Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2021-05-03

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, May 3
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
228 head
12 vs last sale 240 228 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
11 vs last sale 25 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
9 vs last sale 31 22 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 mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.38/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$125.38
31 head · 446 lb average
Value per head Derived
$560
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$117
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.62
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2440126.8455824
Medium and Large 3427121.175185thin
Medium and Large 1570118.516762thin
One grade step is worth $8.32/cwt here — about −$117 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 sale31 hd
125.38
AL average15 barns · 1,532 hd
123.76
+1.62
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
BullsHigh1,62890.011,4668thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16967.857938thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46565.139542thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03460.966308thin

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
Bulls1,93399.00/cwt99.00–99.001,9142
Bulls1,45584.54/cwt83.00–87.001,2304
Bulls1,67091.94/cwt90.00–94.001,5352
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13864.93/cwt64.00–66.007394
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20070.77/cwt69.00–72.008494
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46565.13/cwt63.00–67.009542
HeifersMedium and Large 2468119.15/cwt118.00–121.005586
HeifersMedium and Large 2525117.01/cwt116.00–118.006143
HeifersMedium and Large 1570118.51/cwt118.00–119.006762
SteersMedium and Large 2475146.00/cwt146.00–146.006941
SteersMedium and Large 3460140.00/cwt140.00–140.006441
BullsMedium and Large 2463136.37/cwt135.00–138.006315
BullsMedium and Large 2518130.51/cwt129.00–132.006766
BullsMedium and Large 3455130.00/cwt130.00–130.005921
HeifersMedium and Large 2320142.05/cwt140.00–144.004553
HeifersMedium and Large 2422129.82/cwt127.00–134.005486
HeifersMedium and Large 3355130.00/cwt130.00–130.004621
HeifersMedium and Large 3423121.95/cwt121.00–123.005162
HeifersMedium and Large 2590115.00/cwt115.00–115.006791
HeifersMedium and Large 2370136.51/cwt134.00–140.005054
HeifersMedium and Large 2615112.00/cwt112.00–112.006891
HeifersMedium and Large 3468115.98/cwt115.00–117.005432
CowsLean 85-90%1,03460.96/cwt59.00–63.006308
BullsMedium and Large 2580122.05/cwt120.00–124.007082
BullsMedium and Large 2625117.54/cwt115.00–120.007352
BullsMedium and Large 2660113.48/cwt111.00–116.007492
BullsMedium and Large 2409141.76/cwt140.00–144.005804
BullsMedium and Large 3420134.99/cwt134.00–136.005672
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 31,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.002

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.