Ash Flat Livestock Auction Market Report

Ash Flat, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, October 29, 2021

981 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $138.16/cwt +3.43 vs last sale · ≈ $662/hd at 479 lb · 24 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $126.89/cwt +2.83 vs last sale · ≈ $547/hd at 431 lb · 15 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $144.31/cwt +1.31 vs last sale · ≈ $820/hd at 568 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	981	1,155	524
Feeder cattle	809	1,014	466
Slaughter cattle	122	111	34
Replacement cattle	50	30	24

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trend is available due to lack of report last week. However demand was good on the offerings of weaned and value added cattle across all ranges. Unweaned and new crop cattle were discounted by buyers. Supply was good considering the rain and cooler temperatures in the area this week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–335	328	2	173.00–174.00	$173.51	$569	-6.49
355–370	363	2	182.00–183.00	$182.49	$662	+19.03
380	380	1	153.00	$153.00	$581	-10.46
400–435	414	4	165.00–188.00	$174.20	$721	+17.50
415	415	1	154.00	$154.00	$639	-2.70
450–490	466	13	154.00–168.00	$161.64	$753	+7.66
500–543	528	13	141.00–160.00	$155.13	$819	+0.66
550–560	555	2	125.00–135.00	$130.05	$722	-20.81
550–595	572	10	138.00–150.00	$144.19	$825	+10.59
610–645	632	7	135.00–143.00	$139.46	$881	-3.54
655–695	676	7	135.00–140.50	$137.45	$929	-2.53
750–760	755	2	128.00–137.00	$132.47	$1,000	+3.87
840	840	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,092	+0.55

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–330	325	2	157.00–160.00	$158.52	$515	+8.52
345 thin fleshed	345	1	162.00	$162.00	$559	—
370	370	1	138.00	$138.00	$511	-3.40
415 thin fleshed	415	1	148.00	$148.00	$614	—
415–420	418	2	138.00–146.00	$142.02	$594	+6.38
450–495	479	9	130.00–139.00	$135.57	$649	-0.88
510–520	517	3	120.00	$120.00	$620	-11.00
500–545	519	7	130.00–140.00	$133.10	$691	+2.10
550–595	573	6	124.00–136.00	$129.83	$744	-1.69
615	615	1	129.00	$129.00	$793	+2.41
630	630	1	120.00	$120.00	$756	-6.59
660	660	1	128.00	$128.00	$845	-2.90
670 thin fleshed	670	1	141.00	$141.00	$945	—
740	740	1	120.00	$120.00	$888	—
880	880	1	110.00	$110.00	$968	—
900	900	1	100.00	$100.00	$900	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
562–574	568	15	142.00–147.00	$144.31	$820	—
608	608	2	137.00	$137.00	$833	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	146.00	$146.00	$460	+16.00
338 value added	338	3	151.00	$151.00	$510	-9.00
395	395	1	146.00	$146.00	$577	+20.00
404–445	420	10	140.00–151.00	$148.29	$623	+8.99
420 value added	420	1	154.00	$154.00	$647	—
420	420	1	136.00	$136.00	$571	-3.30
450–477	475	11	141.50–144.00	$141.72	$673	+16.72
481 value added	481	8	142.50	$142.50	$685	—
465–495	484	5	120.00–127.00	$123.37	$597	-1.63
505	505	1	125.00	$125.00	$631	-8.70
500–535	521	4	129.00–137.00	$132.99	$693	+10.51
555–590	572	7	126.00–132.00	$129.32	$740	+4.63
550–590	575	3	124.00–125.00	$124.51	$716	-0.18
600–645	617	5	123.00–134.00	$127.94	$789	+7.94
636 value added	636	8	133.75	$133.75	$851	—
670–680	677	3	124.00–125.00	$124.33	$842	+5.39
740	740	1	118.00	$118.00	$873	+8.00
814	814	5	122.50	$122.50	$997	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275 thin fleshed	275	1	150.00	$150.00	$412	—
300 thin fleshed	300	1	146.00	$146.00	$438	—
335–340	338	2	120.00–135.00	$127.56	$431	-6.46
355–390	372	6	120.00–135.00	$128.38	$478	+0.45
376 value added	376	5	137.00	$137.00	$515	—
400	400	1	110.00	$110.00	$440	-14.06
400–445	431	9	120.00–134.00	$127.04	$548	+2.98
438 value added	438	5	130.00	$130.00	$569	—
455–490	474	10	115.00–134.00	$124.46	$590	+4.46
470–495	483	2	110.00–115.00	$112.44	$543	-7.56
515	515	1	115.00	$115.00	$592	-1.36
500–540	517	13	110.00–125.00	$117.23	$606	+0.87
550–590	574	7	110.00–121.00	$116.09	$666	+0.31
610–635	623	2	110.00–118.00	$114.08	$711	-0.92
625 thin fleshed	625	1	129.00	$129.00	$806	—
660	660	1	112.00	$112.00	$739	-2.08
775	775	1	100.00	$100.00	$775	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	3	142.00	$142.00	$515	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	100.00	$100.00	$335	—
350	350	1	116.00	$116.00	$406	+22.25

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	155.00	$155.00	$512	+5.00
355–368	365	4	142.00–146.00	$145.03	$529	+6.55
415–445	429	4	120.00–135.00	$126.18	$541	-2.01
460–490	470	4	125.00–135.00	$128.97	$606	-0.53
500–545	521	9	110.00–120.00	$112.27	$585	-10.27
560–590	579	4	110.00–121.00	$115.28	$667	-3.84
600–605	603	2	100.00–110.00	$104.98	$633	-11.52
655	655	1	104.00	$104.00	$681	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345 thin fleshed	345	1	180.00	$180.00	$621	—
350–395	378	3	157.00–163.00	$160.11	$605	-0.56
415–445	428	3	143.00–156.00	$151.11	$647	+0.53
450–490	469	9	138.00–153.00	$142.69	$669	-6.96
500–525	513	2	133.00–142.00	$137.39	$705	+0.78
555	555	1	135.00	$135.00	$749	+2.20
600	600	1	115.00	$115.00	$690	-10.53
600	600	1	126.00	$126.00	$756	+0.47
650–655	653	2	130.00–138.00	$133.98	$875	+11.56
685	685	1	118.00	$118.00	$808	-4.42
725	725	1	113.00	$113.00	$819	+0.49
780	780	1	112.00	$112.00	$874	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695–815	755	85-90%	2	50.00–55.00	$52.70	$398	—
1065	1065	85-90%	1	59.00	$59.00	$628	—
975–1195	1088	85-90%	4	40.00–44.00	$42.31	$460	—
1040–1295	1160	85-90%	6	43.00–60.00	$48.27	$560	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1600	1273	80-85%	12	57.50–67.50	$62.43	$795	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1720	1405	75-80%	4	61.00–71.00	$65.36	$918	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1505	1303	5	61.50–77.50	$69.19	$902	—
1150–1855	1561	4	78.00–88.50	$83.72	$1,307	—
1050–2175	1842	11	88.00–96.50	$93.95	$1,731	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
645 thin fleshed	645	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	75.00	$75.00	$484
840–1025	933	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	61.00–78.00	$68.66	$641

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–1250	1048	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	600.00–925.00	$803.14
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	64.00	$64.00	$800
1450	1450	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	70.00	$70.00	$1,015

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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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	825.00–835.00	$830.00

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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
800–850	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	750.00	$750.00	—
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	+50.00
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	+150.00
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	+475.00

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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.