Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2019-08-19

Ashville Stockyards

Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Aug 19

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003

← Aug 12Aug 19Aug 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

188 head

▼ 133 vs last sale 321▲ 188 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

16 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 46▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

27 head

▼ 35 vs last sale 62▲ 27 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 8.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $122.56/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$122.56

45 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$7.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.36

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	127.00	680	13thin
Medium and Large 2	546	120.93	661	27
Medium and Large 3	516	119.80	618	5thin

One grade step is worth $7.20/cwt here — about $62 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 sale45 hd

122.56

—

AL average16 barns · 1,448 hd

119.20

+3.36

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,365	76.00	1,037	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,271	54.85	697	7thin

Every lot

30 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	418	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	504	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	455	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	555	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	455	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	528	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	465	117.97/cwt	117.00–119.00	549	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	531	115.01/cwt	113.00–117.00	611	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	565	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	644	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	595	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	708	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	605	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	659	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	370	143.05/cwt	142.00–144.00	529	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	410	131.48/cwt	130.00–133.00	539	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	427	142.34/cwt	142.00–143.00	608	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	470	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	620	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	470	127.38/cwt	125.00–129.00	599	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	470	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	578	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	505	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	657	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	522	124.01/cwt	122.00–127.00	647	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	540	118.50/cwt	118.00–119.00	640	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	560	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	650	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	565	119.99/cwt	118.00–121.00	678	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	573	123.67/cwt	123.00–124.00	709	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	608	118.00/cwt	117.00–119.00	717	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	624	112.40/cwt	110.00–114.00	701	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	650	111.50/cwt	111.00–112.00	725	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	675	106.98/cwt	105.00–110.00	722	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,365	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,037	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,245	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	623	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,268	54.99/cwt	53.00–57.00	697	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,310	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	773	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,200	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	13,500	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,088	725.00/cwt	720.00–730.00	7,888	2

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

Mon Aug 19, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 188Last week 321Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 46Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 62Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	130.00	130.00
2	—	470	132.00	132.00
2	—	608	117.00–119.00	118.00
2	—	650	111.00–112.00	111.50
3	—	427	142.00–143.00	142.34
3	—	573	123.00–124.00	123.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	142.00–144.00	143.05
2	—	410	130.00–133.00	131.48
3	—	470	125.00–129.00	127.38
4	—	675	105.00–110.00	106.98
5	—	565	118.00–121.00	119.99
5	—	624	110.00–114.00	112.40
6	—	522	122.00–127.00	124.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	116.00	116.00
2	—	470	123.00	123.00
2	—	540	118.00–119.00	118.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	122.00	122.00
1	—	595	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	114.00	114.00
1	—	605	109.00	109.00
2	—	418	120.00–121.00	120.50
2	—	465	117.00–119.00	117.97
4	—	531	113.00–117.00	115.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	116.00	116.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,200	1,125.00	1,125.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,088	720.00–730.00	725.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	76.00	76.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	50.00	50.00
1	—	1,310	59.00	59.00
5	—	1,268	53.00–57.00	54.99

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.