Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2021-04-12

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Apr 12
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
310 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 235▲ 219 vs year ago 91 · +240.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 21▲ 20 vs year ago 7 · +285.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 0▲ 41 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 mostly steady, feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 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 $133.47/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$133.47
50 head · 490 lb average
Value per head Derived
$655
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.34
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513135.4969414thin
Medium and Large 2481133.9464529
Medium and Large 3485127.466187thin
One grade step is worth $8.03/cwt here — about $77 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 sale50 hd
133.47
—
AL average16 barns · 1,932 hd
133.80
−0.34
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—High1,66392.341,5356thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06968.297307thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41865.459282thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03562.006421thin

Every lot

54 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 2355174.00/cwt174.00–174.006181
Steers—Medium and Large 2415170.00/cwt170.00–170.007061
Steers—Medium and Large 2468158.46/cwt157.00–160.007422
Steers—Medium and Large 2505146.00/cwt146.00–146.007371
Steers—Medium and Large 2827124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0253
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2383144.50/cwt142.00–146.005534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410146.65/cwt146.00–148.006013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423139.03/cwt137.00–144.005887
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423133.58/cwt132.00–135.005652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1459140.00/cwt139.00–141.006434
Heifers—Medium and Large 3468129.03/cwt128.00–130.006042
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473134.83/cwt132.00–136.006387
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508136.00/cwt135.00–137.006912
Heifers—Medium and Large 3520123.49/cwt123.00–124.006422
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524130.02/cwt129.00–132.006815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568131.31/cwt129.00–135.007463
Heifers—Medium and Large 2569125.77/cwt125.00–127.007164
Heifers—Medium and Large 3570120.00/cwt120.00–120.006841
Heifers—Medium and Large 2628118.01/cwt117.00–119.007412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685118.00/cwt118.00–118.008081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705113.00/cwt113.00–113.007971
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1357170.67/cwt170.00–172.006093
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370165.68/cwt165.00–166.006133
Bulls—Medium and Large 3370158.00/cwt158.00–158.005851
Bulls—Medium and Large 1408168.31/cwt167.00–170.006876
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423163.05/cwt160.00–165.006905
Bulls—Medium and Large 3430152.47/cwt150.00–155.006562
Bulls—Medium and Large 3455145.00/cwt145.00–145.006601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470168.00/cwt168.00–168.007901
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470155.89/cwt150.00–162.007336
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518149.48/cwt149.00–150.007742
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525141.55/cwt138.00–146.007437
Bulls—Medium and Large 3540135.00/cwt135.00–135.007291
Bulls—Medium and Large 3555127.00/cwt127.00–127.007051
Bulls—Medium and Large 2563133.97/cwt129.00–137.007543
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570140.51/cwt140.00–141.008012
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630129.98/cwt128.00–132.008192
Bulls—Medium and Large 2655123.00/cwt123.00–123.008061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665127.00/cwt127.00–127.008451
Bulls—Medium and Large 1725120.00/cwt120.00–120.008701
Bulls—Medium and Large 2750110.00/cwt110.00–110.008251
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,2311
Bulls——1,50890.00/cwt90.00–90.001,3573
Bulls——2,01898.52/cwt97.00–100.001,9882
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%95063.00/cwt63.00–63.005991
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03562.00/cwt62.00–62.006421
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06568.41/cwt65.00–70.007295
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21073.00/cwt73.00–73.008831
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41865.45/cwt64.00–67.009282
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,070.00/cwt1,040.00–1,100.00—2
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—1,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.00—1
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—940.00/cwt940.00–940.00—1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,350.00/cwt1,325.00–1,375.00—6
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3—1,116.67/cwt1,100.00–1,125.00—6

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.