Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2021-01-04

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Jan 4
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
287 head
566 vs last sale 853 287 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
9 vs last sale 47 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
32 vs last sale 0 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to market being closed for Holidays. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.61/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$108.61
49 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$533
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$57
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.82
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1438124.415455thin
Medium and Large 2499106.9253441
Medium and Large 3463105.334883thin
One grade step is worth $19.08/cwt here — about $57 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 sale49 hd
108.61
AL average5 barns · 291 hd
117.43
−8.82
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
BullsAverage1,80880.551,4562thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29253.0768518
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60452.598445thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,19548.595812thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 31,0251,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.0010,3532
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20546.57/cwt46.00–47.005612
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26953.24/cwt50.00–55.0067613
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44756.66/cwt56.00–57.008203
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57453.74/cwt53.00–55.008464
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,72548.00/cwt48.00–48.008281
BullsMedium and Large 2358142.68/cwt140.00–144.005113
HeifersMedium and Large 2560101.01/cwt100.00–102.005662
BullsMedium and Large 3425127.95/cwt126.00–130.005442
HeifersMedium and Large 351098.00/cwt98.00–98.005001
BullsMedium and Large 1355150.00/cwt150.00–150.005331
BullsMedium and Large 1405145.00/cwt145.00–145.005871
BullsMedium and Large 3470120.00/cwt120.00–120.005641
BullsMedium and Large 3535116.00/cwt116.00–116.006211
CowsLean 85-90%1,19548.59/cwt48.00–49.005812
BullsMedium and Large 2460129.40/cwt126.00–132.005955
BullsMedium and Large 2605110.00/cwt110.00–110.006661
BullsMedium and Large 2573118.97/cwt118.00–120.006822
SteersMedium and Large 2593122.29/cwt122.00–129.0072523
BullsMedium and Large 2530123.78/cwt122.00–125.006564
HeifersMedium and Large 3455105.00/cwt105.00–105.004781
HeifersMedium and Large 265591.00/cwt91.00–91.005961
HeifersMedium and Large 260099.00/cwt99.00–99.005941
HeifersMedium and Large 2473108.48/cwt107.00–110.005132
Bulls1,80880.55/cwt80.00–81.001,4562
BullsMedium and Large 1465134.00/cwt134.00–134.006231
HeifersMedium and Large 3425113.00/cwt113.00–113.004801
HeifersMedium and Large 1412128.01/cwt124.00–134.005273
BullsMedium and Large 1510128.00/cwt128.00–128.006531
HeifersMedium and Large 1478119.01/cwt118.00–120.005692
HeifersMedium and Large 2372130.62/cwt128.00–132.004863
HeifersMedium and Large 2426118.19/cwt115.00–120.005034
BullsMedium and Large 2419137.22/cwt136.00–140.005755
HeifersMedium and Large 2512103.93/cwt103.00–108.0053228

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.