaughter cows and bulls were both mostly steady 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
250–280	265	2	192.50–195.00	$193.82	$514	—
300–330	310	3	173.00–187.00	$182.03	$564	+11.03
350–375	363	13	171.00–187.00	$180.25	$654	—
415–440	422	6	160.00–166.00	$163.79	$691	+16.51
455–470	462	7	151.00–164.00	$158.15	$731	—
465 value added	465	2	163.00	$163.00	$758	—
500–545	521	7	145.00–157.00	$151.88	$791	+2.47
535	535	1	143.00	$143.00	$765	-6.41
555–593	580	3	142.00–153.00	$145.51	$844	—
595	595	1	131.00	$131.00	$779	—
600–635	618	2	140.00–144.00	$141.94	$877	+1.94
650–660	653	4	140.00–143.00	$142.24	$929	—
705	705	1	130.00	$130.00	$916	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	160.00	$160.00	$440	—
300–342	325	5	150.00–151.00	$150.63	$490	—
370 thin fleshed	370	2	167.00	$167.00	$618	—
410–430	420	2	150.00–157.00	$153.58	$645	+3.58
420 thin fleshed	420	1	161.00	$161.00	$676	—
455–485	470	2	140.00–150.00	$145.16	$682	+7.22
515–530	525	4	133.00–145.00	$136.74	$718	—
575–590	583	6	123.00–140.00	$131.31	$766	—
605	605	1	130.00	$130.00	$786	+6.00
660–670	663	3	130.00–135.00	$133.32	$884	—
790	790	1	110.00	$110.00	$869	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400 thin fleshed	400	3	160.00	$160.00	$640	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
623	623	3	80.00	$80.00	$498	-10.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–315	313	2	150.00–154.00	$151.98	$476	+0.38
360–385	377	12	140.00–144.00	$141.52	$534	+1.52
395	395	1	133.00	$133.00	$525	-7.00
425–433	427	9	138.00–145.00	$141.89	$606	+1.08
450	450	1	124.00	$124.00	$558	-12.00
455 value added	455	7	147.00	$147.00	$669	—
450–480	468	11	135.00–138.00	$137.01	$641	+1.01
505–545	525	3	125.00–130.00	$127.30	$668	-5.97
511–545	534	18	130.00–137.00	$133.84	$715	+13.84
555–595	570	3	125.00–130.00	$126.62	$722	+6.62
590	590	1	120.00	$120.00	$708	±0.00
600–630	617	3	120.00–125.00	$122.64	$757	-7.36
650	650	1	112.00	$112.00	$728	—
665–680	670	4	117.00–126.00	$120.77	$809	—
725	725	1	110.00	$110.00	$798	-10.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	147.00	$147.00	$382	—
275 thin fleshed	275	1	165.00	$165.00	$454	+10.00
300	300	1	130.00	$130.00	$390	—
360–370 thin fleshed	363	3	147.00–159.00	$153.72	$558	+11.19
380–395	388	3	130.00–135.00	$132.69	$515	+2.34
435–440	436	4	120.00	$120.00	$523	-11.62
455–495	474	4	120.00–135.00	$126.86	$601	-3.82
510–545	523	3	120.00–127.00	$124.03	$649	—
558 thin fleshed	558	3	120.00	$120.00	$670	—
550–585	559	6	110.00–124.00	$121.00	$676	+0.93
620–630	627	3	110.00–115.00	$113.35	$711	+13.35
695 thin fleshed	695	1	113.00	$113.00	$785	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	4	151.00	$151.00	$445	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	120.00	$120.00	$360	—
375	375	1	120.00	$120.00	$450	—
728	728	2	80.00	$80.00	$582	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–375	372	9	164.00–186.00	$176.37	$656	—
405–440	424	4	150.00–154.00	$151.54	$643	-2.74
455–490	477	7	146.00–155.00	$150.95	$720	-1.04
505–530	520	3	140.00–148.00	$143.34	$745	+13.34
550–595	559	5	128.00–136.00	$132.94	$743	—
620–625	623	2	123.00–127.00	$124.99	$779	-13.01
650	650	1	115.00	$115.00	$748	—
665–688	683	6	120.00–126.00	$121.31	$829	—
703–748	716	9	109.00–125.00	$120.17	$860	+2.17

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290 thin fleshed	290	1	150.00	$150.00	$435	—
415–425	420	3	135.00–145.00	$139.98	$588	—
450–470 thin fleshed	460	2	137.00–146.00	$141.60	$651	—
460	460	1	135.00	$135.00	$621	-8.39
500–520	509	4	125.00–128.00	$127.01	$646	—
555–590	578	3	120.00–126.00	$122.60	$709	—
620	620	1	115.00	$115.00	$713	-5.99
745	745	2	113.00–114.00	$113.50	$846	+3.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	6	158.00	$158.00	$613	—
467	467	3	145.00	$145.00	$677	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	100.00	$100.00	$500	-15.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–880	820	85-90%	3	37.50–46.00	$41.74	$342	-14.55
865	865	85-90%	1	56.00	$56.00	$484	—
990–1020	1008	85-90%	3	41.50–45.00	$43.35	$437	—
1151–1180	1166	85-90%	2	46.50–51.50	$49.03	$572	-7.97
1130–1475	1259	85-90%	5	55.00–62.50	$60.29	$759	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190	1190	80-85%	1	59.00	$59.00	$702	—
1035–1570	1352	80-85%	8	62.00–71.00	$66.80	$903	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1510	1446	75-80%	7	63.00–67.50	$64.77	$937	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1440	1287	3	60.00–65.00	$62.47	$804	—
1200–1725	1426	4	82.50–87.00	$84.34	$1,203	—
1545–1820	1718	3	90.00–100.00	$95.24	$1,636	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	735.00	$735.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775–940	858	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	62.00	$62.00	$532

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	750.00–1,050.00	$925.00
1051–1450	1229	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	800.00–1,025.00	$914.29

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1275–1485	1380	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	61.00–67.50	$64.00	$883

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	750.00	$750.00

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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	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00	-279.46
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	910.00	$910.00	—

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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.