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Ashville Stockyards

Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Dec 16

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003

← Dec 9Dec 16Jan 20 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

531 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 518▲ 531 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

61 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 53▲ 61 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

66 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 52▲ 66 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. No feeder cattle reported. Trade active with good demand on slaughter cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.00/cwt on 1 head.

Average price

$120.00

1 head · 355 lb average

Value per head Derived

$426

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+5.33

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	355	120.00	426	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

120.00

—

AL average16 barns · 1,893 hd

114.67

+5.33

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	—	Low	1,524	73.56	1,121	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,166	47.74	557	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,030	42.35	436	3thin

Every lot

10 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 · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	355	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	426	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,479	69.83/cwt	67.00–73.00	1,033	8
Bulls	—	—	1,495	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,196	1
Bulls	—	—	1,579	76.91/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,214	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,005	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	412	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	42.35/cwt	41.00–43.00	436	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,120	46.37/cwt	43.00–49.00	519	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,311	52.51/cwt	52.00–54.00	688	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	930.00/cwt	930.00–930.00	10,230	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,200	880.00/cwt	880.00–880.00	10,560	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 Dec 16, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 531Last week 518Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 53Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 66Last week 52Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. No feeder cattle reported. Trade active with good demand on slaughter cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	880.00	880.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	930.00	930.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,030	41.00–43.00	42.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,120	43.00–49.00	46.37
4	—	1,311	52.00–54.00	52.51
1	—	1,005	41.00	41.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,479	67.00–73.00	69.83
7	—	1,579	74.00–79.00	76.91
1	—	1,495	80.00	80.00

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.