Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2022-01-31

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Jan 31
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
420 head
▲ 191 vs last sale 229▲ 178 vs year ago 242 · +73.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 18▲ 36 vs year ago 12 · +300.0%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold 7.00 to 10.00 lower. Trade active with moderate to good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $146.67/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$146.67
44 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$705
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.25
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1450157.6471011thin
Medium and Large 2497143.3371229
Medium and Large 3448140.746304thin
One grade step is worth $16.90/cwt here — about $80 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 sale44 hd
146.67
—
AL average16 barns · 1,236 hd
152.92
−6.25
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—Average1,85590.001,6701thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15869.4780522
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10960.296698thin

Every lot

43 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 2475155.53/cwt154.00–157.007392
Steers—Medium and Large 2513151.51/cwt151.00–152.007772
Steers—Medium and Large 2558148.99/cwt148.00–150.008312
Steers—Medium and Large 2625145.00/cwt145.00–145.009061
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1350145.00/cwt145.00–145.005081
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360138.99/cwt138.00–140.005002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413138.33/cwt137.00–140.005713
Heifers—Medium and Large 2417132.58/cwt130.00–135.005535
Heifers—Medium and Large 3427128.32/cwt128.00–129.005483
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458135.50/cwt135.00–136.006212
Heifers—Medium and Large 3460123.00/cwt123.00–123.005661
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467128.87/cwt127.00–131.006029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505129.01/cwt128.00–130.006522
Heifers—Medium and Large 3510120.00/cwt120.00–120.006122
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529124.40/cwt122.00–126.006585
Heifers—Medium and Large 1550127.00/cwt127.00–127.006991
Heifers—Medium and Large 2588122.00/cwt121.00–123.007172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615121.00/cwt121.00–121.007441
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625115.00/cwt115.00–115.007191
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1280202.00/cwt202.00–202.005661
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330180.00/cwt180.00–180.005941
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330169.05/cwt168.00–170.005582
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365168.00/cwt168.00–168.006131
Bulls—Medium and Large 2368160.61/cwt158.00–162.005913
Bulls—Medium and Large 3405146.48/cwt145.00–148.005932
Bulls—Medium and Large 2407152.41/cwt150.00–154.006205
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410159.01/cwt158.00–160.006523
Bulls—Medium and Large 1455154.00/cwt154.00–154.007011
Bulls—Medium and Large 3460140.00/cwt140.00–140.006441
Bulls—Medium and Large 2469147.47/cwt144.00–152.006925
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520144.50/cwt144.00–145.007512
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520130.00/cwt130.00–130.006761
Bulls—Medium and Large 2529137.63/cwt134.00–140.007285
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555136.00/cwt136.00–136.007551
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565132.02/cwt131.00–133.007462
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625127.50/cwt125.00–130.007974
Bulls—Medium and Large 2662124.99/cwt123.00–126.008273
Bulls—Medium and Large 1700128.00/cwt128.00–128.008961
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,85590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,6701
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10960.29/cwt57.00–62.006698
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13267.70/cwt65.00–71.0076611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15973.18/cwt72.00–76.008489
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30062.52/cwt62.00–63.008132

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.