Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2021-08-23

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Aug 23
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
385 head
▲ 65 vs last sale 320▲ 26 vs year ago 359 · +7.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 25▲ 17 vs year ago 29 · +58.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 14▲ 7 vs year ago 16 · +43.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand. 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 $144.26/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$144.26
53 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$709
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$2.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.58
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2486145.0070529
Medium and Large 1528143.9976015thin
Medium and Large 3448142.336379thin
One grade step is worth $2.67/cwt here — about $67 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 sale53 hd
144.26
—
AL average16 barns · 1,530 hd
136.68
+7.58
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—Average1,77495.501,6946thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21068.8683311
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,42366.509462thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,24065.008062thin

Every lot

47 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 2350172.00/cwt172.00–172.006021
Steers—Medium and Large 2440162.00/cwt162.00–162.007131
Steers—Medium and Large 2478158.24/cwt156.00–160.007564
Steers—Medium and Large 2512151.83/cwt150.00–154.007776
Steers—Medium and Large 1515158.00/cwt158.00–158.008141
Steers—Medium and Large 2580142.00/cwt142.00–142.008241
Steers—Medium and Large 2609137.01/cwt135.00–138.008344
Steers—Medium and Large 2710127.00/cwt127.00–127.009021
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320142.00/cwt142.00–142.004541
Heifers—Medium and Large 2383136.66/cwt136.00–138.005233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415140.00/cwt140.00–140.005811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418135.66/cwt132.00–138.005676
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465130.54/cwt128.00–132.006077
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480136.00/cwt136.00–136.006531
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518127.01/cwt126.00–128.006582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525132.00/cwt132.00–132.006931
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525120.00/cwt120.00–120.006302
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565123.47/cwt120.00–127.006982
Heifers—Medium and Large 2613117.49/cwt117.00–118.007202
Heifers—Medium and Large 2657112.99/cwt112.00–114.007423
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3365156.00/cwt156.00–156.005691
Bulls—Medium and Large 2379164.21/cwt162.00–168.006228
Bulls—Medium and Large 2413153.97/cwt150.00–158.006364
Bulls—Medium and Large 3417146.00/cwt144.00–148.006095
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420162.02/cwt160.00–164.006802
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465143.95/cwt140.00–146.006694
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473149.47/cwt148.00–154.007076
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485138.00/cwt138.00–138.006691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520146.49/cwt145.00–148.007622
Bulls—Medium and Large 2524137.38/cwt134.00–140.007205
Bulls—Medium and Large 3540130.00/cwt130.00–130.007021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555139.50/cwt139.00–140.007742
Bulls—Medium and Large 3555127.00/cwt127.00–127.007051
Bulls—Medium and Large 2564133.21/cwt130.00–135.007514
Bulls—Medium and Large 1668124.00/cwt124.00–124.008282
Bulls—Medium and Large 2668119.99/cwt118.00–122.008024
Bulls—Medium and Large 1750119.00/cwt119.00–119.008931
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,77495.50/cwt94.00–99.001,6946
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16865.66/cwt65.00–66.007673
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21469.50/cwt67.00–72.008447
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24065.00/cwt65.00–65.008062
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25564.00/cwt64.00–64.008031
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30574.00/cwt74.00–74.009661
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59069.00/cwt69.00–69.001,0971
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,000.00/cwt950.00–1,050.00—2
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—840.00/cwt840.00–840.00—1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3—1,160.00/cwt1,160.00–1,160.00—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.