Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Trade active with moderate to good 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 $111.71/cwt on 59 head.

Average price

$111.71

59 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$575

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

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

$14.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.05

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	115.43	630	35
Medium and Large 2	468	106.99	501	21
Medium and Large 3	485	101.33	492	3thin

One grade step is worth $14.09/cwt here — about $138 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 sale59 hd

111.71

—

AL average14 barns · 1,850 hd

110.66

+1.05

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	1,800	65.98	1,188	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,288	43.94	566	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,148	42.49	488	30

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	—	295	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	466	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	515	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	548	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	450	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	567	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	639	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	649	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	633	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	357	137.98/cwt	134.00–140.00	493	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	122.98/cwt	122.00–124.00	587	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	514	115.58/cwt	112.00–120.00	594	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	127.16/cwt	124.00–130.00	551	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	455	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	532	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	599	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	560	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	413	121.03/cwt	120.00–122.00	500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	543	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	106.47/cwt	105.00–108.00	599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	635	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	565	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	124.99/cwt	124.00–126.00	447	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	112.47/cwt	111.00–114.00	523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	103.31/cwt	102.00–105.00	532	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	115.24/cwt	114.00–118.00	477	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	465	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	474	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	492	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	900.00/cwt	875.00–925.00	9,675	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,050	840.00/cwt	800.00–880.00	8,820	2
Bulls	—	—	1,730	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,176	1
Bulls	—	—	1,818	65.47/cwt	65.00–67.00	1,190	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	48.05/cwt	46.00–49.00	605	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	985	38.18/cwt	37.00–39.00	376	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	42.92/cwt	40.00–45.00	506	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,288	43.94/cwt	43.00–45.00	566	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 Nov 4, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 403Last week 310Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 57Last week 21Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 42Year 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	—	295	158.00	158.00
1	—	355	145.00	145.00
1	—	415	132.00	132.00
1	—	450	126.00	126.00
1	—	515	124.00	124.00
1	—	555	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	115.00	115.00
3	—	357	134.00–140.00	137.98
3	—	477	122.00–124.00	122.98
5	—	514	112.00–120.00	115.58
6	—	433	124.00–130.00	127.16
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	117.00	117.00
1	—	525	114.00	114.00
1	—	560	109.00	109.00
2	—	413	120.00–122.00	121.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	122.00	122.00
1	—	460	118.00	118.00
1	—	620	100.00	100.00
1	—	725	94.00	94.00
2	—	563	105.00–108.00	106.47
29	—	543	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	95.00	95.00
1	—	670	90.00	90.00
2	—	358	124.00–126.00	124.99
2	—	465	111.00–114.00	112.47
3	—	515	102.00–105.00	103.31
4	—	414	114.00–118.00	115.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	465	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	112.00	112.00
2	—	513	96.00	96.00

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	—	1,075	875.00–925.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,050	800.00–880.00	840.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,730	68.00	68.00
4	—	1,818	65.00–67.00	65.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,260	46.00–49.00	48.05
6	—	985	37.00–39.00	38.18
21	—	1,178	40.00–45.00	42.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,288	43.00–45.00	43.94

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