Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2021-10-25

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Oct 25
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
360 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 332▲ 360 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 53▲ 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 31▲ 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 4.00 to 5.00 higher. 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 $120.16/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$120.16
50 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$610
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$111
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.31
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544123.2367013thin
Medium and Large 2495120.0059432
Medium 1470118.005551thin
Medium and Large 3499112.005594thin
One grade step is worth $11.24/cwt here — about $111 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
120.16
—
AL average16 barns · 1,455 hd
122.47
−2.31
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—Average1,75780.851,4206thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,12060.006721thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26656.9972118
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,19852.006232thin

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 2680129.00/cwt129.00–129.008771
Steers—Medium and Large 1723127.67/cwt127.00–129.009233
Steers—Medium and Large 2740123.00/cwt123.00–123.009101
Steers—Medium and Large 1757124.67/cwt123.00–126.009443
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380136.33/cwt135.00–137.005183
Heifers—Medium and Large 3400120.00/cwt120.00–120.004801
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423125.98/cwt124.00–128.005336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428133.32/cwt133.00–134.005713
Heifers—Medium 1Full470118.00/cwt118.00–118.005551
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472122.61/cwt120.00–125.005797
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485130.00/cwt130.00–130.006311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2503115.43/cwt113.00–118.005817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515125.68/cwt124.00–129.006473
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515110.49/cwt110.00–111.005692
Heifers—Medium and Large 3565107.00/cwt107.00–107.006051
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573113.47/cwt110.00–115.006506
Heifers—Medium and Large 1595118.00/cwt116.00–120.007022
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620109.98/cwt108.00–112.006822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633115.33/cwt115.00–116.007303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665113.00/cwt113.00–113.007511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2665108.00/cwt108.00–108.007181
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2388159.43/cwt156.00–163.006192
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413158.39/cwt155.00–160.006543
Bulls—Medium and Large 3418141.01/cwt140.00–142.005892
Bulls—Medium and Large 2427149.07/cwt146.00–152.006376
Bulls—Medium and Large 1458148.98/cwt148.00–150.006822
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475142.83/cwt140.00–145.006785
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485137.00/cwt137.00–137.006641
Bulls—Medium and Large 2513125.99/cwt125.00–128.006464
Bulls—Medium and Large 1522138.35/cwt135.00–140.007223
Bulls—Medium and Large 3543121.00/cwt120.00–122.006572
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555130.00/cwt130.00–130.007221
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575124.98/cwt124.00–126.007192
Bulls—Medium and Large 3580118.37/cwt117.00–119.006873
Bulls—Medium and Large 2604116.75/cwt114.00–119.007054
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,55072.00/cwt72.00–72.001,1161
Bulls——1,65578.54/cwt78.00–79.001,3002
Bulls——1,89385.33/cwt85.00–86.001,6153
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,12060.00/cwt60.00–60.006721
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15552.41/cwt52.00–53.006055
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19852.00/cwt52.00–52.006232
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29458.48/cwt56.00–61.0075712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,48562.00/cwt62.00–62.009211
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—950.00/cwt950.00–950.00—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.