Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2022-03-14

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Mar 14
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
210 head
90 vs last sale 120 25 vs year ago 235 · 10.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
17 vs last sale 5 10 vs year ago 32 · 31.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle market lightly tested. Feeder cattle market lightly tested. Trade active with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cattle too few to trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.07/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$135.07
31 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$678
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$149
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$5.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.79
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563136.607695thin
Medium and Large 2498136.4568018thin
Medium and Large 3473131.006208thin
One grade step is worth $5.60/cwt here — about $149 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 sale31 hd
135.07
AL average14 barns · 1,505 hd
143.86
−8.79
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15476.468828thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95571.536832thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1408170.98/cwt170.00–172.006982
BullsMedium and Large 1465166.00/cwt166.00–166.007722
BullsMedium and Large 1515159.99/cwt159.00–161.008242
BullsMedium and Large 2660125.54/cwt123.00–128.008292
BullsMedium and Large 2411162.97/cwt160.00–166.006704
BullsMedium and Large 2325181.00/cwt181.00–181.005881
HeifersMedium and Large 2437144.41/cwt141.00–147.006315
HeifersMedium and Large 3432134.66/cwt134.00–135.005823
HeifersMedium and Large 3527126.68/cwt126.00–128.006683
HeifersMedium and Large 2625124.00/cwt124.00–124.007751
HeifersMedium and Large 2471137.24/cwt135.00–140.006464
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement655132.00/cwt132.00–132.008651
BullsMedium and Large 2355171.00/cwt171.00–171.006071
BullsMedium and Large 2555142.00/cwt142.00–142.007881
HeifersMedium and Large 2512134.42/cwt131.00–137.006885
HeifersMedium and Large 2570129.69/cwt127.00–131.007393
HeifersMedium and Large 3455132.00/cwt132.00–132.006012
HeifersMedium and Large 1600131.00/cwt131.00–131.007861
BullsMedium and Large 2458155.49/cwt155.00–156.007122
BullsMedium and Large 2515153.50/cwt153.00–154.007912
BullsMedium and Large 3305176.00/cwt176.00–176.005371
HeifersMedium and Large 1510139.00/cwt139.00–139.007091
HeifersMedium and Large 1585136.00/cwt136.00–136.007961
HeifersMedium and Large 1465145.00/cwt145.00–145.006741
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20577.84/cwt76.00–80.009385
CowsLean 85-90%95571.53/cwt71.00–72.006832
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04583.00/cwt83.00–83.008671
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08069.73/cwt67.00–72.007532

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.