Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2020-06-08

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Jun 8
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
227 head
227 vs last sale 0 116 vs year ago 343 · 33.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
19 vs last sale 0 2 vs year ago 21 · 9.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
7 vs last sale 0 27 vs year ago 34 · 79.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends available. Trade active with good demand on feeders.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $131.11/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$131.11
35 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$728
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$17
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.70
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537137.0773715thin
Medium and Large 2569126.6472020
One grade step is worth $10.43/cwt here — about $17 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 sale35 hd
131.11
AL average11 barns · 754 hd
126.41
+4.70
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
BullsAverage1,84294.131,7343thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26064.218097thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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
SteersMedium and Large 2745120.00/cwt120.00–120.008941
SteersMedium and Large 1500156.00/cwt156.00–156.007801
SteersMedium and Large 2753119.00/cwt119.00–119.008966
SteersMedium and Large 2573135.00/cwt135.00–135.007743
SteersMedium and Large 2518143.86/cwt140.00–148.007452
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31069.55/cwt68.00–71.009112
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2995820.00/cwt820.00–820.008,1591
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24062.07/cwt60.00–64.007705
HeifersMedium and Large 1605120.00/cwt120.00–120.007261
HeifersMedium and Large 2520124.00/cwt124.00–124.006451
HeifersMedium and Large 1560128.00/cwt128.00–128.007171
HeifersMedium and Large 2480134.00/cwt134.00–134.006431
HeifersMedium and Large 2440136.00/cwt136.00–136.005981
HeifersMedium and Large 3470125.36/cwt124.00–126.005893
HeifersMedium and Large 1706113.00/cwt113.00–113.007984
HeifersMedium and Large 3515120.00/cwt120.00–120.006181
HeifersMedium and Large 1453136.00/cwt136.00–136.006162
HeifersMedium and Large 2650109.00/cwt109.00–109.007091
HeifersMedium and Large 1425138.00/cwt138.00–138.005872
HeifersMedium and Large 2575118.00/cwt118.00–118.006791
BullsMedium and Large 1728113.00/cwt113.00–113.008232
BullsMedium and Large 2713110.00/cwt110.00–110.007842
BullsMedium and Large 1565132.05/cwt130.00–134.007462
BullsMedium and Large 2463137.05/cwt134.00–140.006352
Bulls1,84294.13/cwt91.00–97.001,7343
BullsMedium and Large 1755110.00/cwt110.00–110.008311
BullsMedium and Large 2400140.00/cwt140.00–140.005601
BullsMedium and Large 2626117.74/cwt117.00–119.007374
BullsMedium and Large 1605124.00/cwt124.00–124.007501
BullsMedium and Large 2295176.00/cwt176.00–176.005191
BullsMedium and Large 2520132.44/cwt128.00–136.006894
BullsMedium and Large 1405164.00/cwt164.00–164.006641
BullsMedium and Large 1511138.99/cwt138.00–141.007104
BullsMedium and Large 2672113.33/cwt110.00–116.007623
BullsMedium and Large 1280180.00/cwt180.00–180.005041
BullsMedium and Large 1462144.00/cwt142.00–146.006653
BullsMedium and Large 2575127.32/cwt126.00–128.007323

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.