Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2019-06-10

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Jun 10
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
343 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 288▲ 343 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 38▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 54▲ 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.69/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$125.69
49 head · 462 lb average
Value per head Derived
$580
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.91
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1463128.1759331
Medium and Large 3400125.005002thin
Medium and Large 2468120.9656616thin
One grade step is worth $7.21/cwt here — about $27 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 sale49 hd
125.69
—
AL average16 barns · 1,565 hd
117.77
+7.91
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—High1,62583.611,3594thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18658.046889thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15850.625864thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1323165.04/cwt164.00–166.005332
Steers—Medium and Large 1382153.68/cwt152.00–159.0058711
Steers—Medium and Large 1436151.75/cwt149.00–154.006628
Steers—Medium and Large 1476147.01/cwt145.00–148.007008
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added521148.00/cwt148.00–148.007715
Steers—Medium and Large 1605130.00/cwt130.00–130.007871
Steers—Medium and Large 1715119.00/cwt119.00–119.008511
Steers—Medium and Large 1765115.45/cwt113.00–118.008832
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added805118.00/cwt118.00–118.009501
Steers—Medium and Large 1820111.01/cwt109.00–114.009104
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1310142.00/cwt142.00–142.004401
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318135.58/cwt134.00–137.004312
Heifers—Medium and Large 3355130.00/cwt130.00–130.004621
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365133.03/cwt132.00–134.004862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375137.00/cwt137.00–137.005141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405132.61/cwt132.00–136.005377
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413126.53/cwt125.00–128.005232
Heifers—Medium and Large 3445120.00/cwt120.00–120.005341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464128.65/cwt124.00–129.0059714
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478119.24/cwt118.00–121.005704
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527122.32/cwt122.00–124.006456
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535115.02/cwt113.00–117.006153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555118.00/cwt118.00–118.006551
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565113.00/cwt113.00–113.006381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605113.00/cwt113.00–113.006841
Heifers—Medium and Large 2605105.00/cwt105.00–105.006352
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1313152.08/cwt150.00–154.004762
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330145.97/cwt145.00–147.004822
Bulls—Medium and Large 3335137.00/cwt137.00–137.004591
Bulls—Medium and Large 1358147.48/cwt145.00–150.005282
Bulls—Medium and Large 2363140.04/cwt138.00–142.005082
Bulls—Medium and Large 3395130.00/cwt130.00–130.005141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415140.96/cwt140.00–142.005852
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415133.18/cwt130.00–137.005535
Bulls—Medium and Large 3420127.00/cwt127.00–127.005331
Bulls—Medium and Large 3455120.00/cwt120.00–120.005461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460132.47/cwt130.00–135.006092
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472125.35/cwt124.00–127.005923
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528119.45/cwt118.00–122.006314
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530126.00/cwt126.00–126.006681
Bulls—Medium and Large 3530115.00/cwt115.00–115.006101
Bulls—Medium and Large 3550111.00/cwt111.00–111.006111
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570115.00/cwt115.00–115.006562
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575121.00/cwt121.00–121.006961
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620108.50/cwt108.00–109.006732
Bulls—Medium and Large 1670109.00/cwt109.00–109.007301
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,49580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1962
Bulls——1,75587.22/cwt85.00–89.001,5312
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11254.75/cwt53.00–58.006093
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15850.62/cwt48.00–54.005864
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22359.69/cwt59.00–61.007306
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,100810.00/cwt810.00–810.008,9101
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,100710.00/cwt710.00–710.007,8101
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 31,1501,020.00/cwt1,020.00–1,020.0011,7302

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.