Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 10.00 lower. Trade moderate with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.46/cwt on 30 head.

Average price

$107.46

30 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$529

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$6.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.73

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	108.76	611	8thin
Medium and Large 2	464	108.10	502	18thin
Medium and Large 3	479	102.02	488	4thin

One grade step is worth $6.73/cwt here — about $122 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 sale30 hd

107.46

—

AL average11 barns · 1,150 hd

111.19

−3.73

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	1,933	72.13	1,394	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,198	45.80	549	13

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	650	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	405	131.98/cwt	130.00–134.00	535	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	513	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	115.99/cwt	114.00–118.00	415	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	113.39/cwt	111.00–115.00	477	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	113.56/cwt	112.00–115.00	594	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	100.99/cwt	99.00–103.00	629	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	102.48/cwt	100.00–105.00	533	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	368	133.72/cwt	132.00–136.00	492	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	100.51/cwt	99.00–102.00	681	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	413	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	120.98/cwt	120.00–122.00	399	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	412	124.02/cwt	122.00–126.00	511	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	510	110.55/cwt	108.00–113.00	564	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	102.34/cwt	101.00–103.00	637	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,144	46.79/cwt	44.00–49.00	535	5
Bulls	—	—	1,933	72.13/cwt	71.00–73.00	1,394	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	431	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	118.99/cwt	118.00–120.00	557	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	50.25/cwt	50.00–51.00	678	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	42.15/cwt	41.00–43.00	489	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	97.04/cwt	95.00–99.00	514	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	355	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	454	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	98.98/cwt	98.00–100.00	567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	107.30/cwt	105.00–112.00	490	3

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 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 338Last week 285Year ago 443

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 20Year ago 31

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	109.00	109.00
2	—	405	130.00–134.00	131.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	136.00	136.00
2	—	523	112.00–115.00	113.56
2	—	623	99.00–103.00	100.99
4	—	368	132.00–136.00	133.72
3	—	412	122.00–126.00	124.02
1	—	565	108.00	108.00
2	—	468	118.00–120.00	118.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	108.00–113.00	110.55
1	—	415	118.00	118.00
1	—	355	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	114.00	114.00
2	—	678	99.00–102.00	100.51
1	—	295	140.00	140.00
1	—	525	108.00	108.00
3	—	622	101.00–103.00	102.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	114.00–118.00	115.99
5	—	421	111.00–115.00	113.39
2	—	520	100.00–105.00	102.48
1	—	680	87.00	87.00
2	—	330	120.00–122.00	120.98
1	—	640	93.00	93.00
2	—	573	98.00–100.00	98.98
3	—	457	105.00–112.00	107.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	102.00	102.00
1	—	385	112.00	112.00
2	—	530	95.00–99.00	97.04

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,144	44.00–49.00	46.79
3	—	1,350	50.00–51.00	50.25
5	—	1,160	41.00–43.00	42.15
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,933	71.00–73.00	72.13

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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