Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 4.00 to 9.00 higher. Feeder cattle market lightly tested, however a weaker undertone was noted. trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold firm with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.21/cwt on 33 head.

Average price

$123.21

33 head · 452 lb average

Value per head Derived

$557

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$10.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.51

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	464	129.64	601	11thin
Medium and Large 2	450	120.29	541	17thin
Medium and Large 3	434	119.02	517	5thin

One grade step is worth $10.62/cwt here — about $85 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 sale33 hd

123.21

—

AL average9 barns · 359 hd

121.70

+1.51

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	1,732	92.04	1,594	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,316	66.95	881	16

Every lot, as filed

45 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	—	400	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	685	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	445	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	400	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	639	7
Bulls	—	—	1,977	99.65/cwt	99.00–100.00	1,970	3
Bulls	—	—	1,718	93.15/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,600	4
Bulls	—	—	1,505	82.95/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,248	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	619	123.72/cwt	121.00–126.00	766	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	182.03/cwt	180.00–184.00	592	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	260	201.50/cwt	201.00–202.00	524	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,357	72.70/cwt	70.00–76.00	987	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	64.67/cwt	62.00–68.00	825	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,525	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	930	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	1,331.00/cwt	1,295.00–1,390.00	14,708	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	1,142	1,068.00/cwt	1,040.00–1,110.00	12,197	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,170.00/cwt	1,160.00–1,180.00	12,870	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,002	923.33/cwt	900.00–960.00	9,252	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,048	877.50/cwt	840.00–900.00	9,196	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	1,060.00/cwt	1,060.00–1,060.00	11,077	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	310	174.00/cwt	172.00–176.00	539	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	166.99/cwt	166.00–168.00	601	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	626	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	263	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	384	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	126.59/cwt	125.00–130.00	551	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	108.35/cwt	108.00–109.00	560	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	115.87/cwt	113.00–120.00	546	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	191.14/cwt	190.00–196.00	654	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	183.33/cwt	182.00–184.00	651	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	419	121.02/cwt	118.00–122.00	507	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	560	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	661	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	325	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	436	148.82/cwt	146.00–150.00	649	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	115.98/cwt	114.00–118.00	713	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	131.68/cwt	131.00–132.00	702	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	540	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	549	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	358	155.98/cwt	154.00–158.00	558	3

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 22, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 214Last week 179Year ago 446

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 16Year ago 18

Replacement CattleReceipts 78Last week 13Year ago 22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	135.00	135.00
1	—	365	140.00	140.00
1	—	305	146.00	146.00
1	—	455	130.00	130.00
7	—	511	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	136.00	136.00
1	—	620	101.00	101.00
2	—	263	146.00	146.00
3	—	435	125.00–130.00	126.59
3	—	517	108.00–109.00	108.35
7	—	471	113.00–120.00	115.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	419	118.00–122.00	121.02
1	—	495	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	178.00	178.00
1	—	400	155.00	155.00
4	—	619	121.00–126.00	123.72
2	—	325	180.00–184.00	182.03
2	—	260	201.00–202.00	201.50
1	—	515	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	124.00	124.00
2	—	310	172.00–176.00	174.00
2	—	360	166.00–168.00	166.99
6	—	436	146.00–150.00	148.82
2	—	615	114.00–118.00	115.98
3	—	533	131.00–132.00	131.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	118.00	118.00
1	—	325	162.00	162.00
1	—	540	126.00	126.00
3	—	358	154.00–158.00	155.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	158.00	158.00
1	—	685	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	342	190.00–196.00	191.14
3	—	355	182.00–184.00	183.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,977	99.00–100.00	99.65
4	—	1,718	90.00–95.00	93.15
3	—	1,505	80.00–85.00	82.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,357	70.00–76.00	72.70
10	—	1,275	62.00–68.00	64.67
1	—	1,525	61.00	61.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,105	1,295.00–1,390.00	1,331.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,100	1,160.00–1,180.00	1,170.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,142	1,040.00–1,110.00	1,068.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,002	900.00–960.00	923.33
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,048	840.00–900.00	877.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,045	1,060.00	1,060.00

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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Ashville Stockyards

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle