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Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Nov 10
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
305 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 300▼ 19 vs year ago 324 · −5.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 34▲ 3 vs year ago 28 · +10.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 51▼ 12 vs year ago 42 · −28.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold steady. 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 $320.68/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 6 of 22 comparable sales and sits −43.21 against this barn's trailing median of $363.88.
Average price
$320.68
38 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,832
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$252
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.27
vs AL average
−43.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1586324.891,90422
Medium and Large 2557320.811,78710thin
Medium and Large 3542305.011,6526thin
One grade step is worth $19.88/cwt here — about $252 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale38 hd
320.68
—
AL average15 barns · 535 hd
327.95
−7.27
National average183 barns · 20,348 hd
363.96
−43.28
This barn, trailing median22 sales
363.88
−43.21
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—Low1,684179.903,0304thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,533161.732,4806thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,174147.111,7269thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,073131.501,4102thin

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)—$3,1001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,1003thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,2305
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,1502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,5628

Every lot

64 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2405400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6202
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3434370.48/cwt370.00–372.001,6088
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,7663
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3481346.89/cwt344.00–350.001,66911
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2524352.37/cwt348.00–354.001,8466
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3558315.02/cwt310.00–320.001,7582
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2583326.55/cwt322.00–334.001,9046
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9522
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3625298.69/cwt298.00–300.001,8676
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2645304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,9611
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3790280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2122
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2255390.00/cwt390.00–390.009954
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1310400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2408
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2324384.98/cwt380.00–388.001,2477
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4433
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370375.32/cwt374.00–376.001,3893
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417354.25/cwt352.00–360.001,4777
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3465316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,4694
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6632
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3523306.05/cwt302.00–308.001,6013
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2543322.01/cwt320.00–324.001,7496
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3560303.96/cwt300.00–306.001,7023
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578319.02/cwt318.00–320.001,8444
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1586324.89/cwt322.00–332.001,90422
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9362
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3630282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,7773
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,8965
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665281.32/cwt280.00–282.001,8713
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3665270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7962
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1690298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,0562
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0742
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2230445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,0242
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1290445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,2912
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,3652
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1331434.35/cwt430.00–440.001,4389
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1358426.60/cwt420.00–430.001,5273
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3377380.69/cwt378.00–382.001,4353
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2382396.45/cwt394.00–398.001,5145
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423391.35/cwt390.00–392.001,6553
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425365.01/cwt364.00–366.001,5512
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2438369.32/cwt368.00–372.001,6186
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2455350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5932
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3482336.82/cwt332.00–340.001,6235
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528350.23/cwt348.00–352.001,8497
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533345.33/cwt344.00–346.001,8413
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,8702
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3579299.21/cwt296.00–300.001,7325
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,8571
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3638291.22/cwt284.00–294.001,8587
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3690272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,8772
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,605176.83/cwt174.00–179.002,8382
Bulls——1,763182.97/cwt182.00–184.003,2262
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,055134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,4141
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,083144.29/cwt143.00–146.001,5634
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,090129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,4061
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,246149.37/cwt148.00–151.001,8615
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,355152.00/cwt152.00–152.002,0601
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,569163.67/cwt162.00–166.002,5685
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,100.00/head2,900.00–3,300.003,1003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—2,230.00/head2,000.00–2,350.002,2305
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—2,150.00/head1,850.00–2,450.002,1502
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,483.33/head2,350.00–2,650.002,4836

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.