Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2024-07-15

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Jul 15
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
308 head
▲ 86 vs last sale 222▲ 36 vs year ago 272 · +13.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
98 head
▲ 52 vs last sale 46▲ 24 vs year ago 74 · +32.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 28▲ 29 vs year ago 8 · +362.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 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 $263.48/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −100.40 against this barn's trailing median of $363.88.
Average price
$263.48
29 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,439
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$37.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.24
vs AL average
+5.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557275.681,53512thin
Medium and Large 2531257.131,36515thin
Medium and Large 3595238.001,4162thin
One grade step is worth $37.68/cwt here — about $118 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 sale29 hd
263.48
—
AL average15 barns · 612 hd
252.24
+11.24
National average156 barns · 7,883 hd
257.80
+5.68
This barn, trailing median22 sales
363.88
−100.40
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—Average1,549161.852,5075thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,362141.421,92610
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,128137.271,54974
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,012119.321,2074thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,5617
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,5046
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,3003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,92512

Every lot

61 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1245388.00/cwt388.00–388.009511
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,1521
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390332.00/cwt328.00–334.001,2953
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3395312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,2323
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416329.60/cwt328.00–330.001,37110
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2421319.31/cwt318.00–322.001,3446
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3430306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,3164
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3465292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,3583
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517318.66/cwt318.00–320.001,6476
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3544283.32/cwt282.00–288.001,5419
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1590290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7112
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2645262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,6901
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285298.64/cwt298.00–300.008513
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378301.25/cwt300.00–304.001,1393
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,1013
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2417283.39/cwt280.00–286.001,1826
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3431275.05/cwt270.00–276.001,1856
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,2742
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3466257.92/cwt254.00–260.001,2025
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2531257.13/cwt252.00–262.001,36515
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540271.35/cwt268.00–274.001,4656
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5261
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy575282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,6225
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3595238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,4162
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2609230.51/cwt226.00–232.001,4044
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4762
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3623216.38/cwt212.00–220.001,3486
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3675204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,3771
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2270347.16/cwt340.00–350.009375
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,0812
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3325318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,0342
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1329332.00/cwt328.00–336.001,0926
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,1793
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3386316.50/cwt316.00–318.001,2224
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3405306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,2393
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,3361
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2463292.68/cwt290.00–294.001,3553
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3481276.58/cwt272.00–278.001,3304
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2881
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3535242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,2951
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3570230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3111
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2574240.05/cwt236.00–242.001,3784
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2638232.03/cwt228.00–234.001,4805
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2790216.01/cwt214.00–218.001,7065
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,512156.42/cwt155.00–158.002,3653
Bulls——1,575175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,7561
Bulls——1,635165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,6981
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%995113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,1241
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,017121.42/cwt120.00–122.001,2353
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,034131.18/cwt128.00–133.001,35620
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,135137.00/cwt134.00–139.001,55530
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,198142.69/cwt140.00–145.001,70924
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,338143.52/cwt143.00–145.001,9204
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,378140.02/cwt137.00–142.001,9296
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,537.50/head1,400.00–1,650.001,5386
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,504.17/head1,425.00–1,600.001,5046
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,300.00/head1,225.00–1,375.001,3003
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—2,525.00/head2,500.00–2,550.002,5254
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,700.00/head1,600.00–1,850.001,7006
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—1,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4002

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.