Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2021-05-10

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, May 10
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
145 head
▼ 83 vs last sale 228▼ 107 vs year ago 252 · −42.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 36▲ 14 vs year ago 32 · +43.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 22▼ 24 vs year ago 59 · −40.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Trade moderate with moderate 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 $129.25/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$129.25
29 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$664
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$4.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.86
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551130.857216thin
Medium and Large 2516130.3667314thin
Medium and Large 3484126.456129thin
One grade step is worth $4.40/cwt here — about $109 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 sale29 hd
129.25
—
AL average14 barns · 1,059 hd
127.39
+1.86
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—High1,82096.001,7471thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51669.721,0574thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16468.3079522
CowsLean 85-90%Average99860.806075thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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%—99063.00/cwt63.00–63.006241
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47567.62/cwt67.00–68.009973
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,64076.00/cwt76.00–76.001,2461
CowsLean 85-90%—99860.80/cwt58.00–63.006075
Bulls——1,82096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,7471
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17067.84/cwt63.00–70.0079418
HeifersMedium and Large 2—519111.03/cwt109.00–115.005767
BullsMedium and Large 1—608126.02/cwt124.00–128.007662
BullsMedium and Large 1—560128.35/cwt128.00–129.007193
SteersMedium and Large 2—445150.00/cwt150.00–150.006681
BullsMedium and Large 2—425140.67/cwt140.00–142.005983
SteersMedium and Large 2—480145.00/cwt145.00–145.006961
BullsMedium and Large 2—520128.04/cwt127.00–129.006662
BullsMedium and Large 2—685112.98/cwt110.00–116.007742
SteersMedium and Large 2—515139.00/cwt139.00–139.007161
BullsMedium and Large 3—560118.00/cwt118.00–118.006612
HeifersMedium and Large 2—66598.00/cwt98.00–98.006521
HeifersMedium and Large 2—605102.20/cwt100.00–105.006185
HeifersMedium and Large 2—464119.48/cwt116.00–124.005544
BullsMedium and Large 2—455136.75/cwt130.00–139.006224
HeifersMedium and Large 2—403123.25/cwt122.00–125.004974
HeifersMedium and Large 1—563118.07/cwt115.00–121.006652
HeifersMedium and Large 1—460128.00/cwt128.00–128.005891
BullsMedium and Large 2—575124.68/cwt123.00–126.007173
HeifersMedium and Large 3—465112.00/cwt112.00–112.005211
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425118.00/cwt118.00–118.005021
BullsMedium and Large 3—473126.51/cwt125.00–128.005982
HeifersMedium and Large 2—390127.00/cwt127.00–127.004951
BullsMedium and Large 1—410148.00/cwt148.00–148.006071
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.00—6
BullsMedium and Large 3—413133.67/cwt133.00–134.005523
BullsMedium and Large 3—525124.02/cwt122.00–126.006512
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18372.80/cwt71.00–74.008613

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.