Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2021-01-25

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Jan 25
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
378 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 428▼ 30 vs year ago 408 · −7.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 36▲ 16 vs year ago 21 · +76.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 46▲ 31 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 steady to firm. Feeder steers and bulls sold mostly steady, feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade active with good 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 $137.40/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$137.40
57 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$660
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.55
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1509139.5471115thin
Medium and Large 2474138.0165433
Medium and Large 3457131.576019thin
One grade step is worth $7.98/cwt here — about $110 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 sale57 hd
137.40
—
AL average16 barns · 1,446 hd
127.85
+9.55
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—Average1,62383.041,3476thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22955.0267617
CowsLean 85-90%Average96046.004421thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2475150.00/cwt150.00–150.007131
Steers—Medium and Large 1505152.00/cwt152.00–152.007681
Steers—Medium and Large 2518143.62/cwt140.00–148.007446
Steers—Medium and Large 3520137.00/cwt137.00–137.007121
Steers—Medium and Large 2568137.00/cwt136.00–138.007783
Steers—Medium and Large 2627124.51/cwt122.00–125.007816
Steers—Medium and Large 2650120.00/cwt120.00–120.007801
Steers—Medium and Large 1760118.99/cwt117.00–120.009043
Steers—Medium and Large 2775112.03/cwt110.00–114.008682
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2371131.16/cwt129.00–135.004878
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415135.00/cwt135.00–135.005601
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422127.11/cwt125.00–130.005366
Heifers—Medium and Large 3433119.51/cwt118.00–121.005174
Heifers—Medium and Large 2466122.58/cwt119.00–125.005717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475130.44/cwt129.00–132.006202
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485115.00/cwt115.00–115.005581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505121.01/cwt120.00–122.006112
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515104.00/cwt104.00–104.005361
Heifers—Medium and Large 2521110.84/cwt106.00–115.0057713
Heifers—Medium and Large 2571107.02/cwt103.00–110.006114
Heifers—Medium and Large 3585100.00/cwt100.00–100.005851
Heifers—Medium and Large 360094.00/cwt94.00–94.005641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610108.00/cwt108.00–108.006591
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620104.52/cwt104.00–105.006482
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2332164.68/cwt164.00–166.005473
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360160.97/cwt160.00–162.005792
Bulls—Medium and Large 2363156.53/cwt155.00–158.005682
Bulls—Medium and Large 3385145.00/cwt145.00–145.005581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1408152.55/cwt150.00–155.006222
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424144.31/cwt140.00–148.006127
Bulls—Medium and Large 3424136.77/cwt135.00–138.005804
Bulls—Medium and Large 1457147.69/cwt146.00–150.006753
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468137.50/cwt135.00–139.006448
Bulls—Medium and Large 3468126.52/cwt125.00–128.005922
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523136.70/cwt135.00–139.007153
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525122.00/cwt122.00–122.006411
Bulls—Medium and Large 2529128.25/cwt125.00–130.006788
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560130.00/cwt130.00–130.007281
Bulls—Medium and Large 3570117.00/cwt117.00–117.006671
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580124.34/cwt122.00–126.007213
Bulls—Medium and Large 2618119.00/cwt118.00–120.007352
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620123.98/cwt123.00–125.007692
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660120.00/cwt120.00–120.007921
Bulls—Medium and Large 1705115.00/cwt115.00–115.008111
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,53088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,3461
Bulls——1,64182.05/cwt80.00–83.001,3465
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96046.00/cwt46.00–46.004421
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20553.67/cwt50.00–56.0064711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27357.49/cwt57.00–58.007326
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,045810.00/cwt810.00–810.008,4651
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,3501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 31,1001,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0011,5502

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.