Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2020-03-23

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Mar 23
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
57 head
6 vs last sale 51 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
11 vs last sale 18 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
12 vs last sale 20 8 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 5.00 to 9.00 higher. Feeder cattle market lightly tested, however a sharply higher undertone is noted. Trade active with 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 $123.15/cwt on 10 head.
Average price
$123.15
10 head · 457 lb average
Value per head Derived
$562
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$183
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$5.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.11
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535125.006691thin
Medium and Large 2453123.315598thin
Medium and Large 3405120.004861thin
One grade step is worth $5.00/cwt here — about $183 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 sale10 hd
123.15
AL average10 barns · 332 hd
113.03
+10.11
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
BullsAverage1,56599.501,5572thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,57076.581,2025thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20170.408468thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09564.007011thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42379.47/cwt79.00–80.001,1312
CowsBoner 80-85%87060.00/cwt60.00–60.005221
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,125900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,1251
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66874.65/cwt74.00–75.001,2453
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16567.22/cwt65.00–71.007833
CowsLean 85-90%1,09564.00/cwt64.00–64.007011
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31175.38/cwt73.00–78.009884
SteersMedium and Large 2450144.00/cwt144.00–144.006481
BullsMedium and Large 2475127.48/cwt127.00–128.006062
BullsMedium and Large 1470130.00/cwt130.00–130.006111
Bulls1,43095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,3591
BullsMedium and Large 2367141.33/cwt139.00–145.005193
BullsMedium and Large 2405129.00/cwt129.00–129.005221
Bulls1,700104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,7681
BullsMedium and Large 3428126.49/cwt126.00–127.005412
BullsMedium and Large 2640114.00/cwt114.00–114.007301
HeifersMedium and Large 2464123.53/cwt122.00–125.005734
HeifersMedium and Large 1535125.00/cwt125.00–125.006691
HeifersMedium and Large 3405120.00/cwt120.00–120.004861
HeifersMedium and Large 2515114.00/cwt114.00–114.005871
HeifersMedium and Large 2418126.11/cwt123.00–129.005273

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.