Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2022-06-27

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Jun 27
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
249 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 273▼ 127 vs year ago 376 · −33.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 48▲ 5 vs year ago 58 · +8.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 8▲ 7 vs year ago 33 · +21.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher, with high dressing boning cows up to 101.00 cwt. Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 higher, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $150.62/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$150.62
45 head · 482 lb average
Value per head Derived
$727
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.85
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1485156.5575916thin
Medium and Large 2480148.5671325
Medium and Large 3489139.756834thin
One grade step is worth $16.81/cwt here — about $76 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 sale45 hd
150.62
—
AL average15 barns · 1,108 hd
146.77
+3.85
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—Low1,611107.811,7364thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,56898.231,5402thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25593.521,17419
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08477.628416thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$9935
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$1,1002thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2445170.00/cwt170.00–170.007571
Steers—Medium and Large 1469178.88/cwt176.00–183.008395
Steers—Medium and Large 2570159.00/cwt159.00–159.009061
Steers—Medium and Large 3575151.00/cwt151.00–151.008681
Steers—Medium and Large 2623149.00/cwt149.00–149.009282
Steers—Medium and Large 2665145.00/cwt145.00–145.009641
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360154.99/cwt154.00–156.005582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370162.00/cwt162.00–162.005991
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435152.28/cwt149.00–153.006627
Heifers—Medium and Large 3438142.49/cwt141.00–144.006242
Heifers—Medium and Large 2457146.64/cwt144.00–148.006703
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464155.69/cwt150.00–157.007226
Heifers—Medium and Large 3481134.73/cwt134.00–137.006484
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515138.51/cwt138.00–139.007132
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523130.52/cwt128.00–136.006834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578137.38/cwt132.00–139.007949
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635131.00/cwt131.00–131.008321
Heifers—Medium and Large 2640121.00/cwt121.00–121.007742
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1285194.00/cwt194.00–194.005531
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320174.00/cwt174.00–174.005571
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320168.98/cwt168.00–170.005412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370162.40/cwt160.00–165.006012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380171.95/cwt170.00–174.006532
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415150.00/cwt150.00–150.006231
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435155.66/cwt154.00–158.006773
Bulls—Medium and Large 1438166.50/cwt166.00–167.007292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1457154.97/cwt153.00–156.007083
Bulls—Medium and Large 2464146.18/cwt145.00–148.006786
Bulls—Medium and Large 3465140.00/cwt140.00–140.006511
Bulls—Medium and Large 2514145.02/cwt142.00–147.007457
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520149.96/cwt148.00–152.007803
Bulls—Medium and Large 3538134.49/cwt134.00–135.007242
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570145.08/cwt142.00–148.008272
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573140.77/cwt135.00–158.008074
Bulls—Medium and Large 2635129.00/cwt129.00–129.008191
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665132.00/cwt132.00–132.008781
Bulls—Medium and Large 1785123.00/cwt123.00–123.009661
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,538104.00/cwt102.00–106.001,6002
Bulls——1,683111.62/cwt110.00–113.001,8792
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08477.62/cwt75.00–79.008416
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16590.43/cwt88.00–93.001,0548
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32195.77/cwt92.00–99.001,26511
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56898.23/cwt96.00–101.001,5402
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—993.00/head910.00–1,035.009935
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3—1,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1002

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.