Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2019-11-18

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Nov 18
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
691 head
▲ 255 vs last sale 436▲ 691 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 20▲ 74 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 37▲ 27 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 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on 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 $120.70/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$120.70
37 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$619
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$40
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.37
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2502122.0061323
Medium and Large 1547121.106629thin
Medium and Large 3502114.005725thin
One grade step is worth $8.00/cwt here — about $40 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 sale37 hd
120.70
—
AL average15 barns · 1,612 hd
124.07
−3.37
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—Average1,89171.991,3617thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58550.508002thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14647.4854428
CowsLean 85-90%Average99840.514044thin

Every lot

43 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 · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2350124.00/cwt124.00–124.004342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405124.51/cwt124.00–125.005042
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420113.00/cwt113.00–113.004751
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433117.99/cwt116.00–120.005114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458118.99/cwt118.00–120.005452
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463113.28/cwt112.00–115.005244
Heifers—Medium and Large 3490110.00/cwt110.00–110.005391
Heifers—Medium and Large 3502100.66/cwt100.00–101.005053
Heifers—Medium and Large 2509109.18/cwt108.00–110.005565
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525118.00/cwt118.00–118.006201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555115.00/cwt115.00–115.006381
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580106.51/cwt105.00–108.006182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615110.00/cwt110.00–110.006771
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620104.00/cwt104.00–104.006451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1653105.00/cwt105.00–105.006862
Heifers—Medium and Large 2670100.00/cwt100.00–100.006701
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335154.00/cwt154.00–154.005161
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360144.00/cwt144.00–144.005181
Bulls—Medium and Large 3400124.00/cwt124.00–124.004961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418136.47/cwt135.00–138.005702
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430130.48/cwt128.00–132.005614
Bulls—Medium and Large 3455118.00/cwt118.00–118.005371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460132.99/cwt132.00–134.006122
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473125.67/cwt122.00–128.005946
Bulls—Medium and Large 2527117.38/cwt115.00–122.006195
Bulls—Medium and Large 3535110.00/cwt110.00–110.005892
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565118.00/cwt118.00–118.006671
Bulls—Medium and Large 2567112.69/cwt110.00–115.006393
Bulls—Medium and Large 3585108.00/cwt108.00–108.006321
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615112.50/cwt112.00–113.006922
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625104.00/cwt104.00–104.006501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660108.00/cwt108.00–108.007131
Bulls—Medium and Large 2668101.51/cwt101.00–102.006782
Bulls—Medium and Large 1710100.00/cwt100.00–100.007101
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,86173.79/cwt71.00–75.001,3735
Bulls——1,96567.49/cwt67.00–68.001,3262
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99840.51/cwt40.00–41.004044
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10447.29/cwt45.00–50.005228
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13641.66/cwt40.00–44.0047311
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19454.75/cwt51.00–57.006549
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32054.00/cwt54.00–54.007131
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,85047.00/cwt47.00–47.008701
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,075845.00/cwt820.00–870.009,0842

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.