Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-07-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold mostly steady, feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 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 $137.10/cwt on 59 head.

Average price

$137.10

59 head · 474 lb average

Value per head Derived

$650

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$93

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2

$7.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.12

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	390	142.00	554	1thin
Medium and Large 1	465	141.78	659	19thin
Medium and Large 2	480	134.69	647	39

One grade step is worth $7.31/cwt here — about −$93 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 sale59 hd

137.10

—

AL average16 barns · 1,786 hd

131.99

+5.12

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	—	Average	1,858	95.62	1,777	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,169	67.90	794	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	890	66.00	587	1thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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
Bulls	—	—	1,858	95.62/cwt	93.00–98.00	1,777	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,071	67.25/cwt	65.00–69.00	720	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	72.45/cwt	72.00–73.00	974	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,605	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	1,027	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	587	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	270	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	497	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	152.96/cwt	152.00–154.00	558	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	134.52/cwt	133.00–136.00	757	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	130.98/cwt	127.00–135.00	823	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	143.30/cwt	142.00–147.00	610	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	400	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	770	112.49/cwt	112.00–113.00	866	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	154.09/cwt	150.00–158.00	652	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	147.53/cwt	144.00–150.00	693	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	285	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	513	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	538	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	133.49/cwt	132.00–135.00	748	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	148.08/cwt	144.00–150.00	558	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	126.63/cwt	125.00–128.00	722	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	754	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	779	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	740	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	136.76/cwt	134.00–140.00	714	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	131.11/cwt	130.00–135.00	673	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	135.47/cwt	133.00–137.00	629	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	136.80/cwt	136.00–138.00	576	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	505	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	606	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	649	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	455	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	692	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	753	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	832	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	315	183.02/cwt	182.00–184.00	577	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	139.97/cwt	138.00–142.00	663	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	160.03/cwt	158.00–162.00	749	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	—	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.

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

Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

Mon Jul 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 262Last week 295Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 46Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 22Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,858	93.00–98.00	95.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,071	65.00–69.00	67.25
2	—	1,345	72.00–73.00	72.45
1	—	1,605	64.00	64.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	66.00	66.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	184.00	184.00
1	—	400	160.00	160.00
1	—	455	152.00	152.00
1	—	530	142.00	142.00
1	—	660	126.00	126.00
2	—	315	182.00–184.00	183.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	770	112.00–113.00	112.49
4	—	423	150.00–158.00	154.09
4	—	470	144.00–150.00	147.53
1	—	285	180.00	180.00
1	—	355	162.00	162.00
2	—	560	132.00–135.00	133.49
2	—	628	120.00	120.00
1	—	660	118.00	118.00
1	—	740	115.00	115.00
5	—	522	134.00–140.00	136.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	132.00	132.00
1	—	415	146.00	146.00
1	—	470	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	138.00	138.00
2	—	365	152.00–154.00	152.96
2	—	563	133.00–136.00	134.52
2	—	628	127.00–135.00	130.98
7	—	426	142.00–147.00	143.30
1	—	345	156.00	156.00
4	—	474	138.00–142.00	139.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	377	144.00–150.00	148.08
8	—	570	125.00–128.00	126.63
10	—	513	130.00–135.00	131.11
1	—	670	112.00	112.00
7	—	464	133.00–137.00	135.47
5	—	421	136.00–138.00	136.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	150.00	150.00
1	—	690	135.00	135.00
2	—	468	158.00–162.00	160.03

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,075.00	1,075.00

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

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Feeder Cattle

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