Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2021-12-06

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Dec 6
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
470 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 407▼ 383 vs year ago 853 · −44.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 32▼ 3 vs year ago 47 · −6.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 0▲ 25 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 steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. 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 $124.39/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$124.39
62 head · 493 lb average
Value per head Derived
$613
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$36
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$4.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.92
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2480125.1460047
Medium and Large 1559122.3768411thin
Medium and Large 3466121.015644thin
One grade step is worth $4.13/cwt here — about $36 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 sale62 hd
124.39
—
AL average16 barns · 1,792 hd
132.30
−7.92
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—Low1,69877.001,3072thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24755.7269517
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48554.538102thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14547.595452thin

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2480156.03/cwt154.00–157.007496
Steers—Medium and Large 2508151.66/cwt150.00–152.007706
Steers—Medium and Large 1558153.96/cwt149.00–155.008596
Steers—Medium and Large 2585142.00/cwt141.00–143.008313
Steers—Medium and Large 1602145.00/cwt145.00–145.008733
Steers—Medium and Large 2612137.41/cwt132.00–139.0084114
Steers—Medium and Large 2660131.03/cwt128.00–133.008653
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2311142.00/cwt142.00–142.004425
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367135.65/cwt135.00–137.004983
Heifers—Medium and Large 3400128.00/cwt128.00–128.005121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405138.00/cwt138.00–138.005591
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418132.96/cwt131.00–135.005566
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458131.50/cwt131.00–132.006022
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470125.00/cwt123.00–129.0058811
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470120.52/cwt120.00–121.005662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520123.00/cwt123.00–123.006401
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525115.00/cwt115.00–115.006041
Heifers—Medium and Large 2531120.00/cwt118.00–121.0063714
Heifers—Medium and Large 2577115.81/cwt115.00–117.006685
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583120.34/cwt119.00–121.007023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625116.70/cwt115.00–118.007293
Heifers—Medium and Large 2633111.00/cwt110.00–112.007033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685111.00/cwt111.00–111.007601
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2363165.51/cwt165.00–166.006012
Bulls—Medium and Large 3418144.01/cwt142.00–145.006023
Bulls—Medium and Large 2421154.68/cwt152.00–156.006516
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430159.48/cwt159.00–160.006862
Bulls—Medium and Large 1455150.38/cwt148.00–155.006843
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468142.67/cwt137.00–145.006686
Bulls—Medium and Large 3483133.02/cwt132.00–134.006422
Bulls—Medium and Large 1508139.52/cwt138.00–141.007092
Bulls—Medium and Large 2516132.59/cwt130.00–136.006845
Bulls—Medium and Large 3540127.00/cwt127.00–127.006861
Bulls—Medium and Large 2558128.48/cwt126.00–130.007176
Bulls—Medium and Large 1585135.02/cwt134.00–137.007903
Bulls—Medium and Large 2628117.55/cwt115.00–120.007384
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635124.25/cwt124.00–125.007894
Bulls—Medium and Large 2710113.00/cwt113.00–113.008021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1763112.50/cwt112.00–113.008582
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,64574.00/cwt74.00–74.001,2171
Bulls——1,75080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,4001
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08748.98/cwt48.00–50.005323
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14547.59/cwt47.00–48.005452
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26655.56/cwt52.00–58.007039
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31060.05/cwt59.00–61.007875
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48554.53/cwt54.00–55.008102
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.00—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.