Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 5.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle market lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.65/cwt on 36 head.

Average price

$149.65

36 head · 461 lb average

Value per head Derived

$690

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$12.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.75

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	487	152.51	743	13thin
Medium and Large 2	443	149.30	661	20
Medium and Large 3	467	139.67	652	3thin

One grade step is worth $12.84/cwt here — about $91 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 sale36 hd

149.65

—

AL average16 barns · 1,487 hd

137.90

+11.75

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,570	91.00	1,429	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,335	84.00	1,121	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,068	80.06	855	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,095	70.00	767	1thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	533	156.55/cwt	153.00–160.00	834	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	160.77/cwt	152.00–165.00	667	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	174.73/cwt	170.00–178.00	591	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	613	132.94/cwt	130.00–136.00	815	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	505	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	579	137.67/cwt	135.00–143.00	797	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	409	153.49/cwt	150.00–156.00	628	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	158.40/cwt	156.00–162.00	600	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	147.60/cwt	145.00–150.00	683	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,101	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	883	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	136.50/cwt	135.00–138.00	722	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	161.72/cwt	159.00–164.00	686	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	155.95/cwt	153.00–159.00	728	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	135.50/cwt	135.00–136.00	776	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	699	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	155.04/cwt	152.00–157.00	733	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	167.08/cwt	164.00–170.00	601	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	148.69/cwt	145.00–155.00	782	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	564	1
Bulls	—	—	1,570	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,429	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,183	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,245	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,058	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	767	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,043	80.41/cwt	78.00–83.00	839	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,084	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,010	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	737	1

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL

Mon May 23, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 229Last week 241Year ago 170

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 16Year ago 25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	153.00–160.00	156.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	415	152.00–165.00	160.77
3	—	338	170.00–178.00	174.73
2	—	613	130.00–136.00	132.94
6	—	579	135.00–143.00	137.67
3	—	473	152.00–157.00	155.04
2	—	360	164.00–170.00	167.08
6	—	526	145.00–155.00	148.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	139.00	139.00
1	—	445	157.00	157.00
1	—	465	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	130.00	130.00
4	—	409	150.00–156.00	153.49
5	—	379	156.00–162.00	158.40
5	—	463	145.00–150.00	147.60
4	—	529	135.00–138.00	136.50
1	—	340	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	139.00	139.00
1	—	435	148.00	148.00
1	—	510	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	424	159.00–164.00	161.72
6	—	467	153.00–159.00	155.95
2	—	573	135.00–136.00	135.50
1	—	690	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	162.00	162.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	91.00	91.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	83.00	83.00
1	—	1,245	85.00	85.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	70.00	70.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,043	78.00–83.00	80.41
1	—	1,275	85.00	85.00
1	—	1,010	73.00	73.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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