Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2019-05-13

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, May 13
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
182 head
▼ 183 vs last sale 365▲ 182 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 30▲ 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 55▲ 47 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter classes sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $139.30/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$139.30
31 head · 450 lb average
Value per head Derived
$627
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.52
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1493141.126968thin
Medium and Large 2433139.9660619thin
Medium and Large 3446132.505914thin
One grade step is worth $8.62/cwt here — about $105 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale31 hd
139.30
—
AL average16 barns · 1,430 hd
134.77
+4.52
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,74877.461,3548thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16050.4858612
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,67048.008021thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average81045.003651thin

Every lot

40 lots · USDA AMS · Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315143.00/cwt140.00–146.004502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335150.00/cwt150.00–150.005031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355145.00/cwt145.00–145.005151
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363139.99/cwt138.00–142.005083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408136.53/cwt135.00–138.005572
Heifers—Medium and Large 2414129.62/cwt128.00–132.005375
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430123.00/cwt123.00–123.005291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455130.00/cwt130.00–130.005921
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473121.44/cwt120.00–123.005742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525127.00/cwt127.00–127.006671
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533118.98/cwt118.00–120.006342
Heifers—Medium and Large 3545115.00/cwt115.00–115.006271
Heifers—Medium and Large 2572115.65/cwt115.00–117.006623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1602114.34/cwt114.00–115.006883
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2285160.00/cwt160.00–160.004561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325160.00/cwt160.00–160.005201
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325150.00/cwt150.00–150.004881
Bulls—Medium and Large 2350146.00/cwt146.00–146.005112
Bulls—Medium and Large 3360142.00/cwt142.00–142.005111
Bulls—Medium and Large 3410136.00/cwt136.00–136.005581
Bulls—Medium and Large 2413143.40/cwt140.00–148.005927
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415152.00/cwt152.00–152.006311
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470130.00/cwt130.00–130.006111
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475135.66/cwt132.00–140.006444
Bulls—Medium and Large 1485142.00/cwt142.00–142.006891
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510139.33/cwt138.00–140.007113
Bulls—Medium and Large 2513128.60/cwt126.00–132.006603
Bulls—Medium and Large 3545122.00/cwt122.00–122.006651
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565132.00/cwt132.00–132.007461
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580125.00/cwt125.00–125.007251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625125.00/cwt125.00–125.007811
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56373.18/cwt70.00–75.001,1445
Bulls——1,91080.87/cwt78.00–84.001,5452
Bulls——2,34592.00/cwt92.00–92.002,1571
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%81045.00/cwt45.00–45.003651
Cows—Boner 80-85%94044.14/cwt43.00–46.004154
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24355.73/cwt54.00–59.006935
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31550.20/cwt48.00–52.006603
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67048.00/cwt48.00–48.008021
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,150830.00/cwt830.00–830.009,5451

This sale against other markets

Alabama weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Alabama auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.