Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2022-04-25

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Apr 25
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
262 head
▲ 128 vs last sale 134▲ 22 vs year ago 240 · +9.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 38▲ 29 vs year ago 25 · +116.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
73 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 20▲ 42 vs year ago 31 · +135.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $162.04/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$162.04
44 head · 467 lb average
Value per head Derived
$757
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$24
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$15.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.13
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2418167.8970120
Medium and Large 1518158.3782019thin
Medium and Large 3475152.607255thin
One grade step is worth $15.29/cwt here — about −$24 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
162.04
—
AL average15 barns · 1,034 hd
155.91
+6.13
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—Average1,672103.791,7354thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33381.531,0872thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,11478.5087518
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03063.076507thin

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2420186.00/cwt186.00–186.007811
Steers—Medium and Large 2525168.00/cwt168.00–168.008821
Steers—Medium and Large 2680151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0271
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335154.00/cwt154.00–154.005161
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365152.70/cwt150.00–154.005573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413152.97/cwt152.00–155.006323
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418146.04/cwt144.00–148.006105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455148.00/cwt148.00–148.006731
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465140.34/cwt139.00–142.006533
Heifers—Medium and Large 3500128.00/cwt128.00–128.006401
Heifers—Medium and Large 2539135.98/cwt132.00–138.007336
Heifers—Medium and Large 2567128.64/cwt127.00–130.007293
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625123.52/cwt122.00–125.007722
Heifers—Medium and Large 2660120.00/cwt119.00–121.007922
Heifers—Medium and Large 2745118.00/cwt118.00–118.008791
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2235204.00/cwt204.00–204.004792
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275194.00/cwt194.00–194.005341
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323183.07/cwt182.00–184.005912
Bulls—Medium and Large 2358177.99/cwt176.00–180.006372
Bulls—Medium and Large 1408177.29/cwt175.00–180.007233
Bulls—Medium and Large 2410170.50/cwt168.00–172.006994
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425164.00/cwt164.00–164.006972
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472156.62/cwt155.00–158.007393
Bulls—Medium and Large 1481164.68/cwt162.00–166.007926
Bulls—Medium and Large 3495148.50/cwt148.00–149.007352
Bulls—Medium and Large 1507158.01/cwt155.00–160.008013
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518147.72/cwt145.00–150.007654
Bulls—Medium and Large 3535138.00/cwt138.00–138.007381
Bulls—Medium and Large 2558145.50/cwt145.00–146.008122
Bulls—Medium and Large 1584149.81/cwt149.00–153.008755
Bulls—Medium and Large 1630135.00/cwt135.00–135.008511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660131.00/cwt131.00–131.008651
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,37099.00/cwt99.00–99.001,3561
Bulls——1,772105.39/cwt103.00–107.001,8683
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03063.07/cwt61.00–67.006507
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08873.85/cwt73.00–75.008036
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11778.87/cwt77.00–82.008819
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15886.70/cwt85.00–88.001,0043
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33381.53/cwt81.00–82.001,0872
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,045.00/cwt1,010.00–1,100.00—3
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—940.00/cwt900.00–1,010.00—3
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—860.00/cwt860.00–860.00—1
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—802.50/cwt790.00–820.00—4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,375.00/cwt1,375.00–1,375.00—6

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.