Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with light 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 $128.58/cwt on 31 head.

Average price

$128.58

31 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$607

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

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

$14.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.54

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	487	132.71	646	7thin
Medium and Large 2	459	129.79	595	19thin
Medium and Large 3	503	118.20	595	5thin

One grade step is worth $14.51/cwt here — about $52 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

128.58

—

AL average15 barns · 1,456 hd

125.04

+3.54

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	—	Low	1,545	81.51	1,259	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,227	56.70	696	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,075	49.97	537	2thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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	—	460	133.49/cwt	133.00–134.00	614	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	531	122.25/cwt	121.00–124.00	649	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	569	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	409	134.99/cwt	134.00–138.00	552	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	116.01/cwt	115.00–117.00	615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	512	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	129.66/cwt	123.00–131.00	725	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	116.47/cwt	115.00–118.00	658	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	560	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	120.84/cwt	120.00–122.00	558	6
Bulls	—	—	1,350	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,013	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	49.97/cwt	49.00–51.00	537	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	55.43/cwt	53.00–59.00	672	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	60.51/cwt	59.00–62.00	768	2
Bulls	—	—	1,585	80.52/cwt	79.00–82.00	1,276	2
Bulls	—	—	1,660	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	134.52/cwt	132.00–137.00	700	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	310	150.97/cwt	150.00–152.00	468	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	250	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	114.75/cwt	113.00–119.00	602	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	136.99/cwt	136.00–138.00	671	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	674	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	542	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	127.51/cwt	127.00–128.00	593	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	407	125.03/cwt	123.00–128.00	509	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	250	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	127.03/cwt	123.00–130.00	591	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	131.03/cwt	130.00–132.00	541	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	657	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	594	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 Jul 15, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 284Last week 428Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 44Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with light 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
2	—	460	133.00–134.00	133.49
1	—	630	120.00	120.00
1	—	555	122.00	122.00
1	—	525	130.00	130.00
1	—	425	140.00	140.00
1	—	355	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	531	121.00–124.00	122.25
4	—	409	134.00–138.00	134.99
2	—	565	115.00–118.00	116.47
2	—	310	150.00–152.00	150.97
1	—	630	107.00	107.00
1	—	250	160.00	160.00
5	—	465	123.00–130.00	127.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	115.00–117.00	116.01
1	—	560	113.00	113.00
1	—	465	120.00	120.00
1	—	430	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	124.00	124.00
2	—	465	127.00–128.00	127.51
2	—	413	130.00–132.00	131.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	108.00	108.00
1	—	365	132.00	132.00
1	—	325	138.00	138.00
6	—	462	120.00–122.00	120.84
1	—	250	144.00	144.00
4	—	525	113.00–119.00	114.75
3	—	407	123.00–128.00	125.03
2	—	620	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	115.00	115.00
1	—	430	119.00	119.00
1	—	540	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	559	123.00–131.00	129.66
2	—	520	132.00–137.00	134.52
2	—	490	136.00–138.00	136.99
1	—	630	118.00	118.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	75.00	75.00
2	—	1,585	79.00–82.00	80.52
1	—	1,660	90.00	90.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,075	49.00–51.00	49.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,213	53.00–59.00	55.43
2	—	1,270	59.00–62.00	60.51

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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