Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2020-06-08

Ashville Stockyards

Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Jun 8

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003

← May 11Jun 8Jun 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

227 head

▲ 227 vs last sale 0▼ 116 vs year ago 343 · −33.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

19 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 0▼ 2 vs year ago 21 · −9.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

7 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 0▼ 27 vs year ago 34 · −79.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends available. Trade active with good demand on feeders.

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 $131.11/cwt on 35 head.

Average price

$131.11

35 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$728

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$17

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

$10.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.70

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	137.07	737	15thin
Medium and Large 2	569	126.64	720	20

One grade step is worth $10.43/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 sale35 hd

131.11

—

AL average11 barns · 754 hd

126.41

+4.70

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	1,842	94.13	1,734	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,260	64.21	809	7thin

Every lot

37 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	500	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	780	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	518	143.86/cwt	140.00–148.00	745	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	573	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	774	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	745	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	894	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	753	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	896	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	587	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	440	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	598	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	453	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	616	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	470	125.36/cwt	124.00–126.00	589	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	643	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	515	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	618	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	520	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	645	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	717	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	679	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	605	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	726	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	650	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	709	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	706	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	798	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	280	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	504	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	295	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	519	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	400	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	560	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	405	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	664	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	462	144.00/cwt	142.00–146.00	665	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	463	137.05/cwt	134.00–140.00	635	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	511	138.99/cwt	138.00–141.00	710	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	520	132.44/cwt	128.00–136.00	689	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	565	132.05/cwt	130.00–134.00	746	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	575	127.32/cwt	126.00–128.00	732	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	605	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	750	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	626	117.74/cwt	117.00–119.00	737	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	672	113.33/cwt	110.00–116.00	762	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	713	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	784	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	728	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	823	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	755	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	831	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,842	94.13/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,734	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	62.07/cwt	60.00–64.00	770	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,310	69.55/cwt	68.00–71.00	911	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	995	820.00/cwt	820.00–820.00	8,159	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 Jun 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 227Last week 0Year ago 343

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 0Year ago 21

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 0Year ago 34

No Trends available. Trade active with good demand on feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	120.00	120.00
6	—	753	119.00	119.00
3	—	573	135.00	135.00
2	—	518	140.00–148.00	143.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	120.00	120.00
1	—	560	128.00	128.00
4	—	706	113.00	113.00
2	—	453	136.00	136.00
2	—	425	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	124.00	124.00
1	—	480	134.00	134.00
1	—	440	136.00	136.00
1	—	650	109.00	109.00
1	—	575	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	124.00–126.00	125.36
1	—	515	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	728	113.00	113.00
2	—	565	130.00–134.00	132.05
1	—	755	110.00	110.00
1	—	605	124.00	124.00
1	—	405	164.00	164.00
4	—	511	138.00–141.00	138.99
1	—	280	180.00	180.00
3	—	462	142.00–146.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	110.00	110.00
2	—	463	134.00–140.00	137.05
1	—	400	140.00	140.00
4	—	626	117.00–119.00	117.74
1	—	295	176.00	176.00
4	—	520	128.00–136.00	132.44
3	—	672	110.00–116.00	113.33
3	—	575	126.00–128.00	127.32

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,310	68.00–71.00	69.55
5	—	1,240	60.00–64.00	62.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,842	91.00–97.00	94.13

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	995	820.00	820.00

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.