Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2021-08-09

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Aug 9
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
249 head
▼ 62 vs last sale 311▲ 249 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 57▲ 44 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 68▲ 28 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 mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand. Replacement cattle sold sharply higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $142.38/cwt on 64 head.
Average price
$142.38
64 head · 493 lb average
Value per head Derived
$702
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.83
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520144.0474921
Medium and Large 2480142.2868339
Medium and Large 3475134.526394thin
One grade step is worth $9.52/cwt here — about $109 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 sale64 hd
142.38
—
AL average14 barns · 1,571 hd
140.55
+1.83
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—High1,69998.811,6795thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59670.491,1255thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,37568.009351thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21167.9782314

Every lot

43 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2510146.00/cwt146.00–146.007451
Steers—Medium and Large 2598141.00/cwt141.00–141.008433
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355150.00/cwt150.00–150.005331
Heifers—Medium and Large 2381143.99/cwt142.00–146.005494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1400146.00/cwt146.00–146.005841
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415132.00/cwt132.00–132.005481
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423139.34/cwt136.00–142.005896
Heifers—Medium and Large 3455130.00/cwt130.00–130.005921
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463136.23/cwt134.00–138.006319
Heifers—Medium and Large 2519127.68/cwt124.00–130.006636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527133.62/cwt132.00–136.007043
Heifers—Medium and Large 3532120.00/cwt120.00–120.006383
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555124.00/cwt124.00–124.006881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575130.00/cwt130.00–130.007482
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615122.00/cwt122.00–122.007501
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1318170.96/cwt170.00–172.005442
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335168.00/cwt168.00–168.005632
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373161.93/cwt160.00–164.006042
Bulls—Medium and Large 2412148.97/cwt146.00–150.006148
Bulls—Medium and Large 3418142.04/cwt140.00–144.005942
Bulls—Medium and Large 3450133.00/cwt133.00–133.005991
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477140.89/cwt138.00–144.0067213
Bulls—Medium and Large 2514137.29/cwt134.00–139.007067
Bulls—Medium and Large 1531142.26/cwt142.00–144.0075515
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570138.67/cwt138.00–140.007903
Bulls—Medium and Large 2578132.48/cwt130.00–134.007664
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605133.00/cwt133.00–133.008051
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615125.48/cwt124.00–127.007722
Bulls—Medium and Large 3615121.00/cwt121.00–121.007441
Bulls—Medium and Large 2665124.00/cwt124.00–124.008251
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,66595.49/cwt95.00–96.001,5902
Bulls——1,722101.03/cwt100.00–102.001,7403
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14365.53/cwt65.00–67.007496
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24573.00/cwt73.00–73.009091
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26469.34/cwt67.00–72.008767
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,37568.00/cwt68.00–68.009351
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57369.61/cwt67.00–72.001,0954
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,69074.00/cwt74.00–74.001,2511
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,208.75/cwt1,160.00–1,275.00—4
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,087.50/cwt1,050.00–1,125.00—2
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—987.50/cwt950.00–1,025.00—2
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—875.00/cwt850.00–900.00—2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3—1,120.00/cwt1,120.00–1,120.00—2

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.