Name: Ashville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-06-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. 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 $145.88/cwt on 38 head.

Average price

$145.88

38 head · 477 lb average

Value per head Derived

$696

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$13.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.61

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	490	152.00	745	9thin
Medium and Large 2	470	146.52	688	20
Medium and Large 3	479	138.34	662	9thin

One grade step is worth $13.66/cwt here — about $83 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 sale38 hd

145.88

—

AL average14 barns · 1,043 hd

145.27

+0.61

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	1,398	103.55	1,448	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,475	86.33	1,273	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,222	85.17	1,040	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	73.20	750	2thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$845	2thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	558	142.51/cwt	140.00–145.00	795	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	608	135.50/cwt	135.00–136.00	824	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	310	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	552	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	135.01/cwt	134.00–136.00	760	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	509	135.77/cwt	134.00–138.00	691	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	136.60/cwt	132.00–139.00	736	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	148.25/cwt	147.00–150.00	624	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,123	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	121.01/cwt	120.00–122.00	859	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	869	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	868	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	692	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	978	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	129.43/cwt	127.00–132.00	738	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	128.47/cwt	127.00–130.00	687	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	121.51/cwt	119.00–124.00	739	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	909	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	141.82/cwt	138.00–145.00	647	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	133.50/cwt	133.00–134.00	814	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	161.03/cwt	160.00–162.00	665	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	318	167.64/cwt	165.00–170.00	533	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	148.47/cwt	144.00–152.00	702	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	483	140.66/cwt	139.00–142.00	679	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	358	159.01/cwt	158.00–160.00	569	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	134.48/cwt	134.00–135.00	636	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	528	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	697	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	144.02/cwt	143.00–145.00	598	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	155.97/cwt	155.00–157.00	738	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	560	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	711	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	774	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	155.29/cwt	152.00–157.00	666	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	845.00/head	840.00–850.00	845	2
Bulls	—	—	1,398	103.55/cwt	103.00–104.00	1,448	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	81.35/cwt	81.00–82.00	938	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,259	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,292	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	73.20/cwt	71.00–75.00	750	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	86.49/cwt	83.00–89.00	1,072	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,202	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 Jun 13, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 273Last week 228Year ago 250

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 32Year ago 39

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 25Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	558	140.00–145.00	142.51
2	—	608	135.00–136.00	135.50
1	—	310	178.00	178.00
2	—	413	160.00–162.00	161.03
2	—	473	155.00–157.00	155.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	120.00	120.00
2	—	563	134.00–136.00	135.01
4	—	509	134.00–138.00	135.77
2	—	318	165.00–170.00	167.64
4	—	473	144.00–152.00	148.47
2	—	358	158.00–160.00	159.01
1	—	600	129.00	129.00
4	—	429	152.00–157.00	155.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	483	139.00–142.00	140.66
2	—	528	132.00	132.00
3	—	415	143.00–145.00	144.02
1	—	560	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	539	132.00–139.00	136.60
4	—	421	147.00–150.00	148.25
2	—	570	127.00–132.00	129.43
2	—	608	119.00–124.00	121.51
5	—	456	138.00–145.00	141.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	710	120.00–122.00	121.01
1	—	695	125.00	125.00
1	—	770	118.00	118.00
2	—	610	133.00–134.00	133.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	127.00–130.00	128.47
2	—	473	134.00–135.00	134.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	553	157.00	157.00
1	—	430	161.00	161.00
1	—	670	146.00	146.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	840.00–850.00	845.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,398	103.00–104.00	103.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,153	81.00–82.00	81.35
5	—	1,240	83.00–89.00	86.49
1	—	1,335	90.00	90.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,415	89.00	89.00
1	—	1,595	81.00	81.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,025	71.00–75.00	73.20

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle