Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2020-08-17

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Aug 17
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
392 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 335▲ 204 vs year ago 188 · +108.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 13▲ 15 vs year ago 16 · +93.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 8▼ 12 vs year ago 27 · −44.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 6.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested with light demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.65/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$126.65
72 head · 585 lb average
Value per head Derived
$741
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$18
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.07
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2447132.1559022
Medium and Large 1657124.4181747
Medium and Large 3472121.335723thin
One grade step is worth $10.82/cwt here — about $18 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 sale72 hd
126.65
—
AL average11 barns · 1,502 hd
123.57
+3.07
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—High1,85093.221,7256thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50557.728693thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18056.7567016
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08051.005511thin

Every lot

57 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2353165.00/cwt165.00–165.005823
Steers—Medium and Large 2445158.00/cwt158.00–158.007034
Steers—Medium and Large 1464157.58/cwt157.00–160.007315
Steers—Medium and Large 2475147.76/cwt147.00–148.007024
Steers—Medium and Large 1527149.68/cwt149.00–150.007893
Steers—Medium and Large 1557142.00/cwt142.00–142.007915
Steers—Medium and Large 2587133.30/cwt132.00–140.007826
Steers—Medium and Large 2640128.49/cwt127.00–130.008222
Steers—Medium and Large 1665134.00/cwt134.00–134.008911
Steers—Medium and Large 2665125.00/cwt125.00–125.008312
Steers—Medium and Large 1765131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0021
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2311146.34/cwt145.00–148.004557
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380148.00/cwt148.00–148.005622
Heifers—Medium and Large 2395136.00/cwt136.00–136.005371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1406137.01/cwt136.00–140.005566
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430126.00/cwt126.00–126.005421
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433131.53/cwt130.00–133.005702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455133.00/cwt133.00–133.006051
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470121.00/cwt121.00–121.005691
Heifers—Medium and Large 2482127.01/cwt125.00–129.006123
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515117.00/cwt117.00–117.006031
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517124.57/cwt122.00–126.006445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522129.00/cwt129.00–129.006732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1559121.00/cwt121.00–121.006765
Heifers—Medium and Large 2590120.00/cwt120.00–120.007084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added625129.00/cwt129.00–129.0080610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675113.00/cwt113.00–113.007631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement772120.59/cwt118.00–122.0093114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement939107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,0056
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2230184.00/cwt184.00–184.004231
Bulls—Medium and Large 2310168.00/cwt168.00–168.005211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325170.71/cwt170.00–172.005553
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370158.00/cwt158.00–158.005852
Bulls—Medium and Large 3405137.00/cwt137.00–137.005551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423153.97/cwt150.00–158.006514
Bulls—Medium and Large 2429144.96/cwt140.00–148.006224
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460136.98/cwt135.00–139.006302
Bulls—Medium and Large 3465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1478147.90/cwt146.00–152.007073
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515132.00/cwt132.00–132.006802
Bulls—Medium and Large 1550130.00/cwt130.00–130.007151
Bulls—Medium and Large 3550122.00/cwt122.00–122.006711
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580128.00/cwt128.00–128.007421
Bulls—Medium and Large 2600118.00/cwt118.00–118.007081
Bulls—Medium and Large 1624127.18/cwt122.00–129.007945
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665116.00/cwt116.00–116.007711
Bulls—Medium and Large 2680111.00/cwt111.00–111.007551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1775107.00/cwt107.00–107.008291
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,83597.00/cwt97.00–97.001,7801
Bulls——1,84393.58/cwt91.00–95.001,7254
Bulls——1,89588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,6681
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08051.00/cwt51.00–51.005511
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12960.83/cwt60.00–62.006875
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19252.69/cwt52.00–53.006283
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20755.73/cwt54.00–59.006738
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50557.72/cwt56.00–59.008693
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,105900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,9451

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.