Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2021-09-13

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Sep 13
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
329 head
▲ 105 vs last sale 224▼ 50 vs year ago 379 · −13.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 45▼ 7 vs year ago 57 · −12.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 17▲ 16 vs year ago 36 · +44.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 8.00 lower. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.58/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$126.58
38 head · 510 lb average
Value per head Derived
$646
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.28
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556130.357259thin
Medium and Large 2502125.9563224
Medium and Large 3467122.815745thin
One grade step is worth $7.54/cwt here — about $152 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 sale38 hd
126.58
—
AL average15 barns · 1,812 hd
129.86
−3.28
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—Low1,80592.551,6718thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23867.2783316
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18065.007671thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2460152.00/cwt152.00–152.006991
Steers—Medium and Large 2515145.68/cwt145.00–147.007503
Steers—Medium and Large 2773122.97/cwt122.00–124.009512
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325139.00/cwt139.00–139.004521
Heifers—Medium and Large 2355134.99/cwt134.00–136.004792
Heifers—Medium and Large 3385130.00/cwt130.00–130.005011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435132.75/cwt130.00–135.005774
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435126.52/cwt125.00–128.005502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475136.56/cwt135.00–138.006492
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478129.98/cwt128.00–132.006214
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515116.00/cwt116.00–116.005971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518134.67/cwt134.00–135.006983
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523124.57/cwt120.00–128.006525
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565119.98/cwt118.00–122.006784
Heifers—Medium and Large 3565115.00/cwt115.00–115.006501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583126.99/cwt125.00–129.007402
Heifers—Medium and Large 2619115.01/cwt113.00–119.007124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668121.02/cwt120.00–122.008082
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2363160.02/cwt158.00–162.005813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375164.00/cwt164.00–164.006152
Bulls—Medium and Large 3400138.00/cwt138.00–138.005521
Bulls—Medium and Large 2411143.98/cwt142.00–146.005924
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465138.30/cwt135.00–142.006434
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485132.00/cwt132.00–132.006401
Bulls—Medium and Large 2521129.26/cwt128.00–130.006734
Bulls—Medium and Large 1535136.00/cwt136.00–136.007281
Bulls—Medium and Large 3540125.00/cwt125.00–125.006751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1558133.01/cwt130.00–136.007422
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565123.98/cwt122.00–126.007002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615130.46/cwt128.00–133.008022
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620121.01/cwt120.00–122.007502
Bulls—Medium and Large 2655119.00/cwt119.00–119.007791
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,60088.67/cwt88.00–89.001,4193
Bulls——1,92894.88/cwt92.00–98.001,8295
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18065.00/cwt65.00–65.007671
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22966.23/cwt62.00–68.0081411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25869.55/cwt69.00–71.008755
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—980.00/cwt980.00–980.00—2
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—950.00/cwt900.00–1,000.00—2
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—830.00/cwt800.00–860.00—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.