Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2020-03-16

Ashville Stockyards

Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-16

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

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003

← Mar 9Mar 16Mar 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

51 head

▼ 198 vs last sale 249▲ 51 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

18 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 25▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 26 vs last sale 46▲ 20 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 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle were too lightly tested for adequate market test, however a sharply lower undertone is noted. Trade active with light to moderate demand on feeders. 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 $108.13/cwt on 8 head.

Average price

$108.13

8 head · 467 lb average

Value per head Derived

$505

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$5.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.24

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	459	111.00	509	4thin
Medium and Large 2	475	105.25	500	4thin

One grade step is worth $5.75/cwt here — about $9 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 sale8 hd

108.13

—

AL average15 barns · 1,643 hd

118.37

−10.24

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	—	High	1,673	90.00	1,505	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,071	60.03	643	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	933	52.55	490	2thin

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 · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	400	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	456	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	467	105.67/cwt	104.00–107.00	493	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	526	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	500	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	520	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	415	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	515	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	430	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	568	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	505	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	596	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	575	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	598	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	605	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	532	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	680	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	578	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,615	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,357	1
Bulls	—	—	1,730	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,661	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	890	55.16/cwt	53.00–57.00	491	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	933	52.55/cwt	51.00–54.00	490	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,103	59.28/cwt	59.00–60.00	654	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,205	66.03/cwt	65.00–67.00	796	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	1,075	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	8,923	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	1,100	870.00/cwt	870.00–870.00	9,570	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 Mar 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 51Last week 249Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 25Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 46Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	104.00	104.00
3	—	467	104.00–107.00	105.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	478	110.00	110.00
1	—	400	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	124.00	124.00
1	—	680	85.00	85.00
1	—	605	88.00	88.00
1	—	575	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	118.00	118.00
1	—	430	132.00	132.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,730	96.00	96.00
1	—	1,615	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	890	53.00–57.00	55.16
3	—	1,103	59.00–60.00	59.28
2	—	1,205	65.00–67.00	66.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	933	51.00–54.00	52.55

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	870.00	870.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,075	830.00	830.00

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.