Ash Flat Livestock Auction Market Report

Ash Flat, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, August 5, 2022

611 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $141.59/cwt +3.07 vs last sale · ≈ $612/hd at 432 lb · 15 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $145.71/cwt -18.24 vs last sale · ≈ $767/hd at 527 lb · 11 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $181.36/cwt -7.26 vs last sale · ≈ $856/hd at 472 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	611	924	1,326
Feeder cattle	494	768	992
Slaughter cattle	67	96	249
Replacement cattle	50	60	85

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers traded mostly steady with more interest in some of the lesser quality calves. Feeder heifers were mixed to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows had large gains this week trading 5.00 to 10.00 higher and with some instances of 15.00 higher on the high dressing animals. Slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 8.00 higher on a light test. Supply was light and demand was moderate on feeders and strong on slaughter cattle.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–395	382	3	188.00–199.00	$193.08	$738	+20.58
415–435	424	7	180.00–191.00	$184.17	$781	+14.17
450–495	472	10	172.00–194.00	$181.36	$856	-7.26
510	510	1	182.00	$182.00	$928	+19.50
560	560	4	186.00	$186.00	$1,042	+8.00
600–610	605	2	159.00	$159.00	$962	—
645	645	1	167.00	$167.00	$1,077	—
715–730	721	5	164.00–168.00	$166.40	$1,200	+1.40

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340 thin fleshed	317	3	180.00–200.00	$188.74	$598	+10.74
320	320	1	175.00	$175.00	$560	—
375	375	1	167.00	$167.00	$626	+3.36
415–425 thin fleshed	420	2	175.00–179.00	$176.98	$743	—
400–445	423	2	167.00–170.00	$168.42	$712	+17.27
465 thin fleshed	465	1	175.00	$175.00	$814	+8.00
455–485	470	5	150.00–165.00	$160.47	$754	+6.92
545	545	2	150.00–160.00	$155.00	$845	—
555 thin fleshed	555	1	164.00	$164.00	$910	+1.00
570–575	573	6	144.00–157.00	$148.33	$850	-0.27
605–630	618	3	130.00–158.00	$145.92	$902	+15.92
650 thin fleshed	650	2	154.00	$154.00	$1,001	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
683	683	4	165.00	$165.00	$1,127	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	130.00	$130.00	$533	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	378	2	150.00–166.00	$157.63	$596	-2.83
440–445	443	3	153.00–154.00	$153.33	$679	-3.69
455–495	474	4	140.00–148.00	$143.49	$680	+6.92
460–495	477	5	150.00–160.00	$154.61	$737	+18.04
500–547	526	9	140.00–152.50	$149.20	$785	-7.05
515–545	530	2	130.00	$130.00	$689	-26.25
560–590	573	3	148.00–157.00	$152.70	$875	-3.98
585	585	1	140.00	$140.00	$819	-16.68
605–640	616	6	143.00–153.00	$148.83	$917	-7.20
665	665	1	141.00	$141.00	$938	-8.97
700	700	1	148.00	$148.00	$1,036	-0.98
880	880	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,188	-8.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	151.00	$151.00	$506	+5.19
350–392	378	7	138.00–145.00	$143.05	$541	-1.27
413–445	432	14	126.00–146.00	$141.28	$610	+3.60
435 thin fleshed	435	1	146.00	$146.00	$635	-1.00
450–495	474	4	138.00–145.00	$141.73	$672	+3.22
505–545	530	4	130.00–136.00	$132.73	$703	-2.31
590	590	1	134.00	$134.00	$791	-2.01

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	105.00	$105.00	$394	-29.33
405–440	423	3	100.00–123.00	$114.98	$486	-12.52
465–485	475	2	109.00–115.00	$111.94	$532	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	180.00	$180.00	$657	+11.07
415 thin fleshed	415	2	191.00	$191.00	$793	—
400–435	418	6	164.00–185.00	$172.92	$723	+16.45
470–495	482	3	155.00–161.00	$158.71	$765	-16.21
500–535	522	7	150.00–165.00	$156.91	$819	-12.63
575	575	1	146.00	$146.00	$840	-12.74
600–640	620	6	144.00–168.00	$152.51	$946	+5.49
650–695	672	3	139.00–165.00	$149.38	$1,004	-4.17
715–740	728	4	133.00–148.00	$140.99	$1,026	-3.01
775	775	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,085	+9.00
800	800	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,112	+11.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	313	4	140.00–178.00	$158.07	$495	-7.05
355 thin fleshed	355	1	171.00	$171.00	$607	-4.00
360–385	373	2	149.00–165.00	$157.27	$587	+2.17
405–440	423	5	140.00–152.00	$147.52	$624	-2.39
450–485	464	6	140.00–156.00	$149.40	$693	+3.89
505–545	518	6	139.00–152.00	$145.25	$752	+3.64
560–580	570	2	144.00–146.00	$144.98	$826	+2.94
690	690	1	138.00	$138.00	$952	+7.54

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	121.00	$121.00	$417	—
435	435	1	126.00	$126.00	$548	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705	705	85-90%	1	30.00	$30.00	$212	—
780	780	85-90%	1	50.00	$50.00	$390	—
880–885	883	85-90%	2	71.00–79.50	$75.26	$665	+15.76
890	890	85-90%	1	59.50	$59.50	$530	±0.00
910–1200	1033	85-90%	6	59.50–68.00	$63.35	$654	—
925–1215	1058	85-90%	12	73.50–84.00	$76.71	$812	—
1046–1100	1073	85-90%	2	46.50–53.00	$49.83	$535	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1175	1120	80-85%	2	77.00–78.00	$77.52	$868	—
1020–1425	1216	80-85%	18	80.00–93.00	$84.85	$1,032	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295	1295	75-80%	1	76.00	$76.00	$984	—
1285–1360	1329	75-80%	4	82.00–87.00	$84.59	$1,124	+7.59

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1650	1401	4	84.00–95.50	$90.78	$1,272	—
1390–1675	1533	2	107.00–112.00	$109.73	$1,682	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
798–915	868	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	71.00–89.00	$80.22	$696

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
850–1250	1144	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	885.00–1,150.00	$998.35
1150–1200	1178	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	800.00–1,085.00	$1,005.75

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	87.00	$87.00	$1,044
1085–1415	1227	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	79.00–89.00	$82.95	$1,018

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
849	849	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,189

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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
900–975	938	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,225.00–1,250.00	$1,238.00	—

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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.