Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2020-02-17

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Feb 17
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
313 head
▲ 199 vs last sale 114▲ 313 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 18▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 0▲ 17 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 5.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder heifers sold mostly steady. 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 $154.40/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$154.40
60 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$671
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$65
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.02
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1445157.2970023
Medium and Large 2424154.4665533
Medium and Large 3463137.266354thin
One grade step is worth $20.03/cwt here — about $65 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 sale60 hd
154.40
—
AL average14 barns · 808 hd
142.38
+12.02
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—Average1,29081.001,0452thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,25561.007661thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20454.726588thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97552.005071thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325188.00/cwt188.00–188.006111
Steers—Medium and Large 1600138.00/cwt138.00–138.008282
Steers—Medium and Large 2620135.77/cwt134.00–136.0084213
Steers—Medium and Large 1655134.00/cwt134.00–134.008781
Steers—Medium and Large 2667121.00/cwt121.00–121.008077
Steers—Medium and Large 1759127.00/cwt127.00–127.009644
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2285158.00/cwt158.00–158.004501
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320154.00/cwt154.00–154.004931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355150.00/cwt150.00–150.005331
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370144.20/cwt144.00–146.0053410
Heifers—Medium and Large 3395138.00/cwt138.00–138.005451
Heifers—Medium and Large 3410126.00/cwt126.00–126.005171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425143.00/cwt143.00–143.006081
Heifers—Medium and Large 2434132.84/cwt129.00–136.005775
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470127.42/cwt125.00–130.005992
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470122.00/cwt122.00–122.005731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475134.98/cwt133.00–137.006412
Heifers—Medium and Large 3520118.00/cwt118.00–118.006141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525130.58/cwt129.00–131.006865
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528123.24/cwt121.00–126.006514
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563120.04/cwt118.00–122.006762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565129.00/cwt129.00–129.007291
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615115.67/cwt115.00–116.007113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630120.00/cwt120.00–120.007561
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2240184.00/cwt184.00–184.004421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1260184.00/cwt184.00–184.004781
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275180.00/cwt180.00–180.004951
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320176.47/cwt174.00–180.005654
Bulls—Medium and Large 2326170.48/cwt170.00–172.005564
Bulls—Medium and Large 1363169.36/cwt168.00–170.006153
Bulls—Medium and Large 2372163.81/cwt162.00–164.0060911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1412162.79/cwt160.00–166.006715
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423154.06/cwt149.00–156.006525
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425143.01/cwt142.00–144.006082
Bulls—Medium and Large 1458156.49/cwt155.00–158.007172
Bulls—Medium and Large 3460135.00/cwt135.00–135.006211
Bulls—Medium and Large 2484145.01/cwt144.00–146.007024
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515135.03/cwt132.00–138.006952
Bulls—Medium and Large 1519142.15/cwt140.00–146.007385
Bulls—Medium and Large 3540128.00/cwt128.00–128.006911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555139.00/cwt139.00–139.007711
Bulls—Medium and Large 2572127.68/cwt125.00–129.007303
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615125.00/cwt125.00–125.007691
Bulls—Medium and Large 2665121.00/cwt121.00–121.008051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1680128.00/cwt128.00–128.008701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1795115.00/cwt115.00–115.009141
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,29081.00/cwt80.00–82.001,0452
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97552.00/cwt52.00–52.005071
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18956.93/cwt55.00–60.006774
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21852.50/cwt50.00–54.006394
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25561.00/cwt61.00–61.007661
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2900700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,3001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,338855.00/cwt850.00–860.0011,4402

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.