Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold sharply higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Trade active with good 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 $134.35/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$134.35

34 head · 447 lb average

Value per head Derived

$601

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$37

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$24.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.42

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	375	153.82	577	6thin
Medium and Large 3	419	132.84	557	6thin
Medium and Large 2	475	129.46	615	22

One grade step is worth $24.36/cwt here — about −$37 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 sale34 hd

134.35

—

AL average10 barns · 894 hd

115.94

+18.42

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	1,399	77.79	1,088	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,263	58.90	744	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,350	56.00	756	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,103	52.79	582	6thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	498	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	582	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,125	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	976	800.00/cwt	780.00–830.00	7,808	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,025	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	8,508	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	125.02/cwt	123.00–127.00	581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	115.32/cwt	114.00–118.00	471	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	455	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	592	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	545	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	681	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	313	166.98/cwt	166.00–170.00	523	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	368	149.96/cwt	148.00–152.00	552	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	260	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	447	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	333	161.52/cwt	159.00–164.00	538	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	96.46/cwt	95.00–98.00	598	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	126.05/cwt	125.00–127.00	536	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	375	142.65/cwt	142.00–144.00	535	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	109.00/cwt	106.00–112.00	512	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	132.28/cwt	130.00–136.00	560	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	514	122.18/cwt	120.00–124.00	628	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	489	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	529	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	540	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	603	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	666	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	678	98.49/cwt	98.00–99.00	668	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	102.99/cwt	101.00–105.00	528	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	756	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	52.79/cwt	49.00–55.00	582	6
Bulls	—	—	1,495	80.31/cwt	79.00–82.00	1,201	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	58.28/cwt	55.00–60.00	729	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	818	2
Bulls	—	—	1,255	74.01/cwt	73.00–75.00	929	2

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 Nov 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 175Last week 338Year ago 403

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 28Year ago 57

Replacement CattleReceipts 37Last week 0Year ago 26

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	120.00	120.00
1	—	455	118.00	118.00
1	—	520	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	408	114.00–118.00	115.32
1	—	370	125.00	125.00
1	—	555	100.00	100.00
1	—	680	90.00	90.00
2	—	620	95.00–98.00	96.46
6	—	470	106.00–112.00	109.00
2	—	513	101.00–105.00	102.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	104.00	104.00
1	—	540	98.00	98.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	123.00–127.00	125.02
2	—	368	148.00–152.00	149.96
1	—	260	172.00	172.00
1	—	565	120.00	120.00
2	—	333	159.00–164.00	161.52
4	—	423	130.00–136.00	132.28
5	—	514	120.00–124.00	122.18
2	—	603	110.00–111.00	110.50
2	—	678	98.00–99.00	98.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	130.00	130.00
1	—	545	125.00	125.00
4	—	313	166.00–170.00	166.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	125.00–127.00	126.05
3	—	375	142.00–144.00	142.65
1	—	540	117.00	117.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	950	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	976	780.00–830.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,025	830.00	830.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	56.00	56.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,103	49.00–55.00	52.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,251	55.00–60.00	58.28
2	—	1,320	62.00	62.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,495	79.00–82.00	80.31
2	—	1,255	73.00–75.00	74.01

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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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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle