Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2020-08-31

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Aug 31
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
307 head
▼ 52 vs last sale 359▲ 307 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 29▲ 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 16▲ 22 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 steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade active with moderate 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 $136.84/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$136.84
37 head · 480 lb average
Value per head Derived
$657
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$47
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.07
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1431149.5964510thin
Medium and Large 2505132.4466923
Medium and Large 3459130.285984thin
One grade step is worth $19.32/cwt here — about $47 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 sale37 hd
136.84
—
AL average15 barns · 1,441 hd
124.77
+12.07
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—Average1,36887.001,1902thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21362.7076113
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57361.479672thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03355.095692thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2465150.00/cwt150.00–150.006981
Steers—Medium and Large 2560129.00/cwt129.00–129.007222
Steers—Medium and Large 2600127.00/cwt127.00–127.007621
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1210164.00/cwt164.00–164.003441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355140.00/cwt140.00–140.004971
Heifers—Medium and Large 2387137.08/cwt134.00–138.005304
Heifers—Medium and Large 3410122.00/cwt122.00–122.005001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415135.00/cwt135.00–135.005601
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424126.63/cwt124.00–130.005375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460130.00/cwt130.00–130.005981
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465124.66/cwt122.00–127.005806
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470118.00/cwt118.00–118.005551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505125.00/cwt125.00–125.006311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523118.07/cwt116.00–120.006182
Heifers—Medium and Large 2562115.67/cwt115.00–116.006503
Heifers—Medium and Large 1593119.50/cwt119.00–120.007092
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620112.00/cwt112.00–112.006942
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360162.00/cwt162.00–162.005831
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360150.00/cwt150.00–150.005401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423151.16/cwt150.00–153.006396
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423136.05/cwt135.00–137.005752
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424142.95/cwt140.00–148.006068
Bulls—Medium and Large 1453146.98/cwt144.00–150.006662
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470127.00/cwt127.00–127.005971
Bulls—Medium and Large 2479137.30/cwt132.00–142.006585
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510133.00/cwt133.00–133.006781
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520122.00/cwt122.00–122.006341
Bulls—Medium and Large 2532127.31/cwt124.00–132.006773
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565123.00/cwt123.00–123.006951
Bulls—Medium and Large 2610117.00/cwt117.00–117.007141
Bulls—Medium and Large 2668112.33/cwt112.00–113.007503
Bulls—Medium and Large 2700107.00/cwt107.00–107.007491
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,28585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0921
Bulls——1,45089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,2911
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03355.09/cwt54.00–56.005692
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07853.96/cwt53.00–55.005823
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22066.70/cwt65.00–69.008147
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33362.11/cwt61.00–63.008283
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57361.47/cwt61.00–62.009672
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0016,2002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,125910.00/cwt910.00–910.0010,2381
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1531,025.00/cwt950.00–1,100.0011,8182
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2301,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0014,7601

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.