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
BullsAverage1,76887.471,5466thin
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 1455138.00/cwt138.00–138.006281
BullsMedium and Large 2330146.00/cwt146.00–146.004821
BullsMedium and Large 2385138.00/cwt138.00–138.005311
BullsMedium and Large 2455132.00/cwt132.00–132.006011
BullsMedium and Large 2650114.00/cwt114.00–114.007411
BullsMedium and Large 2430134.97/cwt132.00–138.005802
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,005975.00/cwt975.00–975.009,7991
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,050885.00/cwt830.00–940.009,2932
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3950900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,5501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3995800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,9603
HeifersMedium and Large 261397.00/cwt96.00–98.005952
HeifersMedium and Large 2415115.32/cwt114.00–116.004793
HeifersMedium and Large 1415125.00/cwt125.00–125.005191
SteersMedium and Large 2560134.00/cwt134.00–134.007505
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2051,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0015,6652
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,025795.00/cwt790.00–800.008,1492
HeifersMedium and Large 3470110.00/cwt110.00–110.005171
HeifersMedium and Large 3505100.00/cwt100.00–100.005051
HeifersMedium and Large 1455120.00/cwt120.00–120.005461
HeifersMedium and Large 1630105.00/cwt105.00–105.006621
HeifersMedium and Large 167597.00/cwt97.00–97.006551
HeifersMedium and Large 2573103.88/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 2520108.02/cwt107.00–109.005623
HeifersMedium and Large 2476113.24/cwt112.00–115.005394
BullsMedium and Large 2563121.02/cwt120.00–122.006813
BullsMedium and Large 2531123.48/cwt122.00–125.006564
BullsMedium and Large 2612119.95/cwt115.00–127.007345
BullsMedium and Large 3470126.00/cwt126.00–126.005921
BullsMedium and Large 3523120.48/cwt120.00–121.006302
Bulls1,76887.47/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.