Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2020-10-05

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Oct 5
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
285 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 282▲ 285 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 39▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 41▲ 23 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 7.00 to 9.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Trade moderate 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 $120.83/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$120.83
36 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$602
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$35
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.19
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1478130.246238thin
Medium and Large 2498119.8159722
Medium and Large 3525112.005886thin
One grade step is worth $18.24/cwt here — about $35 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 sale36 hd
120.83
—
AL average12 barns · 1,073 hd
121.02
−0.19
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—Average1,60675.921,2204thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09947.655238thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98046.004511thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2455136.00/cwt136.00–136.006191
Steers—Medium and Large 2615120.00/cwt120.00–120.007381
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360126.97/cwt125.00–129.004572
Heifers—Medium and Large 2414116.17/cwt114.00–118.004817
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425110.00/cwt110.00–110.004681
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463111.35/cwt110.00–112.005163
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470107.00/cwt107.00–107.005031
Heifers—Medium and Large 2509102.54/cwt100.00–105.005224
Heifers—Medium and Large 354094.00/cwt94.00–94.005081
Heifers—Medium and Large 256598.98/cwt98.00–100.005592
Heifers—Medium and Large 356590.00/cwt90.00–90.005091
Heifers—Medium and Large 262092.48/cwt90.00–95.005732
Heifers—Medium and Large 265590.00/cwt90.00–90.005901
Heifers—Medium and Large 167095.00/cwt95.00–95.006371
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320143.02/cwt142.00–144.004582
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360134.00/cwt134.00–134.004821
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378140.00/cwt140.00–140.005292
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428130.60/cwt128.00–134.005593
Bulls—Medium and Large 1436138.23/cwt137.00–140.006034
Bulls—Medium and Large 3440120.00/cwt120.00–120.005281
Bulls—Medium and Large 2464122.58/cwt120.00–125.005695
Bulls—Medium and Large 3495118.00/cwt118.00–118.005841
Bulls—Medium and Large 2512118.68/cwt117.00–120.006083
Bulls—Medium and Large 3523113.00/cwt112.00–114.005912
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560115.68/cwt114.00–117.006483
Bulls—Medium and Large 3570110.00/cwt110.00–110.006271
Bulls—Medium and Large 360098.00/cwt98.00–98.005881
Bulls—Medium and Large 2602104.32/cwt101.00–106.006283
Bulls—Medium and Large 1663104.51/cwt102.00–107.006932
Bulls—Medium and Large 266597.54/cwt95.00–100.006492
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,29572.00/cwt72.00–72.009321
Bulls——1,71077.23/cwt75.00–79.001,3213
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98046.00/cwt46.00–46.004511
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07946.89/cwt45.00–50.005067
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23553.00/cwt53.00–53.006551
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,044913.75/cwt850.00–935.009,5404

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.