Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2022-05-23

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, May 23
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
229 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 241▲ 59 vs year ago 170 · +34.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 16▼ 5 vs year ago 25 · −20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 5.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.65/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$149.65
36 head · 461 lb average
Value per head Derived
$690
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$91
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.75
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1487152.5174313thin
Medium and Large 2443149.3066120
Medium and Large 3467139.676523thin
One grade step is worth $12.84/cwt here — about $91 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 sale36 hd
149.65
—
AL average16 barns · 1,487 hd
137.90
+11.75
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—Low1,57091.001,4291thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33584.001,1212thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06880.068558thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09570.007671thin

Every lot

33 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2545162.00/cwt162.00–162.008831
Steers—Medium and Large 1775142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,1011
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340166.00/cwt166.00–166.005641
Heifers—Medium and Large 2379158.40/cwt156.00–162.006005
Heifers—Medium and Large 2409153.49/cwt150.00–156.006284
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424161.72/cwt159.00–164.006864
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435148.00/cwt148.00–148.006441
Heifers—Medium and Large 3455139.00/cwt139.00–139.006321
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463147.60/cwt145.00–150.006835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467155.95/cwt153.00–159.007286
Heifers—Medium and Large 3510132.00/cwt132.00–132.006731
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529136.50/cwt135.00–138.007224
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555130.00/cwt130.00–130.007221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573135.50/cwt135.00–136.007762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1690129.00/cwt129.00–129.008901
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2338174.73/cwt170.00–178.005913
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360167.08/cwt164.00–170.006012
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415160.77/cwt152.00–165.006676
Bulls—Medium and Large 3445157.00/cwt157.00–157.006991
Bulls—Medium and Large 3465149.00/cwt149.00–149.006931
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473155.04/cwt152.00–157.007333
Bulls—Medium and Large 3505139.00/cwt139.00–139.007021
Bulls—Medium and Large 2526148.69/cwt145.00–155.007826
Bulls—Medium and Large 1533156.55/cwt153.00–160.008342
Bulls—Medium and Large 2579137.67/cwt135.00–143.007976
Bulls—Medium and Large 2613132.94/cwt130.00–136.008152
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,57091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,4291
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01073.00/cwt73.00–73.007371
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04380.41/cwt78.00–83.008396
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09570.00/cwt70.00–70.007671
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,24585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0581
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0841
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,1831

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.