Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 4.00 to 5.00 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 $106.21/cwt on 23 head.

Average price

$106.21

23 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$557

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

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

$5.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.25

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	110.19	601	5thin
Medium and Large 2	526	105.13	553	15thin
Medium and Large 3	478	105.00	502	3thin

One grade step is worth $5.19/cwt here — about $99 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 sale23 hd

106.21

—

AL average15 barns · 1,789 hd

112.47

−6.25

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	1,806	76.05	1,373	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,347	49.99	673	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,138	44.86	511	2thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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	—	535	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	626	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	641	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	770	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	116.49/cwt	116.00–117.00	534	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	111.68/cwt	110.00–113.00	573	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	414	121.74/cwt	120.00–125.00	504	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	559	107.02/cwt	104.00–109.00	598	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	618	102.74/cwt	101.00–105.00	635	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	492	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	104.32/cwt	102.00–106.00	645	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	599	1
Bulls	—	—	1,595	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,148	1
Bulls	—	—	1,840	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,472	1
Bulls	—	—	1,850	76.08/cwt	73.00–78.00	1,407	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	46.61/cwt	44.00–48.00	633	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	51.05/cwt	49.00–54.00	686	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,138	44.86/cwt	44.00–46.00	511	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	121.02/cwt	120.00–122.00	433	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	113.98/cwt	113.00–115.00	484	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	103.99/cwt	103.00–105.00	554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	111.99/cwt	111.00–113.00	512	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	672	93.66/cwt	89.00–97.00	629	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	520	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	610	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	732	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 30, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 389Last week 428Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 48Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 4.00 to 5.00 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	—	535	117.00	117.00
1	—	605	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	90.00	90.00
2	—	458	116.00–117.00	116.49
3	—	513	110.00–113.00	111.68
4	—	414	120.00–125.00	121.74
4	—	559	104.00–109.00	107.02
4	—	618	101.00–105.00	102.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	115.00	115.00
1	—	475	111.00	111.00
1	—	530	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	120.00	120.00
1	—	465	118.00	118.00
3	—	618	102.00–106.00	104.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	82.00	82.00
2	—	358	120.00–122.00	121.02
2	—	425	113.00–115.00	113.98
2	—	533	103.00–105.00	103.99
2	—	570	100.00	100.00
3	—	457	111.00–113.00	111.99
3	—	672	89.00–97.00	93.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	110.00	110.00
1	—	470	105.00	105.00
1	—	520	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,595	72.00	72.00
1	—	1,840	80.00	80.00
4	—	1,850	73.00–78.00	76.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,358	44.00–48.00	46.61
16	—	1,343	49.00–54.00	51.05
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,138	44.00–46.00	44.86

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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