Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2019-08-19

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Aug 19
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
188 head
133 vs last sale 321 188 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
30 vs last sale 46 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
35 vs last sale 62 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. 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 $122.56/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$122.56
45 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$62
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.36
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535127.0068013thin
Medium and Large 2546120.9366127
Medium and Large 3516119.806185thin
One grade step is worth $7.20/cwt here — about $62 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 sale45 hd
122.56
AL average16 barns · 1,448 hd
119.20
+3.36
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,36576.001,0371thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27154.856977thin

Every lot, as filed

30 lots · USDA AMS · Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1505130.00/cwt130.00–130.006571
BullsMedium and Large 1470132.00/cwt132.00–132.006202
BullsMedium and Large 1608118.00/cwt117.00–119.007172
BullsMedium and Large 1650111.50/cwt111.00–112.007252
BullsMedium and Large 1427142.34/cwt142.00–143.006083
BullsMedium and Large 1573123.67/cwt123.00–124.007093
BullsMedium and Large 2370143.05/cwt142.00–144.005292
BullsMedium and Large 2410131.48/cwt130.00–133.005392
BullsMedium and Large 2470127.38/cwt125.00–129.005993
BullsMedium and Large 2675106.98/cwt105.00–110.007224
BullsMedium and Large 2565119.99/cwt118.00–121.006785
BullsMedium and Large 2624112.40/cwt110.00–114.007015
BullsMedium and Large 2522124.01/cwt122.00–127.006476
BullsMedium and Large 3560116.00/cwt116.00–116.006501
BullsMedium and Large 3470123.00/cwt123.00–123.005782
HeifersMedium and Large 1455122.00/cwt122.00–122.005551
HeifersMedium and Large 1595119.00/cwt119.00–119.007081
HeifersMedium and Large 2565114.00/cwt114.00–114.006441
HeifersMedium and Large 2605109.00/cwt109.00–109.006591
HeifersMedium and Large 2418120.50/cwt120.00–121.005042
HeifersMedium and Large 2465117.97/cwt117.00–119.005492
HeifersMedium and Large 2531115.01/cwt113.00–117.006114
HeifersMedium and Large 3455116.00/cwt116.00–116.005281
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2001,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0013,5002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,088725.00/cwt720.00–730.007,8882
BullsMedium and Large 3540118.50/cwt118.00–119.006402
Bulls1,36576.00/cwt76.00–76.001,0371
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24550.00/cwt50.00–50.006231
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31059.00/cwt59.00–59.007731
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26854.99/cwt53.00–57.006975

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.