Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 7.00 to 9.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Trade moderate 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 $120.83/cwt on 36 head.

Average price

$120.83

36 head · 498 lb average

Value per head Derived

$602

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$35

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$18.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.19

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	478	130.24	623	8thin
Medium and Large 2	498	119.81	597	22
Medium and Large 3	525	112.00	588	6thin

One grade step is worth $18.24/cwt here — about $35 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 sale36 hd

120.83

—

AL average12 barns · 1,073 hd

121.02

−0.19

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,606	75.92	1,220	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,099	47.65	523	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	980	46.00	451	1thin

Every lot, as filed

36 lots · USDA AMS · Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	378	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	98.98/cwt	98.00–100.00	559	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	92.48/cwt	90.00–95.00	573	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	523	113.00/cwt	112.00–114.00	591	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	440	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	528	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	495	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	590	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,079	46.89/cwt	45.00–50.00	506	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	451	1
Bulls	—	—	1,710	77.23/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,321	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	655	1
Bulls	—	—	1,295	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	932	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	619	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	509	102.54/cwt	100.00–105.00	522	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	115.68/cwt	114.00–117.00	648	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	602	104.32/cwt	101.00–106.00	628	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	143.02/cwt	142.00–144.00	458	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	126.97/cwt	125.00–129.00	457	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	464	122.58/cwt	120.00–125.00	569	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	130.60/cwt	128.00–134.00	559	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	512	118.68/cwt	117.00–120.00	608	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	111.35/cwt	110.00–112.00	516	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	509	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	116.17/cwt	114.00–118.00	481	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	104.51/cwt	102.00–107.00	693	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	436	138.23/cwt	137.00–140.00	603	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	637	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	482	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,044	913.75/cwt	850.00–935.00	9,540	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	97.54/cwt	95.00–100.00	649	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	600	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	503	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	508	1

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

Mon Oct 5, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 285Last week 282Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 39Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 41Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	140.00	140.00
2	—	663	102.00–107.00	104.51
4	—	436	137.00–140.00	138.23
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	112.00–114.00	113.00
1	—	440	120.00	120.00
1	—	495	118.00	118.00
1	—	570	110.00	110.00
1	—	600	98.00	98.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	114.00–117.00	115.68
3	—	602	101.00–106.00	104.32
2	—	320	142.00–144.00	143.02
5	—	464	120.00–125.00	122.58
3	—	428	128.00–134.00	130.60
3	—	512	117.00–120.00	118.68
1	—	360	134.00	134.00
2	—	665	95.00–100.00	97.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	98.00–100.00	98.98
2	—	620	90.00–95.00	92.48
1	—	655	90.00	90.00
4	—	509	100.00–105.00	102.54
2	—	360	125.00–129.00	126.97
3	—	463	110.00–112.00	111.35
7	—	414	114.00–118.00	116.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	90.00	90.00
1	—	425	110.00	110.00
1	—	470	107.00	107.00
1	—	540	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	136.00	136.00
1	—	615	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,079	45.00–50.00	46.89
1	—	1,235	53.00	53.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	46.00	46.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,710	75.00–79.00	77.23
1	—	1,295	72.00	72.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,044	850.00–935.00	913.75

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Ashville Stockyards

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle