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
BullsHigh1,69397.701,6546thin
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 1425165.00/cwt165.00–165.007011
BullsMedium and Large 1705126.00/cwt126.00–126.008881
BullsMedium and Large 1518151.70/cwt147.00–157.007864
BullsMedium and Large 1485158.00/cwt158.00–158.007661
BullsMedium and Large 2537141.35/cwt140.00–143.007593
BullsMedium and Large 3460145.00/cwt145.00–145.006672
HeifersMedium and Large 1568132.01/cwt130.00–134.007502
SteersMedium and Large 2521168.21/cwt162.00–170.008767
HeifersMedium and Large 2583126.00/cwt124.00–129.007353
HeifersMedium and Large 3445135.00/cwt135.00–135.006011
HeifersMedium and Large 1618129.01/cwt127.00–131.007973
HeifersMedium and Large 1532137.61/cwt135.00–139.007325
BullsMedium and Large 2358172.98/cwt172.00–174.006192
BullsMedium and Large 2423158.84/cwt155.00–160.006726
HeifersMedium and Large 2426143.28/cwt138.00–145.0061010
HeifersMedium and Large 2514129.52/cwt128.00–132.006664
SteersMedium and Large 1560170.00/cwt170.00–170.009521
BullsMedium and Large 1655130.00/cwt130.00–130.008521
BullsMedium and Large 2625128.52/cwt128.00–129.008032
BullsMedium and Large 2485152.04/cwt150.00–154.007373
BullsMedium and Large 2320181.97/cwt180.00–184.005822
HeifersMedium and Large 2465135.69/cwt135.00–138.006316
HeifersMedium and Large 1665127.02/cwt124.00–129.008453
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,300.00/cwt1,275.00–1,325.006
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2883.33/cwt860.00–900.003
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
Bulls1,895105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,9901
Bulls1,65296.24/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.