Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2020-06-22

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Jun 22
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
215 head
215 vs last sale 0 190 vs year ago 405 · 46.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
40 vs last sale 0 8 vs year ago 48 · 16.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
13 vs last sale 0 6 vs year ago 19 · 31.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $133.67/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$133.67
41 head · 488 lb average
Value per head Derived
$653
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.01
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511135.1769111thin
Medium and Large 2481133.8464427
Medium and Large 3470126.675953thin
One grade step is worth $8.50/cwt here — about $95 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 sale41 hd
133.67
AL average11 barns · 901 hd
123.66
+10.01
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
BullsAverage2,002103.232,0674thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20668.8983117
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52368.771,0474thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05961.266496thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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
BullsMedium and Large 1675121.00/cwt121.00–121.008171
BullsMedium and Large 1510133.65/cwt133.00–135.006823
BullsMedium and Large 1488137.84/cwt137.00–139.006737
BullsMedium and Large 2300162.00/cwt162.00–162.004861
BullsMedium and Large 2375148.00/cwt148.00–148.005551
BullsMedium and Large 2590122.00/cwt122.00–122.007201
HeifersMedium and Large 2555115.00/cwt115.00–115.006381
SteersMedium and Large 2635130.00/cwt130.00–130.008261
SteersMedium and Large 2575137.63/cwt136.00–140.007913
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,079917.50/cwt850.00–960.009,9004
HeifersMedium and Large 2471124.69/cwt121.00–127.005874
HeifersMedium and Large 3540113.00/cwt113.00–113.006101
HeifersMedium and Large 3595111.00/cwt111.00–111.006601
HeifersMedium and Large 3623104.01/cwt103.00–105.006482
HeifersMedium and Large 2355136.00/cwt136.00–136.004831
HeifersMedium and Large 2500120.00/cwt120.00–120.006001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03761.70/cwt58.00–64.006406
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35375.78/cwt73.00–78.001,0256
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52368.77/cwt68.00–69.001,0474
CowsLean 85-90%1,05961.26/cwt59.00–64.006496
HeifersMedium and Large 2433127.49/cwt127.00–128.005522
HeifersMedium and Large 2610110.99/cwt110.00–112.006773
BullsMedium and Large 3455127.00/cwt127.00–127.005781
BullsMedium and Large 3545121.00/cwt121.00–121.006591
BullsMedium and Large 2278168.97/cwt168.00–170.004702
BullsMedium and Large 2628116.51/cwt116.00–117.007322
BullsMedium and Large 2515130.00/cwt129.00–131.006703
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23369.25/cwt66.00–71.008545
BullsMedium and Large 2720103.34/cwt102.00–104.007443
BullsMedium and Large 2425138.11/cwt136.00–142.005877
BullsMedium and Large 2461134.86/cwt132.00–136.006227
Bulls1,760100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,7601
Bulls2,083104.31/cwt104.00–105.002,1733
BullsMedium and Large 3410132.00/cwt132.00–132.005411

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.