Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2019-07-29

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Jul 29
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
288 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 284▲ 288 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 16▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 0▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher. 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 $127.60/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$127.60
62 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$658
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$73
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.05
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1496135.0666916thin
Medium and Large 2527125.3566041
Medium and Large 3488122.215975thin
One grade step is worth $12.85/cwt here — about $73 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 sale62 hd
127.60
—
AL average16 barns · 1,797 hd
128.65
−1.05
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—Average1,57083.001,3036thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22959.1272622
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46558.008501thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2523139.01/cwt138.00–140.007272
Steers—Medium and Large 1570141.53/cwt140.00–143.008072
Steers—Medium and Large 2590136.00/cwt136.00–136.008021
Steers—Medium and Large 2620125.00/cwt125.00–125.007751
Steers—Medium and Large 1680134.00/cwt134.00–134.009111
Steers—Medium and Large 1725128.00/cwt128.00–128.009281
Steers—Medium and Large 1750120.00/cwt120.00–120.009001
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1300148.00/cwt148.00–148.004441
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327141.35/cwt140.00–142.004623
Heifers—Medium and Large 3335135.00/cwt135.00–135.004521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355140.00/cwt140.00–140.004971
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365135.00/cwt135.00–135.004931
Heifers—Medium and Large 3405125.00/cwt125.00–125.005061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415134.68/cwt134.00–136.005593
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440130.33/cwt128.00–132.005736
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455131.67/cwt131.00–132.005993
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470122.00/cwt122.00–122.005731
Heifers—Medium and Large 2483128.00/cwt125.00–130.006189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1500129.00/cwt129.00–129.006451
Heifers—Medium and Large 3500118.00/cwt118.00–118.005901
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528122.04/cwt120.00–125.006446
Heifers—Medium and Large 2558114.34/cwt114.00–115.006383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570122.00/cwt122.00–122.006951
Heifers—Medium and Large 2605110.00/cwt110.00–110.006661
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2315156.00/cwt156.00–156.004911
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365145.00/cwt145.00–145.005291
Bulls—Medium and Large 2416137.60/cwt133.00–140.005727
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423143.98/cwt142.00–148.006093
Bulls—Medium and Large 3433129.03/cwt128.00–130.005592
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460137.02/cwt136.00–138.006302
Bulls—Medium and Large 2467128.81/cwt125.00–135.006028
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475120.00/cwt120.00–120.005701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510133.00/cwt131.00–135.006788
Bulls—Medium and Large 2519123.28/cwt120.00–129.006406
Bulls—Medium and Large 3540118.00/cwt118.00–118.006371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1553130.33/cwt129.00–133.007213
Bulls—Medium and Large 3560115.00/cwt115.00–115.006441
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573122.68/cwt119.00–125.007036
Bulls—Medium and Large 2623116.14/cwt114.00–118.007246
Bulls—Medium and Large 2663112.00/cwt109.00–115.007436
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,42577.48/cwt77.00–78.001,1042
Bulls——1,56783.34/cwt82.00–84.001,3063
Bulls——1,87093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,7391
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18253.05/cwt52.00–54.006273
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20157.54/cwt55.00–60.0069111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28463.56/cwt62.00–67.008168
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46558.00/cwt58.00–58.008501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100720.00/cwt720.00–720.007,9201

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.