Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2022-02-14

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Feb 14
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
245 head
107 vs last sale 138 245 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
32 vs last sale 20 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
28 vs last sale 42 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $170.84/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$170.84
53 head · 445 lb average
Value per head Derived
$759
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$51
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.35
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1462176.2981515thin
Medium and Large 2423172.3672830
Medium and Large 3493154.887648thin
One grade step is worth $21.41/cwt here — about $51 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 sale53 hd
170.84
AL average13 barns · 966 hd
163.49
+7.35
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,764103.381,82410
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46476.331,1174thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20371.5686120
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05264.086743thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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
BullsMedium and Large 2285202.00/cwt202.00–202.005762
BullsMedium and Large 2230210.00/cwt210.00–210.004831
HeifersMedium and Large 1480146.00/cwt146.00–146.007012
HeifersMedium and Large 1795120.00/cwt120.00–120.009541
HeifersMedium and Large 2550130.00/cwt130.00–130.007151
HeifersMedium and Large 2459141.53/cwt140.00–143.006504
HeifersMedium and Large 1365160.00/cwt160.00–160.005841
HeifersMedium and Large 3525130.00/cwt130.00–130.006831
HeifersMedium and Large 1555138.48/cwt135.00–140.007694
HeifersMedium and Large 2523136.06/cwt133.00–140.007123
SteersMedium and Large 2415180.00/cwt180.00–180.007471
SteersMedium and Large 1350197.00/cwt197.00–197.006901
SteersMedium and Large 1600166.00/cwt166.00–166.009961
SteersMedium and Large 1300202.00/cwt202.00–202.006061
HeifersMedium and Large 2705120.00/cwt120.00–120.008461
HeifersMedium and Large 1625132.00/cwt132.00–132.008251
HeifersMedium and Large 2422146.38/cwt145.00–148.006185
SteersMedium and Large 1460182.00/cwt182.00–182.008371
SteersMedium and Large 2570166.00/cwt166.00–166.009461
HeifersMedium and Large 2365154.54/cwt153.00–156.005642
BullsMedium and Large 2615146.00/cwt146.00–146.008981
BullsMedium and Large 2412171.02/cwt168.00–174.007056
BullsMedium and Large 2481166.48/cwt160.00–174.008014
BullsMedium and Large 1285210.00/cwt210.00–210.005992
BullsMedium and Large 1462172.65/cwt170.00–176.007983
BullsMedium and Large 1413180.35/cwt177.00–182.007453
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,30572.00/cwt72.00–72.009401
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16767.39/cwt67.00–68.007863
CowsLean 85-90%1,05264.08/cwt63.00–65.006743
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51777.77/cwt75.00–80.001,1803
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26175.51/cwt75.00–76.009524
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19471.30/cwt69.00–74.0085113
Bulls1,789109.25/cwt108.00–110.001,9544
Bulls1,855102.71/cwt100.00–105.001,9054
Bulls1,53393.00/cwt93.00–93.001,4262
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2870.00/cwt870.00–870.001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3900.00/cwt900.00–900.001
BullsMedium and Large 2365179.57/cwt177.00–182.006552
BullsMedium and Large 2315186.27/cwt180.00–190.005876
BullsMedium and Large 3430164.00/cwt164.00–164.007051
BullsMedium and Large 3520150.00/cwt146.00–152.007803
BullsMedium and Large 3495154.00/cwt154.00–154.007622
BullsMedium and Large 2512156.69/cwt154.00–162.008026
HeifersMedium and Large 1503141.67/cwt140.00–143.007133
BullsMedium and Large 3335177.00/cwt177.00–177.005931
BullsMedium and Large 1320197.00/cwt197.00–197.006301
BullsMedium and Large 3630140.00/cwt140.00–140.008821
BullsMedium and Large 1570161.39/cwt156.00–164.009206
BullsMedium and Large 2588151.00/cwt150.00–152.008882
HeifersMedium and Large 3406140.79/cwt140.00–142.005725
HeifersMedium and Large 3460134.49/cwt134.00–135.006192
HeifersMedium and Large 3395146.00/cwt146.00–146.005771

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.