Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $146.03/cwt on 51 head.

Average price

$146.03

51 head · 445 lb average

Value per head Derived

$650

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$19.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.25

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	424	159.61	677	13thin
Medium and Large 3	380	144.17	549	11thin
Medium and Large 2	482	140.25	676	27

One grade step is worth $19.36/cwt here — about $0 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 sale51 hd

146.03

—

AL average13 barns · 1,085 hd

133.78

+12.25

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	—	High	1,576	79.75	1,257	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,175	55.00	646	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,287	51.98	669	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,158	48.06	557	2thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	—	1,235	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,074	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	51.98/cwt	50.00–54.00	669	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,175	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	646	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	48.06/cwt	46.00–50.00	557	2
Bulls	—	—	1,470	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,058	1
Bulls	—	—	1,800	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,440	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	318	176.65/cwt	176.00–178.00	562	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	412	165.34/cwt	162.00–168.00	681	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	520	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	932	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	751	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	160.00/cwt	158.00–162.00	552	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	128.15/cwt	126.00–131.00	683	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	114.21/cwt	112.00–116.00	595	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	729	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	363	159.34/cwt	158.00–160.00	578	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	469	143.20/cwt	142.00–146.00	672	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	506	142.99/cwt	140.00–144.00	724	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	124.16/cwt	123.00–126.00	780	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	622	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	121.49/cwt	120.00–123.00	699	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	156.78/cwt	154.00–160.00	674	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	126.85/cwt	123.00–128.00	543	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	808	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	440	144.00/cwt	142.00–146.00	634	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	450	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	120.02/cwt	119.00–121.00	562	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	380	146.97/cwt	146.00–148.00	558	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	558	130.51/cwt	130.00–131.00	728	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	316	149.19/cwt	146.00–150.00	471	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	154.48/cwt	150.00–156.00	711	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	467	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 Dec 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 853Last week 488Year ago 518

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 42Year ago 53

No trends available.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	87.00	87.00
1	—	1,470	72.00	72.00
2	—	1,800	80.00	80.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,287	50.00–54.00	51.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	55.00	55.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,158	46.00–50.00	48.06

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	318	176.00–178.00	176.65
3	—	412	162.00–168.00	165.34
1	—	365	170.00	170.00
2	—	558	130.00–131.00	130.51
4	—	460	150.00–156.00	154.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	345	158.00–162.00	160.00
6	—	533	126.00–131.00	128.15
2	—	623	117.00	117.00
3	—	363	158.00–160.00	159.34
5	—	469	142.00–146.00	143.20
4	—	575	120.00–123.00	121.49
5	—	430	154.00–160.00	156.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	142.00–146.00	144.00
1	—	450	136.00	136.00
2	—	380	146.00–148.00	146.97
1	—	515	122.00	122.00
5	—	316	146.00–150.00	149.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	136.00	136.00
1	—	400	130.00	130.00
1	—	695	108.00	108.00
1	—	455	127.00	127.00
1	—	570	117.00	117.00
1	—	320	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	521	112.00–116.00	114.21
2	—	560	111.00	111.00
8	—	428	123.00–128.00	126.85
1	—	390	128.00	128.00
3	—	468	119.00–121.00	120.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	790	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	506	140.00–144.00	142.99
8	—	628	123.00–126.00	124.16
2	—	668	121.00	121.00

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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