Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2021-08-16

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Aug 16
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
320 head
▲ 71 vs last sale 249▼ 72 vs year ago 392 · −18.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 44▼ 6 vs year ago 31 · −19.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 28▼ 1 vs year ago 15 · −6.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold mostly steady, feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Trade active with good demand. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $143.42/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$143.42
47 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$714
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.68
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1487150.0573121
Medium and Large 2520138.1371920
Medium and Large 3461137.846366thin
One grade step is worth $12.21/cwt here — about $95 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 sale47 hd
143.42
—
AL average14 barns · 1,301 hd
136.74
+6.68
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—Average1,65095.001,5681thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33968.919234thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27268.9087710
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06565.546984thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2447156.00/cwt156.00–156.006973
Steers—Medium and Large 2465153.33/cwt152.00–154.007133
Steers—Medium and Large 1540155.00/cwt155.00–155.008371
Steers—Medium and Large 2720131.00/cwt131.00–131.009436
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315148.95/cwt148.00–150.004692
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385142.00/cwt142.00–142.005471
Heifers—Medium and Large 3405132.00/cwt132.00–132.005351
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426138.02/cwt136.00–140.005885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455138.00/cwt138.00–138.006281
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465128.00/cwt128.00–128.005951
Heifers—Medium and Large 2479132.84/cwt131.00–134.006366
Heifers—Medium and Large 3517121.67/cwt121.00–122.006293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525130.00/cwt130.00–130.006831
Heifers—Medium and Large 2531125.90/cwt123.00–128.006699
Heifers—Medium and Large 2564118.33/cwt118.00–119.006676
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633124.00/cwt124.00–124.007852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775110.00/cwt110.00–110.008531
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323171.05/cwt170.00–172.005522
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330168.00/cwt168.00–168.005542
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360169.98/cwt168.00–172.006124
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415149.98/cwt148.00–152.006222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425158.00/cwt158.00–158.006722
Bulls—Medium and Large 3432142.02/cwt140.00–144.006143
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468147.34/cwt146.00–150.006903
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468142.18/cwt140.00–145.006655
Bulls—Medium and Large 3483135.49/cwt134.00–137.006542
Bulls—Medium and Large 3505130.00/cwt130.00–130.006571
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520145.00/cwt145.00–145.007541
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523137.78/cwt134.00–142.007214
Bulls—Medium and Large 1567138.83/cwt137.00–144.007876
Bulls—Medium and Large 2613125.45/cwt122.00–131.007694
Bulls—Medium and Large 1628135.00/cwt135.00–135.008482
Bulls—Medium and Large 2677120.97/cwt118.00–124.008193
Bulls—Medium and Large 1715123.00/cwt123.00–123.008791
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,65095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,5681
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06565.54/cwt64.00–68.006984
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17063.99/cwt63.00–65.007492
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25868.78/cwt67.00–71.008656
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29065.00/cwt65.00–65.008391
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35570.22/cwt69.00–72.009513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41874.16/cwt73.00–75.001,0522
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—990.00/cwt980.00–1,000.00—2
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—900.00/cwt900.00–900.00—1
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—850.00/cwt850.00–850.00—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.