Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2023-02-27

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Feb 27
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
192 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 193▲ 72 vs year ago 120 · +60.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 35▲ 38 vs year ago 5 · +760.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 35▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder bulls sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $196.07/cwt on 89 head.
Average price
$196.07
89 head · 443 lb average
Value per head Derived
$869
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$26
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.77
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1403211.0985230
Medium and Large 2468189.6088746
Medium and Large 3448184.2982613thin
One grade step is worth $26.80/cwt here — about $26 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 sale89 hd
196.07
—
AL average16 barns · 1,082 hd
183.30
+12.77
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—High1,600105.531,6898thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52592.001,4031thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12987.6198913
CowsLean 85-90%Low92372.006642thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,0673thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2280236.00/cwt236.00–236.006612
Steers—Medium and Large 1290244.00/cwt244.00–244.007081
Steers—Medium and Large 1357248.00/cwt248.00–248.008853
Steers—Medium and Large 3365188.00/cwt188.00–188.006861
Steers—Medium and Large 1409225.00/cwt225.00–225.009208
Steers—Medium and Large 1615190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1691
Steers—Medium and Large 1680183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,2441
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2279218.50/cwt216.00–220.006104
Heifers—Medium and Large 3280212.00/cwt212.00–212.005941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1292227.37/cwt224.00–234.006643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1313221.30/cwt218.00–228.006933
Heifers—Medium and Large 3333184.08/cwt182.00–186.006132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365216.00/cwt216.00–216.007881
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368192.97/cwt188.00–198.007102
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380179.95/cwt178.00–182.006842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433189.22/cwt184.00–190.0081910
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475158.99/cwt156.00–162.007556
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505174.00/cwt174.00–174.008791
Heifers—Medium and Large 3533151.36/cwt150.00–152.008073
Heifers—Medium and Large 2543167.00/cwt167.00–167.009073
Heifers—Medium and Large 2562158.99/cwt158.00–161.008943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563171.01/cwt168.00–174.009632
Heifers—Medium and Large 3585152.00/cwt152.00–152.008893
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1230230.17/cwt226.00–234.005292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1293233.98/cwt232.00–236.006866
Bulls—Medium and Large 2295228.00/cwt228.00–228.006731
Bulls—Medium and Large 3295212.00/cwt212.00–212.006251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1319230.48/cwt226.00–236.007354
Bulls—Medium and Large 2334220.63/cwt214.00–224.007374
Bulls—Medium and Large 3343208.01/cwt206.00–210.007132
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375209.60/cwt206.00–216.007866
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375202.00/cwt202.00–202.007584
Bulls—Medium and Large 1416200.02/cwt196.00–202.008324
Bulls—Medium and Large 2427189.46/cwt186.00–192.008099
Bulls—Medium and Large 3428182.36/cwt180.00–184.007815
Bulls—Medium and Large 2471186.57/cwt182.00–190.0087912
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475180.00/cwt180.00–180.008552
Bulls—Medium and Large 2511184.28/cwt180.00–188.009428
Bulls—Medium and Large 1543194.01/cwt190.00–196.001,0533
Bulls—Medium and Large 1572190.32/cwt190.00–191.001,0893
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575177.15/cwt174.00–179.001,0195
Bulls—Medium and Large 3575168.00/cwt168.00–168.009662
Bulls—Medium and Large 3605160.00/cwt160.00–160.009681
Bulls—Medium and Large 2623168.50/cwt168.00–169.001,0502
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675167.94/cwt166.00–170.001,1342
Bulls—Medium and Large 2680162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,1021
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,313108.44/cwt107.00–110.001,4242
Bulls——1,56794.90/cwt92.00–96.001,4873
Bulls——1,825114.23/cwt113.00–115.002,0853
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%76575.00/cwt75.00–75.005741
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07893.05/cwt92.00–94.001,0032
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08069.00/cwt69.00–69.007451
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10580.49/cwt80.00–81.008892
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14587.99/cwt85.00–91.001,0079
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,4031
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,066.67/head925.00–1,225.001,0673

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.