Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2021-03-01

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Mar 1
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
268 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 214▲ 35 vs year ago 233 · +15.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 30▼ 7 vs year ago 39 · −17.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 78▲ 44 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 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 4.00 to 9.00 higher. 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 $123.04/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$123.04
41 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$635
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$11
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$6.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.46
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2464124.5257815thin
Medium and Large 1562123.1969321
Medium and Large 3480118.015665thin
One grade step is worth $6.51/cwt here — about $11 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 sale41 hd
123.04
—
AL average16 barns · 1,742 hd
123.51
−0.46
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—Average1,65886.431,4324thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21964.0478014
CowsLean 85-90%Average91362.475702thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44860.008692thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2530144.52/cwt142.00–147.007662
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315144.00/cwt144.00–144.004541
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320138.00/cwt138.00–138.004422
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365134.00/cwt134.00–134.004891
Heifers—Medium and Large 3405123.00/cwt123.00–123.004981
Heifers—Medium and Large 2412129.30/cwt127.00–132.005333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425134.51/cwt134.00–135.005722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460132.00/cwt132.00–132.006071
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467125.01/cwt124.00–126.005843
Heifers—Medium and Large 3478118.68/cwt118.00–119.005673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1512125.40/cwt125.00–126.006425
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522119.31/cwt118.00–121.006233
Heifers—Medium and Large 3560111.00/cwt111.00–111.006221
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563114.49/cwt113.00–116.006452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615114.44/cwt112.00–117.007042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy619120.13/cwt120.00–121.007448
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625108.00/cwt108.00–108.006751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy720112.51/cwt112.00–113.008102
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1230200.00/cwt200.00–200.004601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1303178.96/cwt174.00–184.005422
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335168.00/cwt168.00–168.005631
Bulls—Medium and Large 2413148.37/cwt144.00–153.006135
Bulls—Medium and Large 3413137.66/cwt136.00–140.005693
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460140.25/cwt137.00–144.006454
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510139.97/cwt138.00–143.007144
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520128.00/cwt128.00–128.006661
Bulls—Medium and Large 2521134.05/cwt130.00–137.006984
Bulls—Medium and Large 1566136.25/cwt135.00–137.007714
Bulls—Medium and Large 2578128.96/cwt125.00–132.007453
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605129.00/cwt129.00–129.007801
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620123.00/cwt123.00–123.007631
Bulls—Medium and Large 3635113.00/cwt113.00–113.007181
Bulls—Medium and Large 1705112.00/cwt112.00–112.007901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1760107.00/cwt107.00–107.008131
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,62091.20/cwt89.00–93.001,4772
Bulls——1,69581.65/cwt80.00–84.001,3842
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91362.47/cwt61.00–64.005702
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07059.00/cwt59.00–59.006311
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21362.86/cwt60.00–66.0076210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28869.63/cwt69.00–70.008973
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44860.00/cwt60.00–60.008692
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0012,1002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 31,1201,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.0011,8722
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,025980.00/cwt980.00–980.0010,0451

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.