Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-06-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Trade active with good demand. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.96/cwt on 60 head.

Average price

$130.96

60 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$643

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$13.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.76

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	507	133.45	676	26
Medium and Large 2	476	129.97	619	31
Medium and Large 3	507	119.67	606	3thin

One grade step is worth $13.79/cwt here — about $70 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 sale60 hd

130.96

—

AL average16 barns · 1,770 hd

127.20

+3.76

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,802	92.11	1,660	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,393	72.15	1,005	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,191	68.23	813	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,017	60.99	620	5thin

Every lot, as filed

39 lots · USDA AMS · Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	713	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	132.48/cwt	131.00–134.00	677	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	721	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	136.99/cwt	135.00–139.00	579	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	589	122.42/cwt	116.00–124.00	721	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	525	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	—	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,393	72.15/cwt	70.00–74.00	1,005	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	60.99/cwt	60.00–64.00	620	5
Bulls	—	—	1,980	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,742	1
Bulls	—	—	1,713	94.17/cwt	92.00–96.00	1,613	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	69.11/cwt	67.00–72.00	828	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	74.49/cwt	74.00–75.00	946	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	145.50/cwt	144.00–146.00	602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	131.40/cwt	128.00–133.00	624	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	125.69/cwt	124.00–128.00	645	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	140.50/cwt	140.00–141.00	482	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	125.50/cwt	122.00–129.00	628	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	408	144.98/cwt	144.00–146.00	592	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	654	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	883	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	135.32/cwt	132.00–137.00	564	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	950	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	152.47/cwt	150.00–155.00	549	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	120.98/cwt	120.00–122.00	687	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	136.01/cwt	135.00–138.00	507	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	735	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	500	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	121.98/cwt	121.00–123.00	876	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	140.96/cwt	138.00–143.00	655	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	—	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	610	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	62.91/cwt	61.00–64.00	714	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	137.76/cwt	136.00–139.00	638	4

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

Mon Jun 14, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 250Last week 264Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 42Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 24Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	553	129.00	129.00
12	—	511	131.00–134.00	132.48
4	—	414	144.00–146.00	145.50
1	—	645	121.00	121.00
1	—	680	110.00	110.00
4	—	463	136.00–139.00	137.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	589	116.00–124.00	122.42
5	—	475	128.00–133.00	131.40
2	—	343	140.00–141.00	140.50
2	—	500	122.00–129.00	125.50
7	—	417	132.00–137.00	135.32
1	—	625	111.00	111.00
5	—	373	135.00–138.00	136.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	128.00	128.00
1	—	525	118.00	118.00
1	—	585	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	106.00	106.00
3	—	513	124.00–128.00	125.69
2	—	408	144.00–146.00	144.98
2	—	360	150.00–155.00	152.47
2	—	568	120.00–122.00	120.98
1	—	645	114.00	114.00
4	—	465	138.00–143.00	140.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	135.00–139.00	136.99
1	—	500	120.00	120.00
1	—	480	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	153.00	153.00
4	—	654	135.00	135.00
2	—	718	121.00–123.00	121.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	709	134.00	134.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	875.00	875.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,393	70.00–74.00	72.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,017	60.00–64.00	60.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,198	67.00–72.00	69.11
2	—	1,270	74.00–75.00	74.49
4	—	1,135	61.00–64.00	62.91
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,980	88.00	88.00
2	—	1,713	92.00–96.00	94.17

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle