Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher, market lightly tested. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 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 $139.15/cwt on 46 head.

Average price

$139.15

46 head · 488 lb average

Value per head Derived

$679

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$11

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

$15.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.86

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	467	149.24	696	16thin
Medium and Large 3	441	135.36	597	6thin
Medium and Large 2	514	133.38	686	24

One grade step is worth $15.86/cwt here — about $11 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 sale46 hd

139.15

—

AL average16 barns · 1,072 hd

134.30

+4.86

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	1,833	89.39	1,638	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,223	59.00	721	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	935	51.00	477	1thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	840.00/cwt	830.00–850.00	8,526	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	985	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	7,782	1
Bulls	—	—	2,020	96.24/cwt	94.00–98.00	1,944	2
Bulls	—	—	1,645	82.54/cwt	82.00–83.00	1,358	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	715	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	726	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	477	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	484	146.21/cwt	144.00–148.00	708	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	310	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	515	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	390	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	585	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	668	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	139.99/cwt	139.00–141.00	728	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	622	115.99/cwt	115.00–117.00	721	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	139.65/cwt	138.00–142.00	789	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	135.98/cwt	134.00–138.00	496	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	125.01/cwt	123.00–126.00	588	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	110.47/cwt	108.00–113.00	727	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	133.99/cwt	132.00–136.00	835	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	148.39/cwt	146.00–150.00	622	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	105.44/cwt	101.00–110.00	641	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	109.29/cwt	108.00–111.00	631	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	571	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	111.99/cwt	111.00–113.00	566	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	428	138.08/cwt	136.00–140.00	591	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	370	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	548	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	500	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	127.95/cwt	126.00–132.00	550	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	849	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	460	131.50/cwt	131.00–132.00	605	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	526	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	125.21/cwt	124.00–128.00	717	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	770	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	816	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	629	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	112.34/cwt	112.00–113.00	685	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	437	153.77/cwt	153.00–158.00	672	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	479	136.35/cwt	134.00–140.00	653	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	145.48/cwt	145.00–146.00	764	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 Feb 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 242Last week 378Year ago 362

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 37Year ago 28

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 31Year ago 0

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)	2	—	1,015	830.00–850.00	840.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	790.00	790.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,020	94.00–98.00	96.24
2	—	1,645	82.00–83.00	82.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	57.00	57.00
1	—	1,190	61.00	61.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	51.00	51.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	484	144.00–148.00	146.21
3	—	520	139.00–141.00	139.99
1	—	380	168.00	168.00
6	—	437	153.00–158.00	153.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	166.00	166.00
1	—	390	150.00	150.00
1	—	510	131.00	131.00
3	—	622	115.00–117.00	115.99
5	—	419	146.00–150.00	148.39
1	—	655	114.00	114.00
5	—	573	124.00–128.00	125.21
1	—	770	106.00	106.00
6	—	479	134.00–140.00	136.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	136.00–140.00	138.08
1	—	370	148.00	148.00
1	—	500	125.00	125.00
2	—	460	131.00–132.00	131.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	565	138.00–142.00	139.65
2	—	623	132.00–136.00	133.99
2	—	525	145.00–146.00	145.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	365	134.00–138.00	135.98
5	—	470	123.00–126.00	125.01
2	—	608	101.00–110.00	105.44
3	—	577	108.00–111.00	109.29
2	—	505	111.00–113.00	111.99
6	—	430	126.00–132.00	127.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	117.00	117.00
2	—	658	108.00–113.00	110.47
1	—	420	136.00	136.00
2	—	520	121.00	121.00
3	—	610	112.00–113.00	112.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	117.00	117.00
1	—	435	121.00	121.00
1	—	520	106.00	106.00

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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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

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle