Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2019-11-04

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Nov 4
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
403 head
▲ 93 vs last sale 310▲ 403 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 21▲ 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 42▲ 26 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 4.00 to 7.00 higher, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Trade active with moderate to good 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 $111.71/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$111.71
59 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$575
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$138
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.05
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545115.4363035
Medium and Large 2468106.9950121
Medium and Large 3485101.334923thin
One grade step is worth $14.09/cwt here — about $138 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 sale59 hd
111.71
—
AL average14 barns · 1,850 hd
110.66
+1.05
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—Average1,80065.981,1885thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,28843.945662thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14842.4948830

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 · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2358124.99/cwt124.00–126.004472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410122.00/cwt122.00–122.005001
Heifers—Medium and Large 2414115.24/cwt114.00–118.004774
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430112.00/cwt112.00–112.004821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460118.00/cwt118.00–118.005431
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465112.47/cwt111.00–114.005232
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned465102.00/cwt102.00–102.004748
Heifers—Medium and Large 351396.00/cwt96.00–96.004922
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515103.31/cwt102.00–105.005323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1543117.00/cwt117.00–117.0063529
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563106.47/cwt105.00–108.005992
Heifers—Medium and Large 259595.00/cwt95.00–95.005651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620100.00/cwt100.00–100.006201
Heifers—Medium and Large 267090.00/cwt90.00–90.006031
Heifers—Medium and Large 172594.00/cwt94.00–94.006821
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1295158.00/cwt158.00–158.004661
Bulls—Medium and Large 1355145.00/cwt145.00–145.005151
Bulls—Medium and Large 2357137.98/cwt134.00–140.004933
Bulls—Medium and Large 3413121.03/cwt120.00–122.005002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415132.00/cwt132.00–132.005481
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433127.16/cwt124.00–130.005516
Bulls—Medium and Large 1450126.00/cwt126.00–126.005671
Bulls—Medium and Large 3455117.00/cwt117.00–117.005321
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477122.98/cwt122.00–124.005873
Bulls—Medium and Large 2514115.58/cwt112.00–120.005945
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515124.00/cwt124.00–124.006391
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525114.00/cwt114.00–114.005991
Bulls—Medium and Large 2550115.00/cwt115.00–115.006331
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555117.00/cwt117.00–117.006491
Bulls—Medium and Large 3560109.00/cwt109.00–109.006101
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,73068.00/cwt68.00–68.001,1761
Bulls——1,81865.47/cwt65.00–67.001,1904
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%98538.18/cwt37.00–39.003766
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17842.92/cwt40.00–45.0050621
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26048.05/cwt46.00–49.006053
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28843.94/cwt43.00–45.005662
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,050840.00/cwt800.00–880.008,8202
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,075900.00/cwt875.00–925.009,6752

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.