Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2024-06-24

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Jun 24
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
250 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 263▼ 62 vs year ago 312 · −19.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 112▲ 27 vs year ago 75 · +36.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 39▲ 14 vs year ago 56 · +25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold 5.00 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 $250.98/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −112.90 against this barn's trailing median of $363.88.
Average price
$250.98
10 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,380
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$34
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.45
vs AL average
−18.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530264.001,3994thin
Medium and Large 2563242.301,3656thin
One grade step is worth $21.70/cwt here — about $34 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale10 hd
250.98
—
AL average13 barns · 435 hd
251.43
−0.45
National average153 barns · 8,958 hd
269.28
−18.30
This barn, trailing median22 sales
363.88
−112.90
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—High1,769166.812,9518thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,351140.111,8937thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,112135.991,51241
CowsLean 85-90%High1,048123.471,29410

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)—$1,7833thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,58813
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,3002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,24040
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$1,75812

Every lot

65 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323331.32/cwt330.00–332.001,0703
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,0971
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,1611
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,3591
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,3551
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458308.99/cwt308.00–310.001,4152
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3474290.99/cwt290.00–294.001,3794
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,4751
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528280.65/cwt280.00–282.001,4823
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5261
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2295328.00/cwt328.00–328.009682
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3323314.95/cwt314.00–316.001,0174
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,0865
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,0763
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,1933
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3390285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1122
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3434271.52/cwt270.00–272.001,1784
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3477261.96/cwt256.00–266.001,25013
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,3334
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,3441
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,3994
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2571239.56/cwt236.00–242.001,3685
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy605278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,6824
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2627237.36/cwt234.00–240.001,4883
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3673218.01/cwt214.00–220.001,4673
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,6151
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5441
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280334.00/cwt334.00–334.009352
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3290310.00/cwt310.00–310.008993
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1367327.98/cwt326.00–330.001,2048
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3373304.95/cwt304.00–306.001,1372
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2378313.02/cwt312.00–314.001,1832
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423314.96/cwt314.00–316.001,3322
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2434305.74/cwt302.00–308.001,3278
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,3431
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3495268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,3271
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4143
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533262.99/cwt262.00–264.001,4022
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578244.99/cwt244.00–246.001,4162
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3578233.02/cwt232.00–234.001,3472
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3613225.48/cwt224.00–226.001,3824
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,4631
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,4153
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2720210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5123
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2785208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,6331
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,712163.30/cwt161.00–166.002,7965
Bulls——1,865172.65/cwt170.00–176.003,2203
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,021128.61/cwt126.00–130.001,3134
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,054120.65/cwt119.00–122.001,2725
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,079131.65/cwt129.00–134.001,42121
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,130117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,3221
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,142138.70/cwt135.00–141.001,58414
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,159144.85/cwt143.00–147.001,6796
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,258148.41/cwt146.00–151.001,8672
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,360134.01/cwt133.00–135.001,8233
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,430140.97/cwt140.00–142.002,0162
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—2,578.57/head2,450.00–2,775.002,57914
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,145.45/head1,900.00–2,325.002,14522
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3—1,758.33/head1,650.00–1,875.001,75812
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—1,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5754
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,850.00/head1,800.00–1,875.001,8503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,783.33/head1,725.00–1,825.001,7833
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,589.29/head1,475.00–1,700.001,5897
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,325.00/head1,275.00–1,400.001,3253
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,300.00/head1,175.00–1,425.001,3002

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.