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Ashville Stockyards

Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-15

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Apr 15

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003

← Apr 8Apr 15Apr 29 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

59 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 72▼ 56 vs year ago 115 · −48.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

28 head

▼ 72 vs last sale 100▼ 152 vs year ago 180 · −84.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady, slaughter bulls sold 10.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. No feeder 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	1,391	142.24	1,979	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,279	133.65	1,709	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,126	131.80	1,484	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	989	110.73	1,095	7thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,342	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,284	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,392	6
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,225	2thin

Every lot

17 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 · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,270	139.65/cwt	138.00–141.00	1,774	3
Bulls	—	—	1,755	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,633	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	948	118.09/cwt	117.00–119.00	1,119	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,000	101.93/cwt	101.00–103.00	1,019	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,008	111.70/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,126	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,110	132.94/cwt	131.00–134.00	1,476	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,148	136.98/cwt	136.00–138.00	1,573	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,150	124.69/cwt	123.00–128.00	1,434	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,212	137.64/cwt	137.00–138.00	1,668	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,323	131.50/cwt	131.00–132.00	1,740	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,390	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,751	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	—	1,150.00/head	1,125.00–1,175.00	1,150	4
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225.00/head	1,175.00–1,275.00	1,225	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,341.67/head	1,200.00–1,400.00	1,342	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335.71/head	1,225.00–1,450.00	1,336	7
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	—	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1

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 Apr 15, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 59Last week 72Year ago 115

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 100Year ago 180

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady, slaughter bulls sold 10.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. No feeder market recorded.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,755	150.00	150.00
3	—	1,270	138.00–141.00	139.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,110	131.00–134.00	132.94
4	—	1,148	136.00–138.00	136.98
5	—	1,150	123.00–128.00	124.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,323	131.00–132.00	131.50
3	—	1,212	137.00–138.00	137.64
1	—	1,390	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,008	109.00–113.00	111.70
2	—	948	117.00–119.00	118.09
2	—	1,000	101.00–103.00	101.93

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	2	—	—	1,875.00	1,875.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,125.00–1,175.00	1,150.00

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	2	—	—	1,175.00–1,275.00	1,225.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	925.00	925.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	1,225.00–1,450.00	1,335.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	1,200.00–1,400.00	1,341.67

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.