Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2020-11-16

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Nov 16
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
488 head
▲ 313 vs last sale 175▼ 203 vs year ago 691 · −29.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 37▼ 32 vs year ago 74 · −43.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 37▼ 11 vs year ago 27 · −40.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.10/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$131.10
58 head · 595 lb average
Value per head Derived
$781
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$139
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$12.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.06
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2511137.6370428
Medium and Large 1674125.0084330
One grade step is worth $12.63/cwt here — about −$139 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 sale58 hd
131.10
—
AL average11 barns · 1,227 hd
137.16
−6.06
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—Average1,60480.931,29810
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17455.4165010
CowsLean 85-90%Average96850.694912thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2439150.00/cwt150.00–150.006596
Steers—Medium and Large 2487138.64/cwt138.00–142.006759
Steers—Medium and Large 2540136.00/cwt136.00–136.007341
Steers—Medium and Large 2563130.83/cwt130.00–135.0073712
Steers—Medium and Large 1674125.00/cwt125.00–125.0084330
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2366133.00/cwt132.00–134.004874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1400130.00/cwt130.00–130.005201
Heifers—Medium and Large 3405118.00/cwt118.00–118.004781
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421125.01/cwt122.00–128.005264
Heifers—Medium and Large 3455113.00/cwt113.00–113.005141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460126.89/cwt126.00–127.005849
Heifers—Medium and Large 2469118.41/cwt116.00–122.005555
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515106.00/cwt106.00–106.005461
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522113.57/cwt110.00–116.005935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525120.00/cwt120.00–120.006301
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560110.99/cwt110.00–112.006222
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625105.50/cwt103.00–108.006592
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2310166.00/cwt166.00–166.005151
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360154.06/cwt150.00–158.005552
Bulls—Medium and Large 1366165.48/cwt164.00–166.006064
Bulls—Medium and Large 3390144.00/cwt144.00–144.005621
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423136.58/cwt135.00–138.005782
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428144.23/cwt140.00–146.006178
Bulls—Medium and Large 1434155.72/cwt152.00–160.006767
Bulls—Medium and Large 1458140.99/cwt140.00–142.006462
Bulls—Medium and Large 3460127.00/cwt127.00–127.005841
Bulls—Medium and Large 2471134.66/cwt132.00–138.006347
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505132.00/cwt132.00–132.006672
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525126.47/cwt125.00–128.006642
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555130.00/cwt130.00–130.007221
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565125.00/cwt125.00–125.007061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605120.00/cwt120.00–120.007261
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,55477.03/cwt75.00–79.001,1975
Bulls——1,60383.28/cwt82.00–86.001,3354
Bulls——1,85591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,6881
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96850.69/cwt49.00–52.004912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12558.49/cwt57.00–59.006584
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18354.02/cwt53.00–56.006395
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32550.00/cwt50.00–50.006631
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,8001

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.