Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2020-12-07

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Dec 7
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
853 head
▲ 365 vs last sale 488▲ 335 vs year ago 518 · +64.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 42▼ 6 vs year ago 53 · −11.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $146.03/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$146.03
51 head · 445 lb average
Value per head Derived
$650
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$0
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.25
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1424159.6167713thin
Medium and Large 3380144.1754911thin
Medium and Large 2482140.2567627
One grade step is worth $19.36/cwt here — about $0 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 sale51 hd
146.03
—
AL average13 barns · 1,085 hd
133.78
+12.25
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—High1,57679.751,2574thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,17555.006461thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28751.9866911
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15848.065572thin

Every lot

38 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2506142.99/cwt140.00–144.007244
Steers—Medium and Large 2628124.16/cwt123.00–126.007808
Steers—Medium and Large 2668121.00/cwt121.00–121.008082
Steers—Medium and Large 1790118.00/cwt118.00–118.009322
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320146.00/cwt146.00–146.004671
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375136.00/cwt136.00–136.005101
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390128.00/cwt128.00–128.004991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1400130.00/cwt130.00–130.005201
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428126.85/cwt123.00–128.005438
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455127.00/cwt127.00–127.005781
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468120.02/cwt119.00–121.005623
Heifers—Medium and Large 2521114.21/cwt112.00–116.005954
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560111.00/cwt111.00–111.006222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570117.00/cwt117.00–117.006671
Heifers—Medium and Large 1695108.00/cwt108.00–108.007511
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3316149.19/cwt146.00–150.004715
Bulls—Medium and Large 1318176.65/cwt176.00–178.005623
Bulls—Medium and Large 2345160.00/cwt158.00–162.005522
Bulls—Medium and Large 2363159.34/cwt158.00–160.005783
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365170.00/cwt170.00–170.006211
Bulls—Medium and Large 3380146.97/cwt146.00–148.005582
Bulls—Medium and Large 1412165.34/cwt162.00–168.006813
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430156.78/cwt154.00–160.006745
Bulls—Medium and Large 3440144.00/cwt142.00–146.006342
Bulls—Medium and Large 3450136.00/cwt136.00–136.006121
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460154.48/cwt150.00–156.007114
Bulls—Medium and Large 2469143.20/cwt142.00–146.006725
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515122.00/cwt122.00–122.006281
Bulls—Medium and Large 2533128.15/cwt126.00–131.006836
Bulls—Medium and Large 1558130.51/cwt130.00–131.007282
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575121.49/cwt120.00–123.006994
Bulls—Medium and Large 2623117.00/cwt117.00–117.007292
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,23587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,0741
Bulls——1,47072.00/cwt72.00–72.001,0581
Bulls——1,80080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,4402
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15848.06/cwt46.00–50.005572
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,17555.00/cwt55.00–55.006461
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28751.98/cwt50.00–54.0066911

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.