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Ashville Stockyards

Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Feb 28

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003

← Feb 21Feb 28Mar 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

120 head

▼ 140 vs last sale 260▼ 148 vs year ago 268 · −55.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 23 vs last sale 28▼ 27 vs year ago 32 · −84.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: slaughter cattle too few to trend. Feeder cattle market lightly tested. Trade active with good demand on feeders.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $157.31/cwt on 16 head.

Average price

$157.31

16 head · 451 lb average

Value per head Derived

$709

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$81

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$46.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.57

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	395	174.00	687	2thin
Medium and Large 2	448	156.99	703	13thin
Medium and Large 3	600	128.00	768	1thin

One grade step is worth $46.00/cwt here — about −$81 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 sale16 hd

157.31

—

AL average15 barns · 826 hd

151.73

+5.57

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,583	103.17	1,633	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,150	73.00	840	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,380	72.00	994	1thin

Every lot

27 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	325	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	611	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	495	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	837	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	510	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	816	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	510	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	801	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	574	153.77/cwt	152.00–156.00	883	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	690	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	987	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	725	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	979	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	420	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	601	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	465	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	614	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	137.99/cwt	137.00–139.00	653	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	523	135.51/cwt	134.00–137.00	709	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	730	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	573	133.49/cwt	133.00–134.00	765	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	600	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	762	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	819	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	260	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	507	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	290	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	534	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	305	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	537	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	385	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	631	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	490	151.48/cwt	151.00–153.00	742	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	530	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	811	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	600	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	768	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	635	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	832	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	710	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	880	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,583	103.17/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,633	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,150	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	840	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,380	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	994	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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

Mon Feb 28, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 120Last week 260Year ago 268

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 28Year ago 32

Compared to one week ago: slaughter cattle too few to trend. Feeder cattle market lightly tested. Trade active with good demand on feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	195.00	195.00
1	—	530	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	184.00	184.00
4	—	490	151.00–153.00	151.48
5	—	385	164.00	164.00
1	—	710	124.00	124.00
1	—	305	176.00	176.00
1	—	635	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	169.00	169.00
1	—	510	160.00	160.00
1	—	690	143.00	143.00
1	—	325	188.00	188.00
1	—	725	135.00	135.00
4	—	574	152.00–156.00	153.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	129.00	129.00
1	—	525	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	143.00	143.00
1	—	600	127.00	127.00
2	—	473	137.00–139.00	137.99
2	—	523	134.00–137.00	135.51
2	—	573	133.00–134.00	133.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	132.00	132.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	72.00	72.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	73.00	73.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,583	101.00–105.00	103.17

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.