Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2020-03-23

Ashville Stockyards

Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Mar 23

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003

← Mar 16Mar 23Apr 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

57 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 51▲ 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

29 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 18▲ 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 20▲ 8 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 to 9.00 higher. Feeder cattle market lightly tested, however a sharply higher undertone is noted. Trade active with 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 $123.15/cwt on 10 head.

Average price

$123.15

10 head · 457 lb average

Value per head Derived

$562

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$183

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$5.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.11

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	125.00	669	1thin
Medium and Large 2	453	123.31	559	8thin
Medium and Large 3	405	120.00	486	1thin

One grade step is worth $5.00/cwt here — about $183 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 sale10 hd

123.15

—

AL average10 barns · 332 hd

113.03

+10.11

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	1,565	99.50	1,557	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,570	76.58	1,202	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,201	70.40	846	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,095	64.00	701	1thin

Every lot

21 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	450	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	648	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	405	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	486	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	418	126.11/cwt	123.00–129.00	527	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	464	123.53/cwt	122.00–125.00	573	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	515	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	587	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	669	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	367	141.33/cwt	139.00–145.00	519	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	405	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	522	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	428	126.49/cwt	126.00–127.00	541	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	470	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	611	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	475	127.48/cwt	127.00–128.00	606	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	640	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	730	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,430	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,359	1
Bulls	—	—	1,700	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,768	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	870	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	522	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,095	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	701	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,165	67.22/cwt	65.00–71.00	783	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,311	75.38/cwt	73.00–78.00	988	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,423	79.47/cwt	79.00–80.00	1,131	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,668	74.65/cwt	74.00–75.00	1,245	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 3	1,125	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,125	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 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 57Last week 51Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 18Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 20Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,423	79.00–80.00	79.47
3	—	1,668	74.00–75.00	74.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	60.00	60.00
3	—	1,165	65.00–71.00	67.22
4	—	1,311	73.00–78.00	75.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	64.00	64.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	95.00	95.00
1	—	1,700	104.00	104.00

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	—	1,125	900.00	900.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	127.00–128.00	127.48
3	—	367	139.00–145.00	141.33
1	—	405	129.00	129.00
1	—	640	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	126.00–127.00	126.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	464	122.00–125.00	123.53
1	—	515	114.00	114.00
3	—	418	123.00–129.00	126.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	120.00	120.00

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.