Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2023-04-17

Ashville Stockyards

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Apr 17
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
▲ 88 vs last sale 27▲ 77 vs year ago 38 · +202.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
180 head
▲ 161 vs last sale 19▲ 160 vs year ago 20 · +800.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 7.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. No feeder market reported.

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—Average1,756120.732,1207thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14396.811,10737
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,36995.851,3126thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low97185.7883317

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)—$1,08432
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,00230
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$9882thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,27776
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$71814

Every lot

22 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
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,711118.98/cwt116.00–121.002,0365
Bulls——1,870125.09/cwt123.00–128.002,3392
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90692.08/cwt89.00–94.008346
Cows—Lean 85-90%98880.87/cwt80.00–81.007997
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03884.92/cwt82.00–87.008814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07098.07/cwt96.00–101.001,04911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12491.62/cwt89.00–94.001,03016
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255103.73/cwt102.00–106.001,30210
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33092.78/cwt90.00–95.001,2344
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,420100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,4201
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,475104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,5341
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,546.88/head1,475.00–1,600.001,54716
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,301.47/head1,200.00–1,450.001,30134
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—1,078.85/head925.00–1,175.001,07926
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,375.00/head1,350.00–1,400.001,3752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,312.50/head1,275.00–1,350.001,3134
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,141.67/head1,000.00–1,250.001,14218
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,105.56/head1,025.00–1,225.001,1069
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—987.50/head975.00–1,000.009882
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—913.16/head800.00–1,000.0091319
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—890.00/head850.00–950.0089010
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—717.86/head650.00–900.0071814

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.