Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2019-10-28

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Oct 28
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
310 head
▼ 133 vs last sale 443▲ 310 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 31▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 23▲ 42 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 3.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Trade active with best demand on yearling feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $113.72/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$113.72
32 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$590
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$15
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 3
$9.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.02
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2489115.7756617thin
Medium and Large 1569113.5164610thin
Medium and Large 3516107.505554thin
Small 3520106.005511thin
One grade step is worth $9.77/cwt here — about $15 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 sale32 hd
113.72
—
AL average15 barns · 1,537 hd
115.74
−2.02
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—Average1,68367.271,1324thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,24541.565172thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18840.544826thin

Every lot

38 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2418131.96/cwt130.00–134.005522
Steers—Medium and Large 2460126.00/cwt126.00–126.005801
Steers—Medium and Large 2636118.00/cwt118.00–118.007508
Steers—Medium and Large 1720121.00/cwt121.00–121.008719
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413122.45/cwt120.00–125.005062
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420119.01/cwt118.00–120.005002
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430113.00/cwt113.00–113.004861
Heifers—Medium and Large 3455105.00/cwt105.00–105.004781
Heifers—Medium and Large 2464114.49/cwt110.00–118.005314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475120.00/cwt120.00–120.005701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508115.97/cwt114.00–118.005892
Heifers—Medium and Large 351592.67/cwt92.00–93.004773
Heifers—Medium and Large 251795.65/cwt95.00–97.004956
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555110.00/cwt110.00–110.006111
Heifers—Medium and Large 257091.53/cwt90.00–93.005222
Heifers—Medium and Large 161098.00/cwt98.00–98.005981
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2367133.35/cwt132.00–136.004893
Bulls—Medium and Large 1405128.00/cwt128.00–128.005181
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415115.00/cwt115.00–115.004771
Bulls—Medium and Large 2422120.96/cwt120.00–123.005103
Bulls—Medium and Large 1450122.00/cwt122.00–122.005491
Bulls—Medium and Large 2476115.75/cwt115.00–118.005514
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480111.00/cwt111.00–111.005331
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518110.78/cwt110.00–113.005744
Bulls—Small 3520106.00/cwt106.00–106.005511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525119.00/cwt119.00–119.006251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575112.00/cwt112.00–112.006441
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580108.00/cwt108.00–108.006261
Bulls—Medium and Large 3585101.99/cwt101.00–103.005972
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623109.01/cwt107.00–110.006796
Bulls—Medium and Large 268097.00/cwt97.00–97.006601
Bulls—Medium and Large 271594.00/cwt94.00–94.006721
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56265.02/cwt64.00–66.001,0163
Bulls——2,04574.00/cwt74.00–74.001,5131
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13342.67/cwt41.00–44.004833
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24338.40/cwt38.00–39.004773
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,24541.56/cwt40.00–43.005172
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,038685.00/cwt630.00–800.007,1104

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.