Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2020-09-14

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Sep 14
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
379 head
▲ 72 vs last sale 307▼ 150 vs year ago 529 · −28.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 32▲ 17 vs year ago 40 · +42.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 22▼ 19 vs year ago 55 · −34.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower, feeder heifers sold sharply 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 $125.53/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$125.53
22 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$658
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$10
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.45
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1455138.006281thin
Medium and Large 2531125.3766518thin
Medium and Large 3505122.326183thin
One grade step is worth $15.68/cwt here — about $10 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 sale22 hd
125.53
—
AL average11 barns · 1,073 hd
123.07
+2.45
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
Bulls—Average1,76887.471,5466thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23159.0972721
CowsLean 85-90%Average95555.005251thin

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 1—455138.00/cwt138.00–138.006281
BullsMedium and Large 2—330146.00/cwt146.00–146.004821
BullsMedium and Large 2—385138.00/cwt138.00–138.005311
BullsMedium and Large 2—455132.00/cwt132.00–132.006011
BullsMedium and Large 2—650114.00/cwt114.00–114.007411
BullsMedium and Large 2—430134.97/cwt132.00–138.005802
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,005975.00/cwt975.00–975.009,7991
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,050885.00/cwt830.00–940.009,2932
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—950900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,5501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—995800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,9603
HeifersMedium and Large 2—61397.00/cwt96.00–98.005952
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415115.32/cwt114.00–116.004793
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415125.00/cwt125.00–125.005191
SteersMedium and Large 2—560134.00/cwt134.00–134.007505
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2051,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0015,6652
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,025795.00/cwt790.00–800.008,1492
HeifersMedium and Large 3—470110.00/cwt110.00–110.005171
HeifersMedium and Large 3—505100.00/cwt100.00–100.005051
HeifersMedium and Large 1—455120.00/cwt120.00–120.005461
HeifersMedium and Large 1—630105.00/cwt105.00–105.006621
HeifersMedium and Large 1—67597.00/cwt97.00–97.006551
HeifersMedium and Large 2—573103.88/cwt100.00–108.005952
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,36066.00/cwt64.00–69.008984
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18154.59/cwt52.00–56.006457
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21459.48/cwt57.00–63.0072210
CowsLean 85-90%—95555.00/cwt55.00–55.005251
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520108.02/cwt107.00–109.005623
HeifersMedium and Large 2—476113.24/cwt112.00–115.005394
BullsMedium and Large 2—563121.02/cwt120.00–122.006813
BullsMedium and Large 2—531123.48/cwt122.00–125.006564
BullsMedium and Large 2—612119.95/cwt115.00–127.007345
BullsMedium and Large 3—470126.00/cwt126.00–126.005921
BullsMedium and Large 3—523120.48/cwt120.00–121.006302
Bulls——1,76887.47/cwt86.00–91.001,5466

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.