Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2020-04-06

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Apr 6
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
77 head
20 vs last sale 57 77 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
23 vs last sale 29 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
13 vs last sale 8 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold sharply lower. Feeder cattle market lightly tested, however a lower undertone is noted. Trade active with moderate to good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold 100.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $145.37/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$145.37
18 head · 383 lb average
Value per head Derived
$556
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$28
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$38.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.31
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1361153.105539thin
Medium and Large 2392140.475508thin
Medium and Large 3505115.005811thin
One grade step is worth $38.10/cwt here — about −$28 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 sale18 hd
145.37
AL average10 barns · 558 hd
126.06
+19.31
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17850.765986thin

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 267095.00/cwt95.00–95.006371
HeifersMedium and Large 2515113.00/cwt113.00–113.005821
HeifersMedium and Large 2365131.00/cwt131.00–131.004781
HeifersMedium and Large 2328133.04/cwt132.00–134.004362
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17850.76/cwt47.00–52.005986
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,6001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,110660.00/cwt660.00–660.007,3261
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,145740.00/cwt740.00–740.008,4731
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,075743.33/cwt700.00–800.007,9913
BullsMedium and Large 1368150.63/cwt149.00–153.005543
BullsMedium and Large 2308151.41/cwt148.00–155.004662
BullsMedium and Large 3505115.00/cwt115.00–115.005811
BullsMedium and Large 1500129.00/cwt129.00–129.006451
BullsMedium and Large 2500120.00/cwt120.00–120.006001
BullsMedium and Large 2372146.65/cwt144.00–148.005463
BullsMedium and Large 1405149.00/cwt149.00–149.006031
BullsMedium and Large 1310162.01/cwt158.00–166.005024
BullsMedium and Large 2450130.50/cwt130.00–131.005872

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.