Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to weaker. Trade active with moderate 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 $120.31/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$120.31

32 head · 511 lb average

Value per head Derived

$614

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$38

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$6.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.54

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	124.74	643	11thin
Medium and Large 3	480	119.00	571	3thin
Medium and Large 2	513	117.83	604	18thin

One grade step is worth $6.91/cwt here — about $38 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

120.31

—

AL average16 barns · 1,723 hd

126.85

−6.54

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	1,629	76.27	1,242	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,228	45.27	556	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,099	40.51	445	4thin

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	—	530	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	133.54/cwt	132.00–135.00	625	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	117.50/cwt	117.00–118.00	658	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	136.02/cwt	135.00–138.00	558	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	617	112.32/cwt	111.00–113.00	693	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	605	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	635	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	513	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	698	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,138	707.50/cwt	700.00–710.00	8,051	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	498	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	110.55/cwt	109.00–112.00	628	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	412	116.99/cwt	115.00–118.00	482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	113.32/cwt	112.00–114.00	519	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	104.00/cwt	101.00–106.00	525	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,099	40.51/cwt	38.00–42.00	445	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,450	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	711	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	40.69/cwt	40.00–42.00	481	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	565	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	514	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	556	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	705	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	122.96/cwt	122.00–125.00	584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	119.00/cwt	118.00–120.00	622	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	583	111.97/cwt	110.00–114.00	653	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	414	126.04/cwt	125.00–128.00	522	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	46.93/cwt	45.00–48.00	570	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	485	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	582	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	510	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	587	1
Bulls	—	—	1,527	78.68/cwt	78.00–79.00	1,201	3
Bulls	—	—	1,646	68.92/cwt	67.00–72.00	1,134	4
Bulls	—	—	1,688	81.81/cwt	80.00–84.00	1,381	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	543	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 Dec 9, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 518Last week 504Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 53Last week 44Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 52Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to weaker. Trade active with moderate 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	—	530	125.00	125.00
2	—	468	132.00–135.00	133.54
2	—	560	117.00–118.00	117.50
3	—	410	135.00–138.00	136.02
3	—	617	111.00–113.00	112.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	105.00	105.00
1	—	705	93.00	93.00
3	—	475	122.00–125.00	122.96
4	—	523	118.00–120.00	119.00
4	—	583	110.00–114.00	111.97
5	—	414	125.00–128.00	126.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	120.00	120.00
1	—	510	115.00	115.00
1	—	445	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	110.00	110.00
1	—	525	95.00	95.00
1	—	570	90.00	90.00
1	—	480	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	120.00	120.00
4	—	568	109.00–112.00	110.55
1	—	475	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	98.00	98.00
3	—	412	115.00–118.00	116.99
3	—	458	112.00–114.00	113.32
4	—	505	101.00–106.00	104.00
1	—	565	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	128.00	128.00
1	—	525	133.00	133.00

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	—	1,100	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,138	700.00–710.00	707.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,099	38.00–42.00	40.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	49.00	49.00
3	—	1,182	40.00–42.00	40.69
6	—	1,214	45.00–48.00	46.93
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,527	78.00–79.00	78.68
4	—	1,646	67.00–72.00	68.92
4	—	1,688	80.00–84.00	81.81

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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Ashville Stockyards

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

Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle