Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2019-07-15

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Jul 15
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
284 head
▼ 144 vs last sale 428▲ 284 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 44▲ 16 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 cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with light 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 $128.58/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$128.58
31 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$607
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$52
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.54
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1487132.716467thin
Medium and Large 2459129.7959519thin
Medium and Large 3503118.205955thin
One grade step is worth $14.51/cwt here — about $52 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
128.58
—
AL average15 barns · 1,456 hd
125.04
+3.54
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—Low1,54581.511,2594thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22756.706968thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07549.975372thin

Every lot

41 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2490136.99/cwt136.00–138.006712
Steers—Medium and Large 2520134.52/cwt132.00–137.007002
Steers—Medium and Large 2559129.66/cwt123.00–131.007256
Steers—Medium and Large 2630118.00/cwt118.00–118.007431
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2250144.00/cwt144.00–144.003601
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325138.00/cwt138.00–138.004491
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365132.00/cwt132.00–132.004821
Heifers—Medium and Large 2407125.03/cwt123.00–128.005093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413131.03/cwt130.00–132.005412
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430119.00/cwt119.00–119.005121
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462120.84/cwt120.00–122.005586
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465127.51/cwt127.00–128.005932
Heifers—Medium and Large 3495115.00/cwt115.00–115.005691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1500124.00/cwt124.00–124.006201
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525114.75/cwt113.00–119.006024
Heifers—Medium and Large 3540110.00/cwt110.00–110.005941
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560108.00/cwt108.00–108.006051
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620106.00/cwt106.00–106.006572
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2250160.00/cwt160.00–160.004001
Bulls—Medium and Large 2310150.97/cwt150.00–152.004682
Bulls—Medium and Large 1355150.00/cwt150.00–150.005331
Bulls—Medium and Large 2409134.99/cwt134.00–138.005524
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425140.00/cwt140.00–140.005951
Bulls—Medium and Large 3430126.00/cwt126.00–126.005421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460133.49/cwt133.00–134.006142
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465127.03/cwt123.00–130.005915
Bulls—Medium and Large 3465120.00/cwt120.00–120.005581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525130.00/cwt130.00–130.006831
Bulls—Medium and Large 3530116.01/cwt115.00–117.006152
Bulls—Medium and Large 2531122.25/cwt121.00–124.006494
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555122.00/cwt122.00–122.006771
Bulls—Medium and Large 3560113.00/cwt113.00–113.006331
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565116.47/cwt115.00–118.006582
Bulls—Medium and Large 1630120.00/cwt120.00–120.007561
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630107.00/cwt107.00–107.006741
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,35075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0131
Bulls——1,58580.52/cwt79.00–82.001,2762
Bulls——1,66090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4941
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07549.97/cwt49.00–51.005372
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21355.43/cwt53.00–59.006726
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27060.51/cwt59.00–62.007682

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.