Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2022-02-28

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Feb 28
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
120 head
140 vs last sale 260 148 vs year ago 268 · 55.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
23 vs last sale 28 27 vs year ago 32 · 84.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: slaughter cattle too few to trend. Feeder cattle market lightly tested. Trade active with good demand on feeders.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $157.31/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$157.31
16 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$709
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$81
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$46.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.57
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1395174.006872thin
Medium and Large 2448156.9970313thin
Medium and Large 3600128.007681thin
One grade step is worth $46.00/cwt here — about −$81 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 sale16 hd
157.31
AL average15 barns · 826 hd
151.73
+5.57
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
BullsAverage1,583103.171,6332thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,15073.008401thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38072.009941thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1260195.00/cwt195.00–195.005071
BullsMedium and Large 1530153.00/cwt153.00–153.008111
BullsMedium and Large 2290184.00/cwt184.00–184.005341
BullsMedium and Large 2490151.48/cwt151.00–153.007424
BullsMedium and Large 2385164.00/cwt164.00–164.006315
BullsMedium and Large 3600128.00/cwt128.00–128.007681
SteersMedium and Large 2495169.00/cwt169.00–169.008371
SteersMedium and Large 2510160.00/cwt160.00–160.008161
SteersMedium and Large 2690143.00/cwt143.00–143.009871
HeifersMedium and Large 1635129.00/cwt129.00–129.008191
HeifersMedium and Large 2420143.00/cwt143.00–143.006013
SteersMedium and Large 2325188.00/cwt188.00–188.006111
SteersMedium and Large 2725135.00/cwt135.00–135.009791
SteersMedium and Large 2574153.77/cwt152.00–156.008834
SteersMedium and Large 3510157.00/cwt157.00–157.008011
HeifersMedium and Large 1525139.00/cwt139.00–139.007301
HeifersMedium and Large 2600127.00/cwt127.00–127.007621
HeifersMedium and Large 2473137.99/cwt137.00–139.006532
BullsMedium and Large 2710124.00/cwt124.00–124.008801
HeifersMedium and Large 2523135.51/cwt134.00–137.007092
HeifersMedium and Large 3465132.00/cwt132.00–132.006141
HeifersMedium and Large 2573133.49/cwt133.00–134.007652
BullsMedium and Large 2305176.00/cwt176.00–176.005371
BullsMedium and Large 2635131.00/cwt131.00–131.008321
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38072.00/cwt72.00–72.009941
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,15073.00/cwt73.00–73.008401
Bulls1,583103.17/cwt101.00–105.001,6332

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.