Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2020-03-16

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Mar 16
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
51 head
198 vs last sale 249 51 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
7 vs last sale 25 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
26 vs last sale 46 20 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 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle were too lightly tested for adequate market test, however a sharply lower undertone is noted. Trade active with light to moderate 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 $108.13/cwt on 8 head.
Average price
$108.13
8 head · 467 lb average
Value per head Derived
$505
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$9
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.24
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1459111.005094thin
Medium and Large 2475105.255004thin
One grade step is worth $5.75/cwt here — about $9 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 sale8 hd
108.13
AL average15 barns · 1,643 hd
118.37
−10.24
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
BullsHigh1,67390.001,5052thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,07160.036437thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93352.554902thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 2500104.00/cwt104.00–104.005201
HeifersMedium and Large 1478110.00/cwt110.00–110.005263
HeifersMedium and Large 1400114.00/cwt114.00–114.004561
HeifersMedium and Large 2467105.67/cwt104.00–107.004933
BullsMedium and Large 2415124.00/cwt124.00–124.005151
BullsMedium and Large 268085.00/cwt85.00–85.005781
BullsMedium and Large 1505118.00/cwt118.00–118.005961
BullsMedium and Large 260588.00/cwt88.00–88.005321
Bulls1,73096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,6611
BullsMedium and Large 1430132.00/cwt132.00–132.005681
BullsMedium and Large 2575104.00/cwt104.00–104.005981
Bulls1,61584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,3571
CowsBoner 80-85%89055.16/cwt53.00–57.004912
CowsLean 85-90%93352.55/cwt51.00–54.004902
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10359.28/cwt59.00–60.006543
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20566.03/cwt65.00–67.007962
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,100870.00/cwt870.00–870.009,5701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,075830.00/cwt830.00–830.008,9231

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.