Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2019-09-23

Ashville Stockyards

Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Sep 23

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003

← Sep 16Sep 23Sep 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

428 head

▼ 101 vs last sale 529▲ 428 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

48 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 40▲ 48 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

45 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 55▲ 45 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 cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade active with light 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 $119.06/cwt on 31 head.

Average price

$119.06

31 head · 478 lb average

Value per head Derived

$569

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$96

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$9.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.78

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	452	121.72	550	22
Medium and Large 3	470	113.67	534	3thin
Medium and Large 1	577	112.00	646	6thin

One grade step is worth $9.72/cwt here — about −$96 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 sale31 hd

119.06

—

AL average15 barns · 1,399 hd

118.28

+0.78

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	—	Average	1,838	79.51	1,461	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,182	51.52	609	20

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 · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	355	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	444	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	416	117.57/cwt	116.00–119.00	489	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	445	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	498	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	479	114.15/cwt	112.00–116.00	547	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	500	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	560	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	515	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	541	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	518	108.25/cwt	107.00–109.00	561	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	627	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	714	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	676	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	620	103.66/cwt	103.00–104.00	643	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	655	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	701	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	305	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	433	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	363	131.39/cwt	128.00–133.00	477	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	400	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	476	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	432	124.19/cwt	122.00–126.00	537	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	455	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	555	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	465	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	521	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	467	118.62/cwt	115.00–121.00	554	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	513	113.24/cwt	112.00–115.00	581	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	545	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	600	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	601	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	661	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	610	107.00/cwt	106.00–108.00	653	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,838	79.51/cwt	78.00–81.00	1,461	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,173	51.63/cwt	48.00–54.00	606	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,245	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	560	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,275	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	714	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 3	1,050	1,015.00/cwt	1,010.00–1,020.00	10,658	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,025	625.00/cwt	600.00–650.00	6,406	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	880.00/cwt	880.00–880.00	9,680	1

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 Sep 23, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 428Last week 529Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 40Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 55Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade active with light demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	122.00	122.00
5	—	601	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	305	142.00	142.00
2	—	610	106.00–108.00	107.00
3	—	363	128.00–133.00	131.39
4	—	513	112.00–115.00	113.24
5	—	432	122.00–126.00	124.19
6	—	467	115.00–121.00	118.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	119.00	119.00
1	—	465	112.00	112.00
1	—	545	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	112.00	112.00
1	—	565	111.00	111.00
1	—	620	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	125.00	125.00
1	—	655	107.00	107.00
3	—	620	103.00–104.00	103.66
4	—	518	107.00–109.00	108.25
5	—	416	116.00–119.00	117.57
7	—	479	112.00–116.00	114.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	112.00	112.00
1	—	515	105.00	105.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,050	1,010.00–1,020.00	1,015.00

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	—	1,025	600.00–650.00	625.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	880.00	880.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,838	78.00–81.00	79.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	45.00	45.00
1	—	1,275	56.00	56.00
18	—	1,173	48.00–54.00	51.63

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.