Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.88/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$130.88

34 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$696

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$31

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 3

$12.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.89

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	507	132.82	673	15thin
Medium and Large 3	472	129.99	613	3thin
Medium and Large 1	569	129.86	739	15thin
Small 3	535	120.00	642	1thin

One grade step is worth $12.82/cwt here — about $31 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 sale34 hd

130.88

—

AL average15 barns · 1,216 hd

143.78

−12.89

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	1,671	78.73	1,316	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,211	47.46	575	13

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	—	560	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	824	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	661	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	140.98/cwt	140.00–142.00	646	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	709	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	118.48/cwt	117.00–120.00	786	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	577	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,125	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	8,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	123.50/cwt	122.00–125.00	648	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	131.04/cwt	123.00–136.00	553	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	127.00/cwt	126.00–129.00	601	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	562	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	118.97/cwt	117.00–120.00	622	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	149.53/cwt	146.00–152.00	501	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	128.64/cwt	126.00–132.00	558	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	123.02/cwt	122.00–124.00	520	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	42.39/cwt	42.00–43.00	473	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,395	53.01/cwt	51.00–54.00	739	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	46.64/cwt	45.00–50.00	544	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	771	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	681	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	145.66/cwt	141.00–150.00	604	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	583	126.39/cwt	122.00–131.00	737	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	622	121.99/cwt	121.00–124.00	759	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	549	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	133.98/cwt	132.00–136.00	616	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	633	116.54/cwt	113.00–120.00	738	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	521	127.76/cwt	126.00–130.00	666	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	605	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	485	126.99/cwt	126.00–128.00	616	2
Bulls	Small 3	—	535	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	642	1
Bulls	—	—	1,580	76.97/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,216	3
Bulls	—	—	1,945	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,634	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 Jan 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 392Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 36Last week 0Year ago 0

No trends available

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	129.00	129.00
1	—	710	116.00	116.00
2	—	435	152.00	152.00
2	—	458	140.00–142.00	140.98
2	—	525	135.00	135.00
2	—	663	117.00–120.00	118.48
5	—	622	121.00–124.00	121.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	141.00–150.00	145.66
3	—	583	122.00–131.00	126.39
1	—	335	164.00	164.00
2	—	460	132.00–136.00	133.98
2	—	633	113.00–120.00	116.54
4	—	521	126.00–130.00	127.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	136.00	136.00
2	—	485	126.00–128.00	126.99
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	111.00	111.00
2	—	525	122.00–125.00	123.50
3	—	422	123.00–136.00	131.04
3	—	473	126.00–129.00	127.00
1	—	385	146.00	146.00
1	—	665	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	120.00	120.00
3	—	523	117.00–120.00	118.97
2	—	380	142.00	142.00
4	—	335	146.00–152.00	149.53
6	—	434	126.00–132.00	128.64
1	—	625	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	118.00	118.00
1	—	545	115.00	115.00
2	—	423	122.00–124.00	123.02

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	760.00	760.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,115	42.00–43.00	42.39
3	—	1,395	51.00–54.00	53.01
8	—	1,166	45.00–50.00	46.64
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,580	74.00–79.00	76.97
1	—	1,945	84.00	84.00

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

Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle