Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2022-05-02

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, May 2
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
140 head
122 vs last sale 262 88 vs year ago 228 · 38.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
7 vs last sale 54 11 vs year ago 36 · +30.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
47 vs last sale 73 4 vs year ago 22 · +18.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady, however a lower undertone was noted. Trade active with moderate 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 $148.77/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$148.77
26 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$771
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$132
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$13.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.12
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3463152.507052thin
Medium and Large 2497151.4975318thin
Medium and Large 1601139.368376thin
One grade step is worth $13.15/cwt here — about −$132 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 sale26 hd
148.77
AL average15 barns · 1,061 hd
148.89
−0.12
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
BullsAverage1,64399.001,6272thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46076.291,1143thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18374.6988413
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02062.776405thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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 1655134.00/cwt134.00–134.008781
BullsMedium and Large 1620135.71/cwt134.00–138.008413
BullsMedium and Large 2478154.97/cwt153.00–157.007413
BullsMedium and Large 3440157.00/cwt157.00–157.006911
BullsMedium and Large 2235200.00/cwt200.00–200.004701
BullsMedium and Large 2583134.00/cwt133.00–135.007812
HeifersMedium and Large 2585130.97/cwt128.00–134.007662
HeifersMedium and Large 1528149.49/cwt149.00–150.007892
HeifersMedium and Large 2517134.95/cwt133.00–138.006983
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement555154.00/cwt154.00–154.008551
HeifersMedium and Large 1750113.00/cwt113.00–113.008481
HeifersMedium and Large 1610131.48/cwt130.00–133.008022
HeifersMedium and Large 2431144.70/cwt143.00–147.006244
HeifersMedium and Large 3450134.00/cwt134.00–134.006031
HeifersMedium and Large 1550141.00/cwt141.00–141.007761
HeifersMedium and Large 1655123.00/cwt123.00–123.008061
HeifersMedium and Large 2600125.00/cwt125.00–125.007501
HeifersMedium and Large 2480138.58/cwt136.00–141.006652
BullsMedium and Large 1525151.00/cwt151.00–151.007931
HeifersMedium and Large 2385152.00/cwt152.00–152.005851
BullsMedium and Large 2415161.95/cwt160.00–164.006722
BullsMedium and Large 2680127.50/cwt125.00–130.008672
BullsMedium and Large 2375171.51/cwt171.00–172.006432
BullsMedium and Large 2528145.33/cwt142.00–149.007676
BullsMedium and Large 3485148.00/cwt148.00–148.007181
BullsMedium and Large 1565144.00/cwt144.00–144.008141
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2850.00/cwt850.00–850.001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2860.00/cwt860.00–860.001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11876.00/cwt73.00–78.008506
CowsBoner 80-85%1,60382.00/cwt82.00–82.001,3142
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09370.19/cwt68.00–72.007675
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45873.44/cwt72.00–75.001,0712
Bulls1,64399.00/cwt99.00–99.001,6272
CowsLean 85-90%1,02062.77/cwt61.00–65.006405
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,2011

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.