Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2021-04-05

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Apr 5
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
235 head
▲ 52 vs last sale 183▲ 158 vs year ago 77 · +205.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 18▲ 15 vs year ago 6 · +250.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady. 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 $148.47/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$148.47
62 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$774
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$38
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.93
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527151.7980035
Medium and Large 3451150.426787thin
Medium and Large 2537141.9876220
One grade step is worth $9.82/cwt here — about $38 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 sale62 hd
148.47
—
AL average15 barns · 1,160 hd
141.54
+6.93
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—Average2,38593.002,2181thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39768.669593thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12266.647488thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07361.576612thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2368175.06/cwt172.00–178.006442
Steers—Medium and Large 1375186.00/cwt186.00–186.006981
Steers—Medium and Large 2424174.00/cwt174.00–174.007385
Steers—Medium and Large 1465173.29/cwt170.00–176.008063
Steers—Medium and Large 2465164.63/cwt162.00–168.007663
Steers—Medium and Large 3490155.00/cwt155.00–155.007601
Steers—Medium and Large 1505164.00/cwt164.00–164.008283
Steers—Medium and Large 2519151.96/cwt150.00–156.007895
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2300147.00/cwt147.00–147.004411
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370141.00/cwt141.00–141.005221
Heifers—Medium and Large 3410130.00/cwt130.00–130.005331
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418137.12/cwt136.00–139.005737
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423141.69/cwt140.00–143.005993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455140.00/cwt140.00–140.006371
Heifers—Medium and Large 3455125.00/cwt125.00–125.005691
Heifers—Medium and Large 2464133.99/cwt130.00–135.006229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510134.01/cwt131.00–137.006834
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520128.33/cwt125.00–130.006676
Heifers—Medium and Large 3530120.00/cwt120.00–120.006361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576128.85/cwt128.00–129.007427
Heifers—Medium and Large 2582122.02/cwt118.00–124.007103
Heifers—Medium and Large 3595115.00/cwt115.00–115.006841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655119.00/cwt119.00–119.007791
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380178.00/cwt178.00–178.006761
Bulls—Medium and Large 2385168.00/cwt168.00–168.006471
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410170.98/cwt170.00–172.007012
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428164.68/cwt160.00–168.007053
Bulls—Medium and Large 3428156.68/cwt156.00–158.006713
Bulls—Medium and Large 3468145.73/cwt142.00–149.006824
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470166.87/cwt164.00–170.007842
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472152.36/cwt150.00–156.007195
Bulls—Medium and Large 2531140.94/cwt135.00–146.007484
Bulls—Medium and Large 1538150.00/cwt150.00–150.0080725
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560143.50/cwt140.00–147.008044
Bulls—Medium and Large 2585134.00/cwt134.00–134.007841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605135.00/cwt135.00–135.008171
Bulls—Medium and Large 2628125.45/cwt123.00–128.007882
Bulls—Medium and Large 2655120.00/cwt119.00–122.007863
Bulls—Medium and Large 2775107.00/cwt107.00–107.008291
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,38593.00/cwt93.00–93.002,2181
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07361.57/cwt60.00–63.006612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10365.68/cwt64.00–68.007246
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17869.53/cwt69.00–70.008192
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36565.00/cwt65.00–65.008871
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41370.49/cwt69.00–72.009962

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.