Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter classes sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Trade active with light demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.45/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$117.45

34 head · 496 lb average

Value per head Derived

$582

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$47

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

$7.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.19

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	497	120.79	600	9thin
Medium and Large 2	497	116.72	580	21
Medium and Large 3	487	113.75	553	4thin

One grade step is worth $7.04/cwt here — about $47 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 sale34 hd

117.45

—

AL average15 barns · 1,487 hd

121.64

−4.19

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	—	Average	1,651	80.14	1,323	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,300	60.00	780	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,190	57.58	685	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	980	51.00	500	1thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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	—	500	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	132.53/cwt	130.00–135.00	746	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	411	143.42/cwt	140.00–146.00	589	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	300	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	462	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	555	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	654	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	517	123.34/cwt	121.00–126.00	638	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	120.71/cwt	117.00–124.00	676	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	133.42/cwt	130.00–136.00	555	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	131.13/cwt	126.00–136.00	616	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	395	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	565	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	556	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	455	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	569	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	128.51/cwt	128.00–129.00	540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	117.50/cwt	117.00–118.00	605	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	111.53/cwt	110.00–113.00	689	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	421	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	686	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	111.50/cwt	111.00–112.00	617	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	101.48/cwt	100.00–103.00	675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	124.29/cwt	122.00–126.00	513	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	117.04/cwt	116.00–119.00	551	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	114.84/cwt	113.00–116.00	596	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	569	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	575	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	1,100.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,125.00	12,375	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	11,825	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	10,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,000	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	8,400	1
Bulls	—	—	1,448	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,187	2
Bulls	—	—	1,705	72.41/cwt	72.00–73.00	1,235	2
Bulls	—	—	1,800	86.00/cwt	85.00–87.00	1,548	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,368	56.93/cwt	54.00–60.00	779	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,052	51.48/cwt	50.00–53.00	542	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	61.72/cwt	60.00–64.00	733	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,300	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	780	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	500	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 Jun 3, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 288Last week 340Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 46Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 54Last week 75Year ago 0

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter classes sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Trade active with light demand on feeder cattle. 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	—	500	135.00	135.00
2	—	563	130.00–135.00	132.53
5	—	411	140.00–146.00	143.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	154.00	154.00
1	—	380	146.00	146.00
1	—	600	109.00	109.00
3	—	517	121.00–126.00	123.34
3	—	560	117.00–124.00	120.71
5	—	416	130.00–136.00	133.42
5	—	470	126.00–136.00	131.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	143.00	143.00
1	—	445	125.00	125.00
1	—	455	120.00	120.00
1	—	525	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	132.00	132.00
1	—	455	125.00	125.00
1	—	555	115.00	115.00
2	—	420	128.00–129.00	128.51
2	—	515	117.00–118.00	117.50
2	—	618	110.00–113.00	111.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	138.00	138.00
1	—	355	132.00	132.00
1	—	635	108.00	108.00
2	—	553	111.00–112.00	111.50
2	—	665	100.00–103.00	101.48
3	—	413	122.00–126.00	124.29
5	—	471	116.00–119.00	117.04
6	—	519	113.00–116.00	114.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	118.00	118.00
1	—	495	115.00	115.00
2	—	518	111.00	111.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,125	1,075.00–1,125.00	1,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	850.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,075.00	1,075.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	960.00	960.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	840.00	840.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,448	82.00	82.00
2	—	1,705	72.00–73.00	72.41
2	—	1,800	85.00–87.00	86.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,368	54.00–60.00	56.93
5	—	1,052	50.00–53.00	51.48
8	—	1,187	60.00–64.00	61.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	60.00	60.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	51.00	51.00

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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Ashville Stockyards

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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