Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2020-04-13

Ashville Stockyards

Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Apr 13

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003

← Apr 6Apr 13Apr 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

91 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 77▲ 91 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

7 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 6▲ 7 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 market lightly tested. Feeder cattle market lightly tested, however a lower undertone is noted. Trade active with light demand on feeders. Replacement cattle too few for adequate market test,

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 $130.41/cwt on 12 head.

Average price

$130.41

12 head · 473 lb average

Value per head Derived

$616

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$14.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.72

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	470	142.50	670	2thin
Medium and Large 2	473	127.99	605	10thin

One grade step is worth $14.51/cwt here — about $64 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 sale12 hd

130.41

—

AL average5 barns · 192 hd

127.70

+2.72

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,264	53.50	676	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	880	48.00	422	1thin

Every lot

12 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 · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	118.99/cwt	118.00–120.00	571	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	528	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	597	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	285	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	502	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	335	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	509	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	412	139.98/cwt	136.00–143.00	577	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	458	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	573	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	595	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	660	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	655	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	714	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	880	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	422	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,000	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	480	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,348	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	701	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,360	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	843	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 Apr 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 91Last week 77Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 6Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	113.00	113.00
2	—	480	118.00–120.00	118.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	595	111.00	111.00
3	—	458	125.00	125.00
3	—	412	136.00–143.00	139.98
1	—	335	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	109.00	109.00
1	—	285	176.00	176.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	48.00	48.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	52.00	52.00
1	—	1,360	62.00	62.00
1	—	1,000	48.00	48.00

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.