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
BullsHigh1,82096.001,7471thin
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
Bulls1,82096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,7471
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17067.84/cwt63.00–70.0079418
HeifersMedium and Large 2519111.03/cwt109.00–115.005767
BullsMedium and Large 1608126.02/cwt124.00–128.007662
BullsMedium and Large 1560128.35/cwt128.00–129.007193
SteersMedium and Large 2445150.00/cwt150.00–150.006681
BullsMedium and Large 2425140.67/cwt140.00–142.005983
SteersMedium and Large 2480145.00/cwt145.00–145.006961
BullsMedium and Large 2520128.04/cwt127.00–129.006662
BullsMedium and Large 2685112.98/cwt110.00–116.007742
SteersMedium and Large 2515139.00/cwt139.00–139.007161
BullsMedium and Large 3560118.00/cwt118.00–118.006612
HeifersMedium and Large 266598.00/cwt98.00–98.006521
HeifersMedium and Large 2605102.20/cwt100.00–105.006185
HeifersMedium and Large 2464119.48/cwt116.00–124.005544
BullsMedium and Large 2455136.75/cwt130.00–139.006224
HeifersMedium and Large 2403123.25/cwt122.00–125.004974
HeifersMedium and Large 1563118.07/cwt115.00–121.006652
HeifersMedium and Large 1460128.00/cwt128.00–128.005891
BullsMedium and Large 2575124.68/cwt123.00–126.007173
HeifersMedium and Large 3465112.00/cwt112.00–112.005211
HeifersMedium and Large 3425118.00/cwt118.00–118.005021
BullsMedium and Large 3473126.51/cwt125.00–128.005982
HeifersMedium and Large 2390127.00/cwt127.00–127.004951
BullsMedium and Large 1410148.00/cwt148.00–148.006071
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.006
BullsMedium and Large 3413133.67/cwt133.00–134.005523
BullsMedium and Large 3525124.02/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.