Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade active with good 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 $120.70/cwt on 37 head.

Average price

$120.70

37 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$619

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$40

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$8.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.37

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	502	122.00	613	23
Medium and Large 1	547	121.10	662	9thin
Medium and Large 3	502	114.00	572	5thin

One grade step is worth $8.00/cwt here — about $40 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 sale37 hd

120.70

—

AL average15 barns · 1,612 hd

124.07

−3.37

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	1,891	71.99	1,361	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,585	50.50	800	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,146	47.48	544	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	998	40.51	404	4thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	124.51/cwt	124.00–125.00	504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	118.99/cwt	118.00–120.00	545	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	686	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	106.51/cwt	105.00–108.00	618	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	117.99/cwt	116.00–120.00	511	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	113.28/cwt	112.00–115.00	524	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	509	109.18/cwt	108.00–110.00	556	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	475	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	136.47/cwt	135.00–138.00	570	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	132.99/cwt	132.00–134.00	612	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	112.50/cwt	112.00–113.00	692	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	516	1
Bulls	—	—	1,861	73.79/cwt	71.00–75.00	1,373	5
Bulls	—	—	1,965	67.49/cwt	67.00–68.00	1,326	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	535	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	589	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	585	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	455	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	537	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	400	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	496	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	845.00/cwt	820.00–870.00	9,084	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	40.51/cwt	40.00–41.00	404	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,850	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	870	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,320	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	713	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,136	41.66/cwt	40.00–44.00	473	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	54.75/cwt	51.00–57.00	654	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,104	47.29/cwt	45.00–50.00	522	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	502	100.66/cwt	100.00–101.00	505	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	539	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	125.67/cwt	122.00–128.00	594	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	527	117.38/cwt	115.00–122.00	619	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	130.48/cwt	128.00–132.00	561	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	112.69/cwt	110.00–115.00	639	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	668	101.51/cwt	101.00–102.00	678	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	518	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 Nov 18, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 691Last week 436Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 74Last week 20Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 37Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	118.00	118.00
1	—	555	115.00	115.00
1	—	615	110.00	110.00
2	—	405	124.00–125.00	124.51
2	—	458	118.00–120.00	118.99
2	—	653	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	104.00	104.00
1	—	670	100.00	100.00
2	—	350	124.00	124.00
2	—	580	105.00–108.00	106.51
4	—	433	116.00–120.00	117.99
4	—	463	112.00–115.00	113.28
5	—	509	108.00–110.00	109.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	113.00	113.00
3	—	502	100.00–101.00	100.66
1	—	490	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	118.00	118.00
1	—	660	108.00	108.00
1	—	710	100.00	100.00
2	—	418	135.00–138.00	136.47
2	—	460	132.00–134.00	132.99
2	—	615	112.00–113.00	112.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	154.00	154.00
6	—	473	122.00–128.00	125.67
5	—	527	115.00–122.00	117.38
4	—	430	128.00–132.00	130.48
3	—	567	110.00–115.00	112.69
2	—	668	101.00–102.00	101.51
1	—	625	104.00	104.00
1	—	360	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	110.00	110.00
1	—	585	108.00	108.00
1	—	455	118.00	118.00
1	—	400	124.00	124.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,861	71.00–75.00	73.79
2	—	1,965	67.00–68.00	67.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	998	40.00–41.00	40.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,850	47.00	47.00
1	—	1,320	54.00	54.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,136	40.00–44.00	41.66
9	—	1,194	51.00–57.00	54.75
8	—	1,104	45.00–50.00	47.29

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	820.00–870.00	845.00

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

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle