Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2020-10-19

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Oct 19
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
338 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 285▼ 105 vs year ago 443 · −23.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 20▼ 3 vs year ago 31 · −9.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 10.00 lower. Trade moderate with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.46/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$107.46
30 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$529
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$122
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.73
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562108.766118thin
Medium and Large 2464108.1050218thin
Medium and Large 3479102.024884thin
One grade step is worth $6.73/cwt here — about $122 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 sale30 hd
107.46
—
AL average11 barns · 1,150 hd
111.19
−3.73
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—Average1,93372.131,3943thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19845.8054913

Every lot

32 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 · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1295140.00/cwt140.00–140.004131
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330120.98/cwt120.00–122.003992
Heifers—Medium and Large 2358115.99/cwt114.00–118.004152
Heifers—Medium and Large 3385112.00/cwt112.00–112.004311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421113.39/cwt111.00–115.004775
Heifers—Medium and Large 1450114.00/cwt114.00–114.005131
Heifers—Medium and Large 2457107.30/cwt105.00–112.004903
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470102.00/cwt102.00–102.004791
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520102.48/cwt100.00–105.005332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525108.00/cwt108.00–108.005671
Heifers—Medium and Large 353097.04/cwt95.00–99.005142
Heifers—Medium and Large 257398.98/cwt98.00–100.005672
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622102.34/cwt101.00–103.006373
Heifers—Medium and Large 264093.00/cwt93.00–93.005951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678100.51/cwt99.00–102.006812
Heifers—Medium and Large 268087.00/cwt87.00–87.005921
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335136.00/cwt136.00–136.004561
Bulls—Medium and Large 3355128.00/cwt128.00–128.004541
Bulls—Medium and Large 2368133.72/cwt132.00–136.004924
Bulls—Medium and Large 1405131.98/cwt130.00–134.005352
Bulls—Medium and Large 2412124.02/cwt122.00–126.005113
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415118.00/cwt118.00–118.004901
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468118.99/cwt118.00–120.005572
Bulls—Medium and Large 3510110.55/cwt108.00–113.005642
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523113.56/cwt112.00–115.005942
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565108.00/cwt108.00–108.006101
Bulls—Medium and Large 2623100.99/cwt99.00–103.006292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650109.00/cwt109.00–109.007091
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,93372.13/cwt71.00–73.001,3943
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14446.79/cwt44.00–49.005355
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16042.15/cwt41.00–43.004895
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35050.25/cwt50.00–51.006783

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.