Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2019-09-09

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Sep 9
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
167 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 167▲ 167 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 20▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 30▲ 30 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 mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Trade active with very light 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 $109.22/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$109.22
27 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$531
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$20
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.41
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2457112.0651214thin
Medium and Large 1594108.406445thin
Medium and Large 3470104.754928thin
One grade step is worth $7.31/cwt here — about $20 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 sale27 hd
109.22
—
AL average13 barns · 1,173 hd
113.63
−4.41
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—Average1,94277.251,5003thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28357.607396thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,68552.008761thin

Every lot

36 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 2420134.00/cwt134.00–134.005631
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2310122.45/cwt121.00–124.003802
Heifers—Medium and Large 2355120.00/cwt120.00–120.004261
Heifers—Medium and Large 3385114.00/cwt113.00–115.004392
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415108.00/cwt108.00–108.004481
Heifers—Medium and Large 2417115.66/cwt115.00–116.004823
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462111.31/cwt109.00–113.005143
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475103.00/cwt103.00–103.004891
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520107.50/cwt107.00–108.005592
Heifers—Medium and Large 352599.75/cwt97.00–103.005244
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560103.50/cwt102.00–105.005802
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568110.00/cwt109.00–111.006252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement605110.00/cwt110.00–110.006661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615106.00/cwt106.00–106.006522
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630101.00/cwt101.00–101.006361
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2371126.25/cwt125.00–129.004684
Bulls—Medium and Large 3410115.00/cwt115.00–115.004721
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433122.46/cwt120.00–125.005302
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470113.55/cwt112.00–115.005342
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480116.67/cwt116.00–117.005603
Bulls—Medium and Large 2513115.49/cwt115.00–116.005922
Bulls—Medium and Large 3540112.00/cwt112.00–112.006051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580118.00/cwt118.00–118.006841
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580114.00/cwt114.00–114.006611
Bulls—Medium and Large 3590105.00/cwt105.00–105.006201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605113.00/cwt113.00–113.006841
Bulls—Medium and Large 2635108.67/cwt105.00–111.006903
Bulls—Medium and Large 2665103.52/cwt102.00–105.006882
Bulls—Medium and Large 1680110.00/cwt108.00–112.007482
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,83874.38/cwt74.00–75.001,3672
Bulls——2,15083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,7851
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26056.40/cwt54.00–58.007114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33060.00/cwt60.00–60.007982
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,68552.00/cwt52.00–52.008761
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,050700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,125850.00/cwt800.00–900.009,5632

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.