Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2019-10-14

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Oct 14
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
477 head
▲ 88 vs last sale 389▲ 477 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 54▲ 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 0▲ 20 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 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade active with 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 $104.15/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$104.15
39 head · 510 lb average
Value per head Derived
$531
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.34
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1510109.755604thin
Medium and Large 2515103.9253525
Medium and Large 3497102.4950910thin
One grade step is worth $7.26/cwt here — about $50 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 sale39 hd
104.15
—
AL average14 barns · 1,662 hd
111.50
−7.34
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—High1,92472.581,3977thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27845.5658215
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51044.006641thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2420130.00/cwt130.00–130.005461
Steers—Medium and Large 1440142.00/cwt142.00–142.006251
Steers—Medium and Large 2460128.00/cwt128.00–128.005891
Steers—Medium and Large 2590123.00/cwt123.00–123.007261
Steers—Medium and Large 1615125.00/cwt125.00–125.007691
Steers—Medium and Large 1654122.67/cwt120.00–124.0080212
Steers—Medium and Large 1785115.01/cwt114.00–116.009032
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2358116.99/cwt116.00–118.004192
Heifers—Medium and Large 2416114.01/cwt112.00–116.004744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425118.00/cwt118.00–118.005021
Heifers—Medium and Large 3445110.00/cwt110.00–110.004901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455115.00/cwt115.00–115.005231
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475110.00/cwt108.00–112.005233
Heifers—Medium and Large 3494103.00/cwt103.00–103.005097
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510110.00/cwt110.00–110.005611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515102.20/cwt101.00–104.005265
Heifers—Medium and Large 353396.97/cwt95.00–99.005172
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570100.00/cwt100.00–100.005707
Heifers—Medium and Large 261792.69/cwt91.00–94.005723
Heifers—Medium and Large 165096.00/cwt96.00–96.006241
Heifers—Medium and Large 266089.00/cwt89.00–89.005871
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2220146.00/cwt146.00–146.003211
Bulls—Medium and Large 2283141.01/cwt140.00–142.003992
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330137.91/cwt136.00–140.004552
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365129.50/cwt128.00–131.004732
Bulls—Medium and Large 3380124.00/cwt124.00–124.004711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415128.99/cwt128.00–130.005352
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418122.54/cwt120.00–125.005122
Bulls—Medium and Large 3440116.00/cwt116.00–116.005101
Bulls—Medium and Large 2458118.98/cwt118.00–120.005452
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460125.02/cwt124.00–126.005752
Bulls—Medium and Large 3518107.05/cwt105.00–109.005552
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535112.96/cwt111.00–115.006042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1545119.00/cwt119.00–119.006491
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573106.48/cwt105.00–108.006102
Bulls—Medium and Large 263399.02/cwt98.00–100.006272
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665104.00/cwt104.00–104.006921
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,84573.02/cwt72.00–74.001,3474
Bulls——1,97868.00/cwt68.00–68.001,3452
Bulls——2,13580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,7081
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07541.01/cwt40.00–42.004412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22144.57/cwt43.00–48.005449
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,50950.08/cwt49.00–52.007564
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51044.00/cwt44.00–44.006641
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2990664.00/cwt610.00–710.006,5745

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.