Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady. Trade active with light demand on lightweight calves, moderate demand on yearling calves. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.85/cwt on 27 head.

Average price

$107.85

27 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$544

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

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

$10.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.08

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	497	113.44	564	7thin
Medium and Large 2	510	106.62	544	16thin
Medium and Large 3	493	103.00	507	4thin

One grade step is worth $10.44/cwt here — about $57 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

107.85

—

AL average16 barns · 1,832 hd

111.93

−4.08

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	1,698	65.00	1,104	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,191	41.89	499	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,020	40.00	408	1thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	440	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	572	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	634	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	659	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	128.48/cwt	127.00–130.00	588	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	116.49/cwt	115.00–118.00	606	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	113.52/cwt	111.00–116.00	630	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	123.99/cwt	123.00–125.00	533	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	121.67/cwt	120.00–123.00	572	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	96.99/cwt	96.00–98.00	650	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	624	102.24/cwt	101.00–104.00	638	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	547	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	545	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	571	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	651	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	119.01/cwt	118.00–120.00	494	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	117.03/cwt	116.00–118.00	548	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	584	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	106.04/cwt	102.00–109.00	559	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	100.98/cwt	98.00–105.00	581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	113.49/cwt	113.00–115.00	489	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	111.73/cwt	110.00–113.00	521	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	509	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	552	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	733	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	997	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	761	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	820.00/cwt	810.00–830.00	9,742	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,150	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	8,510	1
Bulls	—	—	1,698	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,104	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,043	38.29/cwt	38.00–39.00	399	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	42.97/cwt	40.00–45.00	531	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	408	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 Oct 21, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 443Last week 477Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 43Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 20Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	130.00	130.00
1	—	520	122.00	122.00
1	—	610	108.00	108.00
2	—	458	127.00–130.00	128.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	115.00–118.00	116.49
2	—	555	111.00–116.00	113.52
3	—	430	123.00–125.00	123.99
3	—	470	120.00–123.00	121.67
3	—	670	96.00–98.00	96.99
4	—	624	101.00–104.00	102.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	118.00	118.00
1	—	480	114.00	114.00
1	—	545	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	113.00	113.00
1	—	565	108.00	108.00
1	—	645	101.00	101.00
2	—	415	118.00–120.00	119.01
2	—	468	116.00–118.00	117.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	92.00	92.00
3	—	527	102.00–109.00	106.04
3	—	575	98.00–105.00	100.98
4	—	431	113.00–115.00	113.49
4	—	466	110.00–113.00	111.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	110.00	110.00
1	—	480	106.00	106.00
1	—	515	100.00	100.00
1	—	575	96.00	96.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	733	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	119.00	119.00
4	—	581	131.00	131.00

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)	1	—	1,050	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,188	810.00–830.00	820.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	740.00	740.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,698	65.00	65.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,043	38.00–39.00	38.29
10	—	1,235	40.00–45.00	42.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	40.00	40.00

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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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