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%
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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
BullsLow1,745109.531,9114thin
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 1325198.00/cwt198.00–198.006441
BullsMedium and Large 2535146.00/cwt146.00–146.007811
BullsMedium and Large 1600142.00/cwt142.00–142.008521
BullsMedium and Large 1650137.00/cwt137.00–137.008911
BullsMedium and Large 1715133.49/cwt133.00–134.009542
BullsMedium and Large 2380171.00/cwt171.00–171.006501
SteersMedium and Large 1745136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0131
SteersMedium and Large 1560161.00/cwt161.00–161.009021
SteersMedium and Large 2680136.00/cwt136.00–136.009251
SteersMedium and Large 2545164.00/cwt164.00–164.008941
HeifersMedium and Large 1629134.03/cwt132.00–135.008434
SteersMedium and Large 2573155.12/cwt151.00–159.008892
HeifersMedium and Large 2318156.00/cwt156.00–156.004962
HeifersMedium and Large 2370149.00/cwt149.00–149.005511
HeifersMedium and Large 2532134.36/cwt133.00–136.007153
HeifersMedium and Large 1460143.49/cwt143.00–144.006602
HeifersMedium and Large 1555137.00/cwt137.00–137.007601
HeifersMedium and Large 2615128.51/cwt127.00–130.007902
HeifersMedium and Large 2468138.28/cwt136.00–140.006474
HeifersMedium and Large 1675127.91/cwt125.00–131.008632
HeifersMedium and Large 1718119.47/cwt118.00–121.008582
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement620139.00/cwt138.00–140.008622
BullsMedium and Large 2585140.00/cwt140.00–140.008191
HeifersMedium and Large 1520138.51/cwt138.00–139.007202
BullsMedium and Large 2470154.96/cwt151.00–159.007282
BullsMedium and Large 2230198.00/cwt198.00–198.004551
BullsMedium and Large 2420160.63/cwt160.00–162.006753
HeifersMedium and Large 2417142.65/cwt141.00–145.005953
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3930.00/cwt920.00–940.003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.001
Bulls1,35098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,3231
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24882.70/cwt82.00–84.001,0326
Bulls1,865115.05/cwt114.00–116.002,1462
Bulls1,900110.00/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.