Ash Flat Livestock Auction Market Report

Ash Flat, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, July 2, 2021

554 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $143.77/cwt -1.87 vs last sale · ≈ $612/hd at 426 lb · 21 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $135.86/cwt -4.16 vs last sale · ≈ $700/hd at 515 lb · 17 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $145.38/cwt +3.09 vs last sale · ≈ $893/hd at 614 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	554	536
Feeder cattle	440	536
Slaughter cattle	90	—
Replacement cattle	24	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 500 lbs were mostly 3.00 to 5.00 lower, steers over 500 lbs were steady with limited comparisons from last week. Heifers under 400 lbs were steady and heifers over 500 lbs were steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder bulls under 600 lbs were 2.00 to 8.00 higher and feeder bulls over 600 lb were not well tested. Over all supply was moderate and so was demand on the holiday weekend with quality on the feeders lower than last week. Slaughter cows and bulls were both still in good demand to buyers and trended mostly steady compared to two weeks ago as they were not reported last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	170.00	$170.00	$536	—
416–422	418	8	165.00–168.00	$166.86	$697	-3.06
470	470	1	158.00	$158.00	$743	+7.00
510–540	525	2	141.00–145.00	$142.94	$750	-10.80
530–545	534	4	149.00–153.00	$151.98	$812	-1.76
555	555	2	150.00	$150.00	$832	+1.81
565	565	1	133.00	$133.00	$751	-15.19
600	600	1	135.00	$135.00	$810	-3.67
600–635	616	9	140.00–151.00	$146.53	$903	+7.86
650	650	2	130.00–134.00	$132.00	$858	—
700	700	1	135.00	$135.00	$945	+5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	5	164.00	$164.00	$623	—
400 thin fleshed	400	5	169.00	$169.00	$676	—
465	465	6	159.00	$159.00	$739	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	165.00	$165.00	$412	—
310 thin fleshed	310	1	175.00	$175.00	$542	—
385–395	392	3	145.00	$145.00	$568	—
435	435	1	145.00	$145.00	$631	-10.00
480–495	488	2	140.00–145.00	$142.46	$695	+22.46
490 thin fleshed	490	3	151.00	$151.00	$740	—
600–635	618	2	125.00–135.00	$130.14	$804	+2.21
675	675	2	120.00	$120.00	$810	-5.62

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	100.00	$100.00	$455	—
605–625	615	2	102.00–110.00	$106.07	$652	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	151.00	$151.00	$483	+7.00
375–385	376	7	144.00–159.00	$156.81	$590	+12.29
415–427	426	21	141.00–144.00	$143.77	$612	+0.34
464–490	476	3	139.00–144.00	$140.71	$670	-1.19
480–490	485	3	130.00–135.00	$131.65	$639	-2.60
500–545	514	15	130.00–141.00	$136.77	$703	-2.68
510–535	523	2	128.00–130.00	$129.02	$675	-10.43
555–590	577	3	130.00–139.00	$132.89	$767	+12.89
610	610	1	115.00	$115.00	$702	-12.69
610–645	620	4	125.00–131.00	$127.06	$788	-0.63
715	715	1	110.00	$110.00	$786	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	332	3	130.00–131.00	$130.33	$433	—
345 thin fleshed	345	1	145.00	$145.00	$500	—
353–395	368	4	125.00–130.00	$128.66	$473	—
400–445	425	8	120.00–136.00	$130.29	$554	-1.31
455–480	469	9	120.00–134.00	$128.76	$604	+2.32
510–535	523	3	115.00–130.00	$121.54	$636	+0.02
550–580	566	7	115.00–125.00	$119.30	$675	+0.14

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	115.00	$115.00	$437	—
418–445	430	4	90.00–110.00	$102.30	$440	—
475–480	478	2	90.00	$90.00	$430	—
565	565	2	90.00–110.00	$100.00	$565	—

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Feeder Bulls

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	—
310	310	2	168.00–170.00	$169.00	$524	—
350–360	355	4	161.00–174.00	$167.80	$596	-0.20
415–435	429	4	159.00–170.00	$163.69	$702	+5.27
465	465	1	135.00	$135.00	$628	-8.51
465–475	470	2	148.00–156.00	$151.96	$714	+8.45
525–545	535	2	142.00–143.00	$142.51	$762	+5.51
560–570	565	2	134.00–139.00	$136.48	$771	+6.15

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310 thin fleshed	310	1	174.00	$174.00	$539	—
335	335	1	155.00	$155.00	$519	+3.66
375	375	1	145.00	$145.00	$544	-0.33
405	405	1	145.00	$145.00	$587	—
485–490	488	2	130.00–140.00	$135.03	$659	+2.84
530–545	535	3	130.00–131.00	$130.67	$699	+4.39
580	580	1	125.00	$125.00	$725	±0.00
610–640	625	2	110.00–127.00	$118.30	$739	-3.70
660–690	675	2	105.00–110.00	$107.56	$726	-14.36
765	765	1	100.00	$100.00	$765	±0.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	85-90%	1	55.00	$55.00	$402	—
810	810	85-90%	1	65.00	$65.00	$526	—
965–1265	1103	85-90%	8	52.50–56.00	$54.68	$603	—
965–1240	1114	85-90%	8	58.50–65.00	$61.49	$685	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135	1135	80-85%	1	60.00	$60.00	$681	—
900–1525	1258	80-85%	16	62.50–71.00	$67.18	$845	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1585	1380	75-80%	5	64.00–72.00	$68.68	$948	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1935	1459	9	80.00–90.00	$85.02	$1,240	—
1125–2100	1684	8	90.00–100.00	$94.17	$1,586	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815–920	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	67.50–75.00	$70.98	$621

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1015–1435	1238	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	65.00–70.00	$67.99	$842

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1100–1150	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	725.00–800.00	$763.33

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	950.00	$950.00

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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
1100–1200	1133	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	850.00–1,250.00	$991.18	—

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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.