Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower. 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 $116.76/cwt on 35 head.

Average price

$116.76

35 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$587

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$38

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$4.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.17

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	476	117.63	560	17thin
Medium and Large 1	541	116.59	631	15thin
Medium and Large 3	463	112.67	522	3thin

One grade step is worth $4.97/cwt here — about $38 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 sale35 hd

116.76

—

AL average15 barns · 1,488 hd

121.93

−5.17

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	1,720	84.47	1,453	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,525	57.00	869	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,172	53.90	631	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,075	50.00	538	1thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	360	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	482	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	613	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	128.45/cwt	127.00–130.00	530	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	122.01/cwt	121.00–123.00	622	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	115.96/cwt	115.00–117.00	661	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	612	108.14/cwt	107.00–109.00	662	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	358	128.99/cwt	128.00–130.00	462	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	101.49/cwt	100.00–103.00	644	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	114.66/cwt	113.00–117.00	602	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	469	118.50/cwt	116.00–120.00	556	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	122.57/cwt	120.00–125.00	517	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	400	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	472	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	490	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	549	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	500	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	480	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,069	830.00/cwt	820.00–840.00	8,873	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,100	870.00/cwt	870.00–870.00	9,570	1
Bulls	—	—	1,720	84.47/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,453	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	49.91/cwt	49.00–51.00	569	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	58.85/cwt	58.00–60.00	710	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	52.98/cwt	52.00–56.00	618	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	869	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	117.98/cwt	116.00–120.00	543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	108.01/cwt	106.00–110.00	613	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	572	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	106.99/cwt	106.00–108.00	544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	101.48/cwt	100.00–103.00	566	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	116.26/cwt	115.00–118.00	489	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	111.50/cwt	110.00–114.00	511	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	110.96/cwt	110.00–112.00	460	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	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 12, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 321Last week 289Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 45Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 62Last week 31Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower. 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
1	—	360	134.00	134.00
1	—	490	125.00	125.00
2	—	413	127.00–130.00	128.45
2	—	510	121.00–123.00	122.01
2	—	570	115.00–117.00	115.96
7	—	612	107.00–109.00	108.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	108.00	108.00
2	—	358	128.00–130.00	128.99
2	—	635	100.00–103.00	101.49
3	—	525	113.00–117.00	114.66
4	—	469	116.00–120.00	118.50
5	—	422	120.00–125.00	122.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	118.00	118.00
1	—	490	112.00	112.00
1	—	500	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	120.00	120.00
2	—	460	116.00–120.00	117.98
2	—	568	106.00–110.00	108.01
4	—	518	110.00–111.00	110.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	95.00	95.00
1	—	695	88.00	88.00
2	—	508	106.00–108.00	106.99
2	—	558	100.00–103.00	101.48
4	—	421	115.00–118.00	116.26
4	—	458	110.00–114.00	111.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	107.00	107.00
2	—	415	110.00–112.00	110.96
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	132.00	132.00
1	—	510	125.00	125.00
1	—	555	120.00	120.00

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)	4	—	1,069	820.00–840.00	830.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	870.00	870.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,720	82.00–86.00	84.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,140	49.00–51.00	49.91
5	—	1,206	58.00–60.00	58.85
14	—	1,166	52.00–56.00	52.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,525	57.00	57.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	50.00	50.00

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