Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2019-08-12

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Aug 12
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
321 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 289▲ 321 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 45▲ 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
62 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 31▲ 62 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 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower. 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 $116.76/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$116.76
35 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$587
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$38
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$4.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.17
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2476117.6356017thin
Medium and Large 1541116.5963115thin
Medium and Large 3463112.675223thin
One grade step is worth $4.97/cwt here — about $38 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 sale35 hd
116.76
—
AL average15 barns · 1,488 hd
121.93
−5.17
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—Average1,72084.471,4536thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52557.008691thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17253.9063122
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07550.005381thin

Every lot

38 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2400132.00/cwt132.00–132.005281
Steers—Medium and Large 2510125.00/cwt125.00–125.006381
Steers—Medium and Large 2555120.00/cwt120.00–120.006661
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1400120.00/cwt120.00–120.004801
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415110.96/cwt110.00–112.004602
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421116.26/cwt115.00–118.004894
Heifers—Medium and Large 2458111.50/cwt110.00–114.005114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460117.98/cwt116.00–120.005432
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485107.00/cwt107.00–107.005191
Heifers—Medium and Large 2508106.99/cwt106.00–108.005442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518110.50/cwt110.00–111.005724
Heifers—Medium and Large 2558101.48/cwt100.00–103.005662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568108.01/cwt106.00–110.006132
Heifers—Medium and Large 260095.00/cwt95.00–95.005701
Heifers—Medium and Large 269588.00/cwt88.00–88.006121
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2358128.99/cwt128.00–130.004622
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360134.00/cwt134.00–134.004821
Bulls—Medium and Large 3400118.00/cwt118.00–118.004721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413128.45/cwt127.00–130.005302
Bulls—Medium and Large 2422122.57/cwt120.00–125.005175
Bulls—Medium and Large 2469118.50/cwt116.00–120.005564
Bulls—Medium and Large 1490125.00/cwt125.00–125.006131
Bulls—Medium and Large 3490112.00/cwt112.00–112.005491
Bulls—Medium and Large 3500108.00/cwt108.00–108.005401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510122.01/cwt121.00–123.006222
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525114.66/cwt113.00–117.006023
Bulls—Medium and Large 2550108.00/cwt108.00–108.005941
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570115.96/cwt115.00–117.006612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1612108.14/cwt107.00–109.006627
Bulls—Medium and Large 2635101.49/cwt100.00–103.006442
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,72084.47/cwt82.00–86.001,4536
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07550.00/cwt50.00–50.005381
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14049.91/cwt49.00–51.005693
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16652.98/cwt52.00–56.0061814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20658.85/cwt58.00–60.007105
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52557.00/cwt57.00–57.008691
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,069830.00/cwt820.00–840.008,8734
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,100870.00/cwt870.00–870.009,5701

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.