Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2021-01-18

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Jan 18
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
428 head
▲ 239 vs last sale 189▲ 36 vs year ago 392 · +9.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 15▲ 8 vs year ago 28 · +28.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 12▲ 10 vs year ago 36 · +27.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good 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 $121.62/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$121.62
45 head · 495 lb average
Value per head Derived
$602
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$53
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$4.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.19
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2469123.4257924
Medium and Large 1544119.7665217thin
Medium and Large 3443118.755254thin
One grade step is worth $4.67/cwt here — about $53 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 sale45 hd
121.62
—
AL average15 barns · 1,636 hd
122.81
−1.19
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—High1,75680.491,4137thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17851.746092thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18151.6661011

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2418160.00/cwt160.00–160.006693
Steers—Medium and Large 1465162.02/cwt160.00–164.007532
Steers—Medium and Large 2480157.00/cwt157.00–157.007541
Steers—Medium and Large 2515141.00/cwt141.00–141.007262
Steers—Medium and Large 2671125.61/cwt124.00–128.008435
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2357135.66/cwt135.00–136.004843
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365130.00/cwt130.00–130.004751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1407135.66/cwt135.00–136.005523
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424126.19/cwt124.00–128.005356
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430119.00/cwt119.00–119.005121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458131.01/cwt130.00–132.006002
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465115.00/cwt115.00–115.005351
Heifers—Medium and Large 2466124.41/cwt120.00–126.005807
Heifers—Medium and Large 3510111.00/cwt111.00–111.005661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518121.00/cwt120.00–122.006272
Heifers—Medium and Large 2526117.83/cwt116.00–119.006205
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565116.00/cwt116.00–116.006554
Heifers—Medium and Large 2583112.65/cwt111.00–114.006573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610113.66/cwt111.00–116.006933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663106.67/cwt106.00–107.007073
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2295172.00/cwt172.00–172.005071
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330168.00/cwt168.00–168.005542
Bulls—Medium and Large 3345160.00/cwt160.00–160.005521
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380157.00/cwt156.00–158.005972
Bulls—Medium and Large 3408137.49/cwt137.00–138.005612
Bulls—Medium and Large 2429146.45/cwt142.00–150.006285
Bulls—Medium and Large 1438158.07/cwt154.00–162.006922
Bulls—Medium and Large 1453141.01/cwt140.00–142.006392
Bulls—Medium and Large 2486134.51/cwt132.00–136.006544
Bulls—Medium and Large 3495127.00/cwt127.00–127.006291
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505133.50/cwt133.00–134.006742
Bulls—Medium and Large 2521127.25/cwt124.00–130.006635
Bulls—Medium and Large 3538119.00/cwt118.00–120.006402
Bulls—Medium and Large 2595120.00/cwt120.00–120.007141
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615114.61/cwt110.00–119.007052
Bulls—Medium and Large 1617122.68/cwt121.00–124.007573
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675115.00/cwt115.00–115.007761
Bulls—Medium and Large 2735105.00/cwt105.00–105.007721
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,72378.88/cwt77.00–83.001,3595
Bulls——1,83884.51/cwt84.00–85.001,5532
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15547.80/cwt46.00–49.005523
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17851.74/cwt49.00–54.006092
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19153.11/cwt51.00–56.006338
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,008848.00/cwt810.00–890.008,54810
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,014941.67/cwt900.00–1,020.009,5496
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,075775.00/cwt750.00–800.008,3312
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,145840.00/cwt840.00–840.009,6181

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.