Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2020-02-10

Ashville Stockyards

Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Feb 10

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003

← Feb 3Feb 10Feb 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

114 head

▼ 248 vs last sale 362▲ 114 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

18 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 28▲ 18 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 cattle market lightly tested. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $139.34/cwt on 21 head.

Average price

$139.34

21 head · 459 lb average

Value per head Derived

$639

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$13

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$9.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.99

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	451	139.84	631	18thin
Medium and Large 1	508	139.50	708	2thin
Medium and Large 3	495	130.00	644	1thin

One grade step is worth $9.84/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 sale21 hd

139.34

—

AL average13 barns · 1,120 hd

137.35

+1.99

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	—	Average	1,670	84.49	1,411	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,126	56.32	634	6thin

Every lot

18 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 · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	405	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	567	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	440	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	590	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	621	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	500	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	630	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	545	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	665	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	650	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	715	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	374	152.96/cwt	150.00–156.00	572	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	424	140.94/cwt	132.00–147.00	598	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	470	135.60/cwt	126.00–141.00	637	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	475	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	684	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	495	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	644	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	520	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	676	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	540	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	729	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	580	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	731	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	635	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	756	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,670	84.49/cwt	84.00–85.00	1,411	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,093	55.78/cwt	52.00–58.00	610	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,290	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	761	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 Feb 10, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 114Last week 362Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 28Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle market lightly tested. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,093	52.00–58.00	55.78
1	—	1,290	59.00	59.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,670	84.00–85.00	84.49

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	110.00	110.00
1	—	500	126.00	126.00
1	—	405	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	122.00	122.00
1	—	485	128.00	128.00
1	—	440	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	130.00	130.00
4	—	424	132.00–147.00	140.94
1	—	635	119.00	119.00
6	—	470	126.00–141.00	135.60
1	—	580	126.00	126.00
5	—	374	150.00–156.00	152.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	135.00	135.00
1	—	475	144.00	144.00

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.