Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2019-12-16

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Dec 16
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
531 head
13 vs last sale 518 531 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
8 vs last sale 53 61 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
66 head
14 vs last sale 52 66 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. No feeder cattle reported. Trade active with good demand on slaughter cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$120.00
1 head · 355 lb average
Value per head Derived
$426
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+5.33
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3355120.004261thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
120.00
AL average16 barns · 1,893 hd
114.67
+5.33
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,52473.561,12116
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16647.7455714
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03042.354363thin

Every lot, as filed

10 lots · USDA AMS · Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200880.00/cwt880.00–880.0010,5601
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,100930.00/cwt930.00–930.0010,2301
HeifersMedium and Large 3355120.00/cwt120.00–120.004261
CowsLean 85-90%1,03042.35/cwt41.00–43.004363
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12046.37/cwt43.00–49.005199
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31152.51/cwt52.00–54.006884
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00541.00/cwt41.00–41.004121
Bulls1,47969.83/cwt67.00–73.001,0338
Bulls1,57976.91/cwt74.00–79.001,2147
Bulls1,49580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1961

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.