Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2023-11-06

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Nov 6
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
428 head
▲ 116 vs last sale 312▲ 126 vs year ago 302 · +41.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
119 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 62▲ 76 vs year ago 43 · +176.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
49 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 43▲ 10 vs year ago 39 · +25.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $193.03/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$193.03
70 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$967
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$191
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.76
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535206.001,1025thin
Medium and Large 2496197.1197845
Medium and Large 3505180.6191120
One grade step is worth $25.39/cwt here — about $191 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 sale70 hd
193.03
—
AL average14 barns · 1,340 hd
203.80
−10.76
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—Low1,732107.641,8648thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,43393.521,34013
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18089.751,05940
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03976.9579917

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)—$1,48611
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,1255
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$9923thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$9333thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$8132thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,53914

Every lot

52 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 1415256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,0621
Steers—Medium and Large 2425246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,0463
Steers—Medium and Large 1515252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,2983
Steers—Medium and Large 2625211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,3193
Steers—Medium and Large 2773196.49/cwt195.00–197.001,5194
Steers—Medium and Large 2900177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,5937
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365192.00/cwt192.00–192.007012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428204.84/cwt202.00–210.0087714
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435190.02/cwt188.00–192.008276
Heifers—Medium and Large 2483202.09/cwt196.00–206.0097616
Heifers—Medium and Large 3520182.00/cwt182.00–182.009462
Heifers—Medium and Large 2521189.70/cwt188.00–192.009887
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,1025
Heifers—Medium and Large 3571172.41/cwt172.00–173.0098410
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,0963
Heifers—Medium and Large 2613176.67/cwt174.00–178.001,0833
Heifers—Medium and Large 2685172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,1782
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3330234.00/cwt234.00–234.007721
Bulls—Medium and Large 3390222.00/cwt222.00–222.008662
Bulls—Medium and Large 3434217.44/cwt216.00–218.0094410
Bulls—Medium and Large 2443243.34/cwt242.00–244.001,0786
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,0423
Bulls—Medium and Large 3467211.99/cwt208.00–214.009903
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,0922
Bulls—Medium and Large 2516202.00/cwt196.00–206.001,0424
Bulls—Medium and Large 3565188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,0621
Bulls—Medium and Large 2579190.51/cwt188.00–198.001,1037
Bulls—Medium and Large 3607175.01/cwt173.00–178.001,0625
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620187.02/cwt186.00–188.001,1602
Bulls—Medium and Large 1630196.02/cwt194.00–198.001,2352
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,2141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1705192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,3541
Bulls—Medium and Large 3745176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,3112
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,598100.49/cwt99.00–102.001,6062
Bulls——1,776110.02/cwt107.00–112.001,9546
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01774.77/cwt72.00–77.0076011
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07880.94/cwt78.00–83.008736
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09685.28/cwt83.00–88.0093519
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24298.16/cwt96.00–101.001,2197
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26491.61/cwt89.00–94.001,15814
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31593.95/cwt91.00–95.001,2354
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41588.07/cwt86.00–89.001,2464
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54297.53/cwt96.00–100.001,5045
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,737.50/head1,725.00–1,750.001,7384
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,460.00/head1,400.00–1,525.001,46010
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,627.78/head1,600.00–1,650.001,6289
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,216.67/head1,150.00–1,325.001,2173
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—991.67/head975.00–1,000.009923
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—987.50/head925.00–1,050.009882
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—933.33/head900.00–1,000.009333
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—850.00/head850.00–850.008502
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—812.50/head775.00–850.008132

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.