Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2020-02-10

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Feb 10
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
114 head
248 vs last sale 362 114 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
10 vs last sale 28 18 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. Feeder cattle market lightly tested. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $139.34/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$139.34
21 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$639
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$13
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.99
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2451139.8463118thin
Medium and Large 1508139.507082thin
Medium and Large 3495130.006441thin
One grade step is worth $9.84/cwt here — about −$13 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 sale21 hd
139.34
AL average13 barns · 1,120 hd
137.35
+1.99
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
BullsAverage1,67084.491,4112thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12656.326346thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09355.78/cwt52.00–58.006105
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29059.00/cwt59.00–59.007611
HeifersMedium and Large 1650110.00/cwt110.00–110.007151
HeifersMedium and Large 2545122.00/cwt122.00–122.006651
HeifersMedium and Large 1500126.00/cwt126.00–126.006301
HeifersMedium and Large 2485128.00/cwt128.00–128.006211
HeifersMedium and Large 1405140.00/cwt140.00–140.005671
HeifersMedium and Large 2440134.00/cwt134.00–134.005901
BullsMedium and Large 2520130.00/cwt130.00–130.006761
BullsMedium and Large 2424140.94/cwt132.00–147.005984
BullsMedium and Large 3495130.00/cwt130.00–130.006441
BullsMedium and Large 1540135.00/cwt135.00–135.007291
BullsMedium and Large 2635119.00/cwt119.00–119.007561
BullsMedium and Large 2470135.60/cwt126.00–141.006376
BullsMedium and Large 1475144.00/cwt144.00–144.006841
BullsMedium and Large 2580126.00/cwt126.00–126.007311
BullsMedium and Large 2374152.96/cwt150.00–156.005725
Bulls1,67084.49/cwt84.00–85.001,4112

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.