Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2021-02-08

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Feb 8
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
179 head
63 vs last sale 242 65 vs year ago 114 · +57.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
4 vs last sale 12 2 vs year ago 18 · 11.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
4 vs last sale 17 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher, feeder heifers market lightly tested. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $145.57/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$145.57
39 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$658
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$0
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$34.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.35
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1433154.0866714thin
Medium and Large 2445144.7764421
Medium and Large 3555120.006664thin
One grade step is worth $34.08/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 sale39 hd
145.57
AL average16 barns · 1,126 hd
135.23
+10.35
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
BullsHigh1,67891.921,5422thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36562.008461thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20358.177007thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1251,040.00/cwt1,040.00–1,040.0011,7001
Bulls1,67891.92/cwt90.00–95.001,5422
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23160.03/cwt58.00–62.007394
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00565.00/cwt65.00–65.006531
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24551.03/cwt50.00–52.006352
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36562.00/cwt62.00–62.008461
BullsMedium and Large 1325170.00/cwt170.00–170.005531
HeifersMedium and Large 1261172.81/cwt172.00–173.004515
HeifersMedium and Large 1307157.00/cwt157.00–157.0048214
HeifersMedium and Large 1465126.00/cwt126.00–126.005861
BullsMedium and Large 2623122.47/cwt120.00–125.007632
BullsMedium and Large 2510132.39/cwt128.00–135.006753
BullsMedium and Large 1410158.00/cwt158.00–158.006481
BullsMedium and Large 2471138.51/cwt136.00–141.006526
BullsMedium and Large 2260172.00/cwt172.00–172.004471
BullsMedium and Large 2418149.03/cwt144.00–154.006232
BullsMedium and Large 2563126.01/cwt123.00–129.007092
HeifersMedium and Large 2545111.00/cwt111.00–111.006051
BullsMedium and Large 1510140.00/cwt139.00–141.007143
HeifersMedium and Large 2480118.62/cwt116.00–122.005693
HeifersMedium and Large 2421121.59/cwt120.00–123.005125
BullsMedium and Large 3450130.00/cwt130.00–130.005851
BullsMedium and Large 3623112.49/cwt111.00–114.007012
BullsMedium and Large 3525125.00/cwt125.00–125.006561
BullsMedium and Large 1550136.00/cwt136.00–136.007481
BullsMedium and Large 1650127.00/cwt127.00–127.008261
BullsMedium and Large 1240192.00/cwt192.00–192.004612
BullsMedium and Large 1363167.02/cwt164.00–170.006062
BullsMedium and Large 1462142.69/cwt142.00–144.006593
BullsMedium and Large 2304169.00/cwt169.00–169.005145

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.