Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2024-06-10

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Jun 10
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
253 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 192▼ 34 vs year ago 287 · −11.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 32▼ 20 vs year ago 36 · −55.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 24▲ 2 vs year ago 16 · +12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower, feeder bulls and heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.54/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −107.35 against this barn's trailing median of $363.88.
Average price
$256.54
19 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,406
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$33
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.06
vs AL average
−8.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528267.751,4128thin
Medium and Large 2556255.641,4225thin
Medium and Large 3569242.331,3806thin
One grade step is worth $25.43/cwt here — about $33 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale19 hd
256.54
—
AL average13 barns · 300 hd
249.48
+7.06
National average154 barns · 8,969 hd
265.37
−8.83
This barn, trailing median22 sales
363.88
−107.35
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

22 sales
433388342297median 363.8803/0205/0407/2009/2111/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $419.27, low $310.72, median $363.88 across 22 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,590161.002,5601thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,390140.501,9532thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,134134.521,5267thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,090119.001,2971thin

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)—$1,1752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,0751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,0705
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,7752thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3390306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,1931
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3425296.93/cwt294.00–300.001,2622
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,48110
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3483282.06/cwt278.00–286.001,3622
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4182
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3583253.06/cwt250.00–256.001,4752
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,5288
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1230360.00/cwt360.00–360.008282
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1255356.00/cwt356.00–356.009081
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,0131
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,0691
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3360290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0441
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380301.03/cwt300.00–302.001,1442
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383313.36/cwt312.00–314.001,2003
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425297.33/cwt296.00–300.001,2643
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425279.32/cwt278.00–280.001,1873
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2432287.98/cwt286.00–290.001,2443
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2471277.06/cwt274.00–282.001,3058
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478285.44/cwt284.00–292.001,3647
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3483266.98/cwt266.00–268.001,2902
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514269.36/cwt268.00–272.001,3856
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525258.02/cwt256.00–260.001,3552
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3540248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,3392
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568262.93/cwt260.00–266.001,4932
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2577254.05/cwt248.00–258.001,4663
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3584239.49/cwt238.00–242.001,3994
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3645222.40/cwt222.00–224.001,4345
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3733203.33/cwt202.00–206.001,4903
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2775216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,6742
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275338.04/cwt336.00–340.009304
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280359.18/cwt354.00–364.001,0062
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,1181
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328322.98/cwt320.00–326.001,0592
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3378328.35/cwt324.00–333.001,2412
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2421321.92/cwt318.00–326.001,3554
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3431312.84/cwt310.00–314.001,3485
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3781
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3480278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,3341
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,4631
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525274.30/cwt272.00–276.001,4403
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3528261.95/cwt260.00–264.001,3832
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3580245.97/cwt244.00–248.001,4272
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2582257.32/cwt254.00–260.001,4983
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3615230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4153
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618239.01/cwt238.00–240.001,4772
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3670228.99/cwt228.00–230.001,5342
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6201
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7131
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2735220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6171
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,590161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,5601
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,090119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,2971
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,102128.91/cwt127.00–131.001,4213
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,115142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,5831
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,173137.64/cwt136.00–139.001,6153
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,375138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,8981
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,405143.00/cwt143.00–143.002,0091
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,100.00/head1,000.00–1,175.001,1004
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0751
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—975.00/head975.00–975.009751
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7752

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.