Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2022-05-09

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, May 9
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
224 head
▲ 84 vs last sale 140▲ 79 vs year ago 145 · +54.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 47▲ 9 vs year ago 46 · +19.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
53 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 26▲ 18 vs year ago 35 · +51.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade active with moderate to good demand. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.09/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$135.09
37 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$692
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$133
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.66
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2472136.6564523
Medium and Large 3445135.006011thin
Medium and Large 1588132.3277813thin
One grade step is worth $4.33/cwt here — about −$133 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 sale37 hd
135.09
—
AL average16 barns · 1,447 hd
140.75
−5.66
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—High1,69397.701,6546thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12574.1383419
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45770.001,0204thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05860.156364thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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—425165.00/cwt165.00–165.007011
BullsMedium and Large 1—705126.00/cwt126.00–126.008881
BullsMedium and Large 1—518151.70/cwt147.00–157.007864
BullsMedium and Large 1—485158.00/cwt158.00–158.007661
BullsMedium and Large 2—537141.35/cwt140.00–143.007593
BullsMedium and Large 3—460145.00/cwt145.00–145.006672
HeifersMedium and Large 1—568132.01/cwt130.00–134.007502
SteersMedium and Large 2—521168.21/cwt162.00–170.008767
HeifersMedium and Large 2—583126.00/cwt124.00–129.007353
HeifersMedium and Large 3—445135.00/cwt135.00–135.006011
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618129.01/cwt127.00–131.007973
HeifersMedium and Large 1—532137.61/cwt135.00–139.007325
BullsMedium and Large 2—358172.98/cwt172.00–174.006192
BullsMedium and Large 2—423158.84/cwt155.00–160.006726
HeifersMedium and Large 2—426143.28/cwt138.00–145.0061010
HeifersMedium and Large 2—514129.52/cwt128.00–132.006664
SteersMedium and Large 1—560170.00/cwt170.00–170.009521
BullsMedium and Large 1—655130.00/cwt130.00–130.008521
BullsMedium and Large 2—625128.52/cwt128.00–129.008032
BullsMedium and Large 2—485152.04/cwt150.00–154.007373
BullsMedium and Large 2—320181.97/cwt180.00–184.005822
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465135.69/cwt135.00–138.006316
HeifersMedium and Large 1—665127.02/cwt124.00–129.008453
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,300.00/cwt1,275.00–1,325.00—6
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——883.33/cwt860.00–900.00—3
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18380.24/cwt77.00–82.009497
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06167.11/cwt65.00–69.007124
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,48872.00/cwt72.00–72.001,0712
Bulls——1,895105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,9901
Bulls——1,65296.24/cwt93.00–99.001,5905
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10672.30/cwt70.00–75.008008
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42568.00/cwt68.00–68.009692
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05860.15/cwt58.00–63.006364

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.