Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2020-02-24

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Feb 24
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
446 head
▲ 133 vs last sale 313▲ 446 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 23▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 17▲ 22 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 unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold mostly steady. 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 $121.00/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$121.00
72 head · 583 lb average
Value per head Derived
$706
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$138
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.89
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2479127.6261119thin
Medium and Large 3495119.255904thin
Medium and Large 1631118.5774849
One grade step is worth $9.05/cwt here — about −$138 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 sale72 hd
121.00
—
AL average15 barns · 1,620 hd
132.89
−11.89
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—High1,63087.651,4293thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,05257.156013thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1255197.92/cwt194.00–202.005052
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added501160.00/cwt160.00–160.008026
Steers—Medium and Large 2520141.00/cwt141.00–141.007331
Steers—Medium and Large 3535135.00/cwt135.00–135.007221
Steers—Medium and Large 1540151.00/cwt151.00–151.008151
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added556150.00/cwt150.00–150.008347
Steers—Medium and Large 1565142.00/cwt142.00–142.008021
Steers—Medium and Large 2603126.00/cwt126.00–126.007603
Steers—Medium and Large 1607133.00/cwt133.00–133.008076
Steers—Medium and Large 1664127.00/cwt127.00–127.0084314
Steers—Medium and Large 2673125.00/cwt125.00–125.008412
Steers—Medium and Large 1702125.00/cwt125.00–125.0087810
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335150.00/cwt150.00–150.005031
Heifers—Medium and Large 2350140.00/cwt140.00–140.004901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1403140.99/cwt140.00–142.005682
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425128.00/cwt128.00–128.005441
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431132.94/cwt130.00–136.005734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462132.86/cwt132.00–133.006147
Heifers—Medium and Large 2482127.00/cwt125.00–130.006125
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485122.00/cwt122.00–122.005921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513127.00/cwt126.00–128.006523
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515115.00/cwt115.00–115.005921
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525122.34/cwt120.00–125.006426
Heifers—Medium and Large 3555112.00/cwt112.00–112.006221
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563117.02/cwt113.00–121.006592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1591125.00/cwt125.00–125.007397
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628115.00/cwt115.00–115.0072213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650107.00/cwt107.00–107.006961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700105.00/cwt105.00–105.007351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added780109.00/cwt109.00–109.0085015
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1245192.00/cwt192.00–192.004701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1260188.00/cwt188.00–188.004891
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360158.00/cwt158.00–158.005691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1390164.99/cwt164.00–166.006432
Bulls—Medium and Large 3410136.00/cwt136.00–136.005581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1416159.78/cwt155.00–162.006656
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433150.01/cwt148.00–152.006502
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460150.67/cwt148.00–152.006933
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472140.96/cwt138.00–146.006656
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485132.00/cwt132.00–132.006401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505140.00/cwt140.00–140.007071
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525126.00/cwt126.00–126.006622
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530134.64/cwt134.00–136.007143
Bulls—Medium and Large 2550125.00/cwt125.00–125.006881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555136.00/cwt136.00–136.007551
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,54891.97/cwt91.00–93.001,4242
Bulls——1,79579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,4181
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,00054.00/cwt54.00–54.005401
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07858.72/cwt57.00–60.006332
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 31,0501,020.00/cwt1,020.00–1,020.0010,7102
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,055810.00/cwt810.00–810.008,5461

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.