Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2020-04-27

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Apr 27
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
448 head
▲ 357 vs last sale 91▲ 448 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 7▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
113 head
▲ 113 vs last sale 0▲ 113 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder cattle 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 $129.78/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$129.78
51 head · 474 lb average
Value per head Derived
$615
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$17
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.74
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1458137.246284thin
Medium and Large 2463132.8861529
Medium and Large 3497123.1161118thin
One grade step is worth $14.13/cwt here — about $17 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 sale51 hd
129.78
—
AL average11 barns · 776 hd
125.03
+4.74
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—Average1,56588.351,3834thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57061.529662thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19258.6369914
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13053.066002thin

Every lot

38 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 · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330143.02/cwt142.00–144.004722
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372136.30/cwt130.00–138.005075
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415132.00/cwt132.00–132.005481
Heifers—Medium and Large 2444122.89/cwt120.00–125.005469
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460120.99/cwt120.00–122.005572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470128.00/cwt128.00–128.006021
Heifers—Medium and Large 2508115.36/cwt113.00–118.005863
Heifers—Medium and Large 3531110.00/cwt110.00–110.005844
Heifers—Medium and Large 2572109.84/cwt105.00–111.006285
Heifers—Medium and Large 263598.97/cwt97.00–101.006282
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2295170.00/cwt170.00–170.005021
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323154.88/cwt152.00–158.005002
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375148.97/cwt148.00–150.005592
Bulls—Medium and Large 1400145.00/cwt145.00–145.005801
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415130.00/cwt130.00–130.005401
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420137.18/cwt135.00–141.0057610
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463136.98/cwt136.00–138.006342
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472135.00/cwt135.00–135.006375
Bulls—Medium and Large 3499123.00/cwt123.00–123.0061416
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505130.00/cwt130.00–130.006571
Bulls—Medium and Large 2513123.02/cwt120.00–125.006314
Bulls—Medium and Large 3540118.00/cwt118.00–118.006371
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570119.01/cwt118.00–120.006782
Bulls—Medium and Large 2605108.00/cwt108.00–108.006531
Bulls—Medium and Large 266597.00/cwt97.00–97.006451
Bulls—Medium and Large 270094.00/cwt94.00–94.006581
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,23083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,0211
Bulls——1,67790.13/cwt89.00–92.001,5113
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02554.47/cwt53.00–56.005583
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08563.00/cwt63.00–63.006841
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13053.06/cwt51.00–55.006002
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25359.44/cwt57.00–61.0074510
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57061.52/cwt61.00–62.009662
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 39981,026.11/cwt1,000.00–1,075.0010,2419
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0013,2002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3913812.50/cwt800.00–825.007,4182
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2975856.25/cwt800.00–925.008,3484
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0251,025.00/cwt975.00–1,075.0010,5062

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.