Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady. 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 $148.47/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$148.47

62 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$774

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$38

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

$9.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.93

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	151.79	800	35
Medium and Large 3	451	150.42	678	7thin
Medium and Large 2	537	141.98	762	20

One grade step is worth $9.82/cwt here — about $38 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 sale62 hd

148.47

—

AL average15 barns · 1,160 hd

141.54

+6.93

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	—	Average	2,385	93.00	2,218	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,397	68.66	959	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,122	66.64	748	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,073	61.57	661	2thin

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
Bulls	—	—	2,385	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	2,218	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	69.53/cwt	69.00–70.00	819	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,103	65.68/cwt	64.00–68.00	724	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	887	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,413	70.49/cwt	69.00–72.00	996	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	61.57/cwt	60.00–63.00	661	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	522	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	122.02/cwt	118.00–124.00	710	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	441	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	120.00/cwt	119.00–122.00	786	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	531	140.94/cwt	135.00–146.00	748	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	738	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	784	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	775	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	125.45/cwt	123.00–128.00	788	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	428	156.68/cwt	156.00–158.00	671	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	468	145.73/cwt	142.00–149.00	682	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	143.50/cwt	140.00–147.00	804	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	538	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	807	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	569	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	164.68/cwt	160.00–168.00	705	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	133.99/cwt	130.00–135.00	622	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	137.12/cwt	136.00–139.00	573	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	166.87/cwt	164.00–170.00	784	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	141.69/cwt	140.00–143.00	599	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	128.85/cwt	128.00–129.00	742	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	128.33/cwt	125.00–130.00	667	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	164.63/cwt	162.00–168.00	766	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	175.06/cwt	172.00–178.00	644	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	173.29/cwt	170.00–176.00	806	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	698	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	779	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	647	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	817	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	676	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	595	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	472	152.36/cwt	150.00–156.00	719	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	151.96/cwt	150.00–156.00	789	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	828	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	134.01/cwt	131.00–137.00	683	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	170.98/cwt	170.00–172.00	701	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	533	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	636	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 Apr 5, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 235Last week 183Year ago 77

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 18Year ago 6

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,385	93.00	93.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,178	69.00–70.00	69.53
6	—	1,103	64.00–68.00	65.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	65.00	65.00
2	—	1,413	69.00–72.00	70.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,073	60.00–63.00	61.57

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	141.00	141.00
3	—	582	118.00–124.00	122.02
1	—	300	147.00	147.00
9	—	464	130.00–135.00	133.99
7	—	418	136.00–139.00	137.12
6	—	520	125.00–130.00	128.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	140.00	140.00
3	—	423	140.00–143.00	141.69
7	—	576	128.00–129.00	128.85
1	—	655	119.00	119.00
4	—	510	131.00–137.00	134.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	125.00	125.00
1	—	595	115.00	115.00
1	—	410	130.00	130.00
1	—	530	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	655	119.00–122.00	120.00
4	—	531	135.00–146.00	140.94
1	—	585	134.00	134.00
1	—	775	107.00	107.00
2	—	628	123.00–128.00	125.45
3	—	428	160.00–168.00	164.68
1	—	385	168.00	168.00
5	—	472	150.00–156.00	152.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	428	156.00–158.00	156.68
4	—	468	142.00–149.00	145.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	560	140.00–147.00	143.50
25	—	538	150.00	150.00
2	—	470	164.00–170.00	166.87
1	—	605	135.00	135.00
1	—	380	178.00	178.00
2	—	410	170.00–172.00	170.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	424	174.00	174.00
3	—	465	162.00–168.00	164.63
2	—	368	172.00–178.00	175.06
5	—	519	150.00–156.00	151.96
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	170.00–176.00	173.29
1	—	375	186.00	186.00
3	—	505	164.00	164.00

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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