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Ashville Stockyards

Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-18

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Mar 18

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

47 head

▲ 18 vs last sale 29▲ 8 vs year ago 39 · +20.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

34 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 28▲ 29 vs year ago 5 · +580.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. No feeder cattle market recorded.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,491	138.34	2,063	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,088	123.81	1,347	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,492	123.22	1,838	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	936	101.26	948	5thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,507	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,370	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,208	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,125	10
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,092	3thin

Every lot

19 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,370	130.64/cwt	129.00–133.00	1,790	2
Bulls	—	—	1,436	139.13/cwt	137.00–141.00	1,998	5
Bulls	—	—	1,750	144.07/cwt	143.00–145.00	2,521	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	795	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	851	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	890	95.53/cwt	94.00–97.00	850	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,048	116.73/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,223	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,053	104.13/cwt	103.00–105.00	1,096	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,106	131.09/cwt	129.00–134.00	1,450	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,113	123.58/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,375	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,465	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,846	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,505	121.83/cwt	120.00–124.00	1,834	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	2,283.33/head	2,100.00–2,450.00	2,283	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,887.50/head	1,825.00–1,950.00	1,888	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,715.00/head	1,600.00–1,775.00	1,715	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,437.50/head	1,350.00–1,500.00	1,438	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208.33/head	1,125.00–1,300.00	1,208	3
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	—	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	—	987.50/head	975.00–1,000.00	988	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,091.67/head	1,075.00–1,100.00	1,092	3

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

Mon Mar 18, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 29Year ago 39

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 28Year ago 5

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. No feeder cattle market recorded.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,436	137.00–141.00	139.13
2	—	1,750	143.00–145.00	144.07
2	—	1,370	129.00–133.00	130.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,113	121.00–127.00	123.58
6	—	1,106	129.00–134.00	131.09
6	—	1,048	115.00–120.00	116.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,505	120.00–124.00	121.83
1	—	1,465	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,053	103.00–105.00	104.13
1	—	795	107.00	107.00
2	—	890	94.00–97.00	95.53

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	2,100.00–2,450.00	2,283.33

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,825.00–1,950.00	1,887.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	1,350.00–1,500.00	1,437.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	1,125.00–1,300.00	1,208.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	1,600.00–1,775.00	1,715.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	975.00–1,000.00	987.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,075.00–1,100.00	1,091.67

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.