Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter classes sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $139.30/cwt on 31 head.

Average price

$139.30

31 head · 450 lb average

Value per head Derived

$627

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$8.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.52

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	493	141.12	696	8thin
Medium and Large 2	433	139.96	606	19thin
Medium and Large 3	446	132.50	591	4thin

One grade step is worth $8.62/cwt here — about $105 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale31 hd

139.30

—

AL average16 barns · 1,430 hd

134.77

+4.52

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

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	1,748	77.46	1,354	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,160	50.48	586	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,670	48.00	802	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	810	45.00	365	1thin

Every lot, as filed

40 lots · USDA AMS · Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	631	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	689	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	746	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	781	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	139.33/cwt	138.00–140.00	711	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	285	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	456	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	511	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	128.60/cwt	126.00–132.00	660	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	135.66/cwt	132.00–140.00	644	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	143.40/cwt	140.00–148.00	592	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	360	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	511	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	410	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	611	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	545	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	503	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	136.53/cwt	135.00–138.00	557	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	114.34/cwt	114.00–115.00	688	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	143.00/cwt	140.00–146.00	450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	121.44/cwt	120.00–123.00	574	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	118.98/cwt	118.00–120.00	634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	139.99/cwt	138.00–142.00	508	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	115.65/cwt	115.00–117.00	662	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	129.62/cwt	128.00–132.00	537	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	529	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	627	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	9,545	1
Bulls	—	—	2,345	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	2,157	1
Bulls	—	—	1,910	80.87/cwt	78.00–84.00	1,545	2
Bulls	—	—	1,563	73.18/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,144	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	50.20/cwt	48.00–52.00	660	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	940	44.14/cwt	43.00–46.00	415	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	55.73/cwt	54.00–59.00	693	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,670	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	802	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	810	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	365	1

How this sale compares

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 13, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 182Last week 365Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 30Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 47Last week 55Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Slaughter classes sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	160.00	160.00
1	—	415	152.00	152.00
1	—	485	142.00	142.00
1	—	565	132.00	132.00
1	—	625	125.00	125.00
3	—	510	138.00–140.00	139.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	160.00	160.00
1	—	325	150.00	150.00
1	—	580	125.00	125.00
2	—	350	146.00	146.00
3	—	513	126.00–132.00	128.60
4	—	475	132.00–140.00	135.66
7	—	413	140.00–148.00	143.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	142.00	142.00
1	—	410	136.00	136.00
1	—	470	130.00	130.00
1	—	545	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	150.00	150.00
1	—	355	145.00	145.00
1	—	455	130.00	130.00
1	—	525	127.00	127.00
2	—	408	135.00–138.00	136.53
3	—	602	114.00–115.00	114.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	140.00–146.00	143.00
2	—	473	120.00–123.00	121.44
2	—	533	118.00–120.00	118.98
3	—	363	138.00–142.00	139.99
3	—	572	115.00–117.00	115.65
5	—	414	128.00–132.00	129.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	123.00	123.00
1	—	545	115.00	115.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,150	830.00	830.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,345	92.00	92.00
2	—	1,910	78.00–84.00	80.87
5	—	1,563	70.00–75.00	73.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,315	48.00–52.00	50.20
4	—	940	43.00–46.00	44.14
5	—	1,243	54.00–59.00	55.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,670	48.00	48.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	45.00	45.00

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.

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Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle