Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2020-01-27

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Jan 27
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
408 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 392▲ 408 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 28▲ 21 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 5.00 higher. Feeder cattle 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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.14/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$127.14
66 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$619
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$13
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$5.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.82
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2465128.6459819thin
Medium and Large 1508128.2765130
Medium and Large 3474123.4758517thin
One grade step is worth $5.16/cwt here — about $13 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 sale66 hd
127.14
—
AL average15 barns · 1,831 hd
129.96
−2.82
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—Average1,69282.671,3983thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21556.546878thin

Every lot

42 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2634132.00/cwt132.00–132.008374
Steers—Medium and Large 2713123.00/cwt123.00–123.008772
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2332144.66/cwt144.00–146.004803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340154.00/cwt154.00–154.005241
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360139.00/cwt138.00–140.005002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1389144.01/cwt142.00–146.005604
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425141.99/cwt140.00–144.006034
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425133.29/cwt130.00–136.005663
Heifers—Medium and Large 3441128.60/cwt125.00–129.0056710
Heifers—Medium and Large 3455120.00/cwt120.00–120.005461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463130.49/cwt130.00–131.006042
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475124.31/cwt123.00–126.005903
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525116.20/cwt115.00–118.006105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530123.00/cwt123.00–123.006521
Heifers—Medium and Large 2534121.85/cwt120.00–123.006515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1554121.13/cwt121.00–123.0067116
Heifers—Medium and Large 3560112.00/cwt112.00–112.006271
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580116.68/cwt115.00–118.006773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610118.00/cwt118.00–118.007201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710110.00/cwt110.00–110.007811
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2245182.00/cwt182.00–182.004461
Bulls—Medium and Large 2255178.00/cwt178.00–178.004542
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330172.00/cwt172.00–172.005681
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335165.00/cwt165.00–165.005531
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375163.23/cwt160.00–166.006123
Bulls—Medium and Large 2385154.00/cwt154.00–154.005931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413154.21/cwt151.00–156.006375
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433144.77/cwt140.00–148.006275
Bulls—Medium and Large 3435137.00/cwt137.00–137.005961
Bulls—Medium and Large 3460132.00/cwt132.00–132.006071
Bulls—Medium and Large 1485144.50/cwt142.00–147.007012
Bulls—Medium and Large 2486140.21/cwt135.00–142.006819
Bulls—Medium and Large 1511135.23/cwt129.00–142.006914
Bulls—Medium and Large 2521132.39/cwt132.00–137.0069013
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580131.98/cwt131.00–133.007652
Bulls—Medium and Large 2583126.03/cwt124.00–128.007352
Bulls—Medium and Large 2670117.00/cwt117.00–117.007841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1685125.00/cwt125.00–125.008561
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,68585.00/cwt84.00–86.001,4322
Bulls——1,70578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,3301
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10252.03/cwt50.00–55.005733
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28259.24/cwt58.00–62.007595

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.