Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2021-06-14

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Jun 14
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
250 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 264▲ 250 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 42▲ 39 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 24▲ 21 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. Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Trade active with good demand. 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 $130.96/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$130.96
60 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.76
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1507133.4567626
Medium and Large 2476129.9761931
Medium and Large 3507119.676063thin
One grade step is worth $13.79/cwt here — about $70 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 sale60 hd
130.96
—
AL average16 barns · 1,770 hd
127.20
+3.76
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—Low1,80292.111,6603thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39372.151,0052thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19168.2381316
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01760.996205thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2460153.00/cwt153.00–153.007041
Steers—Medium and Large 2654135.00/cwt135.00–135.008834
Steers—Medium and Large 1709134.00/cwt134.00–134.009504
Steers—Medium and Large 2718121.98/cwt121.00–123.008762
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2343140.50/cwt140.00–141.004822
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373136.01/cwt135.00–138.005075
Heifers—Medium and Large 3410128.00/cwt128.00–128.005251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1414145.50/cwt144.00–146.006024
Heifers—Medium and Large 2417135.32/cwt132.00–137.005647
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463137.76/cwt136.00–139.006384
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475131.40/cwt128.00–133.006245
Heifers—Medium and Large 2500125.50/cwt122.00–129.006282
Heifers—Medium and Large 1511132.48/cwt131.00–134.0067712
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525118.00/cwt118.00–118.006201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1553129.00/cwt129.00–129.007134
Heifers—Medium and Large 3585113.00/cwt113.00–113.006611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2589122.42/cwt116.00–124.007219
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625111.00/cwt111.00–111.006941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1645121.00/cwt121.00–121.007801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1680110.00/cwt110.00–110.007481
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360152.47/cwt150.00–155.005492
Bulls—Medium and Large 2408144.98/cwt144.00–146.005922
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423136.99/cwt135.00–139.005792
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465140.96/cwt138.00–143.006554
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480127.00/cwt127.00–127.006101
Bulls—Medium and Large 3500120.00/cwt120.00–120.006001
Bulls—Medium and Large 2513125.69/cwt124.00–128.006453
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568120.98/cwt120.00–122.006872
Bulls—Medium and Large 2645114.00/cwt114.00–114.007351
Bulls—Medium and Large 2680106.00/cwt106.00–106.007211
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,71394.17/cwt92.00–96.001,6132
Bulls——1,98088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,7421
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01760.99/cwt60.00–64.006205
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13562.91/cwt61.00–64.007144
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19869.11/cwt67.00–72.0082810
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27074.49/cwt74.00–75.009462
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39372.15/cwt70.00–74.001,0052
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3—1,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.00—2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—875.00/cwt875.00–875.00—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.