Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2019-09-23

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Sep 23
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
428 head
101 vs last sale 529 428 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
8 vs last sale 40 48 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
10 vs last sale 55 45 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 cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 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 $119.06/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$119.06
31 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$569
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$96
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.78
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2452121.7255022
Medium and Large 3470113.675343thin
Medium and Large 1577112.006466thin
One grade step is worth $9.72/cwt here — about −$96 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
119.06
AL average15 barns · 1,399 hd
118.28
+0.78
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
BullsAverage1,83879.511,4612thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18251.5260920

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 1455122.00/cwt122.00–122.005551
BullsMedium and Large 1601110.00/cwt110.00–110.006615
BullsMedium and Large 2305142.00/cwt142.00–142.004332
BullsMedium and Large 2610107.00/cwt106.00–108.006532
BullsMedium and Large 2363131.39/cwt128.00–133.004773
BullsMedium and Large 2513113.24/cwt112.00–115.005814
BullsMedium and Large 2432124.19/cwt122.00–126.005375
BullsMedium and Large 2467118.62/cwt115.00–121.005546
BullsMedium and Large 3400119.00/cwt119.00–119.004761
BullsMedium and Large 3465112.00/cwt112.00–112.005211
BullsMedium and Large 3545110.00/cwt110.00–110.006001
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy600119.00/cwt119.00–119.007141
HeifersMedium and Large 1500112.00/cwt112.00–112.005601
HeifersMedium and Large 1565111.00/cwt111.00–111.006271
HeifersMedium and Large 1620109.00/cwt109.00–109.006761
HeifersMedium and Large 2355125.00/cwt125.00–125.004441
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 31,0501,015.00/cwt1,010.00–1,020.0010,6584
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,025625.00/cwt600.00–650.006,4062
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,100880.00/cwt880.00–880.009,6801
HeifersMedium and Large 2655107.00/cwt107.00–107.007011
HeifersMedium and Large 2620103.66/cwt103.00–104.006433
HeifersMedium and Large 2518108.25/cwt107.00–109.005614
HeifersMedium and Large 2416117.57/cwt116.00–119.004895
HeifersMedium and Large 2479114.15/cwt112.00–116.005477
HeifersMedium and Large 3445112.00/cwt112.00–112.004981
HeifersMedium and Large 3515105.00/cwt105.00–105.005411
Bulls1,83879.51/cwt78.00–81.001,4612
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24545.00/cwt45.00–45.005601
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27556.00/cwt56.00–56.007141
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17351.63/cwt48.00–54.0060618

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.