Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2021-09-20

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Sep 20
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
321 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 329▲ 31 vs year ago 290 · +10.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 50▲ 12 vs year ago 44 · +27.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 52▲ 7 vs year ago 33 · +21.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady. Trade active with good 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 $125.79/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$125.79
50 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$639
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$136
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.71
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555127.2070715thin
Medium and Large 2492126.2662128
Medium and Large 3472120.865717thin
One grade step is worth $6.35/cwt here — about $136 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 sale50 hd
125.79
—
AL average16 barns · 1,966 hd
128.49
−2.71
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—Low1,68492.021,5505thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14664.4173823
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47362.009132thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10859.326573thin

Every lot

59 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 1410174.00/cwt174.00–174.007131
Steers—Medium and Large 2472155.89/cwt155.00–156.007369
Steers—Medium and Large 2520151.98/cwt150.00–154.007902
Steers—Medium and Large 2560145.00/cwt145.00–145.008121
Steers—Medium and Large 1575154.00/cwt154.00–154.008861
Steers—Medium and Large 2630142.00/cwt142.00–142.008951
Steers—Medium and Large 2655138.00/cwt138.00–138.009041
Steers—Medium and Large 1670147.00/cwt147.00–147.009851
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2260153.02/cwt152.00–154.003982
Heifers—Medium and Large 2308143.54/cwt142.00–145.004422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345150.00/cwt150.00–150.005181
Heifers—Medium and Large 3360133.00/cwt133.00–133.004792
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380136.00/cwt136.00–136.005171
Heifers—Medium and Large 3400127.00/cwt127.00–127.005081
Heifers—Medium and Large 2419132.76/cwt130.00–135.005564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432137.33/cwt136.00–138.005933
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468129.00/cwt128.00–130.006043
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470120.00/cwt120.00–120.005641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513129.49/cwt129.00–130.006642
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515116.00/cwt116.00–116.005971
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524123.05/cwt120.00–125.006455
Heifers—Medium and Large 2566119.47/cwt117.00–123.006766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584126.50/cwt123.00–129.007394
Heifers—Medium and Large 3595114.00/cwt114.00–114.006781
Heifers—Medium and Large 3605103.00/cwt103.00–103.006231
Heifers—Medium and Large 2610115.02/cwt113.00–116.007023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623120.36/cwt118.00–124.007503
Heifers—Medium and Large 2660105.50/cwt103.00–108.006962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665115.00/cwt115.00–115.007651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1795105.00/cwt105.00–105.008351
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3355152.00/cwt152.00–152.005401
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375156.00/cwt156.00–156.005851
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420158.52/cwt157.00–160.006662
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424145.17/cwt143.00–147.006166
Bulls—Medium and Large 3445139.00/cwt139.00–139.006191
Bulls—Medium and Large 2464138.53/cwt134.00–142.006434
Bulls—Medium and Large 3465132.00/cwt132.00–132.006141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475144.52/cwt144.00–145.006862
Bulls—Medium and Large 1507138.32/cwt137.00–140.007013
Bulls—Medium and Large 2521133.66/cwt130.00–135.006966
Bulls—Medium and Large 3540126.00/cwt126.00–126.006801
Bulls—Medium and Large 1550127.00/cwt127.00–127.006991
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568123.48/cwt122.00–125.007012
Bulls—Medium and Large 3615110.00/cwt110.00–110.006771
Bulls—Medium and Large 2623117.49/cwt115.00–119.007326
Bulls—Medium and Large 2658114.48/cwt113.00–116.007532
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660119.00/cwt119.00–119.007851
Bulls—Medium and Large 2715112.00/cwt112.00–112.008011
Bulls—Medium and Large 2795106.00/cwt106.00–106.008431
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,55894.00/cwt94.00–94.001,4652
Bulls——1,76595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,6771
Bulls——1,77088.54/cwt88.00–89.001,5672
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%97358.00/cwt58.00–58.005642
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10859.32/cwt59.00–60.006573
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15567.56/cwt67.00–68.007807
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16663.75/cwt60.00–66.0074314
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47362.00/cwt62.00–62.009132
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—830.00/cwt830.00–830.00—1
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—800.00/cwt800.00–800.00—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.