Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.22/cwt on 27 head.

Average price

$109.22

27 head · 486 lb average

Value per head Derived

$531

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$20

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

$7.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.41

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	457	112.06	512	14thin
Medium and Large 1	594	108.40	644	5thin
Medium and Large 3	470	104.75	492	8thin

One grade step is worth $7.31/cwt here — about $20 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 sale27 hd

109.22

—

AL average13 barns · 1,173 hd

113.63

−4.41

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	1,942	77.25	1,500	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,283	57.60	739	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,685	52.00	876	1thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	580	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	680	110.00/cwt	108.00–112.00	748	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	661	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	122.46/cwt	120.00–125.00	530	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	115.49/cwt	115.00–116.00	592	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	103.52/cwt	102.00–105.00	688	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	116.67/cwt	116.00–117.00	560	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	108.67/cwt	105.00–111.00	690	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	371	126.25/cwt	125.00–129.00	468	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	410	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	472	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	540	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	605	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	590	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	113.55/cwt	112.00–115.00	534	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	110.00/cwt	109.00–111.00	625	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	850.00/cwt	800.00–900.00	9,563	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,050	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,350	1
Bulls	—	—	2,150	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,785	1
Bulls	—	—	1,838	74.38/cwt	74.00–75.00	1,367	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	798	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	56.40/cwt	54.00–58.00	711	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,685	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	652	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	605	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	122.45/cwt	121.00–124.00	380	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	107.50/cwt	107.00–108.00	559	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	103.50/cwt	102.00–105.00	580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	115.66/cwt	115.00–116.00	482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	111.31/cwt	109.00–113.00	514	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	448	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	489	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	114.00/cwt	113.00–115.00	439	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	99.75/cwt	97.00–103.00	524	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	563	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 Sep 9, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 167Last week 167Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 20Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 30Year ago 0

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Trade active with very 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	—	580	118.00	118.00
1	—	605	113.00	113.00
2	—	680	108.00–112.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	114.00	114.00
2	—	433	120.00–125.00	122.46
2	—	513	115.00–116.00	115.49
2	—	665	102.00–105.00	103.52
3	—	480	116.00–117.00	116.67
3	—	635	105.00–111.00	108.67
4	—	371	125.00–129.00	126.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	115.00	115.00
1	—	540	112.00	112.00
1	—	590	105.00	105.00
2	—	470	112.00–115.00	113.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	109.00–111.00	110.00
2	—	615	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	120.00	120.00
1	—	630	101.00	101.00
2	—	310	121.00–124.00	122.45
2	—	520	107.00–108.00	107.50
2	—	560	102.00–105.00	103.50
3	—	417	115.00–116.00	115.66
3	—	462	109.00–113.00	111.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	108.00	108.00
1	—	475	103.00	103.00
2	—	385	113.00–115.00	114.00
4	—	525	97.00–103.00	99.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	134.00	134.00

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)	2	—	1,125	800.00–900.00	850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	700.00	700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,150	83.00	83.00
2	—	1,838	74.00–75.00	74.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,330	60.00	60.00
4	—	1,260	54.00–58.00	56.40
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	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

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