Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2021-02-08

Ashville Stockyards

Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Feb 8

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003

← Feb 1Feb 8Feb 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

179 head

▼ 63 vs last sale 242▲ 65 vs year ago 114 · +57.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

16 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 12▼ 2 vs year ago 18 · −11.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

13 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 17▲ 13 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 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher, feeder heifers market lightly tested. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $145.57/cwt on 39 head.

Average price

$145.57

39 head · 452 lb average

Value per head Derived

$658

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$34.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.35

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	433	154.08	667	14thin
Medium and Large 2	445	144.77	644	21
Medium and Large 3	555	120.00	666	4thin

One grade step is worth $34.08/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 sale39 hd

145.57

—

AL average16 barns · 1,126 hd

135.23

+10.35

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,678	91.92	1,542	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,365	62.00	846	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,203	58.17	700	7thin

Every lot

30 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	261	172.81/cwt	172.00–173.00	451	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	307	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	482	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	421	121.59/cwt	120.00–123.00	512	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	586	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	118.62/cwt	116.00–122.00	569	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	545	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	605	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	240	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	461	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	260	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	447	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	304	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	514	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	325	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	553	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	363	167.02/cwt	164.00–170.00	606	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	410	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	648	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	418	149.03/cwt	144.00–154.00	623	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	450	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	585	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	462	142.69/cwt	142.00–144.00	659	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	471	138.51/cwt	136.00–141.00	652	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	510	140.00/cwt	139.00–141.00	714	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	510	132.39/cwt	128.00–135.00	675	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	525	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	656	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	550	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	748	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	563	126.01/cwt	123.00–129.00	709	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	623	122.47/cwt	120.00–125.00	763	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	623	112.49/cwt	111.00–114.00	701	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	650	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	826	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,678	91.92/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,542	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,005	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	653	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,231	60.03/cwt	58.00–62.00	739	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,245	51.03/cwt	50.00–52.00	635	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,365	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	846	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,125	1,040.00/cwt	1,040.00–1,040.00	11,700	1

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

Mon Feb 8, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 179Last week 242Year ago 114

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 12Year ago 18

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 17Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	1,040.00	1,040.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,678	90.00–95.00	91.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,231	58.00–62.00	60.03
1	—	1,005	65.00	65.00
2	—	1,245	50.00–52.00	51.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	62.00	62.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	170.00	170.00
1	—	410	158.00	158.00
3	—	510	139.00–141.00	140.00
1	—	550	136.00	136.00
1	—	650	127.00	127.00
2	—	240	192.00	192.00
2	—	363	164.00–170.00	167.02
3	—	462	142.00–144.00	142.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	120.00–125.00	122.47
3	—	510	128.00–135.00	132.39
6	—	471	136.00–141.00	138.51
1	—	260	172.00	172.00
2	—	418	144.00–154.00	149.03
2	—	563	123.00–129.00	126.01
5	—	304	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	130.00	130.00
2	—	623	111.00–114.00	112.49
1	—	525	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	261	172.00–173.00	172.81
14	—	307	157.00	157.00
1	—	465	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	111.00	111.00
3	—	480	116.00–122.00	118.62
5	—	421	120.00–123.00	121.59

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.