Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-08-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold mostly steady, feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Trade active with good demand. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $143.42/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$143.42

47 head · 498 lb average

Value per head Derived

$714

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$12.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.68

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	487	150.05	731	21
Medium and Large 2	520	138.13	719	20
Medium and Large 3	461	137.84	636	6thin

One grade step is worth $12.21/cwt here — about $95 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 sale47 hd

143.42

—

AL average14 barns · 1,301 hd

136.74

+6.68

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	1,650	95.00	1,568	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,339	68.91	923	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,272	68.90	877	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,065	65.54	698	4thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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	—	—	1,650	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,568	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,418	74.16/cwt	73.00–75.00	1,052	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	70.22/cwt	69.00–72.00	951	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,290	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	839	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	65.54/cwt	64.00–68.00	698	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	63.99/cwt	63.00–65.00	749	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	785	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	169.98/cwt	168.00–172.00	612	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	554	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	147.34/cwt	146.00–150.00	690	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	628	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	848	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	138.83/cwt	137.00–144.00	787	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	613	125.45/cwt	122.00–131.00	769	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	837	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	853	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	142.18/cwt	140.00–145.00	665	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	137.78/cwt	134.00–142.00	721	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	547	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	432	142.02/cwt	140.00–144.00	614	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	138.02/cwt	136.00–140.00	588	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	672	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	323	171.05/cwt	170.00–172.00	552	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	715	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	879	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	754	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	—	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	—	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	505	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	657	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	517	121.67/cwt	121.00–122.00	629	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	535	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	483	135.49/cwt	134.00–137.00	654	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	990.00/cwt	980.00–1,000.00	—	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	153.33/cwt	152.00–154.00	713	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	943	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	564	118.33/cwt	118.00–119.00	667	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	149.98/cwt	148.00–152.00	622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	132.84/cwt	131.00–134.00	636	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	68.78/cwt	67.00–71.00	865	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	148.95/cwt	148.00–150.00	469	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	697	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	125.90/cwt	123.00–128.00	669	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	677	120.97/cwt	118.00–124.00	819	3

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 Aug 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 320Last week 249Year ago 392

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 44Year ago 31

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 28Year ago 15

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	95.00	95.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,418	73.00–75.00	74.16
2	—	1,170	63.00–65.00	63.99
6	—	1,258	67.00–71.00	68.78
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,355	69.00–72.00	70.22
1	—	1,290	65.00	65.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,065	64.00–68.00	65.54

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	633	124.00	124.00
1	—	455	138.00	138.00
1	—	525	130.00	130.00
1	—	775	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	142.00	142.00
5	—	426	136.00–140.00	138.02
6	—	564	118.00–119.00	118.33
6	—	479	131.00–134.00	132.84
2	—	315	148.00–150.00	148.95
9	—	531	123.00–128.00	125.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	121.00–122.00	121.67
1	—	405	132.00	132.00
1	—	465	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	360	168.00–172.00	169.98
3	—	468	146.00–150.00	147.34
2	—	628	135.00	135.00
6	—	567	137.00–144.00	138.83
2	—	425	158.00	158.00
2	—	323	170.00–172.00	171.05
1	—	715	123.00	123.00
1	—	520	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	168.00	168.00
4	—	613	122.00–131.00	125.45
5	—	468	140.00–145.00	142.18
4	—	523	134.00–142.00	137.78
2	—	415	148.00–152.00	149.98
3	—	677	118.00–124.00	120.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	432	140.00–144.00	142.02
1	—	505	130.00	130.00
2	—	483	134.00–137.00	135.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	152.00–154.00	153.33
6	—	720	131.00	131.00
3	—	447	156.00	156.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	980.00–1,000.00	990.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	850.00	850.00

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

Bulls · 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

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Feeder Cattle

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