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
Bulls—High1,62890.011,4668thin
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
Bulls——1,93399.00/cwt99.00–99.001,9142
Bulls——1,45584.54/cwt83.00–87.001,2304
Bulls——1,67091.94/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 2—468119.15/cwt118.00–121.005586
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525117.01/cwt116.00–118.006143
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570118.51/cwt118.00–119.006762
SteersMedium and Large 2—475146.00/cwt146.00–146.006941
SteersMedium and Large 3—460140.00/cwt140.00–140.006441
BullsMedium and Large 2—463136.37/cwt135.00–138.006315
BullsMedium and Large 2—518130.51/cwt129.00–132.006766
BullsMedium and Large 3—455130.00/cwt130.00–130.005921
HeifersMedium and Large 2—320142.05/cwt140.00–144.004553
HeifersMedium and Large 2—422129.82/cwt127.00–134.005486
HeifersMedium and Large 3—355130.00/cwt130.00–130.004621
HeifersMedium and Large 3—423121.95/cwt121.00–123.005162
HeifersMedium and Large 2—590115.00/cwt115.00–115.006791
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370136.51/cwt134.00–140.005054
HeifersMedium and Large 2—615112.00/cwt112.00–112.006891
HeifersMedium and Large 3—468115.98/cwt115.00–117.005432
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03460.96/cwt59.00–63.006308
BullsMedium and Large 2—580122.05/cwt120.00–124.007082
BullsMedium and Large 2—625117.54/cwt115.00–120.007352
BullsMedium and Large 2—660113.48/cwt111.00–116.007492
BullsMedium and Large 2—409141.76/cwt140.00–144.005804
BullsMedium and Large 3—420134.99/cwt134.00–136.005672
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 3——1,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.00—4
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——1,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.00—2

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.