Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2022-03-21

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Mar 21
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
131 head
▼ 79 vs last sale 210▼ 73 vs year ago 204 · −35.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 22▲ 19 vs year ago 25 · +76.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 0▲ 8 vs year ago 19 · +42.1%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower, market lightly tested, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady, market lightly tested. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.07/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$137.07
30 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$732
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$159
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.74
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2464140.1465015thin
Medium and Large 1604133.9980915thin
One grade step is worth $6.15/cwt here — about −$159 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 sale30 hd
137.07
—
AL average14 barns · 1,149 hd
144.81
−7.74
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
Bulls—Low1,745109.531,9114thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18378.3492715
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11569.487752thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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 1—325198.00/cwt198.00–198.006441
BullsMedium and Large 2—535146.00/cwt146.00–146.007811
BullsMedium and Large 1—600142.00/cwt142.00–142.008521
BullsMedium and Large 1—650137.00/cwt137.00–137.008911
BullsMedium and Large 1—715133.49/cwt133.00–134.009542
BullsMedium and Large 2—380171.00/cwt171.00–171.006501
SteersMedium and Large 1—745136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0131
SteersMedium and Large 1—560161.00/cwt161.00–161.009021
SteersMedium and Large 2—680136.00/cwt136.00–136.009251
SteersMedium and Large 2—545164.00/cwt164.00–164.008941
HeifersMedium and Large 1—629134.03/cwt132.00–135.008434
SteersMedium and Large 2—573155.12/cwt151.00–159.008892
HeifersMedium and Large 2—318156.00/cwt156.00–156.004962
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370149.00/cwt149.00–149.005511
HeifersMedium and Large 2—532134.36/cwt133.00–136.007153
HeifersMedium and Large 1—460143.49/cwt143.00–144.006602
HeifersMedium and Large 1—555137.00/cwt137.00–137.007601
HeifersMedium and Large 2—615128.51/cwt127.00–130.007902
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468138.28/cwt136.00–140.006474
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675127.91/cwt125.00–131.008632
HeifersMedium and Large 1—718119.47/cwt118.00–121.008582
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—620139.00/cwt138.00–140.008622
BullsMedium and Large 2—585140.00/cwt140.00–140.008191
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520138.51/cwt138.00–139.007202
BullsMedium and Large 2—470154.96/cwt151.00–159.007282
BullsMedium and Large 2—230198.00/cwt198.00–198.004551
BullsMedium and Large 2—420160.63/cwt160.00–162.006753
HeifersMedium and Large 2—417142.65/cwt141.00–145.005953
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.00—1
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3——930.00/cwt920.00–940.00—3
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.00—1
Bulls——1,35098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,3231
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24882.70/cwt82.00–84.001,0326
Bulls——1,865115.05/cwt114.00–116.002,1462
Bulls——1,900110.00/cwt110.00–110.002,0901
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31772.67/cwt72.00–74.009573
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11569.48/cwt66.00–72.007752
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05276.81/cwt75.00–79.008086

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.