Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower, feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Trade active with 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 $128.42/cwt on 38 head.

Average price

$128.42

38 head · 494 lb average

Value per head Derived

$634

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$31

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

$13.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.44

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	484	133.54	647	15thin
Medium and Large 2	496	126.86	629	17thin
Medium and Large 3	513	120.00	616	6thin

One grade step is worth $13.55/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 sale38 hd

128.42

—

AL average15 barns · 1,973 hd

126.98

+1.44

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	—	High	1,877	78.37	1,471	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,203	53.43	643	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,388	52.86	734	2thin

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	270	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	481	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	631	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	405	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	624	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	455	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	646	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	735	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	238	180.97/cwt	180.00–182.00	431	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	677	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	707	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	140.97/cwt	140.00–142.00	543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	118.52/cwt	116.00–121.00	658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	135.49/cwt	134.00–136.00	589	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	401	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	658	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	117.66/cwt	117.00–119.00	621	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	122.98/cwt	121.00–124.00	643	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	601	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	140.28/cwt	140.00–142.00	606	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	57.58/cwt	56.00–60.00	763	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	126.71/cwt	125.00–130.00	674	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	732	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	156.00/cwt	154.00–158.00	585	2
Bulls	—	—	1,973	81.05/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,599	2
Bulls	—	—	1,685	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,230	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	141.01/cwt	140.00–142.00	599	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	540	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	659	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	485	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	631	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	122.53/cwt	120.00–125.00	684	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	365	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	537	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	469	136.50/cwt	134.00–138.00	640	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	129.68/cwt	128.00–132.00	672	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	146.02/cwt	144.00–148.00	603	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	52.86/cwt	50.00–55.00	734	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,149	51.59/cwt	50.00–55.00	593	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	758	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	255	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	444	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	235	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	414	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	135.02/cwt	134.00–136.00	695	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	688	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	136.53/cwt	135.00–138.00	635	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	129.28/cwt	126.00–134.00	618	3

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 Feb 3, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 362Last week 408Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 21Year 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	—	270	178.00	178.00
1	—	385	164.00	164.00
1	—	405	154.00	154.00
1	—	455	142.00	142.00
1	—	565	130.00	130.00
2	—	238	180.00–182.00	180.97
2	—	515	134.00–136.00	135.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	120.00	120.00
2	—	375	154.00–158.00	156.00
2	—	558	120.00–125.00	122.53
6	—	469	134.00–138.00	136.50
3	—	518	128.00–132.00	129.68
3	—	413	144.00–148.00	146.02
1	—	665	114.00	114.00
1	—	255	174.00	174.00
1	—	235	176.00	176.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	140.00–142.00	141.01
1	—	540	122.00	122.00
1	—	485	130.00	130.00
1	—	365	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	401	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	112.00	112.00
1	—	680	104.00	104.00
2	—	385	140.00–142.00	140.97
2	—	555	116.00–121.00	118.52
4	—	435	134.00–136.00	135.49
4	—	523	121.00–124.00	122.98
3	—	478	126.00–134.00	129.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	117.00–119.00	117.66
1	—	420	128.00	128.00
1	—	485	124.00	124.00
1	—	590	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	432	140.00–142.00	140.28
3	—	532	125.00–130.00	126.71
2	—	555	124.00	124.00
2	—	465	135.00–138.00	136.53
1	—	605	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,325	56.00–60.00	57.58
9	—	1,149	50.00–55.00	51.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,388	50.00–55.00	52.86
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,973	80.00–82.00	81.05
1	—	1,685	73.00	73.00

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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