Ash Flat Livestock Auction Market Report

Ash Flat, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, January 9, 2026

741 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $410.21/cwt -4.71 vs last sale · ≈ $2,584/hd at 630 lb · 61 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $413.04/cwt +38.09 vs last sale · ≈ $2,189/hd at 530 lb · 38 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $453.14/cwt -16.88 vs last sale · ≈ $2,134/hd at 471 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	741	—	—

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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	540.00	$540.00	$1,701	-23.87
350–395	370	11	515.00–545.00	$530.01	$1,961	+36.68
400–447	416	19	470.00–525.00	$502.66	$2,091	+34.99
415–435	428	3	445.00–450.00	$448.39	$1,919	-19.28
450–498	468	28	445.00–500.00	$459.61	$2,151	-10.41
465–495	487	5	400.00–430.00	$416.91	$2,030	-53.11
500–545	514	20	425.00–505.00	$446.50	$2,295	+22.84
530–545	535	3	400.00–405.00	$401.65	$2,149	-22.01
565–591	587	22	400.00–427.50	$418.81	$2,458	+5.12
600–642	630	61	390.00–414.00	$410.21	$2,584	-4.71
665–685	679	24	370.00–405.00	$385.99	$2,621	+10.99
715–740	729	7	355.00–380.00	$366.82	$2,674	—
756–787	764	15	350.00–375.00	$354.52	$2,709	+4.52
785	785	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,551	-25.00
808	808	5	331.00	$331.00	$2,674	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–320 thin fleshed	318	3	525.00–555.00	$534.90	$1,701	—
305–345	328	4	425.00–510.00	$456.24	$1,496	+31.24
369–390	376	16	425.00–460.00	$434.84	$1,635	-9.78
400–444	419	4	410.00–465.00	$443.47	$1,858	+35.93
450–488	469	13	370.00–430.00	$412.67	$1,935	-4.96
510 thin fleshed	510	2	420.00–425.00	$422.50	$2,155	—
505–545	525	11	360.00–410.00	$378.06	$1,985	+8.06
550–585	569	13	360.00–390.00	$369.55	$2,103	-0.45
600–626	622	6	360.00–370.00	$361.61	$2,249	+11.61
650–665	658	2	340.00–350.00	$344.94	$2,270	—
780–790	785	2	325.00–335.00	$330.03	$2,591	—
800	800	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,560	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435–447	440	25	465.00–472.50	$469.15	$2,064	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–335	316	6	505.00–535.00	$510.30	$1,613	+32.96
335	335	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,491	-32.34
362–390	385	21	450.00–498.00	$484.99	$1,867	+22.77
375–394	392	8	440.00	$440.00	$1,725	-22.22
410	410	2	380.00–400.00	$390.00	$1,599	-60.00
403–448	422	8	430.00–470.00	$439.35	$1,854	-10.65
450–465	458	2	380.00–390.00	$384.92	$1,763	-34.76
454–495	465	26	390.00–435.00	$422.64	$1,965	+2.96
500–545	530	38	385.00–425.00	$413.04	$2,189	+38.09
570	570	1	360.00	$360.00	$2,052	—
555–575	571	7	385.00–420.00	$412.27	$2,354	—
600–608	606	10	382.50–395.00	$383.98	$2,327	—
600–613	607	4	350.00–355.00	$351.24	$2,132	—
665	665	2	320.00	$320.00	$2,128	—
662–688	668	15	335.00–370.00	$362.49	$2,421	—
730–745	740	3	330.00–335.00	$331.64	$2,454	—
760–784	780	6	335.00–342.50	$341.28	$2,662	—
849	849	6	290.00	$290.00	$2,462	—
902	902	5	265.00	$265.00	$2,390	-35.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	455.00	$455.00	$1,342	—
325–335	330	2	415.00–440.00	$427.31	$1,410	+2.31
380–390	383	3	395.00–420.00	$411.52	$1,576	—
405–410	408	3	400.00–415.00	$405.02	$1,652	-9.98
450–490	470	23	355.00–370.00	$368.72	$1,733	+24.44
520–545	538	13	340.00–365.00	$353.08	$1,900	-11.92
550–585	569	12	325.00–360.00	$347.89	$1,979	+6.83
605–635	617	7	320.00–340.00	$332.82	$2,053	-2.18
665–690	671	4	320.00–332.50	$329.29	$2,210	-15.71
719	719	4	300.00	$300.00	$2,157	—
750–790	763	3	300.00–315.00	$309.83	$2,364	—
810–815	813	2	270.00–275.00	$272.51	$2,216	+5.01

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	5	465.00	$465.00	$1,451	—
394	394	7	440.00	$440.00	$1,734	—
456	456	4	410.00	$410.00	$1,870	—
703	703	3	320.00	$320.00	$2,250	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	330	3	545.00–585.00	$572.07	$1,888	+27.07
365–371	369	6	470.00–475.00	$473.35	$1,747	-37.33
375	375	2	530.00	$530.00	$1,988	+19.32
420–447	438	11	450.00–485.00	$461.37	$2,021	—
470	470	2	410.00–445.00	$427.50	$2,009	-25.88
482	482	3	380.00	$380.00	$1,832	-73.38
500–540	518	6	415.00–450.00	$428.99	$2,222	+3.99
515–520	518	2	380.00–385.00	$382.51	$1,981	-42.49
553–580	562	3	395.00–410.00	$404.84	$2,275	+29.84
560–580	570	2	370.00–380.00	$374.91	$2,137	-0.09
605	605	1	380.00	$380.00	$2,299	—
651–695	656	11	360.00–362.50	$362.03	$2,375	—
750	750	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,588	—
760	760	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,432	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–343	337	5	425.00–450.00	$440.28	$1,484	—
375–390	383	3	425.00–460.00	$443.11	$1,697	-11.89
405–448	438	8	380.00–425.00	$406.86	$1,782	—
460	460	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,863	+15.00
515–545	530	2	360.00–365.00	$362.57	$1,922	+7.57
645	645	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,064	-14.94
803–805	804	4	235.00–285.00	$272.48	$2,191	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1005	1005	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	3,500.00	$3,500.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890	890	85-90%	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,015	—
940	940	85-90%	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,184	+6.04
840–1430	1053	85-90%	12	130.00–140.00	$136.38	$1,436	+6.97
905–1365	1147	85-90%	6	142.00–154.00	$149.02	$1,709	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1430	1233	80-85%	8	152.00–158.00	$154.50	$1,905	+12.18
1160–1340	1248	80-85%	4	160.00–166.00	$163.05	$2,035	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1520	1394	75-80%	6	160.00–168.00	$163.76	$2,283	—
1625	1625	75-80%	1	152.00	$152.00	$2,470	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1570–1815	1666	4	150.00–168.00	$159.72	$2,661	—
1650–1735	1693	2	190.00–192.00	$191.03	$3,234	—
1585–2045	1843	3	176.00–186.00	$179.70	$3,312	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	1,800.00	$1,800.00
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00
1300–1400	1350	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,700.00–2,850.00	$2,777.78
1200–1600	1400	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,600.00–2,800.00	$2,714.29
1400	1400	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00
1500	1500	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00
1500	1500	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,400.00	$3,400.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
600	600	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00
645	645	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00
850	850	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	1,600.00	$1,600.00
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00

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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
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—

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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.