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Ashville Stockyards

Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, May 20

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003

← May 13May 20Jun 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

120 head

▼ 49 vs last sale 169▼ 86 vs year ago 206 · −41.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

21 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 25▼ 6 vs year ago 27 · −22.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 16▲ 0 vs year ago 20 · +0.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower, feeder bulls sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 8.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $278.18/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −93.63 against this barn's trailing median of $371.81.

Average price

$278.18

12 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,473

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$36.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.76

vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	290.87	1,492	7thin
Medium and Large 2	540	270.00	1,458	2thin
Medium and Large 3	562	254.02	1,427	3thin

One grade step is worth $36.85/cwt here — about $65 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale12 hd

278.18

—

AL average14 barns · 229 hd

271.42

+6.76

This barn, trailing median23 sales

371.81

−93.63

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

23 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $460.42, low $316.09, median $371.81 across 23 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	—	High	2,010	161.00	3,236	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,398	131.50	1,838	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,090	124.49	1,357	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	878	113.47	996	2thin

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)	—	$1,525	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,463	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$2,615	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,638	4thin

Every lot

60 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
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,454	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,414	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,507	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,624	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	635	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,562	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,576	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	215	338.98/cwt	338.00–340.00	729	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	283	334.32/cwt	334.00–335.00	946	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	308	347.98/cwt	346.00–350.00	1,072	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	345	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,090	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,109	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	385	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,093	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,248	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,224	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	275.98/cwt	272.00–280.00	1,192	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	435	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,157	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,302	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	271.02/cwt	268.00–274.00	1,282	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	260.97/cwt	258.00–264.00	1,266	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,336	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,323	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,404	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	615	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,292	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,705	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	255	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	852	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,058	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	344.32/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,102	5
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	323	325.93/cwt	324.00–328.00	1,053	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	336.59/cwt	332.00–340.00	1,245	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	324.99/cwt	324.00–326.00	1,202	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	385	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,224	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,352	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	336.03/cwt	334.00–338.00	1,418	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	438	305.01/cwt	304.00–306.00	1,336	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,507	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	468	301.48/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,411	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,404	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	290.87/cwt	290.00–294.00	1,492	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	535	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,434	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,507	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	247.03/cwt	246.00–248.00	1,420	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	622	246.04/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,530	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,530	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,710	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,661	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 3	795	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,622	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,915	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,987	1
Bulls	—	—	2,105	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	3,494	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	878	113.47/cwt	113.00–114.00	996	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,052	126.51/cwt	125.00–128.00	1,331	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,053	117.70/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,239	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,280	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,690	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,305	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,657	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,490	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	2,026	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,112.50/head	1,975.00–2,250.00	2,113	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 3	—	1,637.50/head	1,575.00–1,700.00	1,638	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,462.50/head	1,450.00–1,475.00	1,463	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,437.50/head	1,400.00–1,475.00	1,438	2

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 May 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 120Last week 169Year ago 206

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 25Year ago 27

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 16Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	615	264.00	264.00
1	650–700	685	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	304.00	304.00
1	550–600	575	262.00	262.00
1	600–650	635	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	342.00	342.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	215	338.00–340.00	338.98
3	250–300	283	334.00–335.00	334.32
1	350–400	360	308.00	308.00
3	400–450	432	272.00–280.00	275.98
2	450–500	473	268.00–274.00	271.02
4	500–550	530	252.00	252.00
1	550–600	585	240.00	240.00
1	700–750	735	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	316.00	316.00
1	350–400	385	284.00	284.00
1	400–450	435	266.00	266.00
2	450–500	485	258.00–264.00	260.97
1	550–600	575	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	615	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	346.00–350.00	347.98
1	350–400	395	316.00	316.00
1	400–450	425	288.00	288.00
1	450–500	465	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	336.00	336.00
2	350–400	370	324.00–326.00	324.99
3	400–450	420	322.00	322.00
1	500–550	505	278.00	278.00
1	550–600	575	262.00	262.00
3	600–650	622	242.00–250.00	246.04
1	650–700	665	230.00	230.00
1	700–750	735	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	334.00	334.00
3	300–350	323	324.00–328.00	325.93
1	350–400	385	318.00	318.00
2	400–450	438	304.00–306.00	305.01
4	450–500	468	300.00–306.00	301.48
1	500–550	535	268.00	268.00
2	550–600	575	246.00–248.00	247.03
1	750–800	795	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	320	340.00–348.00	344.32
3	350–400	370	332.00–340.00	336.59
3	400–450	422	334.00–338.00	336.03
2	450–500	465	324.00	324.00
7	500–550	513	290.00–294.00	290.87
1	650–700	695	246.00	246.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	127.00	127.00
1	—	1,490	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,053	115.00–120.00	117.70
1	—	1,280	132.00	132.00
3	—	1,052	125.00–128.00	126.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	878	113.00–114.00	113.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,105	166.00	166.00
1	—	1,915	156.00	156.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,575.00–1,700.00	1,637.50

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	2,950.00	2,950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,975.00–2,250.00	2,112.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,700.00	1,700.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,400.00–1,475.00	1,437.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,450.00–1,475.00	1,462.50

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.