Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2021-04-26

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Apr 26
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
240 head
236 vs last sale 476 208 vs year ago 448 · 46.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
20 vs last sale 45 10 vs year ago 35 · 28.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
14 vs last sale 45 82 vs year ago 113 · 72.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle market lightly tested, however a sharply lower undertone was noted. Trade active with moderate demand. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.28/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$117.28
18 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$597
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$61
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$1.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.73
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2501117.5058914thin
Medium and Large 1562116.676553thin
Medium and Large 3455116.005281thin
One grade step is worth $1.50/cwt here — about $61 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 sale18 hd
117.28
AL average16 barns · 1,540 hd
125.01
−7.73
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
BullsHigh2,05094.001,9271thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52570.001,0682thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00065.006501thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23665.0080410

Every lot, as filed

27 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20769.29/cwt68.00–71.008363
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40067.00/cwt67.00–67.009381
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65073.00/cwt73.00–73.001,2051
CowsLean 85-90%1,00065.00/cwt65.00–65.006501
Bulls2,05094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,9271
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24963.16/cwt62.00–67.007897
HeifersMedium and Large 2325134.00/cwt134.00–134.004361
BullsMedium and Large 1523134.51/cwt134.00–135.007032
SteersMedium and Large 1892115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0267
HeifersMedium and Large 2430122.49/cwt122.00–123.005272
BullsMedium and Large 2575119.00/cwt119.00–119.006841
BullsMedium and Large 2645113.00/cwt113.00–113.007291
BullsMedium and Large 3505120.00/cwt120.00–120.006061
BullsMedium and Large 2460135.00/cwt135.00–135.006211
BullsMedium and Large 3418135.03/cwt134.00–136.005642
HeifersMedium and Large 1530120.00/cwt120.00–120.006361
HeifersMedium and Large 2488118.00/cwt118.00–118.005762
BullsMedium and Large 2520123.65/cwt122.00–125.006433
HeifersMedium and Large 1550117.00/cwt117.00–117.006441
HeifersMedium and Large 2518115.66/cwt114.00–117.005996
HeifersMedium and Large 2600110.00/cwt110.00–110.006601
BullsMedium and Large 1610121.00/cwt121.00–121.007381
HeifersMedium and Large 2573113.06/cwt111.00–115.006482
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.002
BullsMedium and Large 2427145.31/cwt144.00–147.006203
HeifersMedium and Large 3455116.00/cwt116.00–116.005281
HeifersMedium and Large 1605113.00/cwt113.00–113.006841

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.