Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Trade moderate with best demand on heavyweight feeders. Replacement cattle sold firm.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $124.47/cwt on 54 head.

Average price

$124.47

54 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$645

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

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

$7.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.35

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	127.15	722	14thin
Medium and Large 2	503	124.22	625	34
Medium and Large 3	489	119.67	585	6thin

One grade step is worth $7.48/cwt here — about $138 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 sale54 hd

124.47

—

AL average16 barns · 1,447 hd

127.82

−3.35

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	1,740	83.80	1,458	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,252	62.97	788	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,060	58.00	615	1thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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	Medium and Large 1	—	550	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	682	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	122.01/cwt	121.00–123.00	744	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	145.04/cwt	142.00–148.00	602	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	136.99/cwt	136.00–138.00	627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	120.01/cwt	119.00–121.00	796	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	474	124.51/cwt	123.00–130.00	590	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	493	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	542	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	112.05/cwt	110.00–113.00	652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	117.39/cwt	115.00–120.00	556	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	472	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	662	125.82/cwt	123.00–128.00	833	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	569	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	764	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	104.00/cwt	103.00–105.00	728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	113.75/cwt	112.00–115.00	585	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	128.01/cwt	127.00–130.00	457	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	123.49/cwt	122.00–125.00	510	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	119.15/cwt	118.00–121.00	723	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	135.28/cwt	130.00–138.00	570	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	595	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	508	122.22/cwt	120.00–124.00	621	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	126.98/cwt	126.00–128.00	670	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	533	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	122.46/cwt	121.00–124.00	647	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	723	116.01/cwt	115.00–117.00	839	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	119.76/cwt	119.00–120.00	566	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	775	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	806	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	612	115.36/cwt	113.00–117.00	706	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	118.39/cwt	116.00–122.00	687	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	497	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,020.00/cwt	990.00–1,040.00	—	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	843.33/cwt	810.00–880.00	—	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	940.00/cwt	900.00–980.00	—	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	933.33/cwt	900.00–950.00	—	3
Bulls	—	—	1,708	80.20/cwt	78.00–82.00	1,370	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	66.82/cwt	66.00–68.00	859	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	57.24/cwt	56.00–59.00	677	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	63.24/cwt	61.00–65.00	796	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	615	1
Bulls	—	—	1,805	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,643	1

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 Sep 27, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 485Last week 321Year ago 282

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 56Year ago 39

Replacement CattleReceipts 69Last week 40Year ago 41

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Trade moderate with best demand on heavyweight feeders. Replacement cattle sold firm.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	124.00	124.00
3	—	610	121.00–123.00	122.01
2	—	415	142.00–148.00	145.04
2	—	458	136.00–138.00	136.99
2	—	663	119.00–121.00	120.01
2	—	528	126.00–128.00	126.98
2	—	723	115.00–117.00	116.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	474	123.00–130.00	124.51
6	—	421	130.00–138.00	135.28
5	—	508	120.00–124.00	122.22
1	—	775	104.00	104.00
3	—	612	113.00–117.00	115.36
5	—	580	116.00–122.00	118.39
1	—	355	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	126.00	126.00
1	—	595	113.00	113.00
4	—	473	119.00–120.00	119.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	493	110.00	110.00
1	—	400	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	582	110.00–113.00	112.05
5	—	474	115.00–120.00	117.39
4	—	514	112.00–115.00	113.75
3	—	357	127.00–130.00	128.01
6	—	413	122.00–125.00	123.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	125.00	125.00
2	—	700	103.00–105.00	104.00
7	—	607	118.00–121.00	119.15
1	—	410	130.00	130.00
2	—	528	121.00–124.00	122.46
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	662	123.00–128.00	125.82
5	—	570	134.00	134.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	990.00–1,040.00	1,020.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	900.00–980.00	940.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	810.00–880.00	843.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	900.00–950.00	933.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,708	78.00–82.00	80.20
1	—	1,805	91.00	91.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,286	66.00–68.00	66.82
4	—	1,183	56.00–59.00	57.24
14	—	1,259	61.00–65.00	63.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	58.00	58.00

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle