Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2019-08-26

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Aug 26
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
280 head
▲ 92 vs last sale 188▲ 280 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 16▲ 39 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 27▲ 48 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 unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Trade active with moderate 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 $113.33/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$113.33
36 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$610
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$57
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.63
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1469120.585657thin
Medium and Large 2566111.7763226
Medium and Large 3462110.005083thin
One grade step is worth $10.58/cwt here — about $57 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 sale36 hd
113.33
—
AL average15 barns · 1,444 hd
118.96
−5.63
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—Average1,64784.001,3834thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16255.7964822

Every lot

39 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2665122.98/cwt120.00–126.008182
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3400112.00/cwt112.00–112.004481
Heifers—Medium and Large 2412120.99/cwt120.00–122.004983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417124.68/cwt124.00–125.005203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455120.00/cwt120.00–120.005461
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475117.02/cwt116.00–118.005562
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485110.00/cwt110.00–110.005341
Heifers—Medium and Large 3500108.00/cwt108.00–108.005401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510117.51/cwt117.00–118.005992
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533114.98/cwt114.00–116.006133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555115.00/cwt115.00–115.006381
Heifers—Medium and Large 2585111.45/cwt108.00–112.0065211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2613106.51/cwt105.00–108.006532
Heifers—Medium and Large 2653105.00/cwt105.00–105.006865
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335152.00/cwt152.00–152.005091
Bulls—Medium and Large 1350152.00/cwt152.00–152.005321
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360146.52/cwt145.00–148.005272
Bulls—Medium and Large 3400127.00/cwt127.00–127.005081
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415142.00/cwt142.00–142.005891
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425133.93/cwt130.00–137.005694
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463134.00/cwt134.00–134.006202
Bulls—Medium and Large 2463125.67/cwt124.00–128.005823
Bulls—Medium and Large 3490120.00/cwt120.00–120.005881
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515115.00/cwt115.00–115.005921
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525125.00/cwt125.00–125.006561
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525120.35/cwt119.00–122.006323
Bulls—Medium and Large 3550111.00/cwt111.00–111.006111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555119.50/cwt119.00–120.006632
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560116.51/cwt115.00–118.006522
Bulls—Medium and Large 2618112.50/cwt112.00–113.006952
Bulls—Medium and Large 2668108.06/cwt105.00–111.007222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675118.00/cwt118.00–118.007971
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,46579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,1571
Bulls——1,65884.00/cwt84.00–84.001,3932
Bulls——1,80589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,6061
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05051.32/cwt50.00–52.005394
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15360.14/cwt59.00–62.006934
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19655.83/cwt53.00–58.0066814
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 31,1251,035.00/cwt1,035.00–1,035.0011,6442

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.