Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2020-09-28

Ashville Stockyards

Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Sep 28

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003

← Sep 21Sep 28Oct 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

282 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 290▼ 107 vs year ago 389 · −27.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

39 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 44▼ 15 vs year ago 54 · −27.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

41 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 33▲ 41 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 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower, feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.63/cwt on 35 head.

Average price

$112.63

35 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$569

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$12.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.52

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	511	118.41	605	10thin
Medium and Large 2	508	111.63	567	19thin
Medium and Large 3	487	106.17	517	6thin

One grade step is worth $12.24/cwt here — about $88 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

112.63

—

AL average12 barns · 1,472 hd

113.15

−0.52

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	1,743	88.00	1,534	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,488	57.00	848	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,204	54.56	657	14

Every lot

47 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	460	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	699	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	460	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	644	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	560	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	728	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	812	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	625	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	756	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	675	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	810	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	765	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	872	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	358	128.99/cwt	128.00–130.00	462	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	503	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	408	125.98/cwt	125.00–127.00	514	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	413	110.48/cwt	110.00–111.00	456	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	422	116.34/cwt	115.00–118.00	491	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	458	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	552	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	468	108.02/cwt	107.00–109.00	506	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	112.99/cwt	111.00–115.00	534	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	117.50/cwt	117.00–118.00	609	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	520	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	536	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	529	109.58/cwt	108.00–112.00	580	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	621	103.53/cwt	100.00–107.00	643	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	687	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	640	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	621	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	650	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	650	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	106.55/cwt	104.00–109.00	712	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	362	139.35/cwt	138.00–140.00	504	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	400	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	500	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	420	140.05/cwt	138.00–144.00	588	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	436	129.94/cwt	128.00–134.00	567	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	465	126.04/cwt	125.00–128.00	586	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	468	134.92/cwt	132.00–138.00	631	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	495	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	594	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	500	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	575	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	510	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	653	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	528	120.99/cwt	120.00–122.00	639	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	575	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	656	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	585	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	684	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	622	111.68/cwt	111.00–112.00	695	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	670	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	744	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,310	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,100	1
Bulls	—	—	1,555	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,368	1
Bulls	—	—	2,365	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	2,176	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,110	50.20/cwt	50.00–51.00	557	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,221	56.10/cwt	53.00–58.00	685	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,325	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	716	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,378	60.10/cwt	59.00–61.00	828	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,650	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	990	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,400	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,097	860.00/cwt	840.00–880.00	9,434	3

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 Sep 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 282Last week 290Year ago 389

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 44Year ago 54

Replacement CattleReceipts 41Last week 33Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	622	111.00–112.00	111.68
3	—	465	125.00–128.00	126.04
4	—	436	128.00–134.00	129.94
1	—	585	117.00	117.00
3	—	362	138.00–140.00	139.35
2	—	528	120.00–122.00	120.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	125.00	125.00
1	—	500	115.00	115.00
1	—	575	114.00	114.00
1	—	495	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	111.00	111.00
1	—	510	128.00	128.00
2	—	468	132.00–138.00	134.92
3	—	420	138.00–144.00	140.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	140.00	140.00
1	—	765	114.00	114.00
1	—	625	121.00	121.00
1	—	675	120.00	120.00
1	—	560	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	131.00	131.00
1	—	460	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	128.00–130.00	128.99
5	—	529	108.00–112.00	109.58
3	—	422	115.00–118.00	116.34
4	—	621	100.00–107.00	103.53
4	—	473	111.00–115.00	112.99
1	—	650	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	107.00–109.00	108.02
1	—	640	97.00	97.00
2	—	413	110.00–111.00	110.48
1	—	520	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	120.00–121.00	120.50
2	—	668	104.00–109.00	106.55
1	—	375	134.00	134.00
2	—	408	125.00–127.00	125.98
2	—	518	117.00–118.00	117.50
1	—	630	109.00	109.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,221	53.00–58.00	56.10
5	—	1,110	50.00–51.00	50.20
2	—	1,378	59.00–61.00	60.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	60.00	60.00
1	—	1,325	54.00	54.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,555	88.00	88.00
1	—	1,310	84.00	84.00
1	—	2,365	92.00	92.00

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)	3	—	1,097	840.00–880.00	860.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	800.00	800.00

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.