Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade active with moderate 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 $130.38/cwt on 51 head.

Average price

$130.38

51 head · 509 lb average

Value per head Derived

$663

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$93

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

$8.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.47

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	131.49	698	26
Medium and Large 2	484	130.45	632	21
Medium and Large 3	493	122.75	605	4thin

One grade step is worth $8.74/cwt here — about $93 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 sale51 hd

130.38

—

AL average15 barns · 1,606 hd

126.91

+3.47

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	1,587	87.41	1,387	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,207	59.85	723	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,075	52.00	559	1thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	545	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	555	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	450	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	440	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	581	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,117	925.00/cwt	900.00–975.00	10,332	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	13,073	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	16,563	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,090.00/cwt	1,090.00–1,090.00	10,900	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	519	127.81/cwt	125.00–131.00	663	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	471	129.99/cwt	127.00–133.00	612	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	136.48/cwt	135.00–138.00	575	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	121.50/cwt	120.00–123.00	705	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	127.07/cwt	127.00–128.00	717	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	135.19/cwt	133.00–138.00	703	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	112.50/cwt	112.00–113.00	748	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	143.46/cwt	142.00–145.00	588	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	676	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	547	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	305	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	659	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	109.50/cwt	109.00–110.00	688	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	130.67/cwt	130.00–131.00	595	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	651	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	132.99/cwt	132.00–134.00	479	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	121.00/cwt	118.00–123.00	622	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	123.27/cwt	120.00–125.00	577	7
Bulls	—	—	1,410	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,086	1
Bulls	—	—	1,895	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,876	1
Bulls	—	—	1,543	87.02/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,343	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	60.06/cwt	57.00–63.00	718	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	53.60/cwt	50.00–56.00	595	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,304	65.37/cwt	64.00–67.00	852	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	127.00/cwt	126.00–130.00	541	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	408	122.49/cwt	122.00–123.00	500	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	819	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	126.98/cwt	126.00–128.00	861	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	767	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 Aug 5, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 289Last week 288Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 35Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 10Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	133.00	133.00
1	—	515	128.00	128.00
1	—	570	121.00	121.00
2	—	628	109.00–110.00	109.50
3	—	455	130.00–131.00	130.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	115.00	115.00
1	—	620	105.00	105.00
2	—	360	132.00–134.00	132.99
4	—	514	118.00–123.00	121.00
7	—	468	120.00–125.00	123.27
10	—	426	126.00–130.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	118.00	118.00
1	—	515	115.00	115.00
2	—	408	122.00–123.00	122.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	115.00	115.00
1	—	525	120.00	120.00
1	—	450	124.00	124.00
1	—	440	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	519	125.00–131.00	127.81
4	—	471	127.00–133.00	129.99
4	—	421	135.00–138.00	136.48
2	—	580	120.00–123.00	121.50
1	—	600	110.00	110.00
1	—	365	148.00	148.00
1	—	325	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	564	127.00–128.00	127.07
5	—	520	133.00–138.00	135.19
2	—	665	112.00–113.00	112.50
2	—	410	142.00–145.00	143.46
1	—	490	138.00	138.00
1	—	355	154.00	154.00
1	—	305	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	130.00	130.00
2	—	678	126.00–128.00	126.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	130.00	130.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,117	900.00–975.00	925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,245	1,050.00	1,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,250	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	1,090.00	1,090.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	77.00	77.00
1	—	1,895	99.00	99.00
3	—	1,543	85.00–90.00	87.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,196	57.00–63.00	60.06
10	—	1,110	50.00–56.00	53.60
11	—	1,304	64.00–67.00	65.37
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	52.00	52.00

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

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