Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2021-09-27

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Sep 27
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
485 head
▲ 164 vs last sale 321▲ 203 vs year ago 282 · +72.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 56▲ 17 vs year ago 39 · +43.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
69 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 40▲ 28 vs year ago 41 · +68.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Trade moderate with best demand on heavyweight feeders. Replacement cattle sold firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $124.47/cwt on 54 head.
Average price
$124.47
54 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$645
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$138
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.35
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568127.1572214thin
Medium and Large 2503124.2262534
Medium and Large 3489119.675856thin
One grade step is worth $7.48/cwt here — about $138 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 sale54 hd
124.47
—
AL average16 barns · 1,447 hd
127.82
−3.35
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—Low1,74083.801,4583thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25262.9778823
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06058.006151thin

Every lot

41 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 2570134.00/cwt134.00–134.007645
Steers—Medium and Large 2662125.82/cwt123.00–128.008335
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2357128.01/cwt127.00–130.004573
Heifers—Medium and Large 3400118.00/cwt118.00–118.004721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410130.00/cwt130.00–130.005331
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413123.49/cwt122.00–125.005106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455125.00/cwt125.00–125.005691
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474117.39/cwt115.00–120.005565
Heifers—Medium and Large 3493110.00/cwt110.00–110.005423
Heifers—Medium and Large 2514113.75/cwt112.00–115.005854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528122.46/cwt121.00–124.006472
Heifers—Medium and Large 2582112.05/cwt110.00–113.006523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1607119.15/cwt118.00–121.007237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700104.00/cwt103.00–105.007282
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2355140.00/cwt140.00–140.004971
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415145.04/cwt142.00–148.006022
Bulls—Medium and Large 2421135.28/cwt130.00–138.005706
Bulls—Medium and Large 3445126.00/cwt126.00–126.005611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1458136.99/cwt136.00–138.006272
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473119.76/cwt119.00–120.005664
Bulls—Medium and Large 2474124.51/cwt123.00–130.0059013
Bulls—Medium and Large 2508122.22/cwt120.00–124.006215
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528126.98/cwt126.00–128.006702
Bulls—Medium and Large 1550124.00/cwt124.00–124.006821
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580118.39/cwt116.00–122.006875
Bulls—Medium and Large 3595113.00/cwt113.00–113.006721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1610122.01/cwt121.00–123.007443
Bulls—Medium and Large 2612115.36/cwt113.00–117.007063
Bulls—Medium and Large 1663120.01/cwt119.00–121.007962
Bulls—Medium and Large 1723116.01/cwt115.00–117.008392
Bulls—Medium and Large 2775104.00/cwt104.00–104.008061
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,70880.20/cwt78.00–82.001,3702
Bulls——1,80591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,6431
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06058.00/cwt58.00–58.006151
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18357.24/cwt56.00–59.006774
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25963.24/cwt61.00–65.0079614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28666.82/cwt66.00–68.008595
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,020.00/cwt990.00–1,040.00—7
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—940.00/cwt900.00–980.00—2
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—933.33/cwt900.00–950.00—3
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—843.33/cwt810.00–880.00—3

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.