Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2022-01-03

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Jan 3
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
71 head
186 vs last sale 257 216 vs year ago 287 · 75.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
14 vs last sale 27 25 vs year ago 38 · 65.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
56 vs last sale 71 17 vs year ago 32 · 53.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to market being closed for holidays.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.53/cwt on 13 head.
Average price
$148.53
13 head · 438 lb average
Value per head Derived
$650
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$79
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.29
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1445154.206865thin
Medium and Large 2436145.656356thin
Medium and Large 3425143.006082thin
One grade step is worth $11.20/cwt here — about $79 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 sale13 hd
148.53
AL average5 barns · 274 hd
138.24
+10.29
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
BullsHigh1,74283.511,4543thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17955.776586thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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%1,17554.52/cwt52.00–58.006415
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20062.00/cwt62.00–62.007441
Bulls2,00588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,7641
Bulls1,61081.26/cwt79.00–83.001,3082
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2840.00/cwt840.00–840.001
HeifersMedium and Large 2360158.51/cwt158.00–159.005712
HeifersMedium and Large 1453154.99/cwt153.00–157.007022
HeifersMedium and Large 2480138.94/cwt133.00–145.006672
BullsMedium and Large 2430161.00/cwt161.00–161.006921
HeifersMedium and Large 3365152.00/cwt152.00–152.005551
HeifersMedium and Large 2535129.00/cwt129.00–129.006901
HeifersMedium and Large 2400150.00/cwt150.00–150.006001
HeifersMedium and Large 3485134.00/cwt134.00–134.006501
HeifersMedium and Large 1410157.00/cwt157.00–157.006441
HeifersMedium and Large 1555139.00/cwt139.00–139.007711
HeifersMedium and Large 1355165.00/cwt165.00–165.005861
BullsMedium and Large 2330182.00/cwt182.00–182.006011
BullsMedium and Large 3320175.00/cwt175.00–175.005601
BullsMedium and Large 1503146.00/cwt146.00–146.007346
BullsMedium and Large 1463169.00/cwt169.00–169.007822

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.