Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2020-09-21

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Sep 21
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
290 head
▼ 89 vs last sale 379▼ 138 vs year ago 428 · −32.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 57▼ 4 vs year ago 48 · −8.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 36▼ 12 vs year ago 45 · −26.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 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 $131.30/cwt on 54 head.
Average price
$131.30
54 head · 488 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.51
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543132.787219thin
Medium and Large 2478131.7863041
Medium and Large 3466122.985734thin
One grade step is worth $9.80/cwt here — about $148 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 sale54 hd
131.30
—
AL average12 barns · 1,103 hd
123.78
+7.51
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—Average1,77886.411,5375thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,66062.561,0382thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13359.4267316
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06049.845282thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1455154.00/cwt154.00–154.007012
Steers—Medium and Large 2472142.29/cwt140.00–144.006723
Steers—Medium and Large 1510142.00/cwt142.00–142.007241
Steers—Medium and Large 2535138.00/cwt138.00–138.007381
Steers—Medium and Large 2570123.98/cwt122.00–126.007073
Steers—Medium and Large 2618119.80/cwt117.00–122.007405
Steers—Medium and Large 2650118.00/cwt118.00–118.007671
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2358131.96/cwt130.00–134.004722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363137.34/cwt136.00–138.004993
Heifers—Medium and Large 2417114.10/cwt113.00–117.004769
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420124.00/cwt124.00–124.005211
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435110.00/cwt110.00–110.004791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455120.00/cwt120.00–120.005461
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463112.31/cwt111.00–114.005203
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485108.00/cwt108.00–108.005241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515115.00/cwt115.00–115.005921
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515100.00/cwt100.00–100.005151
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518106.97/cwt105.00–109.005542
Heifers—Medium and Large 2595100.00/cwt100.00–100.005951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605102.00/cwt102.00–102.006171
Heifers—Medium and Large 261595.00/cwt95.00–95.005841
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2340154.00/cwt154.00–154.005241
Bulls—Medium and Large 2353147.60/cwt144.00–150.005215
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368154.98/cwt154.00–156.005702
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410145.00/cwt145.00–145.005951
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415138.93/cwt132.00–142.0057711
Bulls—Medium and Large 3430126.45/cwt125.00–128.005442
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460138.48/cwt137.00–140.006372
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468130.29/cwt127.00–134.006106
Bulls—Medium and Large 3490121.00/cwt121.00–121.005931
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515118.00/cwt118.00–118.006081
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525125.88/cwt122.00–131.006618
Bulls—Medium and Large 2563123.35/cwt121.00–124.006946
Bulls—Medium and Large 2617114.00/cwt113.00–115.007033
Bulls—Medium and Large 1678118.53/cwt116.00–121.008042
Bulls—Medium and Large 2685112.00/cwt112.00–112.007671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1700117.00/cwt117.00–117.008191
Bulls—Medium and Large 1765109.00/cwt109.00–109.008341
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,74383.00/cwt83.00–83.001,4472
Bulls——1,80288.68/cwt88.00–89.001,5983
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%98052.60/cwt50.00–55.005152
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06049.84/cwt48.00–52.005282
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12559.39/cwt56.00–62.0066811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26264.06/cwt63.00–65.008083
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,66062.56/cwt62.00–63.001,0382
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3995900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,9552
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,000800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,088940.00/cwt890.00–990.0010,2272
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1191,027.50/cwt1,020.00–1,030.0011,4984

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.