Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Trade active with best demand on yearling feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $113.72/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$113.72

32 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$590

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$15

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 3

$9.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.02

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	489	115.77	566	17thin
Medium and Large 1	569	113.51	646	10thin
Medium and Large 3	516	107.50	555	4thin
Small 3	520	106.00	551	1thin

One grade step is worth $9.77/cwt here — about $15 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 sale32 hd

113.72

—

AL average15 barns · 1,537 hd

115.74

−2.02

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	1,683	67.27	1,132	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,245	41.56	517	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,188	40.54	482	6thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	405	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	450	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	549	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	109.01/cwt	107.00–110.00	679	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	626	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	367	133.35/cwt	132.00–136.00	489	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	120.96/cwt	120.00–123.00	510	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	115.75/cwt	115.00–118.00	551	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	110.78/cwt	110.00–113.00	574	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	477	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	585	101.99/cwt	101.00–103.00	597	2
Bulls	Small 3	—	520	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	122.45/cwt	120.00–125.00	506	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	115.97/cwt	114.00–118.00	589	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	119.01/cwt	118.00–120.00	500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	91.53/cwt	90.00–93.00	522	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	114.49/cwt	110.00–118.00	531	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	95.65/cwt	95.00–97.00	495	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	486	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	478	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	92.67/cwt	92.00–93.00	477	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	685.00/cwt	630.00–800.00	7,110	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	871	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	131.96/cwt	130.00–134.00	552	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	750	8
Bulls	—	—	2,045	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,513	1
Bulls	—	—	1,562	65.02/cwt	64.00–66.00	1,016	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	42.67/cwt	41.00–44.00	483	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	38.40/cwt	38.00–39.00	477	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,245	41.56/cwt	40.00–43.00	517	2

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 28, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 310Last week 443Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 31Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 42Last week 23Year 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	—	405	128.00	128.00
1	—	450	122.00	122.00
1	—	525	119.00	119.00
1	—	575	112.00	112.00
6	—	623	107.00–110.00	109.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	108.00	108.00
1	—	680	97.00	97.00
1	—	715	94.00	94.00
3	—	367	132.00–136.00	133.35
3	—	422	120.00–123.00	120.96
4	—	476	115.00–118.00	115.75
4	—	518	110.00–113.00	110.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	115.00	115.00
1	—	480	111.00	111.00
2	—	585	101.00–103.00	101.99
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	120.00	120.00
1	—	555	110.00	110.00
1	—	610	98.00	98.00
2	—	413	120.00–125.00	122.45
2	—	508	114.00–118.00	115.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	118.00–120.00	119.01
2	—	570	90.00–93.00	91.53
4	—	464	110.00–118.00	114.49
6	—	517	95.00–97.00	95.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	113.00	113.00
1	—	455	105.00	105.00
3	—	515	92.00–93.00	92.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	720	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	126.00	126.00
2	—	418	130.00–134.00	131.96
8	—	636	118.00	118.00

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)	4	—	1,038	630.00–800.00	685.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,045	74.00	74.00
3	—	1,562	64.00–66.00	65.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,133	41.00–44.00	42.67
3	—	1,243	38.00–39.00	38.40
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	40.00–43.00	41.56

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

Bulls · 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

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Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle